Paintball Magazine Paintball Magazine December 2019 | Page 19

Photo by Gary Baum
Nearly thirty years ago the well-known
PMI Piranhas won a little-known paintball
tournament played at Survival New York
called the World Cup. The creation of
Jerry Braun, the World Cup has become a
staple on the tournament paintball scene
and is the best attended event of the
season year after year.
original NXL and to this day it remains
the season-defining event of the pro-am
circuit. The World Cup has been played at
several locations in its 25 years in Florida
including right in the heart of Old Town
Kissimmee, ESPN’s Wide World Of Sports
and Fantasy of Flight among others. The
sequel to the first run of National Xball
League (NXL) has continued the World
In 1993 the independently run World Cup Cup tradition and for four seasons has
would become part of the NPPL (National held the event at Gaylord Palms Resort in
Professional Paintball League) season Kissimmee.
circuit and the closing event of five yearly
tournaments. For the entirety of the NPPL No professional paintball team has won
the World Cup was the crown jewel of the more World Cups than Aftershock. In the
league.
1990s alone Aftershock won five World
Cups and for nearly two decades had won
In 1994 the World Cup would move from more World Cups than all other teams
New York to Kissimmee, Florida where it combined.
would outlive the NPPL, the PSP and the
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