Editing 2007 Millennium Series Charleroi

The '''2007 Millennium Series Charleroi''' event was a [[Millennium Series]] paintball tournament held in Charleroi, Belgium, from 7 to 9 September 2007. It was the fourth round of the [[2007 Millennium Series season]], preceding the French Open at Paris-Disney.[1][2]

Philly Dogs won the professional Champions Paintball League (CPL) competition, ahead of [[Joy Division (paintball team)|Joy Stockholm]], [[London Nexus]] and Consilium Dei Zurich. It was Philly Dogs' third CPL event victory of the season.[2]

== Event ==

Charleroi followed the season's tournaments in Toulouse, at the Nürburgring and in London. The Belgian event included Champions Paintball League and Semi-Professional Paintball League (SPL) competition.[1][2]

WARPIG's contemporary field preview records that the CPL and SPL used the same layout on the Millennium and Empire fields. The preview was based on the Millennium Series' published field maps and Sup'Air bunker dimensions.[1]

== Champions Paintball League ==

=== Championship background ===

Joy Stockholm entered the fourth round leading the championship with 276 points, followed by Philly Dogs on 232 and London Nexus on 200.[2]

Philly Dogs had won the opening events at Toulouse and the Nürburgring before finishing ninth in London. Joy had finished second at both opening rounds and won London, placing the Swedish team 44 points ahead before Charleroi.[2]

=== Final standings ===

Philly Dogs took first place and 100 championship points at Charleroi. Joy Stockholm finished second for 88 points, with London Nexus third on 80 and Consilium Dei Zurich fourth on 72.[2]

The archived official CPL table records the following placings. The points shown are championship-ranking points rather than individual match scores.[2]

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

Third place gave London Nexus consecutive podium finishes following its third place in London. Consilium Dei Zurich's fourth place was its highest event finish of the season, following three consecutive sixth places.[2]

Charleroi also produced the season's best CPL finishes for Copenhagen Ducks, who placed sixth, and Influence Montpellier, who finished eighth.[2]

== Division 1 ==

Paris B4's team press dossier records a 20th-place finish in Division 1 at Charleroi. The same document lists the Belgian round alongside the team's other 2007 Millennium appearances.[3]

== Championship position ==

Philly Dogs' victory reduced Joy Stockholm's championship lead from 44 to 32 points. Joy left Charleroi with 364 points, while Philly Dogs had 332. London Nexus remained third on 280.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position after Charleroi
! Team
! Accumulated points
|-
| 1
| [[Joy Division (paintball team)|Joy Stockholm]]
| 364
|-
| 2
| Philly Dogs
| 332
|-
| 3
| [[London Nexus]]
| 280
|-
| 4
| Consilium Dei Zurich
| 240
|-
| 5
| [[Toulouse TonTons|Toulouse Tontons]]
| 208
|-
| 6
| Vision PPC Grenoble
| 184
|-
| 7
| [[Oslo Menace (Norway)|Oslo Menace]]
| 172
|-
| 8
| [[Frankfurt Syndicate]]
| 176
|}

The season concluded at the [[2007 Millennium Series French Open|French Open at Paris-Disney]] in October. Joy won that event and finished as CPL champions with 464 points, ahead of Philly Dogs on 420 and London Nexus on 344.[2]

== See also ==

* [[Millennium Series]]
* [[2007 Millennium Series season]]
* [[2007 Millennium Series French Open]]

== References ==

# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/millennium/2007/charleroi/fields/field1.shtml Millennium Series Charleroi: Field Previews] — WARPIG, event dated 7–9 September 2007; CPL and SPL field arrangements.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20180104132540/http://www.millennium-series.com/rankings.php?ranking=cpl_2007 CPL ranking 2007] — The Millennium Series, archived official event placings and season standings.
# [https://fr.scribd.com/document/45281864/Dossier-Presse2k8-Charlie-B4 B4-Paintball Team: Dossier Presse 2008] — B4 Paintball Team, team press dossier; records its Division 1 result at Charleroi.

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