2001 NPPL Chicago Open

The 2001 NPPL Chicago Open was the third tournament of the 2001 National Professional Paintball League season, held at The Badlandz in Crete, Illinois, from 20 to 24 June 2001. It included five-man and ten-man competition.[1]

All Americans won professional ten-man, Team Strange won Amateur A ten-man and Exile won Amateur B ten-man. Shocktech Factory Team and Sharpshooters-Black won the completed five-man divisions.[2][3][4]

Venue and organisation

The venue added a third Hyperball field and renewed its spectator netting. Five-man competition began on Wednesday, followed by ten-man preliminaries on Friday.[1]

Barrel bags were required as barrel-blocking devices away from the playing fields. Production of league identification cards continued, with full enforcement for ten-man players planned for the tournament's final day.[1]

Five-man competition

Heavy rain affected the second day. Professional teams voted to cancel their remaining games because of concerns about injuries in the muddy conditions and agreed to divide the prize pool. No professional finishing order was declared.[1]

Amateur A

The Amateur A final involved six teams playing five games each.[2]

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Total
1	Shocktech Factory Team	60	2	60	59	58	239
2	Deja Vu	56	59	5	47	59	226
3	Strange	59	59	7	60	4	189
4	Sinister	0	2	59	16	58	135
5	Detroit Impact	8	48	0	0	4	60
6	Dutch Boyzz	2	14	2	2	2	22

Scores and the complete finishing order are from WARPIG. ClassicScores corroborates the top four.[2][4]

Amateur B

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Sharpshooters-Black	52	59	47	158
2	Who Kares	58	2	49	109
3	Hyperion	6	46	12	64
4	Aces Wild	4	18	16	38

Scores are from WARPIG; ClassicScores corroborates the placings.[2][4]

Ten-man results

The All Americans won the professional final with 206 points, ahead of Ironmen, Avalanche and Dynasty.[3]

All tables show final-round scores. ClassicScores corroborates the placings.[3][4]

Professional

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	All Americans	99	99	8	206
2	Ironmen	2	96	93	191
3	Avalanche	16	8	96	120
4	Dynasty	92	2	14	108

Amateur A

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Strange	96	99	22	217
2	Freak Factory	92	96	7	195
3	Naughty Dogs	8	16	95	119
4	Trauma	−4	2	10	8

Amateur B

Position	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Total
1	Exile	98	41	94	233
2	Justice	18	33	12	63
3	Warped Kids	18	18	18	54
4	X-Men	4	14	21	39

See also

• National Professional Paintball League
• 2000 NPPL Chicago Open
• 2001 NPPL Gettysburg Open
• 2001 NPPL Atlantic City Open

References

1. Chicago Open NPPL 2001. WARPIG, June 2001. Contemporary report documenting dates, venue, organisation, rules and cancellation of professional five-man play.
2. Chicago Open NPPL — Five-Man Semi-Finals and Finals Scoreboard. WARPIG, June 2001.
3. Chicago Open NPPL — Ten-Man Semi-Finals and Finals Scoreboard. WARPIG, June 2001.
4. ClassicScores. “2001 NPPL — Chicago”. Ten-man and amateur five-man top-four placings.