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<p>Created the 2016 Millennium Series season article, covering the four-event calendar, professional winners and finalists, Edmonton Impact&#039;s season championship and reported CPL promotion and relegation.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The &#039;&#039;&#039;2016 Millennium Series season&#039;&#039;&#039; was an international [[paintball]] tournament season comprising four events in Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom and France between April and September 2016.[1]<br /> <br /> [[Edmonton Impact]] won the professional Champions Paintball League (CPL) season championship. Impact won the opening Mediterranean Cup and the concluding World Cup, while [[Houston Heat]] won the European Masters and [[Toulouse TonTons]] won the Campaign Cup.[2][3]<br /> <br /> == Calendar ==<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> ! Round !! Event !! Dates !! Location !! Country<br /> |-<br /> | 1 || [[2016 Millennium Series Mediterranean Cup|Mediterranean Cup]] || 8–10 April 2016 || Salou, Costa Daurada || Spain<br /> |-<br /> | 2 || [[2016 Millennium Series European Masters|European Masters]] || 20–22 May 2016 || Bitburg || Germany<br /> |-<br /> | 3 || [[2016 Campaign Cup|Campaign Cup]] || 1–3 July 2016 || Basildon || United Kingdom<br /> |-<br /> | 4 || [[2016 Millennium Series World Cup|World Cup]] || 16–18 September 2016 || Chantilly || France<br /> |}<br /> <br /> The calendar was published before the season. Contemporary participant reports identify Salou as the location of the Barcelona–Costa Dorada round and Barleylands Farm in Basildon as the British venue.[1][4][5]<br /> <br /> == Professional competition ==<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> |+ Professional event winners and runners-up<br /> ! Event !! Winner !! Runner-up<br /> |-<br /> | Mediterranean Cup || [[Edmonton Impact]] || [[Breakout Spa]]<br /> |-<br /> | European Masters || [[Houston Heat]] || [[Breakout Spa]]<br /> |-<br /> | Campaign Cup || [[Toulouse TonTons]] || [[Edmonton Impact]]<br /> |-<br /> | World Cup || [[Edmonton Impact]] || [[Toulouse TonTons]]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> Event winners and finalists are recorded in the historical professional results archive.[2]<br /> <br /> === Mediterranean Cup ===<br /> <br /> Edmonton Impact won the season opener in Salou, defeating Breakout Spa in the professional final.[2][6]<br /> <br /> The event included professional and divisional competition. A contemporary participant report, citing organisers&#039; figures, recorded 147 teams and more than 1,000 players across the tournament.[4]<br /> <br /> === European Masters ===<br /> <br /> Houston Heat won the German round at Bitburg, with Breakout Spa finishing second for the second consecutive event.[2]<br /> <br /> === Campaign Cup ===<br /> <br /> Toulouse TonTons won the British round, defeating Edmonton Impact in the final. The professional semi-finals had paired Impact with Houston Heat and TonTons with Breakout Spa.[2][7]<br /> <br /> === World Cup and season championship ===<br /> <br /> Edmonton Impact defeated Toulouse TonTons 6–1 in the Chantilly final, securing both the tournament victory and the overall professional season championship.[3]<br /> <br /> Impact&#039;s knockout results included a 4–1 quarter-final victory over Houston Heat. TonTons defeated Breakout Spa in overtime in another quarter-final.[3]<br /> <br /> == Promotion and relegation ==<br /> <br /> Following the season, contemporary reporting listed London Nexus and Ground Kontrol Paris as relegated from the CPL to the Semi-Professional League (SPL). Russian Legion Moscow and Red Storm Moscow were listed as promoted to the CPL.[8]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Millennium Series]]<br /> * [[2017 Millennium Series season]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <br /> # [https://fiebrepaintball.wordpress.com/2016/03/19/nos-vamos-a-millenium/comment-page-1/ Nos vamos a millenium!] — FiebrePaintball, 19 March 2016; includes the four-event season calendar.<br /> # [https://www.paintballwincount.com/nxl-europe NXL Europe / Millennium Series] — Paintball Win Count, historical professional event winners, finalists and season champions.<br /> # [https://paintballruinedmylife.com/2016/09/18/edmonton-impact-win-millennium-world-championship-series-title/ Edmonton Impact win Millennium World Championship and Series Title] — Brad Johnson, Paintball Ruined My Life, 18 September 2016.<br /> # [https://fiebrepaintball.wordpress.com/author/fiebrepaintball/ Paintball en estado puro. Millennium series mediterranean cup Salou 8-10 abril 2016] — FiebrePaintball, 20 April 2016; participant report preserved on the author&#039;s archive page.<br /> # [https://eclipsehq.blogspot.com/2016/08/ The Adventures of Rebels from Basildon to Gjøvik] — Planet Eclipse HQ Blog, 28 August 2016; participant report preserved in the August archive.<br /> # [https://www.mlpbplus.com/nxl-europe/videos/pro-finals-breakout-spa-vs-edmonton-impact Pro Finals: Breakout Spa vs Edmonton Impact] — Major League Paintball Plus, official 2016 Mediterranean Cup final broadcast.<br /> # [https://www.mlpbplus.com/videos/impact-vs-heat-breakout-vs-tontons Impact vs Heat – Breakout vs TonTons] — Major League Paintball Plus, official 2016 Campaign Cup semi-final broadcast.<br /> # [https://paintballruinedmylife.com/category/events/tournaments/millennium/page/2/ The New and Former Pro Teams of the CPL] — Paintball Ruined My Life, 23 September 2016; report preserved on the Millennium archive page.<br /> <br /> [[Category:2016 in paintball]]<br /> [[Category:Paintball tournaments]]</div>

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