Editing 2017 PALM Iran season

The '''2017 PALM Iran season''' comprised four rounds of the Iranian [[Paintball League Middle East|PALM]] series, all listed in Tehran. The organiser's calendar marked each round as completed, with the final event designated “Leg 4 & Championships”.[1]

[[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis]] entries won both leading divisions at the opening round.[2] Verified overall season placings include second place for [[Tehran (Iran Paintball Team)|Tehran]] in Division 1 and third place for [[Sorena (Iran Paintball Team)|Sorena]] in Division 2.[6]

== Calendar ==
The organiser published the following scheduled date ranges.[1] Contemporary announcements specified shorter competition dates for rounds two, three and four.[3][4][5]

{| class="wikitable"
! Round
! Organiser's calendar
! Announced competition dates
! Location
|-
| [[2017 PALM Iran Round 1|Round 1]]
| 9–11 May 2017
| —
| Tehran
|-
| [[2017 PALM Iran Round 2|Round 2]]
| 12–14 July 2017
| 13–14 July 2017 [3]
| Tehran
|-
| [[2017 PALM Iran Round 3|Round 3]]
| 6–8 September 2017
| 7–8 September 2017 [4]
| Tehran
|-
| [[2017 PALM Iran Round 4|Round 4 and championships]]
| 6–8 December 2017
| 7–8 December 2017 [5]
| Tehran
|}

The precise playing dates within the first round's scheduled period have not been independently verified.

The announcements for rounds two and three identified the venue as the Dokouheh Cultural and Sports Complex, also known as Dehkadeh-ye Moqavemat, in Tehran.[3][4]

== Season review ==
=== Opening round ===
Planet Eclipse's report of 27 May confirmed that Datis Tehran won Division 1 and Datis Shemiranat won Division 2 at the opening round. The report described these as the series' two highest divisions.[2]

=== Third round and title positions ===
Planet Eclipse's report of 8 October confirmed another Division 1 victory for Datis Tehran at the penultimate round, while Datis Shemiranat finished second in Division 2.[7]

The same report described Datis Tehran as holding a comfortable lead in the Division 1 season standings before the final round. Datis Shemiranat was also described as close to securing the Division 2 title.[7] These were pre-final assessments rather than confirmation of the eventual championships.

== Verified round results ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Round
! Division
! Position
! Team
! Source
|-
| Round 1
| Division 1
| 1st
| [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis Tehran]]
| [2]
|-
| Round 1
| Division 2
| 1st
| [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis Shemiranat]]
| [2]
|-
| Round 3
| Division 1
| 1st
| [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis Tehran]]
| [7]
|-
| Round 3
| Division 2
| 2nd
| [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis Shemiranat]]
| [7]
|}

This table records confirmed individual results rather than complete round classifications.

== Verified overall standings ==
Tehran Paintball's retrospective account, published on 9 March 2019, explicitly distinguished overall PALM league placings from separate national championship results. For the 1396 season, it recorded Tehran as the Division 1 overall runner-up and Sorena as third overall in Division 2.[6] A later Sorena profile also listed third place overall in PALM 2017.[8]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! Overall position
! Team
! Source
|-
| Division 1
| 2nd
| [[Tehran (Iran Paintball Team)|Tehran]]
| [6]
|-
| Division 2
| 3rd
| [[Sorena (Iran Paintball Team)|Sorena]]
| [6][8]
|}

These are verified entries from the overall standings, rather than a complete final classification.

== See also ==
* [[Paintball League Middle East]]
* [[2018 PALM Iran season]]
* [[Paintball in Iran]]

== References ==
# [https://palmseries.com/palmiran-2017/ PALM Series — PALM Iran 2017 calendar and completed rounds].
# [https://eclipsehq.blogspot.com/2017/05/datis-dominate-at-palm-middle-east.html Planet Eclipse — “Datis Dominate at the Palm Middle East Event 2017”, 27 May 2017].
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/BWdiJzrl-nj/ PALM Media — second-round dates and venue announcement, July 2017] (Persian).
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/BYlDUlOFek8/ PALM Media — third-round dates and venue announcement, September 2017] (Persian).
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/BcJgJQUl_DW/ PALM Media — fourth-round announcement, November 2017] (Persian).
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/BuzZp5FhjbL/ Tehran Paintball — retrospective account of the 1396 and 1397 seasons, 9 March 2019] (Persian).
# [https://eclipsehq.blogspot.com/2017/10/datis-1st-and-2nd-palm-series-iran.html Planet Eclipse — “Datis 1st and 2nd: Palm Series, Iran”, 8 October 2017].
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/CJLC6tmhVU5/ coach.paintball.ir — Sorena team profile and historical overall placings, December 2020] (Persian).

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in Iran]]
[[Category:Paintball in Tehran Province]]
[[Category:2010s in Iranian paintball]]