Editing 1999 NPPL season

The '''1999 NPPL season''' was the seventh season of the [[National Professional Paintball League]] (NPPL). Its five-event United States circuit comprised Las Vegas, Dallas, Chicago, Boston and World Cup.[1][2][3][4][5]

[[Avalanche]] won the professional season championship after opening the season with victories at Las Vegas and Dallas. [[Team Image|Image]] won Chicago and Boston, while [[Chicago Aftershock]] won the professional 10-player World Cup.[1][2][3][4][5]

== Calendar ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Dates !! Venue or location
|-
| [[1999 NPPL Las Vegas Open|Las Vegas Open]] || 12–14 March 1999 || Las Vegas, Nevada
|-
| [[1999 NPPL Dallas Open|Dallas Open]] || 30 April–2 May 1999 || Dallas, Texas
|-
| [[1999 NPPL Chicago Open|Chicago Open]] || 23–27 June 1999 || The Badlandz, Illinois
|-
| [[1999 NPPL Boston Open|Boston Open]] || 27–29 August 1999 || S.L.A.M. Paintball, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts
|-
| [[1999 NPPL World Cup|World Cup]] || 18–24 October 1999 || Kissimmee area, Florida
|}

Dates and locations follow WARPIG's contemporary event coverage.[1][2][3][4][5]

Boston replaced Portland on the calendar. Despite its Boston title, the tournament took place in South Yarmouth on Cape Cod. Bad Boyz Toyz and DYE Precision promoted the event.[4]

== Ten-player event winners ==
WARPIG and ClassicScores record the following professional and amateur winners.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Professional !! Amateur A !! Amateur B
|-
| Las Vegas Open || [[Avalanche]] || Paraplegic Turtles || Krusade
|-
| Dallas Open || [[Avalanche]] || Farside || Hostile Takeover
|-
| Chicago Open || [[Team Image|Image]] || [[Jacksonville Warriors]] || [[Team Strange]]
|-
| Boston Open || [[Team Image|Image]] || Ground Zero Gold || Saberwolves
|-
| World Cup || [[Chicago Aftershock]] || Outta Control || SOB's
|}

=== Avalanche's opening victories ===
Avalanche won consecutive professional 10-player tournaments at Las Vegas and Dallas. Following Dallas, WARPIG identified those victories and the team's forthcoming Chicago refereeing points as placing Avalanche in a strong position for the season championship.[2]

=== Image's consecutive victories ===
Image won Chicago after qualifying eighth for the professional semi-finals. The team followed that result with victory at Boston, ahead of the All Americans, Southern California Ironmen and Bob Long's Ironmen.[3][4]

== Five-player competition ==
Ton Ton Flinguers won the Las Vegas five-player competition, Da Boyz won Dallas and Phantom Jesters won Chicago. The published results do not assign these finals a professional or amateur classification.[6]

World Cup offered separate professional, Amateur A, Amateur B and novice five-player competitions.[5]

== World Cup ==
The tournament moved to a larger site near the former Paintball World fields in Kissimmee. Hurricane Irene disrupted preparations, with mud and delayed field construction contributing to scheduling difficulties.[5]

Additional referees and concept fields helped recover the five-player schedule before 10-player competition began. During the tournament, the starting warning was shortened from 30 seconds to 10 seconds, and 10-player games were reduced from 20 minutes to 15 minutes.[5]

=== Ten-player results ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Professional !! Amateur A !! Amateur B
|-
| 1 || [[Chicago Aftershock]] || Outta Control || SOB's
|-
| 2 || [[Avalanche]] || [[Naughty Dogs]] || B&E Paintball
|-
| 3 || [[Lockout]] || Thunderstruck || Damage Inc.
|-
| 4 || [[Ironmen (Southern California)|Southern California Ironmen]] || OBR || Extreme Rage
|}

=== Five-player results ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Professional !! Amateur A !! Amateur B !! Novice
|-
| 1 || [[Lockout]] || [[Naughty Dogs]] || Energy II || American Paintball
|-
| 2 || Camp Tigers || [[Jacksonville Warriors]] || Villain || Frontline
|-
| 3 || [[Chicago Aftershock]] || Fighters || Black Shields || Lapasot
|-
| 4 || Banzai Bandits || Bad Karma || Brass Eagle || Six Feet Under
|}

World Cup placings are documented in WARPIG's final score sheets and corroborated by ClassicScores.[6][7][8]

== Season championship ==
Avalanche secured the professional season championship, as confirmed in WARPIG's closing World Cup report. This title was separate from Aftershock's professional 10-player World Cup victory and Lockout's professional five-player World Cup victory.[5]

{| class="wikitable"
! Competition !! Documented season champion
|-
| Professional series || [[Avalanche]]
|}

== References ==
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/vegas99/index.shtml WARPIG – “NPPL Las Vegas 1999”, March 1999. Dates, organisation and tournament coverage.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/dallas99/index.shtml WARPIG – “NPPL Dallas 1999”, April–May 1999. Dates, winners and professional championship context.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/chicago99/index.shtml WARPIG – “1999 NPPL Chicago Open”, updated 27 June 1999. Schedule, winners and tournament coverage.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/boston99/index.shtml WARPIG – “NPPL Boston 1999”, 27–29 August 1999. Venue, promoters and tournament winners.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/worldcup99/index.shtml WARPIG – “1999 World Cup NPPL”, 18–24 October 1999. Tournament winners, professional season championship, venue and format changes.]
# [https://www.classicscores.com/ ClassicScores – 1999 NPPL Las Vegas, Dallas, Chicago, Boston and World Cup results.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/worldcup99/10fin.shtml WARPIG – World Cup NPPL 1999: 10-player finals.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/worldcup99/5fin.shtml WARPIG – World Cup NPPL 1999: five-player finals.]

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