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'''Budapest Bullets''' was a Hungarian competitive [[paintball]] team based in Budapest. The team competed in the [[Millennium Series]] Champions Paintball League (CPL), finishing second in the 2008 European championship standings. Budapest Bullets also achieved third-place finishes at the 2008 and 2009 German Masters tournaments.[1][2][3]

== History ==

=== Millennium Series competition ===

Budapest Bullets competed in the Millennium Series Champions Paintball League during the late 2000s.

In September 2008, the team led the CPL standings with 248 points after the opening two events, ahead of Joy Stockholm on 244 points.[4]

At the 2008 MAXS German Masters, Budapest Bullets advanced to the semi-finals after defeating Chilli Peppers Riga 5–2 in the quarter-finals. The team subsequently lost 5–1 to Joy Stockholm before defeating Marseille Icon 5–4 in the third-place playoff.[2]

Budapest Bullets finished the 2008 CPL season second overall, behind [[Joy Division (paintball team)|Joy Stockholm]] and ahead of the Philadelphia Americans.[1]

The team continued competing at the highest European level in 2009. At the German Masters in Bitburg, Budapest Bullets again finished third, defeating Chilli Peppers Riga 5–4 in the third-place playoff.[3]

Budapest Bullets also participated in the 2009 [[Intercontinental Cup (paintball)|Intercontinental Cup]], held alongside the Millennium Series event in Paris, finishing fifth among eight competing teams.[5]

In 2010, Budapest Bullets finished fifth overall in the Millennium Series CPL standings.[6]

=== Players and training ===

Viktor Zemen was identified as the team's captain in contemporary reporting from December 2008.[7]

During the 2008 season, the team's roster included American professional players [[Oliver Lang]] and Peter "Mr. U" Utschig.[8]

Hungarian player and coach Viktor Ludas represented Budapest Bullets during the 2010 Millennium Series season. Ludas also conducted training sessions at a practice facility operated by the Bullets, which was used by other Hungarian paintball teams, including Budapest Blast.[6]

== Tournament results ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Competition
! Division
! Result
|-
| 2008
| Millennium Series, MAXS German Masters
| CPL
| 3rd
|-
| 2008
| Millennium Series
| CPL season standings
| 2nd
|-
| 2009
| Millennium Series, MAXS German Masters
| CPL
| 3rd
|-
| 2009
| Intercontinental Cup, Paris
| International
| 5th
|-
| 2010
| Millennium Series
| CPL season standings
| 5th
|}

== See also ==

* [[Millennium Series]]
* [[Intercontinental Cup (paintball)]]
* [[Joy Division (paintball team)]]

== References ==

# [https://jrdominguez32paintball.blogspot.com/2008/10/httpc2ac-imagesmyspacecdncomimages0242l.html JR Dominguez 32 Paintball, Nexus Win Paris MS Event! Joy Win Millennium Series 08, 15 October 2008]
# [https://seburo.blogspot.com/2008/09/philly-dogs-win-millenium-series.html SEBURO, Philly Dogs Win Millennium Series Germany, 7 September 2008]
# [https://seburo.blogspot.com/2009/06/millenium-series-2-german-masters.html SEBURO, Millennium Series 2 German Masters Final Results, 1 June 2009]
# [https://seburo.blogspot.com/2008/09/coming-up-this-weekend-millenium-series.html SEBURO, Coming Up This Weekend: Millennium Series MAXS German Masters, 1 September 2008]
# [https://splatweb.net/2011/11/intercontinental-cupien-historiaa/ Splatweb, Intercontinental Cupien historiaa, 24 November 2011]
# [https://paintballakademia.hu/index.php/edzonk/ Paintball Akadémia, Ludas Viktor Paintball Player and Coach, 3 November 2015]
# [https://seburo.blogspot.com/2008/12/ SEBURO, Viktor Zemen Budapest Bullets, 9 December 2008]
# [https://jrdominguez32paintball.blogspot.com/2008/10/pbreserve-news.html JR Dominguez 32 Paintball, PBReserve News, 4 October 2008]

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