2001 NPPL World Cup
The 2001 NPPL World Cup was an international paintball tournament held from 22 to 28 October 2001 in the Orlando area of Florida, United States. The event concluded the National Professional Paintball League (NPPL) season and included professional and amateur five-player and ten-player competitions.[1]
Chicago Aftershock won the professional five-player competition, while San Diego Dynasty won the professional ten-player championship. Aftershock also won the NPPL professional season title.[1][2][3]
Tournament
The venue contained ten constructed playing fields: one Hyperball field and nine inflatable-bunker fields. Playing areas surrounded central staging facilities, compressed-air stations and exhibitor displays.[1]
Five-player competition began on 22 October, with the finals on 24 October. Following a break on 25 October, ten-player competition took place from 26 to 28 October.[1]
Both formats included Professional, Amateur A, Amateur B and Novice classifications.[2][3]
Results
Five-player
WARPIG recorded the following final placements.[2]
| Division | First | Second | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional | Chicago Aftershock | Ground Zero Chaos | Ton Ton Flingueurs | All Americans |
| Amateur A | Strange Red | Strange Black | Shocktech | Naughty Dogs Black |
| Amateur B | Ravage | Static | Rebellion | European Union 1 |
| Novice | Static AKA | Hawaiian Homegrown | Team NME | Wrecks |
Aftershock finished the professional final with 288 points, ahead of Ground Zero Chaos with 144, Ton Ton Flingueurs with 108 and All Americans with 30.[2]
Ten-player
WARPIG recorded the following final placements.[3]
| Division | First | Second | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional | San Diego Dynasty | Chicago Aftershock | Bob Long's Ironmen | Bad Company |
| Amateur A | Trauma | Farside | Naughty Dogs | All Americans 2 |
| Amateur B | Warped Kids | Outta Control | Mox Nix | Nemesis DYE |
| Novice | VIP | Non Stop | Mortadelos/Kaya | Static AKA |
Dynasty finished the professional final with 203 points, ahead of Aftershock with 193, Bob Long's Ironmen with 121 and Bad Company with 109.[3]
NPPL season championships
The World Cup concluded the season with the following NPPL champions.[1]
| Classification | Season champion |
|---|---|
| Professional | Chicago Aftershock |
| Amateur A | Team Strange |
| Amateur B | Warped Kids |
Exhibition
The tournament included equipment displays and player-support facilities from paintball manufacturers and distributors. Exhibitors included DYE, National Paintball Supply, PMI, Smart Parts, JT, KAPP and Kingman/Raven.[1]
See also
- Paintball World Cup
- National Professional Paintball League
- 2000 NPPL World Cup
- 2002 Paintball World Cup
References
- WARPIG, NPPL World Cup 2001, 22–28 October 2001.
- WARPIG, NPPL World Cup 2001: Five-player Semi-finals and Finals, October 2001.
- WARPIG, NPPL World Cup 2001: Ten-player Semi-finals and Finals Scoreboard, October 2001.