Editing Datis (Iran Paintball Team) (section)

== History ==

=== Early development ===

An archived team index from December 2010 describes Datis as "Since 2004".[8]

In a March 2010 interview originally published by ''ProPaintball.com'', Aco Amir identified Babak Esmaeily and Reza Badrian as teammates involved in creating Datis. He described having played with the team for six years.[9]

The historical team website published player profiles, competition reports, photographs and links to a discussion forum and Yahoo group.[10][11]

=== Asian championships, 2006–2007 ===

At World Cup Asia in Kuala Lumpur in December 2006, Datis won Division 1 and the overall PALS season championship.[1]

Datis retained the overall PALS title in 2007. At that year's World Cup Asia, it finished second in Division 1 behind South Africa's Reaper.[2]

=== Competition in 2009–2010 ===

In March 2009, Datis finished second behind the American Ironmen at the Golden Palm tournament at Kish Olympic Stadium, Iran. Mehr News Agency reported nine foreign and twenty Iranian teams at the event.[12]

In July, Datis finished third at the Asian Paintball Invitational Tournament in Taiwan, behind Germany's Ramstein Instinct and Australia's SWAT.[13]

The March 2010 ''ProPaintball.com'' interview reported that Datis had won all four events of the preceding Iranian league season, defeating Persian Legend at the final tournament.[9]

At World Cup Asia in November 2010, Datis won Division 1 ahead of France's Bad Elements, Australia's STK and Malaysia's [[MacDev Ronin]]. The team also secured the overall 2010 PALS championship.[3][14]

=== World Cup Asia 2011 ===

Datis successfully defended its World Cup Asia Division 1 title in Langkawi in November 2011.

A contemporary Bernama report identified Babak Datis Esmaily as the team's leader. Datis defeated Malaysia's Demon 4–0 in the quarter-final and Australia's STK 3–2 in the semi-final before beating Reaper 4–1 in the final. The team received US$50,000 and the championship trophy.[4]

Datis also finished third in the accompanying Intercontinental Cup, behind France's [[Toulouse TonTons]] and the American [[Ironmen (Southern California)|Ironmen]].[15]

=== Iranian national competition ===

The Iran Paintball Association's results for the Babolsar event of 14–16 December 2011 placed Datis first in the men's first division, followed by Hype and Persian Legend Two.[16]

The team's archived February 2012 news identified Datis as the overall [[Iran National Paintball League|INPL]] champion for the Iranian calendar year 1390 and named Hype as its opponent in the final.[17]

Planet Eclipse independently reported the championship on 27 February 2012. Its account also recorded Diako winning Division 2 and securing promotion, while Datis Girls won the women's cup and the women's 1390 title.[5]

An association report preserved in November 2014 described a seven-round premier league involving eight teams. It named Datis as champion, followed by Ariaman and Griffin.[18]

=== Later international results ===

Datis finished third in Division 1 at the 2013 NAZA World Cup Asia, behind Johannesburg Dynamix and [[Raskal Malaysia]].[19]

PBLeagues records another third-place World Cup Asia finish in 2014 and fourth place in the overall PALS Division 1 standings that year.[20][21]

The database records Datis finishing ninth of sixteen Division 1 teams at World Cup Asia in 2015 and second of eleven in 2016. It also records third place in Open X-Ball at the Melaka International XBall Cup in April 2018.[20]

=== PALM competition ===

On 8 October 2017, Planet Eclipse reported that Tehran Datis had won Division 1 at the penultimate Iranian PALM event. Shemiranat Datis finished second in Division 2 at the same event.[22]

The report described both teams as being in contention for their respective season titles; it preceded the final round and did not establish the final season standings.[22]

=== Competition and development in the 2020s ===

At the third round of the Iranian national league in 1403, held in Mashhad from 3 to 6 Mehr 1403 (24–27 September 2024), Datis Tehran won the men's premier division ahead of Spad Mashhad and Amertat Mashhad. Datis veterans won the second division. The women's Datis team also won its competition at the same round.[6]

A recruitment announcement published in August 2025 sought players for Datis Tehran, Datis Shemiranat and the women's team. It scheduled an online theory assessment followed by practical trials at the Sang Ahan Bafq paintball academy in Yazd Province. Parham Nazari was named as the contact for the trials.[7]

A Persia Paintball post published on 4 November 2025 identified Datis Tehran as the winner of the second national league round of 1404 in Mashhad.[23]

The team's public posts continued to document players and training during 2026. A September post described Taha Hosseini, number 23, as an academy-developed player gaining experience alongside the first team. Other posts identified Parham Nazari as number 2 and Mohammad Kojouri as number 88.[24][25][26]

In an October 2026 post, the organisation identified Parvaz club as a venue where Datis trained.[27]

A November 2026 profile described former player Hamed Ashouri, number 17, as continuing to work with Datis as an analyst.[28]