Editing Thailand Paintball Official Circuit

'''Thailand Paintball Official Circuit''' ('''TPOC''') was a paintball tournament series in Thailand, documented through records from 2011 and subsequent events in Bangkok and Phuket. Its competitions included divisional standings, five-player race-to formats and X-Ball.[1][2][3][4]

== History ==

=== Documented activity in 2011 ===
An archived section of the PALS Thailand website titled “TPOC Thailand 2011” published overall rankings after the circuit's first leg. Infernal led Division 1 and Lakehill Arowana led Division 2, each with 50 points. The rankings listed four teams in Division 1 and seven in Division 2.[1]

A contemporary report published on 13 October 2011 recorded Ahmad Sophian finishing second in Division 1 at the season's final leg. It did not identify the team he represented at that event.[2]

These records establish activity in 2011, but do not establish the circuit's founding date.

=== Bangkok, 2014 ===
The [[2014 Thailand Paintball Official Circuit Leg 1|opening round documented for 2014]] took place on 8–9 February at [[Expressway Paintball Club]] in Bangkok. Both divisions used five-player race-to-two competition, with six paid entries in each division.[3]

=== Phuket, 2016 ===
The [[2016 TPOC Gelkaps Phuket International]] took place on 23–25 September at Surin Beach Soccer Stadium in Phuket. Its three divisions recorded 30 paid entries.[4]

Aisawan won Division 1, Waxers Legion won Division 2 and Siren Army won Division 3.[5]

=== Bangkok report, 2017 ===
DYE Paintball published a report in July 2017 documenting a TPOC event in Bangkok. Its accompanying graphic recorded Inception Aisawan winning Division 1 and United Aisawan winning Division 2. The report covered selected DYE-supported teams rather than complete divisional standings.[6]

The exact playing dates, venue and round number of this event remain unverified.

== Documented events ==
This is a partial list of documented events, rather than a complete circuit calendar.

{| class="wikitable"
! Date !! Event !! Documented location
|-
| 2011; exact date unverified
| [[2011 Thailand Paintball Official Circuit Leg 1]]
| Thailand
|-
| 2011; reported by 13 October
| [[2011 Thailand Paintball Official Circuit Final Leg]]
| Thailand
|-
| 8–9 February 2014
| [[2014 Thailand Paintball Official Circuit Leg 1]]
| Expressway Paintball Club, Bangkok
|-
| 23–25 September 2016
| [[2016 TPOC Gelkaps Phuket International]]
| Surin Beach Soccer Stadium, Phuket
|-
| Report published July 2017; playing dates unverified
| [[2017 TPOC Bangkok]]
| Bangkok
|}

== Competition formats ==
Formats varied between events and divisions. The February 2014 Bangkok event used five-player race-to-two competition in both divisions.[3]

The September 2016 Phuket event listed race-to-four in Division 1, X-Ball in Division 2 and five-player race-to-two in Division 3, with respective game durations of ten, eight and six minutes.[4]

== See also ==
* [[Paintball in Thailand]]
* [[Expressway Paintball Club]]
* [[Paintball Asia League Series]]

== References ==
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20110720002902/http://www.palsthailand.com/?page_id=298 “Rankings — TPOC Overall Rankings (after 1st leg)”, PALS Thailand, official TPOC standings. Archived 20 July 2011.]
# [https://singaporepaintball.blogspot.com/2011/10/champion-in-everyone.html ION, “A Champion in everyone!”, Paintball in Singapore 101, 13 October 2011.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/3323 “TPOC Leg 1”, PBLeagues, event record for 8–9 February 2014.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/4809 “TPOC – Gelkaps Phuket International”, PBLeagues, event record for 23–25 September 2016.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/4809/rankings “Places: TPOC – Gelkaps Phuket International”, PBLeagues. Official divisional results.]
# [https://shop.dyepaintball.com/blogs/news/dye-asia-domination-at-tpoc “DYE Asia Domination”, DYE Paintball, 19 July 2017 according to publication metadata. Report and accompanying results graphic.]

== External links ==
* [https://www.facebook.com/thailandpaintballofficialcircuit Thailand Paintball Official Circuit on Facebook]
* [https://www.facebook.com/tpocinternational TPOC International on Facebook]

[[Category:Thai paintball tournament series]]
[[Category:2010s in Thai paintball]]