Now THIS is why it’s called the World Cup!

2011 PSP World Cup Soars with 2,963 Participants forming 278 Teams from 18 Countries and the Largest Trade Show in Paintball!

The 1,900-seated sold-out grandstands have been packed with enthusiastic fans from every corner of the nation and beyond. Hearing the crowd’s loud roar from across the venue ensures everyone is aware that a great move just took place on the Pro field. That doesn’t account for the many thousands of fans who sat at home watching the live webcast through pspevents.com and hosted by Matty Marshall. A roll call on Facebook.com listed nations tuning in from all across the globe… no matter what time of day (or night) it was for them! If you missed any of the action or would like to watch it again, just become a subscriber to the PSP YouTube account (www.youtube.com/pspevents). You will receive email updates each time a new video is added – and each game that was captured by the webcast this weekend will be added to the site over the next several days.

“Incredible Event!” with smiling faces is the most common reactions we are getting from the thousands of vendors, players, parents, fans and staff here at the 2011 PSP World Cup. The weather has been outstanding with clear, sunny skies and a gentle breeze locking us in with temperatures in the 70s all weekend long. Paint from G.I. Sportz, Procaps and RPS has been shooting great and the flat, grass surface has left players with the perfect setting for playing against the toughest competitors in the world.

The 278 teams from 18 countries that competed in this event had 10 fields to play their games on this week at Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida. With 12 divisions for teams to choose from, there were many champions crowned. The largest title won of course was the Professional World Cup Championship… and after a very close battle back and forth between Tampa Bay Damage and Russia Boston Red Legion, the local boys Tampa Bay Damage took down the defending Champions for 1st Place!

Professional Champions: Tampa Bay Damage

Division 1 RaceTo-5 Champions: upTon 187 cRew
Division 2 RaceTo-5 Champions: Distortion
Division 3 RaceTo-4 Champions: Revo
Division 4 RaceTo-4 Champions: Revo II
Division 2/3 RaceTo-2 Champions: PR Crew
Division 3 RaceTo-2 Champions: L A S T C A L L
Division 4 RaceTo-2 Champions: TKO Blackout
Division 5 RaceTo-2 Champions: Sick n Twisted

Masters Champions: Fluffy Bunnies

CXBL Champions: Windsor Lockdown

College Division: University of Florida

Professional
1st Tampa Bay Damage
2nd Russia Boston Red Legion
3rd Dynasty
4th Vicious

Division 1
1st Upton 187 cRew
2nd T1 Topgun Union
3rd VCK
4th New Jersey Jesters

Division 2 RaceTo-5
1st Distortion
2nd Boom
3rd Grad Moscow
4th Static

Division 3 RaceTo-4
1st Revo
2nd PR1ME
3rd Atlanta Breakout
4th Royalty

Division 4 RaceTo-4
1st Revo II
2nd Central Florida Paintball
3rd Imperial
4th PG Rise

Division 2/3 RaceTo-2
1st PR Crew
2nd CCS Fusion
3rd New Jersey Jesters Silver
4th Infusion

Division 3 RaceTo-2
1st Lastcall
2nd Plan B
3rd Gainesville Gridiron
4th Seek and Destroy

Division 4 RaceTo-2
1st TKO Blackout
2nd 406s Finest
3rd POSTAL
4th DBS Supersonics

Division 5 RaceTo-2
1st Sick n Twisted
2nd CPz!
3rd Average Joes Blues
4th Edge Army II

Masters
1st Fluffy Bunnies
2nd Capital Edge Hitters

To view a list of all finalist teams, locations, times and scores click here: http://www.paintball-players.org/scores/L1/

Series Champions from each division will be announced this week!

Original article: http://pspevents.com/2011/10/congratulations-tampa-bay-damage/