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The '''1998 Australian Seven-Player Paintball Championships''' was a paintball tournament held at Yarramundi, New South Wales. Sixteen teams from Australia and New Zealand competed across professional and amateur divisions. Vengeance won the professional division, while New Zealand’s [[Katipo Paintball Team|Katipo]] won the amateur division.[1]

== Organisation and format ==

The event was organised by Aussie Paintball Games Supplies, with refereeing provided by [[Top Hat Jokers]] and [[Team Magnum|Magnum]].[1]

Eight professional and eight amateur teams entered. Games were played on four fields named Ferns, Wilderness, Hyperball and Trenches. The fields combined wooded terrain, artificial barricades and trench systems.[1]

Four teams from each division qualified for the finals. Vengeance and Katipo led their respective preliminary divisions, earning the right to select one of the finals fields. Both chose Hyperball, with Trenches used as the second field.[1]

== Results ==

=== Professional division ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Place
! Team
! Finals points
|-
| 1
| Vengeance
| 230
|-
| 2
| [[Black Reign (Australia)|Black Reign]]
| 215
|-
| 3
| Rat Pak
| 153
|-
| 4
| The Firm
| 100
|}

Vengeance recovered from an opening finals defeat by Black Reign to win its remaining two games and take the professional title.[1]

=== Amateur division ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Place
! Team
! Finals points
|-
| 1
| [[Katipo Paintball Team|Katipo]]
| 220
|-
| 2
| Onslaught
| 210
|-
| 3
| Tomcats
| 120
|-
| 4
| Wasp
| 115
|}

Katipo defeated Tomcats and Wasp but lost to Onslaught. Although both leading teams won two finals games, Katipo finished ten points ahead of Onslaught to secure the amateur championship.[1]

== References ==

# [https://web.archive.org/web/19981203101247/http://www.xsystems.com.au/wpaint/wpaint9/aus_7player.html 1998 Australian 7 Man]. Simon Morrison, ''Paint'', issue 9, September 1998.

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Admin: Create the 1998 Australian Seven-Player Paintball Championships article with venue, organisation, format and complete divisional finals results, including Katipo’s amateur victory. Omit precise event dates because the contemporary report gives conflicting date information.