National Professional Paintball League

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The National Professional Paintball League (NPPL) is one of two American paintball national tournament series that travel throughout the United States each year. It is also the largest and most popular professional seven-man paintball league in the world. The NPPL holds five events throughout the United States each year. Registration is open to any team in any division except in the professional division which consists of 18 franchised professional teams. The three lowest-ranked professional teams at the end of a season are relegated to the semi-professional division, and the three highest-ranked semi-professional teams are promoted to the professional division. Teams compete according to skill level classified into separate divisions. Divisions are distinguished in ascending order as: Division III (D3), Division II (D2), Division I (D1), Semi-Professional, and Professional. Cash prizes are given out to the top four finishers in each division. The season generally starts in March and goes through October with a tournament being played about every other month.

1 General regulations
2 Past Venue Locations & Results
3 Teams
- 3.1 Professional
- 3.2 2008 Pro Division
4 References
5 External links

[edit] General regulations

A regulation NPPL field is 180 feet long by 100 feet wide. Inflatable bunkers of differing shapes and sizes are placed on the field in mirrored symmetry. Each end of the field has a start box with the team's flag on it. Each team consists of seven players.

At the beginning of a match, the head referee raises his hand and announces the start of the silent ten-second countdown. At the end of the silent countdown, the game is commenced with the head referee yelling "Go, go, go!" When the game commences, a seven minute countdown is started. The game ends when either all the players on both teams are eliminated, time runs out, or a flag is hung. Points are awarded for hanging the opposing team's flag on your start station, pulling the opponent's flag from their start station, eliminating opposing players, and for live (unmarked) players at the end of a match.

A player is eliminated when they are hit by a paintball that breaks on any part of the body or equipment. Upon elimination the player must place their gun behind their start station and go to their team's deadbox, located in their back corner of the field. If a player fails to acknowledge a hit they run the risk of being penalized with a "one-for-one." This penalty consists of a referee pulling out the eliminated player and the closest friendly player.

[edit] Past Venue Locations & Results

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Event 1	Huntington Beach, CA 1st San Diego Dynasty 2nd Ton Ton Flingeurs 3rd Portland Naughty Dogs 4th OC Bushwackers	Huntington Beach, CA 1st San Diego Dynasty 2nd Avalanche 3rd Portland Naughty Dogs 4th Arsenal	Huntington Beach, CA 1st San Diego Dynasty 2nd Sacremento XSV 3rd SF Avalanche 4th Portland Naughty Dogs	Huntington Beach, CA 1st Sacremento XSV 2nd San Diego Dynasty 3rd New York NRG 4th Miami Rage	Huntington Beach, CA 1st Oakland BLAST 2nd Edmondton Impact 3rd San Diego Dynasty 4th Stockholm Joy	Huntington Beach, CA 1st San Antonio X-Factor 2nd St. Louis Avalance 3rd San Diego Dynasty 4th Golden State Ironmen
Event 2	Las Vegas, NV 1st San Diego Dynasty 2nd Portland Naughty Dogs 3rd Russian Legion 4th OC Bushwackers	Tampa, FL 1st San Diego Dynasty 2nd LA Infamous 3rd Portland Naughty Dogs 4th Sedition	Tampa, FL 1st dynasty 2nd xsv 3rd empire 4th infamous	Tampa, FL 1st Sacramento XSV 2nd San Diego Dynasty 3rd Pittsburgh All Americans 4th Ironmen	Tampa, FL 1st San Diego Dynasty 2nd Edmonton Impact 3rd LA Ironmen 4th St Louis Avalanche	Jacksonville, Fl 1st San Diego Aftermath 2nd Golden State Ironmen 3rd New England Hurricanes 4th Oakland BLAST
Event 3	Chicago, IL 1st Naughty Dogs 2nd Bad Company 3rd San Diego Dynasty 4th Brass Eagle	Denver, CO 1st LA Infamous 2nd Sacramento XSV 3rd San Diego Dynasty 4th Avalance	Denver, CO 1st Sacramento XSV 2nd San Diego Dynasty 3rd Avalanche 4th Empire	Boston, MA 1st Miami Rage 2nd Portland Naughty Dogs 3rd Stockholm Joy Division 4th Chicago Evil	Boston, MA 1st San Diego Dynasty 2nd LA Infamous 3rd Stockholm Joy Division 4th Pittsburgh All Americans	Buffalo, NY
Event 4	Atlantic City, NJ '1st San Diego Dynasty 2nd Montreal Image 3rd Portland Naughty Dogs 4th Bad Company	Las Vegas, NV '1st San Diego Dynasty 2nd Sacramento XSV 3rd LA Infamous 4th Entourage	San Diego, CA '1st San Diego Dynasty 2nd Sacramento XSV 3rd Oakland Empire 4th Miami Rage	San Diego, CA '1st Stockholm Joy Division 2nd Ironmen 3rd San Diego Dynasty 4th Miami Rage	Kansas City, MO '1st LA Ironmen 2nd San Diego Dynasty 3rd NE Hurricanes 4th Montreal Image	Houston, TX
Event 5	Miami, FL '1st San Diego Dynasty 2nd Brass Eagle 3rd Strange 4th Bad Company	San Diego, CA '1st The Men 2nd Ironmen 3rd Nexus 4th NXS	Miami, FL '1st San Diego Dynasty 2nd Sacramento XSV 3rd Portland Naughty Dogs 4th Joy Division	Orange County, CA '1st San Diego Dynasty 2nd Stockholm Joy Division 3rd Sacramento XSV 4th Portland Naughty Dogs	San Diego, CA 1st San Diego Dynasty 2nd St. Louis Avalance 3rd NE Hurricanes 4th Edmonton Impact	San Diego, CA
Season Standings	1. San Diego Dynasty	1. San Diego Dynasty			1. San Diego Dynasty 2. Edmonton Impact 3. Ironmen 4. Los Angeles Infamous

[edit] Teams

[edit] Professional

Team Name: League entrance:
San Diego Dynasty 2002
SC Ironmen 2002
Pittsburgh All Americans 2002
St. Louis Avalanche 2002

originally San Francisco Avalanche

Strange 2002
Miami Rage 2002 Lost spot in pro division end of 2007 but was allowed to stay because of Stockholm Joy Division’s withdrawal
Chicago Aftershock 2002
Bob Long’s Ironmen 2002
Ground Zero Black 2002
Ground Zero Gold 2002
Fusion 2002
Lockout 2002
OBR 2002
Jax Warriors 2002
Ton Ton Flingueres 2002
Pasadena Bad Company 2003 Lost spot in Pro Division 2007
Portland Naughty Dogs 2003
OC Bushwackers 2003 Bushwackers International Lost spot in pro Division end of 2006. Regained spot in 2008 placing top 3 in Semi Pro taking Las Vegas LTZ’s spot
Russian Legion 2003
Brass Eagle Allstars 2003
Nexus 2003
Stockholm Joy 2003

[withdrawn at end of season due to problems with reffing]

New England Hurricanes 2004 Played as Redz Factory team 2003
Los Angeles Infamous 2004
Sacramento XSV ("excessive") 2004
Sedition 2004
NXS
Oakland Blast 2005

originally Oakland Empire

Los Angeles Ironmen 2006
DC Arsenal 2007

also played as Dallas Elite

Chicago Aftershock 2005

originally Chicago Evil also played as Chicago Farside

Edmonton Impact 2007
Jacksonville Raiders 2007

Also known as Doc’s Raiders Sold pro spot to Tampa Bay Damage for 2008 season

Montreal Image 2007

originally New York NRG

Las Vegas LTZ 2007

Lost spot in pro division end of 2007 originally London Nexus' spot

In 2007 the bottom three teams in the pro division were moved to Semi pro and the top 3 teams were promoted to the Pro division for the 2008 season. The rule will continue for the 2008 season. The rule is something akin to the Premier League soccer in Europe and is designed to promote competition in the pro division that had become stagnant at its lower levels.

SD Aftermath 2008 Took over Bad Company’s spot by placing top 3 in semi pro.
San Antonio X Factor 2008 Took over Las Vegas LTZ’s spot by placing 4th in semi pro and A-Team the first place finisher no longer being a team.
Tampa Bay Damage 2008 Purchased Jacksonville Raiders spot in the pro division