Oslo Menace (Norway)
Oslo Menace is a Norwegian competitive paintball team based in Oslo. The team competed in the professional division of the European Millennium Series during the 2000s and represented Europe at the inaugural Intercontinental Cup in 2006. Oslo Menace also competed at the 2006 PSP World Cup, finishing fifth in Open X-Ball.[1][2]
The Oslo Menace name subsequently appeared in Norwegian national competition, winning the 2022 Norges Paintball Liga semi-professional championship.[3]
History
[edit]Early competition
[edit]Oslo Menace was active in European tournament paintball by 2005. At the West Coast Challenge in Sweden that year, the team finished third in the Elite division, behind the Swedish teams Joy Overdose and Joy Stockholm. The tournament formed part of the Northern European Series.[4]
The team subsequently competed in the Champions Paintball League (CPL), the highest division of the Millennium Series.
2006 Intercontinental Cup
[edit]In 2006, Oslo Menace qualified for the inaugural Intercontinental Cup, held alongside the PSP World Cup in Orlando, Florida.
The competition brought together four leading European Millennium Series teams and four teams from the American National Xball League. The European representatives were Toulouse Tontons, Joy Stockholm, Oslo Menace and Frankfurt Syndicate.
Oslo Menace faced Miami Raiders in the opening round on 7 November 2006, losing 5–0. The American teams occupied all four leading positions, with Baltimore Trauma winning the championship. Oslo Menace was ranked seventh overall.[1][5]
The team also entered the PSP World Cup Open X-Ball division, finishing fifth of 13 teams.[2]
Millennium Series competition
[edit]Oslo Menace continued competing in the Millennium Series Champions Paintball League during the following years.
At the 2010 MAXS European Masters in Bitburg, Germany, Oslo Menace advanced from its preliminary group after defeating Copenhagen Ducks 5–1 and Lisbon Benfica 5–1.
The team reached the quarter-finals, where it lost 5–0 to San Diego Dynasty Impact.[6]
Norwegian national competition
[edit]Oslo Menace appeared in the 2022 Norges Paintball Liga, competing in the Semi-Pro X-Ball division.
The team won the first three rounds of the season, held at ØPA, Skarnes and Gjøvik, before finishing third at the final round in Rønholt.
Oslo Menace won the 2022 semi-professional series championship with 370 ranking points, ahead of Baby Beavers with 301 points and GPK Wolfpack with 259 points.[3]
The PBLeagues team profile associates the 2022 results with the same team registration used for the 2006 PSP World Cup. However, the available records do not establish whether the team operated continuously between those years.[2]
Tournament results
[edit]| Year | Tournament | Division | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | West Coast Challenge, Sweden | Elite | 3rd |
| 2006 | Intercontinental Cup, Orlando | International | 7th |
| 2006 | PSP World Cup, Orlando | Open X-Ball | 5th of 13 |
| 2010 | Millennium Series, MAXS European Masters | CPL | Quarter-finalist |
| 2022 | Norges Paintball Liga | Semi-Pro X-Ball | 1st, series champions |
See also
[edit]- Millennium Series
- Intercontinental Cup (paintball)
- Norges Paintball Liga
- Joy Division (paintball team)
- Toulouse Tontons
References
[edit]- WARPIG, PSP Paintball World Cup 2006, contemporary tournament coverage, November 2006
- PBLeagues, Oslo Menace Team Profile and Historical Tournament Results
- PBLeagues, Norges Paintball Liga 2022 Official Season Rankings
- Sverox, issue 43, September–October 2005, p. 25, West Coast Challenge results
- Splatweb, Intercontinental Cupien historiaa, 24 November 2011
- JR Dominguez 32 Paintball, reproduced ProPaintball coverage of the Millennium Series Bitburg preliminary and final results, 24 May 2010