1995 NPPL season
The 1995 NPPL season was the third season of the National Professional Paintball League (NPPL), a United States paintball tournament circuit. Its five-event programme comprised the Dallas Open, San Diego Open, Pittsburgh Open, Chicago Open and World Cup.[1]
The Ironmen won their third consecutive professional 10-player season championship, while the All Americans won the professional five-player series. Bad Company and Rage recorded professional 10-player tournament victories during the season.[2]
Programme and competition
[edit]The advertised programme allocated Wednesday and Thursday to five-player competition, followed by 10-player competition on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Professional and amateur competitions were offered.[1]
All five events were advertised as allowing competitors to bring their own paintballs. Published team entry fees were US$500 for five-player competition, US$1,500 for amateur 10-player and US$2,000 for professional 10-player.[1]
The league specified a minimum of four referees on each five-player field and six on each 10-player field.[1]
Calendar
[edit]The following dates and venues were published in the contemporary NPPL season advertisement and tournament listings.[1]
| Event | Advertised dates | Advertised venue |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Open | 1–5 March 1995 | Joe Poole Lake, Dallas area, Texas |
| San Diego Open | 3–7 May 1995 | Borderland, San Diego, California |
| Pittsburgh Open | 21–25 June 1995 | Urban Assault, Pittsburgh area, Pennsylvania |
| Chicago Open | 23–27 August 1995 | Challenge Games Lake, Chicago area, Illinois |
| World Cup | 18–22 October 1995 | Paintball World, Kissimmee, Florida |
Paintball World was a woodland paintball field behind the Old Town entertainment complex. The World Cup had relocated there from New York in 1994.[3]
Professional event winners
[edit]The following victories are documented in historical reporting and the ClassicScores results archive. No professional five-player winner is assigned to Pittsburgh here because the cited sources do not establish that result.[2][4][5]
| Event | Professional 10-player winner | Professional five-player winner |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Open | Ironmen | All Americans |
| San Diego Open | All Americans | All Americans |
| Pittsburgh Open | Bad Company | — |
| Chicago Open | Rage | All Americans |
| World Cup | Chicago Aftershock | All Americans |
Dallas
[edit]The Ironmen's professional 10-player victory completed three consecutive Dallas Open wins, following their successes in 1993 and 1994.[2]
Pittsburgh
[edit]Bad Company's victory ended the sequence in which Aftershock, the Ironmen and the All Americans had won every NPPL professional 10-player tournament since the league began.[2]
The final-round group comprised Bad Company, the Ironmen, the Florida Terminators and Avalanche. Bad Company defeated the Ironmen in its final game to secure first place.[2]
World Cup results
[edit]ClassicScores records the following leading four teams in each World Cup competition.[4]
Ten-player
[edit]| Position | Professional | Amateur |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago Aftershock | Image |
| 2 | All Americans | All Americans 2 |
| 3 | Ironmen | OBR |
| 4 | Jacksonville Warriors | Strange |
Five-player
[edit]| Position | Professional | Amateur |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | All Americans | Phantom Force |
| 2 | All Americans 2 | Nobodies |
| 3 | Palm Beach Predators | Image |
| 4 | Nam Wrecking Crew | Shockwave |
Season championships
[edit]The Ironmen retained the professional 10-player season title, completing a run of three championships from 1993 to 1995. A retrospective account records that they finished third or better at every event they played during 1995.[2]
The All Americans won the professional five-player series. This season title was separate from their five-player World Cup victory.[2]
| Competition | Documented season champion |
|---|---|
| Professional 10-player | Ironmen |
| Professional five-player | All Americans |
References
[edit]- NPPL “Time to Play” season advertisement and “Calendar of Events”, Paintball Sports, April 1995, pp. 29 and 91–94. Contemporary calendar, advertised venues, formats, fees and refereeing arrangements.
- “History of Paintball”, reproduced on Automags.org from “81 Moments that Shaped Paintball”, Paintball 2Xtremes, June 2005. Entries 42, 47 and 53 and the 1995 chronology document professional victories and season championships.
- WARPIG – “Road to World Cup 2005”, October 2005. Historical account of the Paintball World venue and relocation to Kissimmee.
- ClassicScores – 1995 NPPL World Cup: professional and amateur five-player and 10-player results.
- “The All-Americans' Incredible Record”, sidebar accompanying “Voice of the Pros”, Action Pursuit Games, October 1995, p. 83. Records the All Americans' professional five-player and 10-player victories at San Diego.