2008 Millennium Series French Open
The 2008 Millennium Series French Open, also known as the Disney French Open, was a tournament paintball event held at Paris-Disney, France, from 10 to 12 October 2008. It was the fifth and final round of the 2008 Millennium Series season. London Nexus won the professional Champions Paintball League (CPL) competition, defeating Philly Dogs 5–1 in the final.[1][2][3]
Joy Stockholm finished third at the event and won the CPL season championship, ahead of Budapest Bullets and Philly Dogs.[2][3]
Event
[edit]The French Open concluded a five-event season whose earlier CPL rounds took place in Málaga, London, Toulouse and at the Nürburgring. Alongside the professional competition, contemporary reporting records Semi-Professional Paintball League (SPL), Division 2 and M5 competitions at Paris.[2][4]
WARPIG published an interactive field preview for the event, based on Millennium Series field maps and Sup'Air bunker dimensions. Its event listing identifies the tournament as the Disney French Open and gives the dates as 10–12 October 2008.[1]
Champions Paintball League
[edit]Semi-finals and placing matches
[edit]London Nexus defeated Joy Stockholm in a semi-final which reached 4–4 before Nexus won the deciding point. Philly Dogs defeated Oslo Menace in the other semi-final to reach the championship match.[4]
Nexus won the final 5–1 against Philly Dogs. Joy defeated Oslo Menace 5–2 in the third-place match. Both results appear in contemporary reporting published immediately after the tournament and agree with the final placings in the official Millennium standings.[2][3][4]
| Stage | Winner | Score | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-final | London Nexus | 5–4 | Joy Stockholm |
| Final | London Nexus | 5–1 | Philly Dogs |
| Third-place match | Joy Stockholm | 5–2 | Oslo Menace |
The semi-final result is recorded in pbhub's live tournament thread; the final and third-place scores were also reported by SEBURO on 13 October.[3][4]
Final event standings
[edit]The archived official CPL ranking table records the following Paris placings and championship points.[2]
| Position | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | London Nexus | 100 |
| 2 | Philly Dogs | 88 |
| 3 | Joy Stockholm | 80 |
| 4 | Oslo Menace | 72 |
| 5 | Budapest Bullets | 64 |
| 6 | Moscow Phoenix | 56 |
| 7 | Copenhagen Ducks | 48 |
| 8 | Consilium Dei Zurich | 40 |
| 9 | Moscow Caste | 32 |
| 10 | Marseille Icon | 28 |
| 11 | Chilli Peppers Riga | 24 |
| 12 | Stockholm Ignition | 20 |
| 13 | Frankfurt Syndicate | 16 |
| 14 | London Shock | 12 |
| 15 | Vision PPC Grenoble | 8 |
| 16 | Influence Montpellier | 4 |
Team names follow the official 2008 ranking table.[2]
Championship outcome
[edit]Joy Stockholm entered the final round with 332 points, narrowly ahead of Budapest Bullets on 328. Third place in Paris brought Joy's final total to 412, while Budapest's fifth place produced a season total of 392.[2]
Philly Dogs finished third overall with 320 points, ahead of Moscow Phoenix on 304. Nexus's Paris victory was its second CPL event win of the season, following Toulouse, and brought the team to fifth overall with 292 points.[2]
Other divisional results
[edit]Semi-Professional Paintball League
[edit]Ramstein Instinct won the SPL competition ahead of Outrage Valence. Instinct defeated Offenbach Comin At Ya 4–0 in a semi-final; Comin At Ya subsequently beat Troja Prague 4–0 to finish third.[4]
| Position | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ramstein Instinct |
| 2 | Outrage Valence |
| 3 | Offenbach Comin At Ya |
| 4 | Troja Prague |
Division 2
[edit]The contemporary results thread records Veterans defeating Graffiti 4–0 in the Division 2 final. Powerplay took third place with a 4–2 victory over 2easy Warsaw.[4]
| Position | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Veterans |
| 2 | Graffiti |
| 3 | Powerplay |
| 4 | 2easy Warsaw |
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