1998 NPPL season

The 1998 NPPL season was the sixth season of the National Professional Paintball League (NPPL). Its five-event circuit comprised Las Vegas, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Portland and World Cup. Portland replaced Atlanta on the league's schedule.[1][2][3][4][5]

Bob Long's Ironmen won the professional season championship, OBR won Amateur A and Outta Control won Amateur B. Chicago Aftershock won the professional 10-player World Cup, while Avalanche won the professional five-player World Cup.[5]

Calendar

The following table summarises the documented event sequence and venues. Dates are included to the precision established by the cited records.[1][2][3][4][5]

Event	Dates established here	Venue or location
Las Vegas Open	March 1998	Las Vegas, Nevada
Pittsburgh Open	1998	Pittsburgh area, Pennsylvania
Chicago Open	June 1998	The Badlandz, Illinois
Portland Open	28–30 August 1998	Enchanted Acres, Scappoose, Oregon
World Cup	October 1998	Paintball World, Kissimmee, Florida

Portland was jointly produced by Bad Boyz Toyz and DYE Precision. Unlike the other events, it offered only 10-player competition and attracted 26 teams.[4]

Ten-player event winners

WARPIG's contemporary reports record the following winners. ClassicScores corroborates selected results from Chicago, Pittsburgh, Portland and World Cup.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Event	Professional	Amateur A	Amateur B
Las Vegas Open	Rage	Lockout	Outta Control
Pittsburgh Open	Chicago Aftershock	Lockout	Fusion
Chicago Open	Revolution	Bushwackers	Tidewater
Portland Open	Ground Zero	Ground Zero Gold	Phantom Force
World Cup	Chicago Aftershock	Fusion	Outta Control

Chicago

Revolution won the professional competition ahead of the All Americans, Bob Long's Ironmen and Lockout. WARPIG identified Chicago as Lockout's first tournament competing as professionals.[3]

Portland

Ground Zero won ahead of Bob Long's Ironmen, Lockout and Dave Youngblood's Ironmen. Ground Zero Gold won Amateur A, while Phantom Force won Amateur B.[4]

Five-player competition

Five-player classifications varied between events. At Las Vegas, Run won the published five-player final. Pittsburgh's amateur competition was won by Highlanders and its novice competition by Eclipse I.[1][2]

At Chicago, Illusion won Amateur A and Addicted won Amateur B, which was labelled novice on the final score sheet.[3]

World Cup offered professional, Amateur A and Amateur B five-player competitions. Avalanche, Jacksonville Warriors and Car-Fonics won those divisions respectively.[5]

World Cup results

The following leading four placings are recorded in WARPIG's final score sheets and corroborated by ClassicScores.[6][7][8]

Ten-player

Position	Professional	Amateur A	Amateur B
1	Chicago Aftershock	Fusion	Outta Control
2	Lockout	Naughty Dogs	SOB's
3	Rage	Thunderstruck	Crush
4	Image	Fatal Swoop	P&L Factory Team

Five-player

Position	Professional	Amateur A	Amateur B
1	Avalanche	Jacksonville Warriors	Car-Fonics
2	Ground Zero	Brass Eagle	Primal Fear, Florida
3	Image	TNT	Jax Warriors
4	All Americans	Hellwood	Hypernion

Season championships

WARPIG's closing World Cup report identified the following overall season champions. These titles were separate from the World Cup tournament victories.[5]

Division	Season champion
Professional	Bob Long's Ironmen
Amateur A	OBR
Amateur B	Outta Control

References