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The '''2001 NPPL World Cup''' was an international [[paintball]] tournament held from 22 to 28 October 2001 in Orlando, Florida, United States. Sanctioned by the [[National Professional Paintball League]] (NPPL), it comprised professional and amateur five-player and ten-player competitions.[1][2]
The '''2001 NPPL World Cup''' was a [[paintball]] tournament held from 22 to 28 October 2001 in the Orlando area of Florida, United States. It concluded the [[National Professional Paintball League]] (NPPL) season, with five-player and ten-player competitions.[1]


A contemporary report described the tournament as the largest paintball event held up to that time. It attracted 194 five-player teams and 156 ten-player teams, giving a combined entry of 350 teams.[1]
[[Chicago Aftershock]] won the professional five-player division, while [[San Diego Dynasty]] won the professional ten-player division.[2][3]


[[Chicago Aftershock]] won the professional five-player competition, while [[San Diego Dynasty|Dynasty]] won the professional ten-player competition. Aftershock also secured the 2001 NPPL professional season championship.[1][2]
== Tournament ==
The venue contained ten fields: one [[Hyperball]] field and nine inflatable-bunker fields, arranged around central staging, air-fill and exhibition facilities. Exhibitors included DYE, National Paintball Supply, PMI, Smart Parts, JT, KAPP and Kingman/Raven.[1]


== Background and organisation ==
Five-player competition ran from 22 to 24 October, followed by a break on 25 October and ten-player competition from 26 to 28 October. Five-player scoring changed from a 60-point to a 100-point system.[1]


The tournament followed a period of restructuring within the NPPL and among its event promoters. The previous World Cup in 2000 had been affected by problems including collapsed safety netting, queues at compressed-air stations and long distances between the playing fields, staging areas and other facilities.[1][2]
== Five-player results ==
 
Final-round totals are shown below. WARPIG's contemporary scoreboard and ClassicScores agree on the placements.[2][4]
For the 2001 event, construction began several weeks before the tournament. Twenty-foot safety nets were suspended from steel cables supported by wooden poles, while the ten playing fields were arranged around centrally located staging areas, compressed-air stations, toilets and vendor displays.[1][2]
 
Nine of the ten fields used inflatable bunkers. The [[DYE Precision]] field was constructed in the Hyperball style. Other field or site sponsors included [[Pursuit Marketing Inc.|PMI]], [[Shocktech]], [[Smart Parts]], [[Diablo Paintball]], [[JT USA]], [[KAPP]], Ultimate Air and Kingman/Raven.[1][2]
 
The compressed-air filling area was also reorganised. Separate filling stations were provided for 3,000 psi and 4,500 psi systems after concerns were raised about players potentially connecting lower-pressure systems to the higher-pressure station.[1][2]
 
== Participation ==
 
The five-player competition attracted 194 teams:


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! Division !! Place !! Team !! Final-round points
! Teams
|-
| rowspan="4" | Professional
| 1 || [[Chicago Aftershock]] || 288
|-
| 2 || Ground Zero Chaos || 144
|-
| 3 || Ton Ton Flingueurs || 108
|-
| 4 || [[All Americans]] || 30
|-
| rowspan="4" | Amateur A
| 1 || Strange Red || 274
|-
| 2 || Strange Black || 166
|-
|-
| Professional
| 3 || Shocktech || 114
| 18
|-
|-
| Amateur A
| 4 || Naughty Dogs Black || 68
| 21
|-
|-
| Amateur B
| rowspan="4" | Amateur B
| 85
| 1 || Ravage || 238
|-
|-
| Novice
| 2 || Static || 198
| 70
|-
|-
! Total
| 3 || Rebellion || 122
! 194
|}
 
The ten-player competition attracted 156 teams:
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! Teams
|-
|-
| Professional
| 4 || European Union 1 || 8
| 15
|-
|-
| Amateur A
| rowspan="4" | Novice
| 20
| 1 || Static AKA || 210
|-
|-
| Amateur B
| 2 || Hawaiian Homegrown || 188
| 83
|-
|-
| Novice
| 3 || Team NME || 110
| 38
|-
|-
! Total
| 4 || Wrecks || 60
! 156
|}
|}


The tournament included teams from several countries. [[Russian Legion]] made what the contemporary report described as its first appearance in United States professional competition. French team Ton Ton Flingueurs reached the five-player professional final, while VIP of Puerto Rico won the ten-player Novice division.[1]
Aftershock scored 94, 100 and 94 points in its three final-round games. Strange Red recorded two 100-point games before finishing with 74 points in its third game.[2]


== Five-player competition ==
== Ten-player results ==
 
Final-round totals are shown below. WARPIG's contemporary scoreboard and ClassicScores agree on the placements.[3][4]
The five-player competition began on 22 October and concluded with the finals on 24 October.[1][2]
 
Chicago Aftershock won the professional division ahead of Ground Zero Chaos, Ton Ton Flingueurs and the All Americans. Strange Red won Amateur A, Ravage won Amateur B and Static AKA won the Novice division.[1][3]
 
=== Results ===


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! Division !! Place !! Team !! Final-round points
! First
! Second
! Third
! Fourth
|-
|-
| Professional
| rowspan="4" | Professional
| [[Chicago Aftershock]]
| 1 || [[San Diego Dynasty]] || 203
| Ground Zero Chaos
| Ton Ton Flingueurs
| [[All Americans]]
|-
|-
| Amateur A
| 2 || [[Chicago Aftershock]] || 193
| Strange Red
| Strange Black
| Shocktech
| Naughty Dogs Black
|-
|-
| Amateur B
| 3 || Bob Long's Ironmen || 121
| Ravage
| Static
| Rebellion
| European Union 1
|-
|-
| Novice
| 4 || [[Bad Company (American paintball team)|Bad Company]] || 109
| Static AKA
|-
| Hawaiian Homegrown
| rowspan="4" | Amateur A
| Team NME
| 1 || Trauma || 209
| Wrecks
|-
|}
| 2 || Farside || 207
 
|-
A scoring error affected the five-player professional semi-finals. Ground Zero Bedlam's flag pull was credited to the wrong team, leaving it four points behind Ton Ton Flingueurs for the final qualifying position. Because both teams had signed the score sheet and the result had already been posted, the score was not changed.[1][2]
| 3 || [[Naughty Dogs]] || 113
 
|-
== Ten-player competition ==
| 4 || All Americans 2 || 34
 
|-
Thursday, 25 October was reserved as a break between the two formats and allowed ten-player teams to inspect the fields. The ten-player competition began on Friday and concluded on 28 October.[1][2]
| rowspan="4" | Amateur B
 
| 1 || Warped Kids || 208
Dynasty won the professional division, with Chicago Aftershock second, Bob Long's Ironmen third and Bad Company fourth. Trauma won Amateur A, Warped Kids won Amateur B and VIP won the Novice division.[1][4]
|-
 
| 2 || Outta Control || 201
=== Results ===
|-
 
| 3 || Mox Nix || 117
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Division
| 4 || Nemesis DYE || 105
! First
! Second
! Third
! Fourth
|-
|-
| Professional
| rowspan="4" | Novice
| [[San Diego Dynasty]]
| 1 || VIP || 133
| [[Chicago Aftershock]]
| Bob Long's Ironmen
| [[Bad Company (American paintball team)|Bad Company]]
|-
|-
| Amateur A
| 2 || Non Stop || 120
| [[Trauma]]
| Farside
| [[Naughty Dogs]]
| All Americans 2
|-
|-
| Amateur B
| 3 || Mortadelos/Kaya || 119
| Warped Kids
| Outta Control
| Mox Nix
| Nemesis DYE
|-
|-
| Novice
| 4 || Static AKA || 38
| VIP
| Non Stop
| Mortadelos/Kaya
| Static AKA
|}
|}


=== Professional final dispute ===
Trauma won Amateur A by two points over Farside. Warped Kids finished seven points ahead of Outta Control in Amateur B, while VIP won the Novice division by 13 points.[3]


The professional championship was decided following a disputed penalty during the final-round game between Dynasty and Aftershock.
=== Professional final ruling ===
Aftershock's last player, Ronnie Simpkins, received a playing-on penalty against Dynasty. The signed scoresheet initially awarded Dynasty 92 points and Aftershock 16. Dynasty protested that an unserved one-for-one penalty required a points deduction. Before the score was posted, ultimate judge Bill Cookston applied a 12-point deduction, leaving Aftershock with four points from the game and ten fewer overall than Dynasty.[1][3]


Aftershock player Ronnie Simpkins, the last active Aftershock player in the game, was hit in the pack and penalised for continuing to play after being eliminated. Dynasty was awarded the flag hang. Representatives of both teams subsequently signed a score sheet recording 92 points for Dynasty and 16 for Aftershock.[1]
== Season championships ==
 
Aftershock secured the professional season championship by reaching the ten-player finals. The NPPL season champions were:[1]
That result would have left Aftershock two points ahead of Dynasty in the overall final standings. Dynasty protested that the prescribed 12-point penalty had not been deducted from Aftershock's score. Ultimate judge Bill Cookston ruled that the deduction should be applied because it was a mathematical correction to the posted score. After the deduction, Dynasty finished ten points ahead of Aftershock and was awarded the professional championship.[1][2][4]
 
== NPPL season championships ==
 
The World Cup concluded the 2001 NPPL tournament season. Chicago Aftershock secured the professional season championship by qualifying for the ten-player final.[1][2]


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! Classification !! Season champion
! 2001 NPPL season champion
|-
|-
| Professional
| Professional || [[Chicago Aftershock]]
| [[Chicago Aftershock]]
|-
|-
| Amateur A
| Amateur A || [[Team Strange]]
| [[Team Strange]]
|-
|-
| Amateur B
| Amateur B || Warped Kids
| Warped Kids
|}
|}


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Paintball World Cup]]
* [[Paintball World Cup]]
* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
* [[Paintball Sports Promotions]]
* [[San Diego Dynasty]]
* [[Chicago Aftershock]]
* [[Russian Legion]]
* [[2000 NPPL World Cup]]
* [[2000 NPPL World Cup]]
* [[2002 Paintball World Cup]]


== References ==
== References ==
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2001/worldcup/index.shtml NPPL World Cup 2001]. ''WARPIG'', contemporary coverage of 22–28 October 2001.
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2001/worldcup/5fin.shtml NPPL World Cup 2001: Five-player Semi-finals and Finals]. ''WARPIG'', October 2001.
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2001/worldcup/10fin.shtml NPPL World Cup 2001: Ten-player Semi-finals and Finals Scoreboard]. ''WARPIG'', October 2001.
# [https://www.classicscores.com/ ClassicScores historical tournament results], 2001 NPPL World Cup, five-player and ten-player divisions.


# Bill Mills, "NPPL World Cup 2001", ''[[Action Pursuit Games]]'', March 2002, pp. 216–223.
[[Category:National Professional Paintball League events]]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2001/worldcup/index.shtml WARPIG, "NPPL World Cup 2001", October 2001. Contemporary event coverage.]
[[Category:Paintball World Cup]]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2001/worldcup/5fin.shtml WARPIG, "NPPL World Cup 2001: 5 Man Semi-Finals and Finals".]
[[Category:Paintball tournaments in the United States]]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2001/worldcup/10fin.shtml WARPIG, "NPPL World Cup 2001: 10 Man Semi & Finals Scoreboard", 28 October 2001.]
 
== External links ==
 
* [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2001/worldcup/index.shtml WARPIG 2001 World Cup archive]
 
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Latest revision as of 11:29, 31 October 2026

The 2001 NPPL World Cup was a paintball tournament held from 22 to 28 October 2001 in the Orlando area of Florida, United States. It concluded the National Professional Paintball League (NPPL) season, with five-player and ten-player competitions.[1]

Chicago Aftershock won the professional five-player division, while San Diego Dynasty won the professional ten-player division.[2][3]

Tournament

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The venue contained ten fields: one Hyperball field and nine inflatable-bunker fields, arranged around central staging, air-fill and exhibition facilities. Exhibitors included DYE, National Paintball Supply, PMI, Smart Parts, JT, KAPP and Kingman/Raven.[1]

Five-player competition ran from 22 to 24 October, followed by a break on 25 October and ten-player competition from 26 to 28 October. Five-player scoring changed from a 60-point to a 100-point system.[1]

Five-player results

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Final-round totals are shown below. WARPIG's contemporary scoreboard and ClassicScores agree on the placements.[2][4]

Division Place Team Final-round points
Professional 1 Chicago Aftershock 288
2 Ground Zero Chaos 144
3 Ton Ton Flingueurs 108
4 All Americans 30
Amateur A 1 Strange Red 274
2 Strange Black 166
3 Shocktech 114
4 Naughty Dogs Black 68
Amateur B 1 Ravage 238
2 Static 198
3 Rebellion 122
4 European Union 1 8
Novice 1 Static AKA 210
2 Hawaiian Homegrown 188
3 Team NME 110
4 Wrecks 60

Aftershock scored 94, 100 and 94 points in its three final-round games. Strange Red recorded two 100-point games before finishing with 74 points in its third game.[2]

Ten-player results

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Final-round totals are shown below. WARPIG's contemporary scoreboard and ClassicScores agree on the placements.[3][4]

Division Place Team Final-round points
Professional 1 San Diego Dynasty 203
2 Chicago Aftershock 193
3 Bob Long's Ironmen 121
4 Bad Company 109
Amateur A 1 Trauma 209
2 Farside 207
3 Naughty Dogs 113
4 All Americans 2 34
Amateur B 1 Warped Kids 208
2 Outta Control 201
3 Mox Nix 117
4 Nemesis DYE 105
Novice 1 VIP 133
2 Non Stop 120
3 Mortadelos/Kaya 119
4 Static AKA 38

Trauma won Amateur A by two points over Farside. Warped Kids finished seven points ahead of Outta Control in Amateur B, while VIP won the Novice division by 13 points.[3]

Professional final ruling

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Aftershock's last player, Ronnie Simpkins, received a playing-on penalty against Dynasty. The signed scoresheet initially awarded Dynasty 92 points and Aftershock 16. Dynasty protested that an unserved one-for-one penalty required a points deduction. Before the score was posted, ultimate judge Bill Cookston applied a 12-point deduction, leaving Aftershock with four points from the game and ten fewer overall than Dynasty.[1][3]

Season championships

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Aftershock secured the professional season championship by reaching the ten-player finals. The NPPL season champions were:[1]

Classification Season champion
Professional Chicago Aftershock
Amateur A Team Strange
Amateur B Warped Kids

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. NPPL World Cup 2001. WARPIG, contemporary coverage of 22–28 October 2001.
  2. NPPL World Cup 2001: Five-player Semi-finals and Finals. WARPIG, October 2001.
  3. NPPL World Cup 2001: Ten-player Semi-finals and Finals Scoreboard. WARPIG, October 2001.
  4. ClassicScores historical tournament results, 2001 NPPL World Cup, five-player and ten-player divisions.
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