Editing 2009 Millennium Cup

The '''2009 Millennium Cup''', also known as the '''Disney Millennium Cup''', was a [[Millennium Series]] paintball event held at Disney Village, near Paris, France, from 3 to 5 July 2009.[1] The weekend included the Millennium Cup, an associated [[Intercontinental Cup]] and an M5 competition. Chilli Peppers Riga won both the Millennium Cup and the Intercontinental Cup.[2]

The event also hosted outstanding semi-finals and finals from the earlier Málaga tournament. Those matches remained part of the Málaga competition rather than the Paris tournament.[3][4]

== Venue and organisation ==

The tournament occupied the former Ventury 2 car park opposite the Vinci car park at Disney Village. Admission was free.[5] A contemporary post-event report in ''Le Parisien'' described five netted playing fields and attendance by approximately 1,000 competitors and at least 6,000 spectators.[6]

The official Friday schedule placed the postponed Málaga matches at the beginning of the day, followed by the Paris preliminary programme and evening Intercontinental Cup matches.[3]

== Competition structure ==

The Millennium Cup preliminary draw brought teams from different Millennium divisions into the same groups. For example, Group E included London Nexus, Ronins PBW Haguenau, 2easy Warsaw and MacDev Ronin, while Group C included DC Arsenal Dynasty, Hellwood Paris, All Russians Moscow and Relentless.[3]

The Intercontinental Cup ran alongside the main competition. Its eight teams were divided into two preliminary groups before the quarter-finals.[7]

The Paris event did not appear as a points-scoring round in the official 2009 CPL season table, which recorded Málaga, Bitburg, London and Antalya.[8]

== Millennium Cup ==

Chilli Peppers Riga defeated DC Arsenal Dynasty in the Millennium Cup final. This was separate from Riga's victory over Joy Stockholm in the Intercontinental Cup final.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Millennium Cup finalists
! Position
! Team
|-
| 1
| Chilli Peppers Riga
|-
| 2
| DC Arsenal Dynasty
|}

== Intercontinental Cup ==

=== Preliminary groups ===

The published preliminary tables recorded Joy Stockholm and Chilli Peppers Riga as group winners, each with three victories.[7]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Group A
! Group B
|-
| 1
| [[Joy Division|Joy Stockholm]]
| Chilli Peppers Riga
|-
| 2
| [[Marseille Icon]]
| [[Budapest Bullets (Hungary)|Budapest Bullets]]
|-
| 3
| [[KL Demonz (Malaysia Paintball Team)|Kuala Lumpur Demonz]]
| [[MacDev Ronin (Malaysia Paintball Team)|MacDev Ronin]]
|-
| 4
| Johannesburg Dynamix
| Assala Libreville
|}

=== Knockout competition ===

The quarter-final results were published as follows.[9]

{| class="wikitable"
! Round
! Winner
! Result
! Opponent
|-
| Quarter-final
| Joy Stockholm
| 4–0
| Assala Libreville
|-
| Quarter-final
| Marseille Icon
| 4–0
| MacDev Ronin
|-
| Quarter-final
| Kuala Lumpur Demonz
| 4–0, awarded
| Budapest Bullets
|-
| Quarter-final
| Chilli Peppers Riga
| 4–2
| Johannesburg Dynamix
|-
| Semi-final
| Joy Stockholm
| 4–0
| Kuala Lumpur Demonz
|-
| Semi-final
| Chilli Peppers Riga
| 4–0
| Marseille Icon
|}

Semi-final scores are recorded in the contemporary results report.[10]

The Demonz–Budapest quarter-final was a walkover rather than a played 4–0 victory. Demonz captain Ben Yaw subsequently explained that Budapest withdrew with two injured players and concentrated on its other competition.[11]

Chilli Peppers Riga defeated Joy Stockholm in the final. Kuala Lumpur Demonz finished fourth.[2][11]

== M5 and Activision Cup ==

Kuala Lumpur Demonz also reached the Activision Cup final, losing 2–1 to Rats.[12] Yaw's subsequent account described the team's route through the Division 3 competition into the Activision Cup quarter-finals and final.[11]

This result was separate from Demonz's fourth-place finish in the Intercontinental Cup.

== Postponed Málaga matches ==

The official Friday programme reserved its opening slots for the Málaga semi-finals and finals.[3] Frankfurt Syndicate defeated SK Moscow 5–3 in the semi-final and London Nexus 5–2 in the final to win the outstanding Málaga competition.[4]

Although played at Paris-Disney, these results belonged to the earlier Málaga event.

== See also ==

* [[Millennium Series]]
* [[2009 Millennium Series season]]
* [[2009 Campaign Cup]]
* [[2009 Millennium Series Sarsilmaz Cup]]

== References ==

# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/millennium/2009/paris/fields/ Millennium Series Disney Millennium Cup — Event Field Layout] — WARPIG, 3–5 July 2009.
# [https://seburo.blogspot.com/2009/07/riga-chili-peppers-take-millennium.html Riga Chili Peppers Take Millennium Series Paris] — SEBURO, 6 July 2009.
# [https://millennium-series.epbf.info/downloads/events/draws/schedule_friday_cup_paris_2009.pdf Disney Millennium Cup [France] Paris — Schedule Preliminaries, 3 July 2009] — The Millennium Series, official schedule preserved on the EPBF-hosted archive.
# [https://seburo.blogspot.com/2009/07/paris-update-syndicate-wins-all-3.html Paris Update: Syndicate Wins All 3 Prelim Games] — SEBURO, 4 July 2009; includes the postponed Málaga semi-final and final scores.
# [https://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/mareuil-les-meaux-77100/paintball-mondial-a-disney-village-03-07-2009-568076.php Paintball mondial à Disney Village] — Le Parisien, 3 July 2009, in French.
# [https://www.leparisien.fr/seine-et-marne-77/les-as-du-paintball-au-disney-village-06-07-2009-570882.php Les as du paintball au Disney-Village] — Le Parisien, 6 July 2009, in French.
# [https://seburo.blogspot.com/2009/07/paris-update-icc-both-malaysian-teams.html Paris Update: ICC — Both Malaysian Teams Finish 3rd in Their Groups] — SEBURO, 5 July 2009; reproduces preliminary standings.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20180104132540/http://www.millennium-series.com/rankings.php?ranking=cpl_2009 Champions Paintball League Ranking 2009] — The Millennium Series, archived official season table.
# [https://seburo.blogspot.com/2009/07/paris-update-icc-quater-finals.html Paris Update: ICC Quarter-finals] — SEBURO, 5 July 2009; the Demonz–Budapest entry was subsequently clarified as a walkover.
# [https://seburo.blogspot.com/2009/07/paris-update-icc-semi-finals.html Paris Update: ICC Semi-finals] — SEBURO, 5 July 2009.
# [https://seburo.blogspot.com/2009/07/interview-with-ben-todo-yaw-captain-of.html Interview with Ben “Todo” Yaw, Captain of the KL Demonz] — SEBURO, 14 July 2009.
# [https://seburo.blogspot.com/2009/07/paris-update-demonz-takes-second-in.html Paris Update: Demonz Takes Second in Paris!] — SEBURO, 6 July 2009.

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