Editing 2019 ICPL season

The '''2019 ICPL season''' was the inaugural season of the [[International Classic Paintball League]], a tournament circuit centred on traditional mechanical paintball. Its United States calendar comprised the Windy City Classic in Illinois and the Florida Open in Florida.[1][2][3]

Chicago Aftershock won the professional ten-player season championship, finishing 0.27 points ahead of Los Angeles Infamous. Docs Warriors won amateur ten-player, while Extreme Rage finished first in the open five-player standings, which comprised the Florida Open alone.[1]

== Inaugural season ==

The league opened with the Windy City Classic at The Badlandz on 1–2 June 2019. Contemporary reporting by Infamous described it as the first ICPL ten-player mechanical event. The professional field included established teams and players returning to traditional tournament competition.[4]

The second event, the Florida Open, took place at Central Florida Paintball in Lakeland on 11–13 October.[3]

== United States calendar ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Dates !! Venue !! Location
|-
| [[2019 ICPL Windy City Classic]] || 1–2 June 2019 || [[Badlandz Paintball Field|The Badlandz]] || Crete, Illinois
|-
| [[2019 ICPL Florida Open]] || 11–13 October 2019 || Central Florida Paintball || Lakeland, Florida
|}

Dates and venues are recorded in the official event listings.[2][3]

== Formats and participation ==

Both events offered professional and amateur ten-player competition. Windy City listed ten-minute games, while Florida listed 12-minute games. The Florida Open also offered open five-player competition on Friday, with five-minute games.[2][3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Professional ten-player entries !! Amateur ten-player entries !! Open five-player entries
|-
| Windy City Classic || 20 || 19 || —
|-
| Florida Open || 19 || 14 || 10
|}

Windy City registration also advertised a novice five-player division, but recorded no entries. No result for that division appears in the season standings.[1][2]

== Event results ==

=== Professional ten-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Winner !! Runner-up !! Third
|-
| Windy City Classic || Adrenaline || Los Angeles Infamous || Chicago Aftershock
|-
| Florida Open || Chicago Aftershock || Los Angeles Infamous || All Americans
|}

=== Amateur ten-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Winner !! Runner-up !! Third
|-
| Windy City Classic || PPS SFO || Docs Warriors || ThunderHorse
|-
| Florida Open || Docs Warriors || Team Smoke || Ground Zero Gold
|}

=== Open five-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Winner !! Runner-up !! Third
|-
| Florida Open || Extreme Rage || R.C. Seadogs || Desert Edge
|}

Event placings are recorded in the official season rankings.[1]

== Season championships ==

The published championship totals combined points from the two events in each ten-player division. Open five-player standings contained only the Florida Open.[1]

=== Professional ten-player ===

Chicago Aftershock combined third place at Windy City with victory in Florida to finish on 190.53 points. Infamous finished second at both events and accumulated 190.26 points, leaving Aftershock with a championship margin of 0.27.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Windy City points !! Florida points !! Total
|-
| 1 || Chicago Aftershock || 90.53 || 100 || 190.53
|-
| 2 || Los Angeles Infamous || 95.26 || 95 || 190.26
|-
| 3 || San Diego Dynasty || 85.79 || 80 || 165.79
|-
| 4 || Adrenaline || 100 || 60 || 160
|-
| 5 || All Americans || 62.11 || 90 || 152.11
|}

=== Amateur ten-player ===

Docs Warriors won the championship with 195 points, following second place at Windy City and first place in Florida.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Total points
|-
| 1 || Docs Warriors || 195
|-
| 2 || Ground Zero Gold || 161.15
|-
| 3 || Team Smoke || 158.08
|-
| 4 || Black Sunday || 134.23
|-
| 5 || PPS SFO || 100
|}

=== Open five-player ===

Extreme Rage led the open five-player standings with 100 points, ahead of R.C. Seadogs on 90 and Desert Edge on 80. These standings reflected a single tournament rather than a multi-event five-player series.[1]

== See also ==

* [[International Classic Paintball League]]
* [[2019 ICPL Windy City Classic]]
* [[2019 ICPL Florida Open]]
* [[2020 ICPL season]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/league/435/seasonRankings/2019 PBLeagues – International Classic Paintball League: 2019 season rankings, event placings and championship totals.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6230/info PBLeagues – Windy City Classic: 1–2 June 2019, venue, registration and formats.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6231/info PBLeagues – Florida Open: 11–13 October 2019, venue, registration and formats.]
# [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.]

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