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The 1996 NPPL World Cup was an international paintball tournament held from 23 to 27 October 1996 at Paintball World in Kissimmee, Florida, United States. Part of the National Professional Paintball League (NPPL), it included five-player and ten-player competition, with professional and amateur classifications.[1][2][3]

Chicago Aftershock won the professional ten-player championship, while All Americans won the amateur ten-player competition.[2]

Tournament

The tournament took place at Paintball World, near Orlando. WARPIG published daily coverage from 23 to 27 October, including competition standings, playing-field photographs and equipment reports.[1]

Five-player competition included a shared preliminary stage, with professional and amateur teams separated for the later rounds.[3]

The event featured Hyperball playing fields and an exhibition area for paintball equipment businesses.[1]

Results

Professional ten-player

WARPIG recorded the following final placements.[2]

Position	Team
1	Chicago Aftershock
2	Bad Company
3	Washington Reign
4	Rage
5	Predators
6	All Americans
7	Jacksonville Warriors
8	GBD
9	Nam Wrecking Crew
10	Ironmen
11	Banzai Bandits
12	Adrenaline

Amateur ten-player

WARPIG recorded the following final-round results.[2]

Position	Team	Points
1	All Americans	222
2	Paraplegic Turtles	136
3	Bad Company	127
4	Enemy	51

References

External links

WARPIG tournament coverage archive

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+The '''1996 NPPL World Cup''' was an international [[paintball]] tournament held from 23 to 27 October 1996 at Paintball World in Kissimmee, Florida, United States. Part of the [[National Professional Paintball League]] (NPPL), it included five-player and ten-player competition, with professional and amateur classifications.[1][2][3]
-The '''1996 NPPL World Cup''' was an international [[paintball]] tournament held from 23 to 27 October 1996 at Paintball World in Kissimmee, Florida, United States. Sanctioned by the [[National Professional Paintball League]] (NPPL), the event featured professional and amateur five-player and ten-player competitions.[1]
+[[Chicago Aftershock]] won the professional ten-player championship, while All Americans won the amateur ten-player competition.[2]
-[[Chicago Aftershock]] won the professional ten-player championship, finishing ahead of [[Bad Company (American paintball team)]]. The [[All Americans]] won the professional five-player championship.[2][3]
-The tournament also featured Hyperball playing fields, representing the increasing use of artificial obstacles in competitive paintball.[1]
 == Tournament ==
-The World Cup was held at Paintball World in Kissimmee, near Orlando.
+The tournament took place at Paintball World, near Orlando. [[WARPIG]] published daily coverage from 23 to 27 October, including competition standings, playing-field photographs and equipment reports.[1]
-Competition took place over five days, beginning on 23 October and concluding on 27 October 1996.
-The event incorporated separate five-player and ten-player competitions, with professional and amateur classifications.
-Contemporary coverage was published by [[WARPIG]], which recorded preliminary standings, semifinal results and final placements.[1][2][3]
-== Playing fields ==
-The 1996 World Cup featured Hyperball fields using artificial obstacles.
-Hyperball employed large plastic drainage pipes and similar structures to provide cover.
+Five-player competition included a shared preliminary stage, with professional and amateur teams separated for the later rounds.[3]
-The introduction of these fields formed part of the wider development of artificial-bunker tournament paintball during the 1990s.[1]
+The event featured [[Hyperball]] playing fields and an exhibition area for paintball equipment businesses.[1]
 == Results ==
 === Professional ten-player ===
+WARPIG recorded the following final placements.[2]
 {| class="wikitable"
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 |-
 | 2
-| [[Bad Company (American paintball team)]]
+| [[Bad Company (American paintball team)|Bad Company]]
 |-
 | 3
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 |-
 | 5
-| [[UK Predators]]
+| [[UK Predators|Predators]]
 |-
 | 6
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 |}
-The placements are recorded in WARPIG's contemporary final-round report.[2]
+=== Amateur ten-player ===
-=== Professional five-player ===
+WARPIG recorded the following final-round results.[2]
-{| class="wikitable"
-! Position
-! Team
-|-
-| 1
-| [[All Americans]]
-|-
-| 2
-| [[Avalanche]]
-|-
-| 3
-| [[Jacksonville Warriors]]
-|-
-| 4
-| Avalanche 1
-|}
-The professional five-player results were recorded in WARPIG's event coverage.[3]
-=== Amateur ten-player ===
 {| class="wikitable"
 ! Position
 ! Team
+! Points
 |-
 | 1
 | All Americans
+| 222
 |-
 | 2
 | Paraplegic Turtles
+| 136
 |-
 | 3
 | Bad Company
+| 127
 |-
 | 4
 | Enemy
+| 51
 |}
-The amateur ten-player final-round results were recorded separately from the professional competition.[2]
-== Historical significance ==
-The 1996 NPPL World Cup provides a documented example of professional and amateur paintball competition during the transition from traditional woodland fields to artificial-bunker tournament formats.
-Its surviving WARPIG archive includes contemporary competition results and reports on equipment exhibited at the event.
 == See also ==
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 * [[Paintball World Cup]]
 * [[National Professional Paintball League]]
-* [[Chicago Aftershock]]
-* [[All Americans]]
-* [[Bad Company (American paintball team)]]
 * [[Hyperball]]
-* [[WARPIG]]
 == References ==
-# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/wc96/ WARPIG, "The 1996 National Professional Paintball League World Cup", October 1996. Event dates, venue, tournament coverage and Hyperball fields.]
+# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/wc96/ WARPIG, ''The 1996 National Professional Paintball League World Cup'', October 1996.]
-# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/wc96/sun.shtml WARPIG, "1996 NPPL World Cup: Sunday Results", 27 October 1996. Professional and amateur ten-player final placements.]
+# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/wc96/sun.shtml WARPIG, ''The 1996 National Professional Paintball League World Cup: Sunday coverage'', 27 October 1996.]
-# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/wc96/thur.shtml WARPIG, "1996 NPPL World Cup: Five-Man Competition", October 1996. Professional and amateur five-player results.]
+# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/wc96/thur.shtml WARPIG, ''The 1996 National Professional Paintball League World Cup: Thursday coverage'', 24 October 1996.]
 == External links ==
-* [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/wc96/ WARPIG 1996 World Cup archive]
+* [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/wc96/ WARPIG tournament coverage archive]
-* [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/wc96/sun.shtml Ten-player results]
-* [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/wc96/thur.shtml Five-player results]
-[[Category:Paintball tournaments]]
+[[Category:Paintball tournaments in the United States]]
+[[Category:Paintball in Florida]]
+[[Category:1990s in American paintball]]
 [[Category:Paintball tournament results]]
 [[Category:Paintball World Cup]]
 [[Category:1996 in paintball]]

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