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The 1987 Sat Cong Village Challenge Cup was a paintball tournament held at Sat-Cong Village in Corona, California, United States, from 29 August to 11 October 1987. Eleven teams entered the elimination competition.[1][2]

Wolf Pack won the championship by defeating Kamikaze Shooters in two games during a rain-affected final.[2]

Organisation

An organisational meeting took place on 22 August 1987. Team representatives received rules handbooks, and a draw established the tournament bracket.[1]

The competition used matches of up to three games. Games could be decided by flag capture or surviving-player count. Tied matches could proceed to a fifteen-minute one-on-one play-off between designated team representatives.[1]

Markers were inspected and chronographed before games. The maximum permitted velocity was 300 feet per second.[2]

Participating teams

The eleven entrants were:[1]

Beerborn Rangers
Head Hunters
Hello Kitty
Kamikaze Shooters
KMA
Marauders
Modern Marauders
Multi-Death
Sat-Cong Walk-ons
Urban GI
Wolf Pack

Navarone was invited but declined because of a prior commitment to an out-of-state tournament.[1]

Tournament progression

Opening round

Date	Match	Winner
29 August 1987	Multi-Death v Hello Kitty	Hello Kitty
30 August 1987	Beerborn Rangers v Kamikaze Shooters	Kamikaze Shooters
5 September 1987	Marauders v Sat-Cong Walk-ons	Sat-Cong Walk-ons
6 September 1987	Head Hunters v Wolf Pack	Wolf Pack
6 September 1987	KMA v Urban GI	KMA

Modern Marauders received a bye into the second round.[1]

Second round

Date	Match	Winner
13 September 1987	Hello Kitty v Kamikaze Shooters	Kamikaze Shooters
19 September 1987	Wolf Pack v Sat-Cong Walk-ons	Wolf Pack
20 September 1987	KMA v Modern Marauders	KMA

Kamikaze Shooters received a bye into the final. Wolf Pack and KMA advanced to the semi-final.[2]

Semi-final

Wolf Pack defeated KMA on 3 October, winning two consecutive games by surviving-player count.[2]

Final

The final was played on 11 October 1987, although the published bracket had originally scheduled it for 10 October.[1][2]

Wolf Pack won the first game by surviving-player count after attacking along the riverside. Heavy rain affected the second game, reducing visibility to less than 20 feet. Wolf Pack again prevailed on surviving-player count to secure the championship.[2]

Results

Finish	Team
Champions	Wolf Pack
Runners-up	Kamikaze Shooters
Semi-finalists	KMA

Source: the contemporary tournament report in Front Line.[2]

Wolf Pack received a four-foot championship trophy. Captain Dan Lambert dedicated the victory to teammate John Barber, who had missed the final following a motorcycle accident.[2]

References

“Sat Cong Village Challenge Cup 1987”, Front Line, October 1987, pp. 7–8 and 27.
“Sat Cong Village Challenge Cup 1987”, Front Line, November 1987, pp. 10–11, 26 and 30.

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-The '''1987 Sat-Cong Village Challenge Cup''' was a Southern Californian [[paintball tournament]] held at [[SC Village|Sat-Cong Village]] in Corona, California, from 29 August to 11 October 1987. Eleven teams participated in the six-week elimination competition.[1][2]
+The '''1987 Sat Cong Village Challenge Cup''' was a [[paintball]] tournament held at [[SC Village|Sat-Cong Village]] in Corona, California, United States, from 29 August to 11 October 1987. Eleven teams entered the elimination competition.[1][2]
-[[Wolf Pack (paintball team)|Wolf Pack]] won the tournament, defeating the [[Kamikaze Shooters]] in a rain-affected final. KMA reached the semi-finals, while Kamikaze Shooters advanced directly from the second round to the final through a bye.[2]
+[[Wolf Pack (paintball team)|Wolf Pack]] won the championship by defeating [[Kamikaze Shooters]] in two games during a rain-affected final.[2]
 == Organisation ==
-Sat-Cong Village announced the Challenge Cup as its first annual tournament. An organisational meeting was held on 22 August 1987, during which team representatives received a tournament rules handbook and the opening-round draw was conducted.[1]
+An organisational meeting took place on 22 August 1987. Team representatives received rules handbooks, and a draw established the tournament bracket.[1]
-The competition was organised as a knockout tournament, with most matches consisting of up to three games. Games could be decided by flag capture or by the number of surviving players. If a match remained tied, the teams selected a captain or co-captain for a fifteen-minute one-on-one play-off. A player could win the play-off by eliminating the opponent or capturing the flag and leaving through the field entrance. If the play-off remained undecided, the match was awarded according to the teams' overall body count.[1]
+The competition used matches of up to three games. Games could be decided by flag capture or surviving-player count. Tied matches could proceed to a fifteen-minute one-on-one play-off between designated team representatives.[1]
-Markers were inspected and chronographed before games. The venue imposed a maximum velocity of 300 feet per second.[2]
+Markers were inspected and chronographed before games. The maximum permitted velocity was 300 feet per second.[2]
-The winning team was awarded a four-foot trophy. A separate trophy bearing the team and captain's names was intended for display at Sat-Cong Village, while members of the championship team received individual trophies. The tournament was followed by an all-star game and an awards event known as Paintball Festival 87.[1][2]
-[[Navarone]] was invited but did not participate because of a prior commitment to an out-of-state tournament.[1]
 == Participating teams ==
-The following eleven teams entered the tournament:[1]
+The eleven entrants were:[1]
 * Beerborn Rangers
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 * Modern Marauders
 * Multi-Death
+* Sat-Cong Walk-ons
 * Urban GI
-* Sat-Cong Walk-ons
 * Wolf Pack
-== Tournament ==
+[[Navarone]] was invited but declined because of a prior commitment to an out-of-state tournament.[1]
-=== First round ===
+== Tournament progression ==
-The opening round was played over three weekends.[1]
+=== Opening round ===
 {| class="wikitable"
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 ! Match
 ! Winner
-! Deciding result
 |-
 | 29 August 1987
 | Multi-Death v Hello Kitty
 | Hello Kitty
-| One-on-one play-off
 |-
 | 30 August 1987
 | Beerborn Rangers v Kamikaze Shooters
 | Kamikaze Shooters
-| One-on-one play-off
 |-
 | 5 September 1987
 | Marauders v Sat-Cong Walk-ons
 | Sat-Cong Walk-ons
-| Two games to nil
 |-
 | 6 September 1987
 | Head Hunters v Wolf Pack
 | Wolf Pack
-| Two wins and one draw
 |-
 | 6 September 1987
 | KMA v Urban GI
 | KMA
-| Two games to nil
 |}
 Modern Marauders received a bye into the second round.[1]
-Hello Kitty defeated Multi-Death after the teams recorded one win and one draw each. Ted Yoshimura represented Hello Kitty in the one-on-one play-off against Multi-Death's Troy Hoeft. Yoshimura eliminated Hoeft to advance.[1]
-Kamikaze Shooters and Beerborn Rangers also required a play-off after each team won one game and the third finished as a draw. Kamikaze captain Mark Tora eliminated Beerborn co-captain Rene Contreras while Contreras was returning with the flag.[1]
 === Second round ===
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 ! Match
 ! Winner
-! Deciding result
 |-
 | 13 September 1987
 | Hello Kitty v Kamikaze Shooters
 | Kamikaze Shooters
-| Two games to nil
 |-
 | 19 September 1987
 | Wolf Pack v Sat-Cong Walk-ons
 | Wolf Pack
-| Two wins and one draw
 |-
 | 20 September 1987
 | KMA v Modern Marauders
 | KMA
-| Two flag captures
 |}
-Kamikaze Shooters defeated Hello Kitty twice by body count. Because of the structure of the draw, the victory advanced Kamikaze directly to the final.[2]
+Kamikaze Shooters received a bye into the final. Wolf Pack and KMA advanced to the semi-final.[2]
-Wolf Pack defeated the Sat-Cong Walk-ons after winning the first and third games; the second game ended in a body-count draw. KMA defeated Modern Marauders with consecutive flag captures. These were reported as the first flag captures of the tournament.[2]
 === Semi-final ===
-Wolf Pack faced KMA in the semi-final on 3 October. Wolf Pack won the first game by a body count of one and also narrowly won the second, advancing to face Kamikaze Shooters.[2]
+Wolf Pack defeated KMA on 3 October, winning two consecutive games by surviving-player count.[2]
-KMA's semi-final appearance came in the team's first tournament.[2]
 === Final ===
-The final between Wolf Pack and Kamikaze Shooters was played on 11 October 1987. The published tournament bracket had originally listed 10 October as the intended final date.[1][2]
+The final was played on 11 October 1987, although the published bracket had originally scheduled it for 10 October.[1][2]
-Kamikaze Shooters led early in the first game. With approximately fifteen minutes remaining, Wolf Pack redirected most of its players into an attack along the riverside. The move broke through the Kamikaze position, and Wolf Pack won the game by body count.[2]
-Heavy rain began during the second game, reducing visibility to less than 20 feet. Kamikaze advanced towards the village area, while Wolf Pack withdrew into defensive positions. Wolf Pack prevailed when the final body count was calculated and became the 1987 Challenge Cup champion.[2]
-Wolf Pack captain Dan Lambert dedicated the victory to teammate John Barber, who had missed the final following a motorcycle accident.[2]
+Wolf Pack won the first game by surviving-player count after attacking along the riverside. Heavy rain affected the second game, reducing visibility to less than 20 feet. Wolf Pack again prevailed on surviving-player count to secure the championship.[2]
 == Results ==
 {| class="wikitable"
-! Position
+! Finish
 ! Team
 |-
-| 1
+| Champions
-| '''Wolf Pack'''
+| [[Wolf Pack (paintball team)|Wolf Pack]]
 |-
-| 2
+| Runners-up
-| Kamikaze Shooters
+| [[Kamikaze Shooters]]
 |-
-| Semi-finalist
+| Semi-finalists
 | KMA
 |}
+Source: the contemporary tournament report in ''Front Line''.[2]
+Wolf Pack received a four-foot championship trophy. Captain Dan Lambert dedicated the victory to teammate John Barber, who had missed the final following a motorcycle accident.[2]
 == See also ==
 * [[SC Village]]
-* [[Paintball in California]]
 * [[1987 International Air Pistol Open]]
-* [[1987 International Amateur Open]]
-* [[History of paintball]]
 == References ==
-# ''Front Line'', October 1987, “Sat Cong Village Challenge Cup 1987”, pp. 7–8 and 27. [https://oldpaintballmagazines.smugmug.com/Front-Line Front Line magazine archive].
+# “Sat Cong Village Challenge Cup 1987”, ''[[Front Line (paintball magazine)|Front Line]]'', October 1987, pp. 7–8 and 27.
-# ''Front Line'', November 1987, “Sat Cong Village Challenge Cup 1987”, pp. 10–11, 26 and 30. [https://oldpaintballmagazines.smugmug.com/Front-Line Front Line magazine archive].
+# “Sat Cong Village Challenge Cup 1987”, ''Front Line'', November 1987, pp. 10–11, 26 and 30.
-[[Category:Paintball tournaments]]
+[[Category:Paintball tournaments in the United States]]
-[[Category:Paintball in 1987]]
 [[Category:Paintball in California]]
-[[Category:1987 in California]]
+[[Category:1980s in American paintball]]
+[[Category:Paintball tournament results]]
+[[Category:1987 in paintball]]

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