Editing 1993 NPPL World Cup

The '''1993 NPPL World Cup''' was a [[paintball]] tournament held in New York during the inaugural season of the [[National Professional Paintball League]] (NPPL). Produced by [[Jerry Braun]], it was advertised for 10–12 September 1993. [[Chicago Aftershock]] won the tournament.[1][2][3]

== Organisation ==
A contemporary notice in ''Action Pursuit Games'' identified Braun as the World Cup's producer and registration contact. The advertised entry fee was US$1,850, and the tournament operated a bring-your-own-paint policy, allowing competitors to supply their own paintballs.[1]

The notice named the [[Master Blasters (paintball team)|Master Blasters]] and [[Bad Company (British paintball team)|England's Bad Company]] as the teams scheduled to referee the competition.[1]

The published programme placed the World Cup after the Chicago Cup, scheduled for 23–25 July, and before the NPPL-sanctioned Great Western Reno tournament, scheduled for 9–11 October.[1]

== Aftershock victory ==
[[Chicago Aftershock]] won the World Cup. Its victory was recorded in a contemporary [[Bad Boyz Toyz]] advertisement published in ''Paintball News'' on 23 October 1993, which celebrated the team's wins at both the Boston Cup and NPPL World Cup.[2]

Aftershock's official history also records the victory. The team had added [[Danny Love]] and Mike Bruno during 1993 and won the Boston Open, World Cup and International Masters that season.[3]

The [[National Xball League]] subsequently recognised Aftershock as the winner of the 1993 New York World Cup in its retrospective history of the competition.[4]

== Place in World Cup history ==
The tournament belonged to the World Cup's New York period, before its relocation to Florida. In its retrospective ''Road to World Cup 2005'', [[WARPIG]] described Braun's development of the competition in New York and its move to Kissimmee, Florida, in 1994.[5]

The early World Cup tournaments originated at Braun's Survival New York facility, later known as Paintball Sports New York. A historical account published by the [[World Classic Paintball League]] identifies that venue as the original home of the competition.[6]

== See also ==
* [[Paintball World Cup]]
* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
* [[Chicago Aftershock]]
* [[1993 NPPL Boston Cup]]
* [[1993 NPPL Chicago Open]]
* [[1993 NPPL Reno Open]]

== References ==
# “National Professional Paintball League is Right On Schedule”, ''Action Pursuit Games'', June 1993, pp. 20–21. Contemporary notice giving the advertised tournament dates, producer, referee teams, entry fee and bring-your-own-paint policy.
# Bad Boyz Toyz advertisement, ''Paintball News'', 23 October 1993, p. 21. Contemporary advertisement recording Aftershock's Boston Cup and NPPL World Cup victories.
# [https://www.teamaftershock.com/about Where We Started], Chicago Aftershock, official team history.
# [https://www.nxlpaintball.com/post/a-short-history-of-the-world-cup-of-paintball A Short History of the World Cup of Paintball], National Xball League, 10 October 2024.
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/psp/2005/cup/road/ Road to World Cup 2005], WARPIG, October 2005. Retrospective account of the New York tournaments and the 1994 move to Florida.
# [https://www.playwcpl.com/wcpl-ny-an-historic-field WCPL NY: An Historic Field], World Classic Paintball League, March 2023. Historical account identifying Survival New York as the original World Cup venue.

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