Editing 1998 ZAP International Amateur Open

The '''1998 ZAP International Amateur Open''' was a [[paintball]] tournament held from 4 to 9 August 1998 in the Pittsburgh area of Pennsylvania, United States. An edition of the annual [[International Amateur Open]], it included three-player, five-player and ten-player competitions alongside a trade show and paintball industry conference.[1]

Johnstown Highlanders won the amateur five-player competition, Missouri Magic won the novice five-player division, Thunderstruck won the ten-player tournament and Team Brass Eagle won the three-player competition.[2][3][4]

== Competition ==

The event included separate amateur and novice five-player classifications. Its published results distinguish preliminary, semi-final and final rounds.[2][5]

The ten-player competition progressed through preliminary and semi-final rounds to a final stage divided into two groups, determining first to fourth and fifth to eighth places respectively.[3]

The three-player speedball competition used preliminary groups, with each group winner advancing to the finals.[4]

== Results ==

=== Five-player amateur ===

WARPIG recorded the following final placements.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
! Final-round points
|-
| 1
| Johnstown Highlanders
| 216
|-
| 2
| Sonic Rage – Black
| 184
|-
| 3
| Rebellion – A
| 148
|-
| 4
| Iron Legion
| 128
|-
| 5
| Boyz
| 216
|-
| 6
| Team Bezerkers
| 148
|-
| 7
| Rapid Fire
| 75
|-
| 8
| Final Notice
| 72
|}

The finalists played in separate groups: the first determined positions one to four and the second positions five to eight. Points therefore do not form a single overall ranking.[2]

=== Five-player novice ===

The novice final produced the following standings.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
! Final-round points
|-
| 1
| Missouri Magic
| 236
|-
| 2
| Wrecking Crew
| 192
|-
| 3
| PA Trespassers
| 172
|-
| 4
| Team Rogue
| 36
|}

=== Ten-player ===

The ten-player final results were recorded as follows.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
! Final-round points
|-
| 1
| Thunderstruck
| 181
|-
| 2
| TBA
| 163
|-
| 3
| Missouri Magic
| 78
|-
| 4
| Oh-No's
| 57
|-
| 5
| Green Dragons
| 260
|-
| 6
| Outsiders
| 172
|-
| 7
| Actiontown Sports
| —
|-
| 8
| Zero Tolerance
| —
|}

WARPIG listed Actiontown Sports and Zero Tolerance in seventh and eighth places respectively, with no final-round scores. The first four and last four positions were determined in separate final groups.[3]

=== Three-player speedball ===

The three-player final produced the following standings.[4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
! Final-round points
|-
| 1
| Team Brass Eagle
| 810
|-
| 2
| Rapid Fire
| 600
|-
| 3
| Nemesis
| 575
|-
| 4
| The Family 2
| 460
|-
| 5
| Bad Karma
| 455
|-
| 6
| Thor Omega
| 410
|}

== Sportsmanship awards ==

Bad Dream received the five-player sportsmanship award. Missouri Magic received the ten-player sportsmanship award, having also finished third in that competition.[1]

== Trade show and media coverage ==

The accompanying trade show featured equipment including the Nova 700, Desert Fox 98, [[Tippmann Model 98]] and an AKA low-pressure kit for the [[WDP Angel]]. The wider programme included a paintball industry conference and players' party.[1]

[[WARPIG]] published tournament scores, photographs and equipment coverage. Three [[PigTV]] programmes covered the keynote speech, tournament action, equipment and players' party.[1]

== See also ==

* [[International Amateur Open]]
* [[1998 in paintball]]

== References ==

# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam98/index.shtml WARPIG, ''1998 ZAP Amateur Open'', 4–9 August 1998.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam98/5manfinal.shtml WARPIG, ''1998 ZAP Amateur Open: Five-player Finals'', August 1998.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam98/10mansemi.shtml WARPIG, ''1998 ZAP Amateur Open: Ten-player Semi-finals and Finals'', August 1998.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam98/3man.shtml WARPIG, ''1998 ZAP Amateur Open: Three-player Results'', August 1998.]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam98/5mansemi.shtml WARPIG, ''1998 ZAP Amateur Open: Five-player Semi-finals'', August 1998.]

== External links ==

* [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam98/index.shtml WARPIG contemporary event coverage]

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[[Category:Paintball in Pennsylvania]]
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