Editing 2006 Millennium Cup

The '''2006 Millennium Cup''' was the fourth round of the [[2006 Millennium Series season]], held at Disney Village in Marne-la-Vallée, France. The Millennium Series calendar scheduled the Paris-Disney round for 7–9 July 2006, and contemporary coverage in ''Le Parisien'' reported free public admission on 8 and 9 July.[1][2]

[[Joy Division|Joy Stockholm]] won the Champions Paintball League (CPL) competition ahead of [[Oslo Menace (Norway)|Oslo Menace]] and [[Toulouse TonTons]]. It was Joy's third consecutive event victory. The TonTons retained the championship lead heading into the [[2006 Campaign Cup|Campaign Cup]].[3]

== Divisions ==

The official rankings list 187 team entries across five divisions. M5 was the largest field, with 56 entries, followed by Division 3 with 45.[3][4][5][6][7]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! Entries
! Winner
! Second
! Third
|-
| CPL || 16 || [[Joy Division|Joy Stockholm]] || [[Oslo Menace (Norway)|Oslo Menace]] || [[Toulouse TonTons]]
|-
| Division 1 || 36 || [[Chilli Peppers]] || [[DoW BdX]] || [[Marseille Icon|DG Icon]]
|-
| Division 2 || 34 || [[Praetorians]] || [[Xtreme]] || [[FL Charms]]
|-
| Division 3 || 45 || [[7eme Compagnie]] || [[Outrage UK]] || [[Freakshow]]
|-
| M5 || 56 || [[Notorious Kids]] || [[FTW]] || [[Prophecy]]
|-
! Total !! 187
| colspan="3" |
|}

== Champions Paintball League ==

Joy Stockholm earned 100 championship points for their win, following victories at the MAXS Masters and the [[2006 Millennium Series Iberian Cup|Iberian Cup]]. Oslo Menace took second place after finishing tenth in Madrid. Toulouse TonTons finished third for the second consecutive round, and [[Copenhagen Ducks]] placed fourth, their best CPL result of the season.[3]

Toulouse entered Paris with 256 points, 48 ahead of both Joy and Oslo. The Paris results reduced that lead to 28 points over Joy and 40 over Oslo. Toulouse led on 336 points after four rounds, followed by Joy on 308 and Oslo on 296.[3]

=== Final event placings ===

The points in the table are the championship points awarded for each event placing.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place
! Team
! Championship points
|-
| 1 || [[Joy Division|Joy Stockholm]] || 100
|-
| 2 || [[Oslo Menace (Norway)|Oslo Menace]] || 88
|-
| 3 || [[Toulouse TonTons]] || 80
|-
| 4 || [[Copenhagen Ducks]] || 72
|-
| 5 || [[Frankfurt Syndicate]] || 64
|-
| 6 || [[London Nexus]] || 56
|-
| 7 || [[Sacramento Excessive]] || 48
|-
| 8 || [[Vision PPC Grenoble]] || 40
|-
| 9 || [[Orebro Powertrip]] || 32
|-
| 10 || [[Consilium Dei Zurich]] || 28
|-
| 11 || [[Moscow Phoenix]] || 24
|-
| 12 || [[Influence Montpellier]] || 20
|-
| 13 || [[Manchester Shockwave]] || 16
|-
| 14 || [[Stockholm Ignition]] || 12
|-
| 15 || [[Helsinki Cyclone]] || 8
|-
| 16 || [[London Tigers]] || 4
|}

== Division 1 ==

Chilli Peppers won Division 1 after placing second at the MAXS Masters and fifth at the Iberian Cup. DoW BdX took second place, and DG Icon's third place brought their season total to 748 points heading into the Campaign Cup. The official table marked [[Tontons Cadet]] and [[St. Pauli Reckless]] as ''REF'', awarding them 198 and 190 points respectively for their refereeing entries.[4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place
! Team
! Championship points
|-
| 1 || [[Chilli Peppers]] || 199
|-
| 2 || [[DoW BdX]] || 194
|-
| 3 || [[Marseille Icon|DG Icon]] || 188
|-
| 4 || [[South Coast Stealers]] || 183
|-
| 5 || [[Manchester Kellys|Kellys]] || 177
|-
| 6 || [[Dagnir Dae]] || 172
|-
| 7 || [[Blackout]] || 166
|-
| 8 || [[Budapest Bullets|Bullets]] || 161
|}

== Division 2 ==

Praetorians won Division 2 with 199 points. Xtreme took second with 194 and FL Charms third with 188. It was the best result of the season for each of the three teams.[5]

Seventeenth place for [[Ipnoz]] and eleventh for [[Evil Pigs]] changed the order of the season leaders. Ipnoz had been 22 points ahead after Madrid, but Evil Pigs left Paris with a lead of 11 points, 640 to 629.[5]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place
! Team
! Championship points
|-
| 1 || [[Praetorians]] || 199
|-
| 2 || [[Xtreme]] || 194
|-
| 3 || [[FL Charms]] || 188
|-
| 4 || [[Comin at Ya Army]] || 183
|-
| 5 || [[2die4 Instinct]] || 177
|-
| 6 || [[Bad Element]] || 172
|-
| 7 || [[Freefall]] || 166
|-
| 8 || [[Metralhas]] || 161
|}

== Division 3 ==

French team 7eme Compagnie won Division 3 with 201 points, ahead of Outrage UK and Freakshow. With one round remaining, Freakshow led the season standings on 729 points, two ahead of Outrage UK. [[PMA Rush]], seventh in Paris, was third on 717.[6]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place
! Team
! Championship points
|-
| 1 || [[7eme Compagnie]] || 201
|-
| 2 || [[Outrage UK]] || 197
|-
| 3 || [[Freakshow]] || 193
|-
| 4 || [[Gang]] || 189
|-
| 5 || [[Bonzai Bandits]] || 185
|-
| 6 || [[X-Team/Delta Cafes]] || 181
|-
| 7 || [[PMA Rush]] || 177
|-
| 8 || [[Shocker]] || 173
|}

== M5 ==

Notorious Kids won M5 with 201 points, ahead of the Swiss team FTW and the French team Prophecy. The victory extended Notorious Kids' lead over [[Speedfire]] from four to 14 points. Speedfire finished fourth in Paris, bringing their season total to 625 against Notorious Kids' 639.[7]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place
! Team
! Championship points
|-
| 1 || [[Notorious Kids]] || 201
|-
| 2 || [[FTW]] || 198
|-
| 3 || [[Prophecy]] || 194
|-
| 4 || [[Speedfire]] || 191
|-
| 5 || [[Gang Bang East]] || 187
|-
| 6 || [[Stain and Glory Pimps]] || 184
|-
| 7 || [[Fiz Team]] || 180
|-
| 8 || [[Spirit Of Scalp]] || 176
|}

== See also ==

* [[Millennium Series]]
* [[2006 Millennium Series season]]
* [[2006 Millennium Series Iberian Cup]]
* [[2006 Campaign Cup]]

== References ==

# [https://pbhub.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10851 Millennium Series 2006 – The new season] — Millennium Series Board calendar announcement, reproduced on pbhub.de, 14 September 2005.
# [https://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/le-paintball-fait-son-mondial-08-07-2006-2007143987.php Le paintball fait son Mondial] — Hervé Sénamaud, ''Le Parisien'', 8 July 2006.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20180104132540id_/http://www.millennium-series.com/downloads/series-rankings-history/2006_ranking_cpl.pdf Millennium Series Rankings – 2006, M7 Champions Paintball League] — Millennium Series official rankings, archived PDF.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20180104132540id_/http://www.millennium-series.com/downloads/series-rankings-history/2006_ranking_d1.pdf Millennium Series Rankings – 2006, Division 1] — Millennium Series official rankings, archived PDF.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20180104132540id_/http://www.millennium-series.com/downloads/series-rankings-history/2006_ranking_d2.pdf Millennium Series Rankings – 2006, Division 2] — Millennium Series official rankings, archived PDF.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20180104132540id_/http://www.millennium-series.com/downloads/series-rankings-history/2006_ranking_d3.pdf Millennium Series Rankings – 2006, Division 3] — Millennium Series official rankings, archived PDF.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20180104132540id_/http://www.millennium-series.com/downloads/series-rankings-history/2006_ranking_m5.pdf Millennium Series Rankings – 2006, M5] — Millennium Series official rankings, archived PDF.

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