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'''The 1997 Paintball World Cup''', also known as the '''1997 NPPL World Cup''', was a tournament [[paintball]] event held from 21 to 26 October 1997 at Paintball World in Kissimmee, Florida, United States. Promoted by [[Jerry Braun]] and conducted as part of the [[National Professional Paintball League]] season, it featured five-player and ten-player competitions for professional and amateur teams.[1][2]
The '''1997 NPPL World Cup''' was a [[National Professional Paintball League]] paintball tournament held at Paintball World in Kissimmee, Florida, from 21 to 26 October 1997. Produced by [[Jerry Braun]], the event included professional and amateur five-man and ten-man competition, with professional and amateur teams meeting in the preliminary rounds.[1]


[[Jacksonville Warriors]] won the professional five-player competition, while the Fighters won the amateur division. [[Team Image]] won the professional ten-player competition and Lockout won the amateur division.[1][3][4]
[[Jacksonville Warriors|Jax Warriors]] won the professional five-man competition, while [[Team Image|Image]] won the professional ten-man title. Fighters and [[Lockout]] won the respective amateur competitions.[2][3]


The tournament included the World Cup debut of [[Sup'AirBall]], an inflatable-bunker format developed in France. Sup'AirBall appeared alongside woodland and [[Hyperball]] fields, reflecting the increasing use of spectator-oriented artificial playing fields in tournament paintball during the late 1990s.[1][5][6]
== Organisation and schedule ==


== Tournament ==
The tournament brought together teams from the United States and overseas. Braun, who was also editor of ''Paintball Sports International'', produced the event.[1]


Competition began on Tuesday, 21 October, with the five-player preliminary rounds. The five-player finals were held on Thursday, 23 October. Ten-player preliminary competition began on Friday, with the finals concluding the event on Sunday, 26 October.[1]
Five-man preliminary results covered 21–22 October, followed by the semi-finals and finals on 23 October. WARPIG published completed ten-man preliminary results on 25 October; the ten-man semi-finals and finals took place on 26 October.[1][2][3]
 
The tournament was organised by Jerry Braun at Paintball World, a multi-field paintball facility in Kissimmee. Both the five-player and ten-player competitions were divided into professional and amateur classifications.[1][2]


== Playing fields ==
== Playing fields ==


The World Cup used a mixture of traditional woodland or jungle fields and artificial tournament fields.[1][5] These included:
Most fields occupied the sandy, palmetto-covered woodland at Paintball World, behind the Old Town attraction in Kissimmee. Natural vegetation was supplemented by coloured wooden bunkers.[4]


* woodland and jungle-style fields;
The tournament also featured a Hyperball field, which was reserved for ten-man competition and remained under construction during the five-man preliminary rounds. WARPIG reported that it was intended to move to Cousin's Paintball on Long Island after the tournament.[4]
* Hyperball fields constructed using corrugated plastic piping; and
* a Sup'AirBall field using inflatable bunkers.


Hyperball had made its American World Cup debut at the 1996 event. Sup'AirBall was added in 1997, providing a more open playing area that improved visibility for spectators. Contemporary coverage also noted that the flexible inflatable bunkers could cause paintballs to rebound rather than break.[1]
An inflatable field identified in the contemporary report as '''Superball''' used cylindrical and conical bunkers. WARPIG recorded paintballs rebounding from the inflatable obstacles and eliminating players. Its coverage also highlighted the field's portability and suitability for spectators.[4]


== Competition format ==
== Five-man competition ==


=== Five-player competition ===
The five-man semi-finals and finals took place on 23 October. Jax Warriors won the professional final with 106 points, ahead of All Americans 1, Rage and All Americans 2.[2]


The five-player preliminary round consisted of ten divisions containing nine or ten teams each. Each division generally included one or two professional teams, with the remaining places filled by amateur teams. The highest-scoring professional and amateur teams from each preliminary division advanced.[1]
=== Professional and amateur results ===


A separate novice competition had not originally been scheduled. During the event, Braun adopted a proposal attributed to J. J. Brookshire of [[Brass Eagle]], under which the three lowest-scoring teams from each preliminary division were placed into novice semi-finals. The resulting novice classification therefore operated as a consolation competition drawn from the five-player preliminary field.[1]
The following are final-round totals.[2]


=== Ten-player competition ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Professional team
! Points
! Amateur team
! Points
|-
| 1
| [[Jacksonville Warriors|Jax Warriors]]
| 106
| Fighters
| 137
|-
| 2
| [[All Americans|All Americans 1]]
| 85
| [[Farside]]
| 82
|-
| 3
| [[Rage]]
| 72
| Shockwave CA
| 78
|-
| 4
| [[All Americans|All Americans 2]]
| 64
| Canadian Express
| 30
|}


The ten-player competition was divided into professional and amateur classifications. Preliminary games began on 24 October, followed by the finals on 26 October.[1][2]
=== Novice competition ===


== Results ==
WARPIG reported that no teams initially entered a novice division. An additional competition was formed through a random selection of teams finishing in the bottom three places of the amateur semi-final groups, giving selected teams another opportunity to compete for trophies.[2]


=== Five-player results ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team
|-
| 1 || Bizzaro
|-
| 2 || Chameleons
|-
| 3 || Bad Karma White
|-
| 4 || Nemesis Jr.
|}
 
WARPIG initially reversed the third- and fourth-place finishers, subsequently correcting its report following confirmation from the ''Paintball Sports International'' scoring staff.[2]
 
== Ten-man competition ==
 
The ten-man semi-finals and finals took place on 26 October. Two professional teams advanced from each of two semi-final groups, while the winner of each of four amateur groups progressed to the amateur final.[3]
 
Image won the professional final with 300 points. Aftershock finished second with 215, followed by Ironmen with 130 and All Americans 2 with 31. Lockout won the amateur final with 218 points, ahead of OBR, Marine Team and Nemesis.[3]
 
WARPIG credited Bob's Ironmen, Ground Zero and GBD with refereeing the ten-man competition.[3]
 
=== Final results ===
 
The following are final-round totals.[3]


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Position
! Professional
! Professional team
! Amateur
! Points
! Novice
! Amateur team
! Points
|-
|-
| 1
| 1
| [[Jacksonville Warriors]]
| [[Team Image|Image]]
| Fighters
| 300
| Bizzaro
| [[Lockout]]
| 218
|-
|-
| 2
| 2
| [[All Americans|All Americans 1]]
| [[Chicago Aftershock|Aftershock]]
| Farside
| 215
| Chameleons
| OBR
| 193
|-
|-
| 3
| 3
| Rage
| Ironmen
| Shockwave CA
| 130
| Bad Karma White
| Marine Team
| 133
|-
|-
| 4
| 4
| [[All Americans|All Americans 2]]
| 31
| Nemesis
| 40
|}
== Equipment and contemporary coverage ==
[[WARPIG]] provided written reports, photographs, score updates and five instalments of [[PigTV]] coverage. The programmes combined tournament action with interviews, equipment demonstrations and the closing ceremonies.[1]
Products covered included the Brass Eagle Rainmaker, Pneu Ventures Cyber 9000, Smart Parts Shocker Sport 4x4 and Viewloader Revolution loader. Other interviews featured manufacturers and suppliers including DYE, JT, WDP, KAPP and Palmer's Pursuit Shop.[1]
== See also ==
* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
* [[Paintball World Cup]]
* [[1996 NPPL World Cup]]
== References ==
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/wc97/index.shtml World Cup 1997]. ''WARPIG'', October 1997. Contemporary event overview, schedule and PigTV coverage.
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/wc97/finals5man.shtml 5 Man Semi-Finals and Final Scores]. ''WARPIG'', 23 October 1997. Includes corrected novice placings.
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/wc97/finals10man.shtml 10 Man Semi-Finals and Final Scores]. ''WARPIG'', 26 October 1997.
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/wc97/fields.shtml World Cup Fields]. ''WARPIG'', October 1997.
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Latest revision as of 10:55, 31 October 2026

The 1997 NPPL World Cup was a National Professional Paintball League paintball tournament held at Paintball World in Kissimmee, Florida, from 21 to 26 October 1997. Produced by Jerry Braun, the event included professional and amateur five-man and ten-man competition, with professional and amateur teams meeting in the preliminary rounds.[1]

Jax Warriors won the professional five-man competition, while Image won the professional ten-man title. Fighters and Lockout won the respective amateur competitions.[2][3]

Organisation and schedule

[edit]

The tournament brought together teams from the United States and overseas. Braun, who was also editor of Paintball Sports International, produced the event.[1]

Five-man preliminary results covered 21–22 October, followed by the semi-finals and finals on 23 October. WARPIG published completed ten-man preliminary results on 25 October; the ten-man semi-finals and finals took place on 26 October.[1][2][3]

Playing fields

[edit]

Most fields occupied the sandy, palmetto-covered woodland at Paintball World, behind the Old Town attraction in Kissimmee. Natural vegetation was supplemented by coloured wooden bunkers.[4]

The tournament also featured a Hyperball field, which was reserved for ten-man competition and remained under construction during the five-man preliminary rounds. WARPIG reported that it was intended to move to Cousin's Paintball on Long Island after the tournament.[4]

An inflatable field identified in the contemporary report as Superball used cylindrical and conical bunkers. WARPIG recorded paintballs rebounding from the inflatable obstacles and eliminating players. Its coverage also highlighted the field's portability and suitability for spectators.[4]

Five-man competition

[edit]

The five-man semi-finals and finals took place on 23 October. Jax Warriors won the professional final with 106 points, ahead of All Americans 1, Rage and All Americans 2.[2]

Professional and amateur results

[edit]

The following are final-round totals.[2]

Position Professional team Points Amateur team Points
1 Jax Warriors 106 Fighters 137
2 All Americans 1 85 Farside 82
3 Rage 72 Shockwave CA 78
4 All Americans 2 64 Canadian Express 30

Novice competition

[edit]

WARPIG reported that no teams initially entered a novice division. An additional competition was formed through a random selection of teams finishing in the bottom three places of the amateur semi-final groups, giving selected teams another opportunity to compete for trophies.[2]

Position Team
1 Bizzaro
2 Chameleons
3 Bad Karma White
4 Nemesis Jr.

WARPIG initially reversed the third- and fourth-place finishers, subsequently correcting its report following confirmation from the Paintball Sports International scoring staff.[2]

Ten-man competition

[edit]

The ten-man semi-finals and finals took place on 26 October. Two professional teams advanced from each of two semi-final groups, while the winner of each of four amateur groups progressed to the amateur final.[3]

Image won the professional final with 300 points. Aftershock finished second with 215, followed by Ironmen with 130 and All Americans 2 with 31. Lockout won the amateur final with 218 points, ahead of OBR, Marine Team and Nemesis.[3]

WARPIG credited Bob's Ironmen, Ground Zero and GBD with refereeing the ten-man competition.[3]

Final results

[edit]

The following are final-round totals.[3]

Position Professional team Points Amateur team Points
1 Image 300 Lockout 218
2 Aftershock 215 OBR 193
3 Ironmen 130 Marine Team 133
4 All Americans 2 31 Nemesis 40

Equipment and contemporary coverage

[edit]

WARPIG provided written reports, photographs, score updates and five instalments of PigTV coverage. The programmes combined tournament action with interviews, equipment demonstrations and the closing ceremonies.[1]

Products covered included the Brass Eagle Rainmaker, Pneu Ventures Cyber 9000, Smart Parts Shocker Sport 4x4 and Viewloader Revolution loader. Other interviews featured manufacturers and suppliers including DYE, JT, WDP, KAPP and Palmer's Pursuit Shop.[1]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. World Cup 1997. WARPIG, October 1997. Contemporary event overview, schedule and PigTV coverage.
  2. 5 Man Semi-Finals and Final Scores. WARPIG, 23 October 1997. Includes corrected novice placings.
  3. 10 Man Semi-Finals and Final Scores. WARPIG, 26 October 1997.
  4. World Cup Fields. WARPIG, October 1997.
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