2023 INPL season

The 2023 INPL season was the Iran National Paintball League season for the Iranian calendar year 1402. Four rounds took place in Bandar Abbas, the Aras Free Zone and Rasht. Datis Tehran won the men's overall championship with 393 points, while Singo Elite won the women's championship with 377 points.[1][2]

Season programme

The competition included men's five-player and women's three-player electronic paintball. These formats were documented in the opening-round reporting and the final-round programme.[3][4][5]

Round	Dates or programme	Venue
Round 1	May 2023; women's matches scheduled for 3 May and men's matches for 4–5 May	Singo Paintball Club, Bandar Abbas
Round 2	4–7 July 2023	Aras Free Zone
Round 3	17–20 October 2023, as reported by ILNA	Belona Paintball Club, Rasht
Round 4	Women's competition concluded on 27 December; men's competition held on 28–29 December 2023	Singo Paintball Club, Bandar Abbas

Sources: the league's schedules and results, ILNA and contemporary final-round reporting.[1][2][6][7][8]

The opening-round organiser's instructions scheduled women's matches for Wednesday 3 May, men's group matches for Thursday 4 May and men's knockout matches for Friday 5 May.[6]

For Round 3, ILNA reported a combined programme of 25–28 Mehr 1402 (17–20 October). IRIB described two days of competition without identifying their individual dates.[8][9]

Men's competition

Round podiums

Round	First	Second	Third
1	Datis Tehran	Persian Gulf Tehran	Singo Bandar Abbas
2	Datis Tehran	Persian Gulf One	Spad Mashhad
3	Tehran 02	Datis Tehran	Datis Shemiranat
4	Datis Tehran	Tehran 02	Persian Gulf One

Sources: the league's opening- and second-round results, contemporary Rasht reporting and Singo's fourth-round results graphic.[6][7][9][10]

Datis won three of the four rounds and finished second at Round 3. Tehran 02 defeated Datis in the Rasht final.[6][7][9][10]

Ten men's teams participated in the opening round, twelve in Round 2 and fourteen in the final round.[1][7][11]

Final season standings

The following season positions and totals were published in contemporary reporting after the final round.[1]

Position	Team	Points
1st	Datis Tehran	393
2nd	Persian Gulf One	339
3rd	Spad Mashhad	267
5th	Singo	245
9th	Singo BND	135

This table includes only the positions and points established by the cited report. Singo's contemporary results image separately confirms Datis, Persian Gulf One and Spad as the overall season podium, distinguishing those standings from the fourth-round results.[1][10]

Women's competition

Round results

Round	First	Second	Third
1	Singo Elite	Belona Rasht	Singo Bandar Abbas
2	Belona Rasht	Singo Elite	Singo Bandar Abbas
3	Singo Bandar Abbas	Spad Mashhad	Belona Rasht

Sources: the league's first- and second-round results and contemporary third-round reporting.[7][9][12]

Singo Elite won the final round in Bandar Abbas. A subsequent report quoting Gilan paintball committee chairman Abolfazl Pourkarim identified Belona Rasht as the final round's runner-up.[2][13]

Five women's teams participated in each of the first two rounds. Young Journalists Club reported six women's teams at the final round.[2][7][12]

Final season standings

Position	Team	Points
1st	Singo Elite	377
2nd	Belona Rasht	315
3rd	Singo Persian Gulf	215

Source: Young Journalists Club's season-conclusion report, published on 27 December 2023.[2]

Borna subsequently confirmed Belona's second place in the overall women's championship.[13]

National-team selection

Following the final men's round, leading competitors were invited to a national-team camp in Bandar Abbas. The camp took place from 30 December 2023 to 1 January 2024 (9–11 Dey 1402).[1][13]

Contemporary coverage

The league published schedules, results and television reports through its public Telegram channel. Singo also published a fourth-round results graphic separating the men's event placings from the overall championship podium.[6][10]

Young Journalists Club and IRIB covered the opening and concluding events, while ILNA and IRIB reported the Rasht round.[2][3][4][8][9][11]

See also

• Iran National Paintball League
• 2024 INPL season
• Iranian paintball
• Women's paintball in Iran
• Paintball in Iran

References

1. Khabar Varzeshi Hormozgan, men's league conclusion: overall points, final-round participation and playing dates, 29 December 2023. Persian.
2. Young Journalists Club, “Singo Elite Hormozgan wins the national women's paintball league”, championship points and final-round report, 27 December 2023. Persian.
3. Young Journalists Club, “National professional paintball league held in Bandar Abbas”, women's three-player electronic format, 3 May 2023. Persian.
4. Young Journalists Club, “National men's professional paintball league competition begins in Bandar Abbas”, men's five-player electronic format, 5 May 2023. Persian.
5. Iranian National Paintball League, final-round programme and men's and women's electronic formats, 29 November 2023. Persian.
6. Iranian National Paintball League, opening-round playing schedules, men's results and television reports, April–May 2023. Persian.
7. Iranian National Paintball League, second-round dates, participation and results, 9 July 2023. Persian.
8. ILNA, “Third national paintball competition round held in Rasht”, dates, venue and results, 22 October 2023. Persian.
9. IRIB News Agency, “National paintball competition concludes in Rasht”, men's final and men's and women's podiums, 21 October 2023. Persian.
10. Singo Paintball, fourth-round men's results and separate overall season podium, December 2023. Persian.
11. Young Journalists Club, “Opening national professional paintball league round concludes in Bandar Abbas”, results and participation, 6 May 2023. Persian.
12. Iranian National Paintball League, complete first-round women's results, 3 May 2023. Persian.
13. Borna News Agency, “Gilan women's team finishes runner-up in the national paintball league”, reproduced by Sahebkhabar, 9 January 2024. Persian.