SPEED (Thailand Paintball Team)
SPEED, recorded as SPEED Aisawan in 2014 tournament entries, is a Thai tournament paintball team associated with Bangkok and Speed Airsoft Paintball. Its PBLeagues record includes Division 2 victories at World Cup Asia in 2014 and 2016, and at the Bangkok and Singapore PALS tournaments in 2015.[1]
Names and registration
[edit]PBLeagues maintains the team's results under a single record headed “SPEED”. Entries from 2014 use the name “SPEED Aisawan”, while subsequent entries use “SPEED”.[1]
The record gives a registration date of 31 October 2013. This is a database registration date rather than a confirmed founding date.[1]
History
[edit]Competition as SPEED Aisawan
[edit]The team was listed in Division 2 at 2014 Thailand Paintball Official Circuit Leg 1. It subsequently finished second in Division 2 at 2014 PALS Thailand and won Division 2 at World Cup Asia in November.[1]
The published 2014 PALS season standings placed SPEED Aisawan first in Division 2.[2]
Competition as SPEED
[edit]In 2015, SPEED won Division 2 at 2015 PALS Thailand and at the Singapore PALS tournament in June. It finished second in Division 2 at World Cup Asia later that year.[1]
The team won Division 2 at PALS Singapore in May 2016 and World Cup Asia in Kuala Lumpur in October.[1]
Later documented entries
[edit]In February 2017, SPEED finished eighth in Division 1 at the opening round of the ASEAN Paintball Championships / Renegade Paintball Championship.[1]
Its team history records sixth place in RaceTo-4 at 2017 World Paintball Championship and a Division 2 entry at 2018 World Paintball Championship, without a published placing for the latter event.[1]
Selected tournament results
[edit]| Year | Event or standings | Recorded name | Division | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2014 PALS Thailand | SPEED Aisawan | Division 2 | 2nd [1] |
| 2014 | World Cup Asia | SPEED Aisawan | Division 2 | 1st [1] |
| 2014 | PALS season standings | SPEED Aisawan | Division 2 | 1st [2] |
| 2015 | 2015 PALS Thailand | SPEED | Division 2 | 1st [1] |
| 2015 | PALS Singapore | SPEED | Division 2 | 1st [1] |
| 2015 | World Cup Asia | SPEED | Division 2 | 2nd [1] |
| 2016 | PALS Singapore | SPEED | Division 2 | 1st [1] |
| 2016 | World Cup Asia | SPEED | Division 2 | 1st [1] |
| 2017 | ASEAN Paintball Championships / Renegade Paintball Championship Leg 1 | SPEED | Division 1 | 8th [1] |
| 2017 | 2017 World Paintball Championship | SPEED | RaceTo-4 | 6th in team history [1] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “SPEED”, PBLeagues. Bangkok home location, Speed Airsoft Paintball association, registration date and tournament history under the names SPEED Aisawan and SPEED.
- “2014 Season Rankings: Paintball Asia League Series”, PBLeagues. Division 2 event results and season standings.