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Document the 1997 NPPL Chicago Open with ClassicScores results for four divisions; explicitly identify the missing seventh-place professional ten-man entry and omit unverified dates, venue and scores.

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The '''1997 NPPL Chicago Open''' was a [[paintball]] tournament held in Chicago, Illinois, during the [[National Professional Paintball League]]'s 1997 season. Historical results record professional and amateur ten-man competition, together with amateur and novice five-man divisions.[1]

The [[All Americans]] won professional ten-man, Farside won amateur ten-man, The Fighters won amateur five-man and Spectrum won novice five-man.[1]

== Results ==
The following placings are recorded by ClassicScores. The source does not provide match scores or final-round points for this event.[1]

=== Professional ten-man ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || [[All Americans]]
|-
| 2 || [[Bob Long's Ironmen]]
|-
| 3 || [[Team Image|Image]]
|-
| 4 || [[Avalanche]]
|-
| 5 || Team Xtreme
|-
| 6 || GBD
|-
| 8 || [[Ground Zero]]
|}

ClassicScores does not identify the seventh-placed team in this event entry.[1]

=== Amateur ten-man ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || Farside
|-
| 2 || [[Lockout (paintball team)|Lockout]]
|-
| 3 || Bad Company II
|-
| 4 || OBR
|}

=== Amateur five-man ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || The Fighters
|-
| 2 || NVP
|-
| 3 || Guns of Paradise
|-
| 4 || Stalkers
|}

=== Novice five-man ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || Spectrum
|-
| 2 || Eclipse
|-
| 3 || Blindside
|-
| 4 || Blitz
|}

== See also ==
* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
* [[1997 NPPL Pittsburgh Open]]
* [[1997 NPPL World Cup]]
* [[Paintball in the United States]]

== References ==
# [https://www.classicscores.com/ ClassicScores]. Select 1997, National Professional Paintball League, Chicago Open, Chicago, Illinois. Historical event record containing 19 placings across professional ten-man, amateur ten-man, amateur five-man and novice five-man competition.

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[[Category:Paintball tournament results]]
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1997 NPPL Chicago Open - Revision history

Admin: Document the 1997 NPPL Chicago Open with ClassicScores results for four divisions; explicitly identify the missing seventh-place professional ten-man entry and omit unverified dates, venue and scores.