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'''1997 Great Western Series Las Vegas''' was a five-player [[paintball]] tournament held in Las Vegas, Nevada, as part of the [[Great Western Series]]. Marine Team Gold won the amateur division, while Sick & Twisted won the novice division. [1][2]

== Competition ==

The event ran alongside a separate NPPL ten-player tournament at the same location. The GWS competition progressed through preliminary rounds, semi-finals and four-team finals in each division. [1]

== Results ==

Final placings and final-round points are recorded by [[WARPIG]]. ClassicScores confirms the placings. [1][2]

=== Amateur five-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team !! Final-round points
|-
| 1 || Marine Team Gold || 288
|-
| 2 || [[Navarone]] || 216
|-
| 3 || Outta Control Black || 116
|-
| 4 || Sidewinders || 54
|}

=== Novice five-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team !! Final-round points
|-
| 1 || Sick & Twisted || 280
|-
| 2 || Area 51 || 224
|-
| 3 || Tsunami I || 98
|-
| 4 || Hostile Takeover III || 70
|}

== References ==

# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/gws/1997/gwlv97.shtml WARPIG — The 1997 Great Western Tournament Series Results: Las Vegas], contemporary report and results. [https://web.archive.org/web/19990910234823/http://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/gws/1997/gwlv97.shtml Archived 10 September 1999].
# [https://www.classicscores.com/static/data/tournament_data.json ClassicScores — public tournament dataset: 1997, GWS, Las Vegas, Nevada]. Accessed 31 October 2026.

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Admin: Created article for the 1997 Great Western Series Las Vegas five-player tournament, with WARPIG-verified final placings and points; added United States, Nevada, decade and tournament-results categories.