2025 ICPL Pittsburgh Open Classic
The 2025 ICPL Pittsburgh Open Classic was a mechanical paintball tournament held from 1 to 3 August 2025 at Urban Assault in McDonald, Pennsylvania, United States. The event formed part of the International Classic Paintball League programme and featured professional and amateur ten-player competition alongside open and amateur five-player divisions.[1][2]
Chicago Aftershock won professional ten-player, Dark Carnival won amateur ten-player, ac EMPIRE won open five-player and Ohio Outlaws won amateur five-player. There were 63 entries across the four divisions.[2][3]
ICPL status
[edit]Major League Paintball included the Pittsburgh Open Classic in its published 2025 ICPL season calendar. Although the event used a separate Pittsburgh Open Classic organiser account on PBLeagues, its results were incorporated into the ICPL season standings.[1][2][5]
Venue and schedule
[edit]The tournament took place at Urban Assault, 201 Cecil-Sturgeon Road, McDonald, Pennsylvania 15057.[2]
Five-player competition was scheduled for Friday, 1 August. Professional and amateur ten-player competition followed on Saturday, 2 August and Sunday, 3 August.[2]
Formats
[edit]The event offered four classic paintball divisions.[2]
| Division | Playing dates | Entries |
|---|---|---|
| Professional ten-player | 2–3 August | 18 |
| Amateur ten-player | 2–3 August | 28 |
| Open five-player | 1 August | 5 |
| Amateur five-player | 1 August | 12 |
The event notice specified 12-minute games on the hybrid and woods fields and ten-minute games on hyperball and mounds. Five-player registration listed six-minute games.[2]
Professional ten-player semi-finals were assigned to the woods field and amateur ten-player semi-finals to mounds. Both ten-player finals were assigned to hyperball.[2][4]
Competition
[edit]Professional ten-player
[edit]Image led the preliminary round with 685 points. Nine teams advanced to the semi-finals, from which Image, Chicago Aftershock and All Americans reached the final.[4]
Chicago Aftershock won the final round with 112 points, ahead of Image on 103 and All Americans on 102.[4]
Amateur ten-player
[edit]Dark Carnival won the amateur ten-player final with 116 points. Sniper Squad finished second with 111, followed by Oiled up with 15.[4]
Five-player competition
[edit]ac EMPIRE won open five-player with 140 final-round points, ahead of Team Farside on 110 and Chicago Aftershock on 12.[4]
Ohio Outlaws won amateur five-player with 114 final-round points. Roadies Factory finished second with 30 and All Americans 5 third with 24.[4]
Final standings
[edit]The following tables reproduce the final divisional placings published by PBLeagues.[3]
Professional ten-player
[edit]| Place | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago Aftershock |
| 2 | Image |
| 3 | All Americans |
| 4 | FARSIDE |
| 5 | Philadelphia Iconic |
| 6 | Team Smoke |
| 7 | Omaha Bulls |
| 8 | Adrenaline |
| 9 | The Misfits |
| 10 | Ground Zero Gold |
| 11 | MVPS Dark Ops |
| 12 | Infamous |
| 13 | Rogue |
| 14 | Louisville Asylum |
| 15 | ac EMPIRE |
| 16 | Prime Suspects |
| 17 | Trauma |
| 18 | TEAM CROWLEY RANGERS |
Amateur ten-player
[edit]| Place | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dark Carnival |
| 2 | Sniper Squad |
| 3 | Oiled up |
| 4 | Thrashers |
| 5 | Brawlgang |
| 6 | AAF |
| 7 | FRACTION |
| 8 | NJ Jesters DAF |
| 9 | FMI |
| 10 | Joe Exotic and The Boyz |
| 11 | Pittsburgh Rampage |
| 12 | Roadies Factory |
| 13 | DETROIT FUSION |
| 14 | Brimstone Smoke |
| 15 | Boss Ballers |
| 16 | Dirty. |
| 17 | G-Force |
| 18 | Ground Zero Red |
| 19 | APE Guerrillas |
| 20 | The Hooligans |
| 21 | Moisture Missiles |
| 22 | Pittsburgh Mercenaries |
| 23 | IPC |
| 24 | RagTags |
| 25 | LOCKOUT |
| 26 | P-Town Posse Fight Club |
| 27 | Crisis Tactical |
| 28 | NYPD Finest Paintball |
Open five-player
[edit]| Place | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | ac EMPIRE |
| 2 | Team Farside |
| 3 | Chicago Aftershock |
| 4 | Image |
| 5 | Omaha Bulls |
Amateur five-player
[edit]| Place | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio Outlaws |
| 2 | Roadies Factory |
| 3 | All Americans 5 |
| 4 | ac EMPIRE EVIL |
| 5 | LOCKOUT |
| 6 | AAF |
| 7 | Diamond Dawgs |
| 8 | AAF 2 |
| 9 | Dirty. Bastards |
| 10 | APE Guerrillas |
| 11 | The Leftovers |
| 12 | The Hooligans |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Major League Paintball – ICPL: 2025 season schedule.
- PBLeagues – Pittsburgh Open Classic: event information, dates, venue, divisions and playing times.
- PBLeagues – Pittsburgh Open Classic: final divisional placings.
- PBLeagues – Pittsburgh Open Classic: preliminary, semi-final and final scores.
- PBLeagues – International Classic Paintball League: 2025 season standings.