Editing 2017 Campaign Cup

The '''2017 Campaign Cup''' was a [[paintball]] tournament held at the South of England Event Centre near Gatwick, England, from 30 June–2 July 2017. It was the third round of the [[2017 Millennium Series season]].[1][2]

[[Edmonton Impact]] won the professional Champions Paintball League (CPL) competition, defeating [[Russian Legion]] 4–3 in the final. [[Toulouse TonTons]] finished third and [[Breakout Spa]] fourth.[3]

== Professional competition ==

Edmonton Impact, Russian Legion Moscow, Toulouse TonTons and Breakout Spa reached the semi-finals, continuing their occupation of the top four places at each event of the season. Impact defeated TonTons to reach the final, while Russian Legion beat Breakout Spa 4–2.[3]

Russian Legion established a 3–1 lead in the final before Impact recovered to win 4–3. It was Impact's second tournament victory of the season.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Champions Paintball League results
! Position !! Team
|-
| 1 || [[Edmonton Impact]]
|-
| 2 || [[Russian Legion|Russian Legion Moscow]]
|-
| 3 || [[Toulouse TonTons]]
|-
| 4 || [[Breakout Spa]]
|}

Impact retained the championship lead after the tournament. The leading four teams were separated by 36 points ahead of the concluding [[2017 Millennium Series World Cup|World Cup at Chantilly]].[3]

== Divisional competition ==

The event also included semi-professional and divisional competition. Contemporary reporting recorded the following winners.[4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Winner
|-
| Semi-Professional League || [[Expendables|Expendables Feilding]]
|-
| Division 1 || [[Ugly Ducklings|Ugly Ducklings Odense]]
|-
| Division 2 || Galapagos Tortugas
|-
| Division 3 || London Thunderducks
|}

== Men's World Championship ==

The separate men's national-team World Championship took place alongside the Campaign Cup. The official federation report recorded 22 national teams and 220 players, competing in a Race-to-4 format.[1]

The United States won the championship, defeating Russia 2–1 in the final. The Czech Republic finished third after beating Germany 3–2 in overtime.[3]

== See also ==

* [[Campaign Cup]]
* [[Millennium Series]]
* [[2017 Millennium Series season]]
* [[2017 Millennium Series World Cup]]

== References ==

# [https://www.epbf.info/ra_data/files/UPBF_WCM_report_2017.pdf World Championship Men's 2017: event report] — European Paintball Federation, tournament held 30 June–2 July 2017.
# [https://sanpa.co.za/author/paulgrob/ Paintball World Cup 2017 Men's] — South African National Paintball/Airsoft Association, 28 June 2017; preserved on the author's archive page.
# [https://paintball.fi/kimmo-kainulainen/uutiset/1047/impact-voittoon-campaign-cupissa-englannissa-2017 Impact voittoon Campaign Cupissa Englannissa 2017] — Kimmo Kainulainen, Paintball.fi, 2 July 2017.
# [https://paintballruinedmylife.com/tag/news/ Eclipse LV1.5, MS Campaign Cup & Nummech Freak XL Adapters – PBRMW] — Paintball Ruined My Life, 3 July 2017; results preserved on the news archive page.

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