Editing Valhalla National Rankings (section)

== National rankings, 1997–2000 ==

The archived Valhalla database contains annual rankings for 1997 through 2000.

{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! First
! Second
! Third
|-
| 1997
| [[Katipo Paintball Team|Katipo 1]] (91)
| Saints Black (79)
| [[Kamo Karzi]] (74)
|-
| 1998
| [[Saints Paintball Team|Saints Gold]] (92.5)
| Grey (78)
| Katipo 1 (72)
|-
| 1999
| Saints Gold (91)
| Paint Contractors (80)
| Psychosis (77.5)
|-
| 2000
| Saints Gold (91)
| Team Crisis (82.5)
| Grey (82.5)
|}

Source: Mercenaries Star, Valhalla annual rankings, 1997–2000.[2][3][4][5]

Katipo 1 headed the retrospective 1997 rankings, while Saints Gold occupied first place in each of the following three seasons.

The 2000 rankings contained 37 team and squad entries. The compiler reported that results had been obtained for almost every tournament held that year, with the Southern Three-Mans identified as a principal omission.[5]