Paintball Magazine June 2017 Issue | Page 68

The CPL semifinals were both great games. Breakout Spa, who was red hot, beat one of the best teams in the world in the Toulouse TonTons 6-5 and Russian Legion Moscow ended Edmonton Impact’s perfect season 5-4. This could not have been a bigger upset in that the Russians were playing in the CPL for the first time in years. Yes, we all know how good this team is, but to step up from the SPPL to CPL and then knock of Edmonton Impact… that’s quite the feat. And they went on to finish the job by beating Breakout Spa 6-5 in the finals. 068 paintball.media magazine In the Semiprofessional division (SPPL) last event’s winners Expendables Feilding lost their opening match of the event against Helsinki Cyclone by a point. Then all they did the next three preliminary round games was put up three, 4-0 shutouts. Let’s rephrase that—they played three complete matches and didn’t allow a single point. [sarcasm on] In the ocho round on Sunday the boys from New Zealand slipped a bit, allowing a point to Ghost Paris. Still they managed to move on with a close 5-1 win [sarcasm off].