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This article summarises selected '''1997 United States paintball tournament results''' outside NPPL competition. The records cover three [[Great Western Series]] events and the [[1997 ZAP International Amateur Open]], with amateur and novice competitions in five-player and ten-player formats. [1]

== Recorded results ==

The following podiums are documented by WARPIG and corroborated by ClassicScores. They cover four events and thirteen divisions, rather than a complete national calendar or season championship. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Competition !! First !! Second !! Third !! Source
|-
| [[1997 Great Western Series Las Vegas]] || Amateur five-player || Marine Team Gold || [[Navarone]] || Outta Control Black || [2]
|-
| [[1997 Great Western Series Las Vegas]] || Novice five-player || Sick & Twisted || Area 51 || Tsunami I || [2]
|-
| [[1997 Great Western Series Portland]] || Amateur ten-player || Marine Team || Outrage I || Outta Control || [3]
|-
| [[1997 Great Western Series Portland]] || Novice ten-player || Lofty II || Naughty Dogs || Phantom Force III || [3]
|-
| [[1997 Great Western Series Portland]] || Amateur five-player || Marine Team Gold || [[Navarone]] || Shockwave II || [4]
|-
| [[1997 Great Western Series Portland]] || Novice five-player || Hammerheads || NIB I || Lofty II || [4]
|-
| [[1997 Great Western Series San Francisco]] || Amateur ten-player || Hostile Takeover || Outta Control || Marine Team Gold || [5]
|-
| [[1997 Great Western Series San Francisco]] || Novice ten-player || Lofty II || Ground Zero || Hostile Takeover II || [5]
|-
| [[1997 Great Western Series San Francisco]] || Amateur five-player || Marine Team Gold || Marine Team Red || Marine Team Black || [5]
|-
| [[1997 Great Western Series San Francisco]] || Novice five-player || Hostile Takeover 3 || Hammerheads || Shockwave 3 || [5]
|-
| [[1997 ZAP International Amateur Open]] || Amateur ten-player || Saber Wolves || Team Turbulence || Phantom Jesters || [6]
|-
| [[1997 ZAP International Amateur Open]] || Amateur five-player || Saber Wolves || Johnstown Highlanders || Team Wolf B || [7]
|-
| [[1997 ZAP International Amateur Open]] || Novice five-player || Venom || Checkmate || Bonnie Boys || [7]
|}

== Notes on the records ==

The Las Vegas GWS competition ran alongside a separate NPPL ten-player tournament. Only the GWS five-player results are included here. [2]

For San Francisco's amateur five-player competition, WARPIG's summary places Marine Team Gold ahead of Marine Team Red, agreeing with ClassicScores. Its detailed scoreboard instead gives Marine Team Red more final-round points. The table follows the published summary without resolving that discrepancy. [1][5]

WARPIG identifies Team Effort Events as the supplier of the corrected IAO five-player standings and the verifier of the ten-player rankings. Saber Wolves won both amateur formats. [6][7]

== References ==

# [https://www.classicscores.com/static/data/tournament_data.json ClassicScores — public tournament dataset: 1997 Great Western Series and International Amateur Open results]. Accessed 1 November 2026.
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/gws/1997/gwlv97.shtml WARPIG — The 1997 Great Western Tournament Series Results: Las Vegas].
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/gws/1997/gws97.port.10.shtml WARPIG — The 1997 GWS Portland 10 Man].
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/gws/1997/gws97.port.5.shtml WARPIG — The 1997 GWS Portland 5 Man].
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/gws/1997/gws.sf97.shtml WARPIG — The 1997 Great Western San Francisco Results].
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zap/1997/zap9710.shtml WARPIG — The 1997 Zap International Amateur Open: Ten man rankings].
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zap/1997/zap975.shtml WARPIG — The 1997 Zap International Amateur Open: Five man rankings], corrected final standings supplied by Team Effort Events.

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Admin: Created a 1997 USA results summary covering four non-NPPL events and thirteen division podiums, with WARPIG sources, the San Francisco discrepancy and verified categories.