2025 ICPL season

The 2025 ICPL season was the seventh season of the International Classic Paintball League. Its United States championship comprised the Old Bay Classic, Pittsburgh Open Classic and October Classic Cup. Competition included Professional and Amateur ten-player divisions and Open and Amateur five-player divisions.[1][2]

Chicago Aftershock won the professional ten-player season championship, Dark Carnival won Amateur ten-player, FARSIDE won Open five-player and AAF 2 won Amateur five-player.[1][3]

Calendar

The United States championship comprised three events.[1][2][4–6]

Dates	Event	Venue
30 May–1 June 2025	2025 ICPL Old Bay Classic	Outdoor Xtreme Chesapeake City, Chesapeake City, Maryland
1–3 August 2025	2025 ICPL Pittsburgh Open Classic	Urban Assault, McDonald, Pennsylvania
3–5 October 2025	2025 ICPL Classic Cup (October)	Thunder Valley Paintball Park, Seffner, Florida, also identified in contemporary coverage as Tiki's Paintball Park

January and October Classic Cups

Two ICPL Classic Cups took place in the United States during the 2025 calendar year.

The January Classic Cup, held from 31 January to 2 February at 210 Pruett Road in Seffner, concluded the 2024 ICPL season. Its results appear in the 2024 championship standings.[7][8]

The October Classic Cup took place from 3 to 5 October at the same address and concluded the 2025 championship. Only the October tournament appears in the 2025 United States season standings.[1][6]

Formats

The league's classic formats used mechanical paintball markers on field types including woodland, hyperball and earth mounds.[2]

All three United States championship events offered:

Professional ten-player.
Amateur ten-player.
Open five-player.
Amateur five-player.[4–6]

Five-player competition was scheduled for Friday, with ten-player competition on Saturday and Sunday.[4–6]

Game times varied by event and field. Old Bay listed twelve-minute ten-player games and six-minute five-player games. Pittsburgh specified twelve minutes on its hybrid and woodland fields and ten minutes on hyperball and mounds. The October Classic Cup listed ten-minute ten-player games and six-minute five-player games.[4–6]

Event winners

The following winners are recorded in the official season results.[1]

Division	Old Bay Classic	Pittsburgh Open Classic	October Classic Cup
Professional ten-player	Chicago Aftershock	Chicago Aftershock	Team Smoke
Amateur ten-player	Dark Carnival	Dark Carnival	Roadies Factory
Open five-player	FARSIDE	ac EMPIRE	FARSIDE
Amateur five-player	AAF 2	Ohio Outlaws	AAF 2

October Classic Cup

Team Smoke won the professional ten-player tournament ahead of Image and Chicago Aftershock. Aftershock nevertheless secured the season championship after reaching the final round at all three events.[3]

Roadies Factory won Amateur ten-player ahead of Oiled Up and Dark Carnival. Dark Carnival's third-place finish followed victories at Old Bay and Pittsburgh and secured its season title.[1][3]

FARSIDE won Open five-player ahead of Chicago Aftershock and Omaha Bulls. AAF 2 won Amateur five-player ahead of Oiled Up and AAF. Both winning teams also secured their respective season championships.[3]

Season championships

The published United States standings totalled ranking points from Old Bay, Pittsburgh and the October Classic Cup.[1]

Division	Champions	Points	Runners-up	Points	Third place	Points
Professional ten-player	Chicago Aftershock	293	Image	282	FARSIDE	269
Amateur ten-player	Dark Carnival	293	Oiled Up	269	FRACTION	266
Open five-player	FARSIDE	296	Chicago Aftershock	285	Omaha Bulls	180
Amateur five-player	AAF 2	281	Roadies Factory	279	AAF	271

Chicago Aftershock and Dark Carnival each won the opening two tournaments before finishing third at the finale. AAF 2 finished two points ahead of Roadies Factory in the Amateur five-player championship.[1]

References