1997 NPPL World Cup

The 1997 Paintball World Cup, also known as the 1997 NPPL World Cup, was an international paintball tournament held from 21 to 26 October 1997 at Paintball World in Kissimmee, Florida, United States. Promoted by Jerry Braun as part of the National Professional Paintball League (NPPL), it featured five-player and ten-player competition.[1]

Jacksonville Warriors won the professional five-player competition, while Team Image won the professional ten-player championship. Fighters and Lockout won the respective amateur competitions.[2][3]

Tournament

Professional and amateur teams competed together during the preliminary rounds before progressing to separate competitions. Five-player preliminary games took place on 21–22 October, followed by the semi-finals and finals on 23 October. The ten-player competition concluded on 26 October.[1][2][3]

A five-player novice competition was introduced during the tournament to give lower-placed teams another opportunity to compete for trophies. Bizzaro won this division.[2]

Playing fields

The venue combined wooded playing fields with artificial-bunker fields. The woodland fields included natural cover and wooden bunkers.[4]

A Hyperball field was used for ten-player competition. An inflatable-bunker field, described in contemporary WARPIG coverage as “Superball”, featured cylinders and cones. The report noted that paintballs could rebound from its flexible bunkers.[4]

Results

Five-player

The following final placements were recorded by WARPIG.[2]

Position	Professional	Amateur	Novice
1	Jacksonville Warriors	Fighters	Bizzaro
2	All Americans 1	Farside	Chameleons
3	Rage	Shockwave CA	Bad Karma White
4	All Americans 2	Canadian Express	Nemesis Jr.

Ten-player

The following placements and final-round points were recorded by WARPIG. Amateur team names are reproduced as listed in that report.[3]

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

Equipment and media coverage

The tournament included an industry exhibition. WARPIG's PigTV coverage featured interviews and demonstrations concerning products including the Brass Eagle Rainmaker, Shocker Sport 4x4, Cyber 9000 and ViewLoader Revolution. Its online archive also included competition scores, photographs and playing-field reports.[1]

See also

• Paintball World Cup
• National Professional Paintball League
• 1996 NPPL World Cup
• Hyperball
• Sup'AirBall

References

1. WARPIG, World Cup 1997, October 1997.
2. WARPIG, 5 Man Semi-Finals and Final Scores, 23 October 1997.
3. WARPIG, 10 Man Semi-Finals and Final Scores, 26 October 1997.
4. WARPIG, World Cup Fields, October 1997.

External links

• WARPIG tournament coverage archive