1996 NPPL World Cup
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, 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.
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.
The introduction of these fields formed part of the wider development of artificial-bunker tournament paintball during the 1990s.[1]
Results
Professional ten-player
| Position | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago Aftershock |
| 2 | Bad Company (American paintball team) |
| 3 | Washington Reign |
| 4 | Rage |
| 5 | UK Predators |
| 6 | All Americans |
| 7 | Jacksonville Warriors |
| 8 | GBD |
| 9 | Nam Wrecking Crew |
| 10 | Ironmen |
| 11 | Banzai Bandits |
| 12 | Adrenaline |
The placements are recorded in WARPIG's contemporary final-round report.[2]
Professional five-player
| 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
| Position | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | All Americans |
| 2 | Paraplegic Turtles |
| 3 | Bad Company |
| 4 | Enemy |
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
- Paintball World Cup
- National Professional Paintball League
- Chicago Aftershock
- All Americans
- Bad Company (American paintball team)
- Hyperball
- WARPIG
References
- WARPIG, "The 1996 National Professional Paintball League World Cup", October 1996. Event dates, venue, tournament coverage and Hyperball fields.
- WARPIG, "1996 NPPL World Cup: Sunday Results", 27 October 1996. Professional and amateur ten-player final placements.
- WARPIG, "1996 NPPL World Cup: Five-Man Competition", October 1996. Professional and amateur five-player results.