World Paintball Games 2009
July 20, 2009 in International Leagues
The weekend of July 17-19 was host the the Paintball Championships at the World Games 2009 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. There was a presence of 8 nations including Australia, Canada, Germany, Iran, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It’s been said that the overall reception and atmosphere tournament paintball contributed was very positive to the World Games. The event ran very smoothly and for outsiders looking in, the conceptual feel was very upbeat. If accepted for the 2013 World Games Columbia, this would be an amazing breakthrough for pro paintball on a global scale.
Congratulations to the German National Paintball team on winning the World Games 2009 inaugural event.
Final Ranking:
01. Gemany
02. Australia
03. Iran
04. Japan
sigma said on July 20, 2009
I hope most of you, unlike the pbnation.com kiddies, realize that this was not a paintball event. this was a demonstration of the sport of paintball at the World Games. This is the first step into having paintball as a constant sport during the World Games. This is probably one of the most significant events in recent history to promote the sport of paintball. I truly hope all of you realize what potential this could have for the sport of paintball.
Rob said on July 21, 2009
Absolutely a great step for Paintball as a sport. This is proper marketing to promote this sport we all love so much!! This definitely shows them being an Ambassador of Paintball, Great job!
weidex said on July 20, 2009
Schland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
shoe said on July 20, 2009
so, where’s the US? lol. but this is what? a 7man style or what format did they use?
regardless this is a great step forward to the sport
Florian said on July 20, 2009
Not sure about the overall rules but it was supposed to be kinda X-Ball/M7 format with a race to 3. Germany beat Australia in the finals with 3:2.
WOW said on July 20, 2009
of all the events for our “PRO” players to go attend, was it.. look at the countries who have laws against the sport of paintball, yet they still managed to show up..oh and wait they take 1st/2nd. paintball will never come out of places like SC Village until our “athletes” expand their horizons and begin to realize the world we live in and how other sports have become what they are today. paintball is currently at an all time low which has also led to a series of transitions (USPL..?, .50 Cal, roster caps, jersey numbers) SO the attendance from both the US and UK would have been something worth the dollar for companies (DYE, Eclipse and Smart Parts) who no matter how deep the pocket, maintain the capabilities for global outreach on a scale few can compete with(in paintball).
What is good for paintball in bad times? Perhaps not worrying about the competition in an event, but the outcome of the event on the community both paintball and global.
Anon said on July 21, 2009
1) Not one country in attendance has a law “against” paintball.
2) Paintball left SC Village after 2002. Guess what? It didn’t work…thus, it’s baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack.
3) Since the year 2000, the latest numbers released by the SGMA show paintball participation to be up 51.5% (source SGMA.com)
4) The tournament in reference in the story was actually the 2nd “Asian Paintball Invitational Tournament”, and was not part of the World Games. The tournament organizers asked for support from the World Games, but all they got out of it was the “OK” to use the World Games logo on signage. Go to the World Games website and attempt to find anything about paintball there….because you won’t.
5) I saw DYE, Eclipse and Smart Parts gear in the pictures. Seems they were represented to me.
hmm said on July 21, 2009
australia japan and germany all have laws against the movement of energy which coorelates directly with paintball..have you been blind to the fact that .50 cal is coming around? paintball never left SC village, when 10man and the days where events spread across iraq and beirut ended..shawn walker filled in the other side fairly quickly with the well known xpsl series..and blew it there too. sgma states since the year 2000..and the statistics are based from what 2005? 2006? have you not been to a paintball tournament in the past two years? you seem a bit confused overall, but hey lastly, just because someone is wearing their gear does not mean the vendor showed up to support the event and the spectators, just food for thought
durrrr said on July 22, 2009
So you consider a speedlimit on US roads a law ‘against’ driving?
How about using a more appropriate term such as ‘regulating’? Guess what, if you actually thought about it in that sense, you’d know that the US has laws regulating paintball as well.
You think the GI Milsim’s .50 cal deal has something to do with energy laws of Japan, Australia and Germany?
So when you made your original statement about SCV and paintball, you weren’t referring to major tournaments? Then wtf did you mean, exactly? SCV must close down for paintball to be taken seriously? Is that what you’re trying to say? How did you come to that conclusion?
The SGMA numbers go up to August 2008. The link was given, why didn’t you read it?
I have been to a tournament in the last two years. I’ve been to every major tournament in the US in the last 19 years. But reality check: major league tourney ball is not a measuring device of paintball participation.
You seem to believe that if a thought crosses your mind, that makes it true. That being the case, the only thing I am confused about is how you managed to survive long enough to even learn how to use the internet.
Vendors weren’t allowed at the tournament.
joe said on July 20, 2009
“If accepted for 2010, this would be an amazing breakthrough for pro paintball on a global scale.”
World Games are held every four years.
Junior said on July 20, 2009
This event was a 5man race to 3 format.
Germany represented by Ramstein Instinct
Australia by SWAT
Iran by Datis
Japan by Ku
Singapore by Red Sevens
Malaysia by Delta Rovers
Taiwan by Storm
Canada by Carnage
Florian said on July 21, 2009
It was not Ramstein Instinct it was a mix between Ramstein Instinct and players from a German 2nd Bundesliga team called Dirty Annihilation.
@Anon
Germany just avoided a ban of paintball, so therefore you are right, but politicians are still keen on banning it.
Do you have any evidence that this wasn’t part of the World Games? If so please share it with me. Thanks!
Junior said on July 22, 2009
@florian Thanks buddy, for the correction of team Germany
Susan said on July 21, 2009
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Rob said on July 21, 2009
Absolutely a great step for Paintball as a sport. This is proper marketing to promote this sport we all love so much!! This definitely shows them being an Ambassador of Paintball, Great job!
houdini said on July 23, 2009
The event was called APIT (Asian Paintball Invitational Tournament) and was staged by the Taiwan paintball organisers who managed to get support from the World Games committee – it wasn’t an official demo sport but was classified as an ‘Invitational’ sport as paintball does not meet the ‘International’ qualifications required of eligible sports. For paintball to be ever included in such an event
it would need an International governing body that oversees world cup events on at least 3 continents and this body needs to be a member of the IWGA.
The only reference to paintball on the WG website was hidden here http://www.worldgames2009.tw/wg2009/eng/sport_new.php
Regarding competing teams belonging to countries that have laws against paintball well I’m not sure about Germany as yet but Singapore outlaws personal marker ownership and Australia has state laws making it necessary to obtain a police authorized permit before owning a paintball marker. I’m sure a few other IWGA member countries also have laws that limit paintball expansion.
So great exposure for paintball but I wouldn’t be thinking that this is a stepping stone to anything closely resembling paintball becoming an international accredited sport. The game has a lot more hurdles to jump in the next few years before it gets anywhere close to being ‘unified’ and international.
Being an Aussie living in Singapore the inclusion of a Singaporean team at least can be used as leverage to hopefully encourage and lobby the local government to change existing laws so that paintballers here can have access to what many of you stateside take for granted.