Editing 1997 Paintball World Cup (section)

=== Five-player competition ===

The five-player finals were held on 23 October 1997.

Jacksonville Warriors won the professional championship with 106 final-round points, ahead of All Americans 1 on 85 points.

Fighters won the amateur division with 137 points.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Professional
! Amateur
|-
| 1
| '''[[Jacksonville Warriors]]'''
| '''Fighters'''
|-
| 2
| All Americans 1
| Farside
|-
| 3
| Rage
| Shockwave CA
|-
| 4
| All Americans 2
| Canadian Express
|}

A separate novice consolation competition was also organised for selected teams that had not advanced from the amateur semi-finals.

Bizzaro won the novice competition, followed by Chameleons, Bad Karma White and Nemesis Jr.[2]