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=== NPPL World Cup professional champions (1996–2002) ===

During the final seven seasons of the World Cup's NPPL-sanctioned period, the tournament featured separate professional five-player and 10-player championships.

Contemporary tournament records identify the following winners:

{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Professional 10-man champions
! Professional 5-man champions
|-
| 1996
| [[Chicago Aftershock]]
| [[All Americans]]
|-
| 1997
| [[Team Image]]
| [[Jacksonville Warriors]]
|-
| 1998
| [[Chicago Aftershock]]
| [[Avalanche]]
|-
| 1999
| [[Chicago Aftershock]]
| [[Lockout]]
|-
| 2000
| [[Ironmen (Southern California)|Southern California Ironmen]]
| [[All Americans]]
|-
| 2001
| [[San Diego Dynasty]]
| [[Chicago Aftershock]]
|-
| 2002
| [[Chicago Aftershock]]
| [[Chicago Aftershock|Aftershock 2]]
|}

The results are documented in contemporary [[WARPIG]] coverage of each tournament.[7][8][9][10][17][18][19]

The five-player and 10-player competitions were separate championships. Winning an individual World Cup tournament also did not necessarily mean winning the overall NPPL season.

For example, [[San Diego Dynasty]] won the 2001 professional 10-man World Cup, while Chicago Aftershock won the 2001 NPPL professional season championship.[19]

The 2002 World Cup was the final edition jointly sanctioned by the NPPL and promoted by [[Paintball Sports Promotions]] before the two organisations established separate tournament programmes.

PSP retained the World Cup, while the NPPL introduced the [[NPPL Super 7]] World Series in 2003.[10]