2023 WCPL season

The 2023 WCPL season was a United States tournament season of the World Classic Paintball League. Five events contributed results to its published Open 10v10 standings, with an additional Gateway tournament announced for October.[1][2]

Toxic Teddys finished first in the recorded standings with 297.75 points, ahead of Ironmen and Team Crowley WCPL. The standings list a single Open ten-player division rather than separate professional and amateur championships.[1]

Formats and organisation

The WCPL's contemporary competition guide described ten-player capture-the-flag games played on woodland and mound fields. Its standard programme specified twelve-minute games and eight preliminary games per team, although individual event listings could specify different arrangements.[3]

Mechanical markers were encouraged. Electronic markers were permitted with a maximum firing rate of 5.5 balls per second. The league used its own player-ranking arrangements within APPA/PBLeagues and stated that participation would not affect a player's classification at other events using that system.[3]

Each event was administered by its individual promoter. The league explained that entry fees were collected directly by promoters, so payment figures displayed on PBLeagues did not necessarily represent attendance.[3]

Professional classification

The league's earlier FAQ proposed identifying professional teams from the 2022 standings for the following season.[4] However, the published 2023 season standings use Open 10v10, and the Montressor Classic registration likewise lists an Open division.[1][5]

The recorded results therefore support an Open season standings table. They do not establish a separate 2023 professional championship or a confirmed list of promoted professional teams.

United States calendar

The first five events below have results in the published season standings. The October Gateway event was announced separately and is not included in that table.[1][2]

Dates	Event	Venue and location	Recorded status
18–19 February 2023	2023 WCPL Southern California Classic	Ambush Paintball Park, Moorpark, California	Completed; results recorded
1–2 April 2023	2023 WCPL Panhandle Classic	Panhandle Paintball, Holt, Florida	Completed; recorded as Florida Open
9–11 June 2023	2023 WCPL New York Classic	Paintball Sports New York, Clintondale, New York	Completed; 9 June designated for field walking
29–30 July 2023	2023 WCPL Montressor Classic	Fox Paintball, Newark, Illinois	Completed; results recorded
5–6 August 2023	2023 WCPL California Classic	Shooter's All Season Paintball and Airsoft, Nicolaus, California	Completed; results recorded
14–15 October 2023	2023 WCPL Saint Louis Gateway Classic	Gateway Paintball, Bridgeton, Missouri	Announced; absent from the published season standings

The league also used Northern California Classic for the August tournament and Gateway Classic or Saint Louis Classic for the October event.[2][6]

Event results

The following podiums are recorded in the Open 10v10 season standings.[1] The Southern California league report additionally identifies its runner-up as OG Ironmen.[6]

Event	First	Second	Third
Southern California Classic	Dynasty Old School	OG Ironmen	Los Angeles Ironmen
Panhandle Classic / Florida Open	Juggernauts	Revolution	Team Crowley WCPL
New York Classic	All Americans	Ironmen	APE Guerrillas
Montressor Classic	Colorado United Black	Indy Reign	Prime Suspects
California Classic	Black Sunday	Ironmen	Toxic Teddys

Southern California

Ten teams attended the Southern California Classic. Dynasty Old School, OG Ironmen and Los Angeles Ironmen contested a three-team final round-robin, finishing in that order.[6]

New York

The New York Classic attracted fourteen teams. The league subsequently explained that the preliminary programme comprised two groups of seven, followed by cross-group games to give each team eight preliminary matches. The leading four teams then contested a final round-robin.[7]

The league announced completion of the score entry on 30 June 2023. The final PBLeagues rankings place UK Predators fifth, behind Automen Aces in fourth.[7][8]

Montressor and California

The Montressor Classic listed ten-minute Open ten-player games. The California Classic also advertised ten-minute ten-player games, differing from the twelve-minute standard described in the league's general guide.[3][5][9]

Gateway record

The league announced the Gateway Classic for 14–15 October. On 9 November, Paintball Media advertised coverage of a WCPL Gateway Classic in its November issue.[2][10]

The published PBLeagues season standings contain no Gateway column or results. Its event placings and any contribution to a separate final championship announcement are not established by that standings record.[1]

Recorded season standings

Position	Team	Points
1	Toxic Teddys	297.75
2	Ironmen	270.22
3	Team Crowley WCPL	174.62
4	Black Sunday	150
5	Colorado United Black	100
6	All Americans	100
7	Juggernauts	100
8	Dynasty Old School	100
9	Indy Reign	95
10	Prime Suspects	90

Positions and totals follow PBLeagues, including its ordering of teams with equal points. Toxic Teddys scored at all five recorded rounds.[1]

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