Editing 2006 Millennium Series World Cup

The '''2006 Millennium Series World Cup''' was the opening round of the [[2006 Millennium Series season]]. It took place from 24–26 March 2006 at the Prado beaches in Marseille, France. [[Oslo Menace (Norway)|Oslo Menace]] won the Champions Paintball League (CPL) competition ahead of [[Toulouse TonTons]] and [[Frankfurt Syndicate]].[1][2][3]

== Venue and competition ==

The Marseille tournament opened a five-round season. In its preview on 23 March, the French newspaper ''20 Minutes'' reported that admission would be free and that more than 1,500 competitors from 30 countries were expected. A photographer's account published the following week confirmed that the opening round had taken place at the Prado.[1][2]

The official rankings record 141 team entries across five divisions. Division 1 had the largest field, with 38 entries. The 16-team professional division appears in the official rankings as the M7 Champions Paintball League.[3][4][5][6][7]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! Entries
! Winner
! Second
! Third
|-
| CPL || 16 || [[Oslo Menace (Norway)|Oslo Menace]] || [[Toulouse TonTons]] || [[Frankfurt Syndicate]]
|-
| Division 1 || 38 || [[Enemy]] || [[Manchester Kellys|Kellys]] || [[Instinct]]
|-
| Division 2 || 31 || [[B4 Paintball Team|B4]] || [[Canniballs]] || [[Freefall]]
|-
| Division 3 || 28 || [[Outrage UK]] || [[Electrons]] || [[PMA Rush]]
|-
| M5 || 28 || [[Prophecy]] || [[Fiz Team]] || [[Outrage FR]]
|-
! Total !! 141
| colspan="3" |
|}

== Champions Paintball League ==

Oslo Menace earned 100 championship points for their victory. Toulouse TonTons took 88 for second place, while Frankfurt Syndicate earned 80 for third and [[Manchester Shockwave]] 72 for fourth. [[Influence Montpellier]] placed fifth, their best CPL result of the season.[3]

Marseille was the only round of the 2006 CPL season won by a team other than [[Joy Division|Joy Stockholm]]. Joy placed fifteenth at the opener and won each of the four remaining rounds. Toulouse reached the podium at all five events and took the season title with 424 points. Joy finished second overall with 408 and Oslo third with 360.[3]

=== Final event placings ===

The points shown are the championship awards for the Marseille placings.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place
! Team
! Championship points
|-
| 1 || [[Oslo Menace (Norway)|Oslo Menace]] || 100
|-
| 2 || [[Toulouse TonTons]] || 88
|-
| 3 || [[Frankfurt Syndicate]] || 80
|-
| 4 || [[Manchester Shockwave]] || 72
|-
| 5 || [[Influence Montpellier]] || 64
|-
| 6 || [[Vision PPC Grenoble]] || 56
|-
| 7 || [[Moscow Phoenix]] || 48
|-
| 8 || [[Stockholm Ignition]] || 40
|-
| 9 || [[Sacramento Excessive]] || 32
|-
| 10 || [[London Tigers]] || 28
|-
| 11 || [[Copenhagen Ducks]] || 24
|-
| 12 || [[Helsinki Cyclone]] || 20
|-
| 13 || [[London Nexus]] || 16
|-
| 14 || [[Consilium Dei Zurich]] || 12
|-
| 15 || [[Joy Division|Joy Stockholm]] || 8
|-
| 16 || [[Orebro Powertrip]] || 4
|}

== Division 1 ==

Enemy won Division 1 with 200 championship points. Kellys took second, Instinct third and [[Daltons]] fourth. [[Marseille Icon|DG Icon]], the eventual Division 1 season champions, opened their campaign with fifth place.[4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place
! Team
! Championship points
|-
| 1 || [[Enemy]] || 200
|-
| 2 || [[Manchester Kellys|Kellys]] || 194
|-
| 3 || [[Instinct]] || 189
|-
| 4 || [[Daltons]] || 184
|-
| 5 || [[Marseille Icon|DG Icon]] || 179
|-
| 6 || [[Tontons Cadet]] || 173
|-
| 7 || [[Dagnir Dae]] || 168
|-
| 8 || [[Solid]] || 163
|}

== Division 2 ==

French team B4 won Division 2 with 199 points, ahead of fellow French team Canniballs and Austrian team Freefall. [[Ipnoz]], who went on to win the Division 2 season championship, finished eighth.[5]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place
! Team
! Championship points
|-
| 1 || [[B4 Paintball Team|B4]] || 199
|-
| 2 || [[Canniballs]] || 192
|-
| 3 || [[Freefall]] || 186
|-
| 4 || [[Xtreme]] || 179
|-
| 5 || [[Evil Pigs]] || 173
|-
| 6 || [[Metralhas]] || 166
|-
| 7 || [[Rebirth Berlin]] || 160
|-
| 8 || [[Ipnoz]] || 153
|}

== Division 3 ==

Outrage UK won Division 3 ahead of Electrons and PMA Rush. Outrage also won the next round in Bitburg. PMA Rush went on to win the Division 3 season championship.[6]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place
! Team
! Championship points
|-
| 1 || [[Outrage UK]] || 198
|-
| 2 || [[Electrons]] || 191
|-
| 3 || [[PMA Rush]] || 184
|-
| 4 || [[Freakshow]] || 176
|-
| 5 || [[Storm]] || 169
|-
| 6 || [[Estrondo]] || 162
|-
| 7 || [[ECX Eclipse]] || 155
|-
| 8 || [[MRD Com]] || 148
|}

== M5 ==

French teams took all three podium places in the five-player M5 division. Prophecy won with 198 championship points, followed by Fiz Team and Outrage FR. [[Notorious Kids]], who later won the season championship, finished fourth.[7]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place
! Team
! Championship points
|-
| 1 || [[Prophecy]] || 198
|-
| 2 || [[Fiz Team]] || 191
|-
| 3 || [[Outrage FR]] || 184
|-
| 4 || [[Notorious Kids]] || 176
|}

== See also ==

* [[Millennium Series]]
* [[2006 Millennium Series season]]
* [[2006 MAXS European Masters]]

== References ==

# [https://www.20minutes.fr/sport/76390-20060323-sport-paintball-les-tireurs-se-font-une-place-au-soleil Paintball : les tireurs se font une place au soleil] — ''20 Minutes'', 23 March 2006.
# [https://www.generation-nt.com/reponses/quelques-photos-de-paintball-entraide-469111.html Quelques photos de paintball] — photographer's contemporary account, Generation-NT, 1 April 2006.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20180104132540id_/http://www.millennium-series.com/downloads/series-rankings-history/2006_ranking_cpl.pdf Millennium Series Rankings – 2006, M7 Champions Paintball League] — Millennium Series official rankings, archived PDF.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20180104132540id_/http://www.millennium-series.com/downloads/series-rankings-history/2006_ranking_d1.pdf Millennium Series Rankings – 2006, Division 1] — Millennium Series official rankings, archived PDF.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20180104132540id_/http://www.millennium-series.com/downloads/series-rankings-history/2006_ranking_d2.pdf Millennium Series Rankings – 2006, Division 2] — Millennium Series official rankings, archived PDF.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20180104132540id_/http://www.millennium-series.com/downloads/series-rankings-history/2006_ranking_d3.pdf Millennium Series Rankings – 2006, Division 3] — Millennium Series official rankings, archived PDF.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20180104132540id_/http://www.millennium-series.com/downloads/series-rankings-history/2006_ranking_m5.pdf Millennium Series Rankings – 2006, M5] — Millennium Series official rankings, archived PDF.

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