Mexico's Team Furia wins

Hailing from Guadalajara, Team Furia unleashed a scorching Mexican heat wave on the Brass Eagle Road to the World Cup Finals, winning the event billed as the "Richest tournament in paintball history."

Eight regional winners from all over the planet were flown to Challenge Park Xtreme in Joliet, Illinois for the final event, with airfare paid for by Brass Eagle Inc. The winners of this event earn the only true 3-man world title in the sport of paintball.

In addition to the winners, other participating teams were Strick 9 from Alberta, Canada; Warped Image from Bellevue, Nebraska; Tip Off from Toledo, Ohio; Evolution from Dallas, Texas; Body Snatchers from Savannah, Georgia; Team Britwy from Kyiv, Ukraine and Jesus Freaks from Monument, Colorado.

All of the teams were picked up at O’Hare International Airport and shuttled to the Wingate Inn Hotel in Joliet. They had access to the three 15 passenger vans for the entire weekend. Transportation was paid for by Brass Eagle Inc., which also furnished these amenities to participants:

All of the teams were provided a four person hotel room.

Two Breakfasts, one Lunch and two Dinners were provided for the teams.

Entry fees wee paid for the teams for Saturday's big day of the tournament, which was played on one JT SupAir field and one Pursuit Park field.

There were four qualified refs per field.

The event was run by Forrest Brown of Challenge Park and Nathan Greenman, Lesa Gobble and Jason Alexander of Brass Eagle Inc.

Bottled water, iced tea, Powerade and Mountain Dew were available for the teams during the tournament.

There were JT Maxim paintballs for the teams to shoot at the tournament, all free of charge to the players. The teams played a round robin format giving them at least 7 games each. Forrest Brown then elected to take the top 4 teams to another final round robin to see who would claim the only true 3-man world title. The top four teams were all very good, however, when the dust settled Team Furia ran away with the title of 3-main World Champions. Here are the top four finishers:

1st - Team Furia

2nd - Strick 9

3rd - Warped Image

4th - Tip Off

Brass Eagle also furnished all prizes for the event, including:

1st place prizes: 3 JT Excelerator 6.0 markers, 3 Evolution II loaders and 3 round-trip airline tickets from Mexico to Orlando for the World Cup.

2nd place prizes: 3 JT Excelerator 5.0 markers and 3 Evolution II loaders.

3rd place prizes: 3 JT Excelerator 3.5 markers and 3 Evolution II loaders.

4th through 8th places received 3 Evolution II loaders each.

After the event, the teams were taken to a local eatery where all the teams and staff were wined and dined yet again, courtesy of Brass Eagle, which also furnished the Sunday "morning after" breakfast, the shuttle which took the teams back to Challenge Park Xtreme for a fun day of rec ball on the world famous Bedlam, Armageddon and Temple of Doom fields, and all paint, field fees, air and CO2 used for the recreational games.

At this time Nathan Greenman had the honor of drawing the 5 teams that would win FREE airfare to the World Cup. The teams that didn’t make it to the finals, but participated in the feeders and regionals still had a chance to win a prize.

All of these field owners / operators will receive a round-trip airline ticket to the World Cup courtesy of Brass Eagle Inc. After the drawings and the fun day of paintball at Challenge Park Xtreme the teams were shuttled back to O’Hare International Airport for their return flights. Brass Eagle intends to host the event next year on an even grander scale.

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