Editing 1997 ZAP International Amateur Open

'''1997 ZAP International Amateur Open''' was a [[paintball]] tournament held at [[Three Rivers Paintball]] near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1997. An edition of the [[International Amateur Open]], it included amateur five-player and ten-player competitions and a novice five-player division. Saber Wolves won both amateur competitions; Venom won the novice division. [1][2][3][4]

== Results ==

WARPIG published the following final standings, identifying Team Effort Events as the provider of the corrected five-player results and the verifier of the ten-player rankings. ClassicScores corroborates the first four places in each division. [1][2][4]

=== Amateur ten-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || Saber Wolves
|-
| 2 || Team Turbulence
|-
| 3 || Phantom Jesters
|-
| 4 || Hostile Takeover
|-
| 5 || SOB's
|-
| 6 || Team Wolf (UK)
|-
| 7 || Paintball 2-Xtreme
|-
| 8 || Mercenarios
|-
| 9 || Thunderstruck
|}

=== Amateur five-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || Saber Wolves
|-
| 2 || Johnstown Highlanders
|-
| 3 || Team Wolf B
|-
| 4 || Wild Bunch
|-
| 5 || Tagg Team
|-
| 6 || Havoc
|-
| 7 || Team Wolf A
|-
| 8 || Rebellion
|}

=== Novice five-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || Venom
|-
| 2 || Checkmate
|-
| 3 || Bonnie Boys
|-
| 4 || Team Oh No's II
|}

== Trade show ==

The tournament included a trade show and players' party. Rocky Grizmore's contemporary WARPIG report documented equipment displays by manufacturers including Brass Eagle, Airgun Designs and Smart Parts. [3]

== References ==

# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zap/1997/zap9710.shtml WARPIG — The 1997 Zap International Amateur Open: Ten man rankings]. [https://web.archive.org/web/19990914055333/http://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zap/1997/zap9710.shtml Archived 14 September 1999].
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zap/1997/zap975.shtml WARPIG — The 1997 Zap International Amateur Open: Five man rankings], corrected final standings supplied by Team Effort Events.
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/articles/zap97/index.shtml Rocky Grizmore, WARPIG — Pictures and commentary on what was new at the 1997 Zap International Amateur Open], contemporary photographs and report.
# [https://www.classicscores.com/static/data/tournament_data.json ClassicScores — public tournament dataset: 1997, IAO, Zap International Amateur Open, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]. Accessed 31 October 2026.

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