Editing 2000 NPPL season

The '''2000 NPPL season''' was the eighth season of the [[National Professional Paintball League]] (NPPL). Its five-event United States circuit comprised the Los Angeles Open, Pittsburgh Open, Chicago Open, Nashville Open and World Cup.[1][2][3][4][5]

The [[Ironmen (Southern California)|Southern California Ironmen]] won the professional season championship, [[Naughty Dogs]] won Amateur A and [[Team Strange]] won Amateur B. The Ironmen secured their championship by winning the professional 10-player World Cup.[5]

== Calendar ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Dates established here !! Venue or location
|-
| [[2000 NPPL Los Angeles Open|Los Angeles Open]] || 10–12 March 2000 || [[SC Village]], Corona, California
|-
| [[2000 NPPL Pittsburgh Open|Pittsburgh Open]] || 5–6 May 2000 || Urban Assault, Pittsburgh area, Pennsylvania
|-
| [[2000 NPPL Chicago Open|Chicago Open]] || 21–25 June 2000 || The Badlandz, Crete, Illinois
|-
| [[2000 NPPL Nashville Open|Nashville Open]] || August 2000 || Nashville Paintball Sports, Lebanon, Tennessee
|-
| [[2000 NPPL World Cup|World Cup]] || October 2000 || Kissimmee, Florida
|}

Dates and locations follow contemporary event coverage. Where an exact date range has not been established from the cited sources, only the month is given.[1][2][3][4][5]

The season opener moved from Las Vegas to SC Village in Southern California. Smart Parts returned its tournament to Pittsburgh after holding its 1999 event in Dallas.[1][2]

Nashville replaced Boston as the fourth stop. Despite the event's Nashville name, its venue was in Lebanon. The tournament offered only 10-player competition.[4]

== Ten-player event winners ==
WARPIG's contemporary reports and ClassicScores record the following winners.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Professional !! Amateur A !! Amateur B
|-
| Los Angeles Open || [[Lockout]] || [[Naughty Dogs]] || Liquid
|-
| Pittsburgh Open || [[Lockout]] || Bushwackers || [[Team Strange]]
|-
| Chicago Open || [[Ironmen (Southern California)|Southern California Ironmen]] || Fusion || The Family
|-
| Nashville Open || [[Avalanche]] || [[Jacksonville Warriors]] || [[Team Strange]]
|-
| World Cup || [[Ironmen (Southern California)|Southern California Ironmen]] || Fusion || [[Team Strange]]
|}

Lockout won the opening two professional tournaments. The Southern California Ironmen won Chicago, while Avalanche won Nashville.[1][2][3][4]

== Five-player competition ==
Five-player classifications varied between tournaments. The following victories are documented in the event reports and ClassicScores.[1][2][3][6]

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Competition !! Winner
|-
| Los Angeles Open || Amateur || C-Ya
|-
| Los Angeles Open || Novice || Storm
|-
| Los Angeles Open || Rookie || Spider's Web
|-
| Pittsburgh Open || Five-player; classification unspecified || Navarone
|-
| Chicago Open || Amateur A || Rabid Virus 1
|-
| Chicago Open || Amateur B || Team Spank
|}

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

== World Cup ==
The Southern California Ironmen won professional 10-player, while the All Americans won professional five-player. Fusion won Amateur A 10-player and Team Strange won Amateur B 10-player.[5]

The following table distinguishes tournament winners from the season champions.[5][6]

{| class="wikitable"
! Format !! Professional !! Amateur A !! Amateur B !! Novice
|-
| Ten-player || Southern California Ironmen || Fusion || Team Strange || Static
|-
| Five-player || All Americans || TC Factory Team / Consilium Dei || Team Strange || Team Strange
|}

The novice categories were additional World Cup divisions created by dividing the Amateur B entries; WARPIG noted that novice was not an official NPPL classification.[5]

== Season championships ==
WARPIG's closing report confirmed the following season champions.[5]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Season champion
|-
| Professional || [[Ironmen (Southern California)|Southern California Ironmen]]
|-
| Amateur A || [[Naughty Dogs]]
|-
| Amateur B || [[Team Strange]]
|}

Lockout entered World Cup as a leading professional contender after winning two events and receiving refereeing points at the finale. The Southern California Ironmen needed first place at World Cup to win the season championship and achieved that result.[5]

== References ==
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/LA_open00/index.shtml WARPIG – “DYE Precision LA Open 2000”, 10–12 March 2000. Dates, venue, winners and organisation.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl_pitt_00/index.shtml WARPIG – “Smart Parts NPPL Pittsburgh 2000”, May 2000. Dates, venue, winners and organisation.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/npplchicago00/index.shtml WARPIG – “NPPL Chicago Open 2000”, 21–25 June 2000. Tournament winners and programme.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/nashville/2000/index.shtml WARPIG – “Nashville NPPL 2000”, August 2000. Venue, format, organisers and winners.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/worldcup/2000/index.shtml WARPIG – “NPPL World Cup 2000”, October 2000. Tournament results, classifications and season championships.]
# [https://www.classicscores.com/ ClassicScores – 2000 NPPL Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Nashville and World Cup results.]

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