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The '''2000 NPPL Chicago Open''' was a [[National Professional Paintball League]] tournament held at [[Badlandz Paintball Field|The Badlandz]] in Crete, Illinois, from 21 to 25 June 2000. Produced by [[Bad Boyz Toyz]], it was the third tournament of the NPPL season and included five-man and ten-man competition.[1]

The Southern California Ironmen won professional ten-man, Fusion won Amateur A ten-man and The Family won Amateur B ten-man. Rabid Virus 1 and Team Spank won the five-man divisions.[2][3][4]

== Venue and organisation ==

The venue added a Hyperball-style layout and two Sup'Air fields alongside its woodland fields. Rain before the tournament left muddy areas, although conditions subsequently improved.[1]

Five-man competition began on Wednesday and concluded on Thursday. Schedule changes and a shortage of referees contributed to delays. Avalanche, Aftershock and Strange refereed the ten-man competition, which began on Friday.[1]

== Ten-man results ==

Ironmen won the professional final with 125 points, three ahead of Image. Rage finished third and Lockout fourth; only 21 points separated the four teams.[2]

All tables show final-round scores. ClassicScores corroborates the placings.[2][4]

=== Professional ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Game 1 !! Game 2 !! Game 3 !! Total
|-
| 1 || [[Ironmen (Southern California)|Ironmen]] || 18 || 91 || 16 || 125
|-
| 2 || [[Team Image|Image]] || 16 || 8 || 98 || 122
|-
| 3 || [[Rage (paintball team)|Rage]] || 18 || 97 || 4 || 119
|-
| 4 || [[Lockout]] || 6 || 6 || 92 || 104
|}

=== Amateur A ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Game 1 !! Game 2 !! Game 3 !! Total
|-
| 1 || Fusion || 95 || 16 || 95 || 206
|-
| 2 || [[KAPP Factory]] || 8 || 68 || 17 || 93
|-
| 3 || OBR || −38 || 97 || 10 || 69
|-
| 4 || [[Naughty Dogs]] || 10 || 6 || 17 || 33
|}

=== Amateur B ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Game 1 !! Game 2 !! Game 3 !! Total
|-
| 1 || The Family || 95 || 94 || 94 || 283
|-
| 2 || SOB's || 95 || 12 || 97 || 204
|-
| 3 || [[Ground Zero|Ground Zero Silver]] || 10 || 94 || 6 || 110
|-
| 4 || Team Tippmann || 10 || 7 || 12 || 29
|}

== Five-man results ==

Rabid Virus 1 won Amateur A with 120 points, seven ahead of Resurrection. Team Spank won Amateur B with 166 points.[3]

All tables show final-round scores. ClassicScores corroborates the placings.[3][4]

=== Amateur A ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Game 1 !! Game 2 !! Game 3 !! Total
|-
| 1 || Rabid Virus 1 || 58 || 6 || 56 || 120
|-
| 2 || Resurrection || 4 || 57 || 52 || 113
|-
| 3 || TC Factory || 58 || 12 || 8 || 78
|-
| 4 || NVP || 6 || 16 || 6 || 28
|}

=== Amateur B ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Game 1 !! Game 2 !! Game 3 !! Total
|-
| 1 || Team Spank || 59 || 59 || 48 || 166
|-
| 2 || Sharp Shooters || 59 || 57 || 14 || 130
|-
| 3 || Phantom Reign || 2 || 2 || 59 || 63
|-
| 4 || Team Cypress || 2 || 6 || 2 || 10
|}

== Associated film screening ==

An unfinished version of ''[[Push (paintball film)|Push]]'', produced by [[Bryon Benini]] and [[Patrick Spohrer]], was screened at a venue in Lansing during the tournament. WARPIG reported that the preview ran for approximately 45 minutes and combined tournament footage with player interviews.[1]

== See also ==

* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
* [[1999 NPPL Chicago Open]]
* [[2000 NPPL Pittsburgh Open]]
* [[2000 NPPL Nashville Open]]

== References ==

# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/npplchicago00/index.shtml NPPL Chicago Open 2000]. ''WARPIG'', June 2000. Contemporary report covering dates, venue, organisation, schedule and the preview screening of ''Push''.
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/npplchicago00/10fin.shtml Chicago NPPL 2000 — Ten-Man Final Scoreboard]. ''WARPIG'', June 2000.
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/npplchicago00/5fin.shtml Chicago NPPL 2000 — Five-Man Semi-Final and Finals Scoreboard]. ''WARPIG'', June 2000.
# [https://www.classicscores.com/ ClassicScores]. “2000 NPPL — Chicago”. Ten-man and five-man final placings.

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