Editing 1998 NPPL season

The '''1998 NPPL season''' was the sixth season of the [[National Professional Paintball League]] (NPPL). Its five-event circuit comprised Las Vegas, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Portland and World Cup. Portland replaced Atlanta on the league's schedule.[1][2][3][4][5]

[[Bob Long's Ironmen]] won the professional season championship, OBR won Amateur A and Outta Control won Amateur B. [[Chicago Aftershock]] won the professional 10-player World Cup, while [[Avalanche]] won the professional five-player World Cup.[5]

== Calendar ==
The following table summarises the documented event sequence and venues. Dates are included to the precision established by the cited records.[1][2][3][4][5]

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Dates established here !! Venue or location
|-
| [[1998 NPPL Las Vegas Open|Las Vegas Open]] || March 1998 || Las Vegas, Nevada
|-
| [[1998 NPPL Pittsburgh Open|Pittsburgh Open]] || 1998 || Pittsburgh area, Pennsylvania
|-
| [[1998 NPPL Chicago Open|Chicago Open]] || June 1998 || The Badlandz, Illinois
|-
| [[1998 NPPL Portland Open|Portland Open]] || 28–30 August 1998 || Enchanted Acres, Scappoose, Oregon
|-
| [[1998 NPPL World Cup|World Cup]] || October 1998 || Paintball World, Kissimmee, Florida
|}

Portland was jointly produced by Bad Boyz Toyz and DYE Precision. Unlike the other events, it offered only 10-player competition and attracted 26 teams.[4]

== Ten-player event winners ==
WARPIG's contemporary reports record the following winners. ClassicScores corroborates selected results from Chicago, Pittsburgh, Portland and World Cup.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Professional !! Amateur A !! Amateur B
|-
| Las Vegas Open || [[Rage (paintball team)|Rage]] || [[Lockout]] || Outta Control
|-
| Pittsburgh Open || [[Chicago Aftershock]] || [[Lockout]] || Fusion
|-
| Chicago Open || Revolution || Bushwackers || Tidewater
|-
| Portland Open || [[Ground Zero]] || Ground Zero Gold || Phantom Force
|-
| World Cup || [[Chicago Aftershock]] || Fusion || Outta Control
|}

=== Chicago ===
Revolution won the professional competition ahead of the All Americans, Bob Long's Ironmen and Lockout. WARPIG identified Chicago as Lockout's first tournament competing as professionals.[3]

=== Portland ===
Ground Zero won ahead of Bob Long's Ironmen, Lockout and Dave Youngblood's Ironmen. Ground Zero Gold won Amateur A, while Phantom Force won Amateur B.[4]

== Five-player competition ==
Five-player classifications varied between events. At Las Vegas, Run won the published five-player final. Pittsburgh's amateur competition was won by Highlanders and its novice competition by Eclipse I.[1][2]

At Chicago, Illusion won Amateur A and Addicted won Amateur B, which was labelled novice on the final score sheet.[3]

World Cup offered professional, Amateur A and Amateur B five-player competitions. Avalanche, Jacksonville Warriors and Car-Fonics won those divisions respectively.[5]

== World Cup results ==
The following leading four placings are recorded in WARPIG's final score sheets and corroborated by ClassicScores.[6][7][8]

=== Ten-player ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Professional !! Amateur A !! Amateur B
|-
| 1 || [[Chicago Aftershock]] || Fusion || Outta Control
|-
| 2 || [[Lockout]] || [[Naughty Dogs]] || SOB's
|-
| 3 || [[Rage (paintball team)|Rage]] || Thunderstruck || Crush
|-
| 4 || [[Team Image|Image]] || Fatal Swoop || P&L Factory Team
|}

=== Five-player ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Professional !! Amateur A !! Amateur B
|-
| 1 || [[Avalanche]] || [[Jacksonville Warriors]] || Car-Fonics
|-
| 2 || [[Ground Zero]] || Brass Eagle || Primal Fear, Florida
|-
| 3 || [[Team Image|Image]] || TNT || Jax Warriors
|-
| 4 || [[All Americans]] || Hellwood || Hypernion
|}

== Season championships ==
WARPIG's closing World Cup report identified the following overall season champions. These titles were separate from the World Cup tournament victories.[5]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Season champion
|-
| Professional || [[Bob Long's Ironmen]]
|-
| Amateur A || OBR
|-
| Amateur B || Outta Control
|}

== References ==
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/vegas98/ WARPIG – 1998 DYE Precision Las Vegas NPPL Tournament and Earon Carter Stock Gun Championship: event coverage and results.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/pitts98/index.shtml WARPIG – “NPPL Pittsburgh 1998”: contemporary event report and divisional winners.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/npplchicago98/index.shtml WARPIG – Chicago NPPL 1998 on-scene coverage, updated 28 June 1998.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/npplportland98/index.shtml WARPIG – “1998 Portland NPPL Tournament”: dates, organisers, format and results.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/npplcup98/index.shtml WARPIG – World Cup 1998 coverage, updated 25 October 1998. Tournament winners and overall season champions.]
# [https://www.classicscores.com/ ClassicScores – 1998 NPPL Chicago, Pittsburgh, Portland Open and World Cup results.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/npplcup98/10manfinals.shtml WARPIG – 10 Man World Cup 1998: semi-finals and finals.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/npplcup98/5manfinals.shtml WARPIG – 5 Man NPPL World Cup: semi-finals and finals.]

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