Editing 2019 ICPL Windy City Classic

The '''2019 ICPL Windy City Classic''' was the inaugural tournament of the [[International Classic Paintball League]] (ICPL), held on '''1–2 June 2019''' at [[Badlandz Paintball Field|Badlandz]] in Crete, Illinois. The event featured professional and amateur ten-player mechanical paintball competition.[1][2]

[[Adrenaline]] won the professional division, finishing one point ahead of [[Los Angeles Infamous]] in the final round. PPS SFO won the amateur division.[1][3]

== Background and venue ==

The tournament introduced the ICPL's national classic-format competition. Contemporary coverage identified the event as the league's first ten-player mechanical tournament.[1]

Badlandz hosted games on woodland and Hyperball fields. Official team schedules identify playing areas named Hyperball, Woods 1 and Woods 2.[4]

The event brought together teams associated with different periods of tournament paintball. Professional entrants included Adrenaline, Los Angeles Infamous, Chicago Aftershock, San Diego Dynasty, All Americans, Ironmen and Master Blasters.[3]

== Competition structure ==

The official results recorded twenty professional teams and nineteen amateur teams. Teams played eight preliminary games, followed by separate professional and amateur semi-final and final rounds.[2]

Nine teams advanced in each division. The semi-finals comprised three groups of three teams, with each team playing twice. The three group winners advanced to a final round in which each finalist again played two games.[2]

The results used accumulated game scores rather than a single head-to-head championship match.[2]

== Professional competition ==

Chicago Aftershock led the professional preliminary standings with 769 points from eight games. Saberwolves finished second overall in the preliminary rankings, followed by The Misfits.[2]

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

=== Final round ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
! Game scores
! Total
|-
| 1
| Adrenaline
| 13, 41
| 54
|-
| 2
| Los Angeles Infamous
| 38, 15
| 53
|-
| 3
| Chicago Aftershock
| 39, 9
| 48
|}

Source: official final-round scores.[2]

Adrenaline's total of 54 points secured the championship by one point. Infamous's contemporary team report acknowledged the narrow margin and its second-place finish.[1][2]

=== Final professional placings ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
|-
| 1 || Adrenaline
|-
| 2 || Los Angeles Infamous
|-
| 3 || Chicago Aftershock
|-
| 4 || San Diego Dynasty
|-
| 5 || Northwest Rogue
|-
| 6 || Saberwolves
|-
| 7 || Fight Club
|-
| 8 || The Misfits
|-
| 9 || All Americans
|-
| 10 || Ironmen
|-
| 11 || Farside
|-
| 12 || Royal City Seadogs
|-
| 13 || Master Blasters
|-
| 14 || Kapp Factory
|-
| 15 || Fox 4 Darkside
|-
| 16 || Annapolis A-Team
|-
| 17 || Desert Edge
|-
| 18 || Annihilators
|-
| 19 || Scottsdale Elevation
|-
| 20 || Armada
|}

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

== Amateur competition ==

PPS SFO, Docs Warriors and ThunderHorse advanced to the amateur final round.[2]

=== Final round ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
! Game scores
! Total
|-
| 1
| PPS SFO
| 97, 46
| 143
|-
| 2
| Docs Warriors
| 16, 5
| 21
|-
| 3
| ThunderHorse
| 10, 6
| 16
|}

Source: official final-round scores.[2]

=== Final amateur placings ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
|-
| 1 || PPS SFO
|-
| 2 || Docs Warriors
|-
| 3 || ThunderHorse
|-
| 4 || Failure to Flatline
|-
| 5 || Saints
|-
| 6 || Ground Zero Gold
|-
| 7 || Shocktech Gunfighters
|-
| 8 || Team Smoke
|-
| 9 || Louisville Asylum
|-
| 10 || Black Sunday
|-
| 11 || Detroit Action
|-
| 12 || Underground
|-
| 13 || The Family
|-
| 14 || Destiny Midwest
|-
| 15 || X-Men
|-
| 16 || RRDP
|-
| 17 || Fight Club Factory Soap
|-
| 18 || Destiny Midwest SpeedCorps
|-
| 19 || Desert Edge Silver
|}

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

== Contemporary coverage ==

Infamous published a report on 20 June 2019 describing its return to mechanical ten-player competition. Its roster combined current players, former Infamous members and players associated with other teams, including Travis Lemanski, Chris LaSoya, Cody Mickowski, Archie Montemayor and Ryan Brand.[1]

GoSports also produced a documentary about the inaugural event, subsequently available through [[Major League Paintball Plus]].[5]

== See also ==

* [[International Classic Paintball League]]
* [[Badlandz Paintball Field]]
* [[2019 ICPL Florida Open]]
* [[Paintball in the United States]]

== References ==

# [https://infamouspaintball.com/blogs/events-news/the-first-icpl-10-man-mechanical-event Infamous Paintball – The First ICPL 10 Man Mechanical Event, 20 June 2019.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6230/scores PBLeagues – ICPL Windy City Classic: preliminary, semi-final and final scores, 2019.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/435/seasonRankings/2019 PBLeagues – 2019 International Classic Paintball League season standings, including individual event placings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/team/roster/zIVqMP9tYCpm0AUd PBLeagues – Shocktech Gunfighters at ICPL Windy City Classic: dated schedule and playing fields, 1–2 June 2019.]
# [https://www.mlpbplus.com/icpl-10-man/videos/icpl-windy-city-classic Major League Paintball Plus – ICPL Windy City Classic documentary.]

== External links ==

* [https://pbleagues.com/event/6230/scores Official tournament scores]
* [https://infamouspaintball.com/blogs/events-news/the-first-icpl-10-man-mechanical-event Contemporary Infamous event report]

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