Editing 2019 ICPL Florida Open

The '''2019 ICPL Florida Open''' was a [[International Classic Paintball League|International Classic Paintball League]] tournament held from '''11 to 13 October 2019''' at '''Central Florida Paintball''' in Lakeland, Florida. It concluded the league's inaugural season and featured professional ten-player, amateur ten-player and Open five-player competition.[1][2][3]

[[Chicago Aftershock]] won the professional tournament and season championship. Docs Warriors won the amateur tournament and season championship, while Extreme Rage won Open five-player.[2][3]

== Venue and background ==

The Florida Open followed the inaugural [[2019 ICPL Windy City Classic]]. Official event records identify the Florida venue as Central Florida Paintball, 9365 US Highway 98 North, Lakeland.[1][3]

A contemporary Bunkerkings report described the event as a ten-player classic tournament. The company entered a team combining its staff and dealers, with participants including Jacob Edwards and Chris Williams.[4]

== Competition formats ==

The official results recorded three divisions:

* Professional ten-player: 19 teams.
* Amateur ten-player: 14 teams.
* Open five-player: 10 teams.[2]

Both ten-player divisions advanced nine teams from the preliminary round. Three-team semi-final groups then determined the three finalists in each division.[2]

Open five-player advanced six teams from the preliminary round. Two semi-final groups produced the two finalists.[2]

Results were recorded using game scores and round totals. The ten-player championships were decided through three-team final rounds rather than single championship matches.[2]

== Professional ten-player ==

All Americans led the professional preliminary standings, scoring 771 points from eight games. Los Angeles Infamous ranked second overall and San Diego Dynasty third.[2]

Chicago Aftershock, Los Angeles Infamous and All Americans advanced from their respective semi-final groups to the final round.[2]

=== Final round ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
! Game scores
! Final-round total
|-
| 1
| Chicago Aftershock
| 12, 94
| 106
|-
| 2
| Los Angeles Infamous
| 21, 22
| 43
|-
| 3
| All Americans
| 12, 13
| 25
|}

Source: official final-round scores.[2]

== Amateur ten-player ==

Ground Zero Gold, Team Smoke and Docs Warriors won their semi-final groups and advanced to the amateur final round.[2]

Docs Warriors scored 100 against Ground Zero Gold and 98 against Team Smoke, winning the division with 198 final-round points.[2]

=== Final round ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
! Game scores
! Final-round total
|-
| 1
| Docs Warriors
| 100, 98
| 198
|-
| 2
| Team Smoke
| 94, 4
| 98
|-
| 3
| Ground Zero Gold
| 12, 0
| 12
|}

Source: official final-round scores.[2]

== Open five-player ==

Extreme Rage led the preliminary standings with 774 points from eight games. Extreme Rage and R.C. Seadogs subsequently won their semi-final groups and advanced to the final.[2]

=== Final results ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
|-
| 1
| Extreme Rage
|-
| 2
| R.C. Seadogs
|-
| 3
| Desert Edge
|-
| 4
| Master Blasters
|-
| 5
| GBD
|-
| 6
| Florida Annihilators
|-
| 7
| Carpinteros
|-
| 8
| NWR
|-
| 9
| Annihilators Green
|-
| 10
| Web-ons
|}

Source: Florida event placings recorded in the official season standings.[3]

== Season championships ==

The Florida Open concluded the two-event 2019 ICPL ten-player championship. Chicago Aftershock finished first in the professional standings with 190.53 points, narrowly ahead of Los Angeles Infamous on 190.26.[3]

Docs Warriors won the amateur championship with 195 points, following second place at Windy City and victory in Florida.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! Season position
! Team
! Season points
|-
| Professional ten-player
| 1
| Chicago Aftershock
| 190.53
|-
| Professional ten-player
| 2
| Los Angeles Infamous
| 190.26
|-
| Professional ten-player
| 3
| San Diego Dynasty
| 165.79
|-
| Amateur ten-player
| 1
| Docs Warriors
| 195
|-
| Amateur ten-player
| 2
| Ground Zero Gold
| 161.15
|-
| Amateur ten-player
| 3
| Team Smoke
| 158.08
|-
| Open five-player
| 1
| Extreme Rage
| 100
|}

Source: official final season standings.[3]

Florida was the only event contributing to the published 2019 Open five-player standings, so Extreme Rage's tournament victory also placed it first in that season table.[3]

== Contemporary coverage ==

Bunkerkings published its event account on 16 October 2019. The report documented the company's participation with dealers and credited Tom Cole and the NXL Classic staff with preparing the venue and playing fields.[4]

== See also ==

* [[International Classic Paintball League]]
* [[2019 ICPL Windy City Classic]]
* [[2020 ICPL Sunshine Classic]]
* [[Chicago Aftershock]]
* [[Paintball in the United States]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6629 PBLeagues – Official Florida Open team-staging registration: event dates and Central Florida Paintball venue, 11–13 October 2019.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6231 PBLeagues – 2019 ICPL Florida Open: professional ten-player, amateur ten-player and Open five-player scores.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/435/seasonRankings/2019 PBLeagues – 2019 International Classic Paintball League final season standings and individual event placings.]
# [https://www.bunkerkings.com/blogs/bnkr-kngs-wks-paintball-blog/icpl-florida-10man-event Bunkerkings – ICPL Florida 10man Event, 16 October 2019.]

== External links ==

* [https://pbleagues.com/event/6231 Official tournament scores]
* [https://pbleagues.com/league/435/seasonRankings/2019 Official 2019 season standings]

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