2001 NPPL World Cup

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Paintball World Cup
• National Professional Paintball League
• 2000 NPPL World Cup

References

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.