Editing 2020 ICPL season

The '''2020 ICPL season''' was the second season of the [[International Classic Paintball League]]. Its completed United States championship calendar comprised the Sunshine Classic in January and the Windy City Classic in October, with professional and amateur ten-player competition and open five-player competition.[1][2][3]

Kapp Factory won the professional ten-player season championship, MVPS Dark Ops won amateur ten-player and AAF 2 finished first in the open five-player season standings.[1]

== United States calendar ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Dates !! Venue !! Location
|-
| [[2020 ICPL Sunshine Classic]] || 24–26 January 2020 || Central Florida Paintball || Lakeland, Florida
|-
| [[2020 ICPL Windy City Classic]] || 2–4 October 2020 || [[Badlandz Paintball Field|The Badlandz]] || Crete, Illinois
|}

Both events appear in the official 2020 season standings and event calendar.[1][2][3]

== COVID-19 and the tournament programme ==

The two completed ICPL events were separated by more than eight months.[2][3]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the related [[National Xball League]] cancelled proposed regional tournaments that had been intended to replace its Chicago Open. A league statement reproduced on 18 July 2020 said that the organisation would instead concentrate on the October Chicago ICPL tournament and November NXL World Cup.[4]

Those cancelled regional tournaments belonged to the NXL programme. The October ICPL Windy City Classic subsequently took place and contributed to the ICPL season standings.[1][4]

== Formats ==

Both completed events offered professional and amateur ten-player divisions, together with an open five-player division. The event registration records specified 12-minute ten-player games and five-minute five-player games.[2][3]

Five-player competition was scheduled for Friday, followed by ten-player competition on Saturday and Sunday.[2][3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Five-player date !! Ten-player dates
|-
| Sunshine Classic || 24 January || 25–26 January
|-
| Windy City Classic || 2 October || 3–4 October
|}

== Event results ==

=== Professional ten-player ===

Los Angeles Infamous won the Sunshine Classic. Kapp Factory, second in Florida, won the Windy City Classic and the professional season championship.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Winner !! Runner-up !! Third
|-
| Sunshine Classic || Los Angeles Infamous || Kapp Factory || All Americans
|-
| Windy City Classic || Kapp Factory || ac EMPIRE || FARSIDE
|}

=== Amateur ten-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Winner !! Runner-up !! Third
|-
| Sunshine Classic || MVPS Dark Ops || Ground Zero 24K || Team Smoke
|-
| Windy City Classic || Saints || MVPS Dark Ops || AAF
|}

=== Open five-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Winner !! Runner-up !! Third
|-
| Sunshine Classic || florida annihilators || AA's || Farside
|-
| Windy City Classic || ac POWERHOUSE || KAPP || Extreme Rage
|}

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

== Season championships ==

The published season totals combined points from the Sunshine Classic and Windy City Classic.[1]

=== Professional ten-player ===

Kapp Factory finished first with 195.71 points, ahead of ac EMPIRE on 182.14 and Los Angeles Infamous on 180.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Sunshine points !! Windy City points !! Total
|-
| 1 || Kapp Factory || 95.71 || 100 || 195.71
|-
| 2 || ac EMPIRE || 87.14 || 95 || 182.14
|-
| 3 || Los Angeles Infamous || 100 || 80 || 180
|-
| 4 || FARSIDE || 82.86 || 90 || 172.86
|-
| 5 || All Americans || 91.43 || 75 || 166.43
|}

=== Amateur ten-player ===

MVPS Dark Ops combined victory at Sunshine with second place at Windy City to win the championship.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Total points
|-
| 1 || MVPS Dark Ops || 196.4
|-
| 2 || Saints || 177.5
|-
| 3 || Team Smoke || 169.4
|-
| 4 || AAF || 147.8
|-
| 5 || Fight Club Factory Soap || 131.6
|}

=== Open five-player ===

AAF 2 finished fifth at both tournaments but accumulated the highest season total, finishing ahead of florida annihilators.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Total points
|-
| 1 || AAF 2 || 142.31
|-
| 2 || florida annihilators || 137.69
|-
| 3 || Master Blasters || 114.04
|-
| 4 || ac POWERHOUSE || 100
|-
| 5 || Doc Warriors || 99.62
|}

== See also ==

* [[International Classic Paintball League]]
* [[2019 ICPL season]]
* [[2021 ICPL season]]
* [[2020 ICPL Sunshine Classic]]
* [[2020 ICPL Windy City Classic]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/league/435/seasonRankings/2020 PBLeagues – International Classic Paintball League: 2020 season rankings, event placings and championship totals.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6676/info PBLeagues – Sunshine Classic: 24–26 January 2020, venue, schedule and formats.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6981/info PBLeagues – Windy City Classic: 2–4 October 2020, venue, schedule and formats.]
# [https://damnpaintballs.com/2020/07/18/nxl-regional-conference-events-cancelled/ Damn Paintballs – NXL Regional Conference Events Cancelled, 18 July 2020; reproduces the league statement retaining the October ICPL event.]

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