Editing 2021 ICPL season

The '''2021 ICPL season''' was the third season of the [[International Classic Paintball League]]. Its United States calendar comprised the Old Bay Classic in Maryland and the Windy City Classic in Illinois. Both events offered professional and amateur ten-player competition and open five-player competition.[1][2][3]

Los Angeles Infamous won both professional tournaments and the professional season championship. Team Smoke won the amateur ten-player championship, while ac TEXAS won both open five-player events and the five-player season title.[1]

Image and Mutiny moved from amateur to professional ten-player competition between the two events.[1][4]

== United States calendar ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Dates !! Venue !! Location
|-
| [[2021 ICPL Old Bay Classic]] || 4–6 June 2021 || [[Outdoor Xtreme Chesapeake City]] || Chesapeake City, Maryland
|-
| [[2021 ICPL Windy City Classic]] || 1–3 October 2021 || [[Badlandz Paintball Field|The Badlandz]] || Crete, Illinois
|}

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

== Formats ==

Both tournaments offered professional and amateur ten-player divisions, with published game times of 12 minutes. Five-player competition was scheduled for Friday, followed by ten-player competition on Saturday and Sunday.[2][3]

The Old Bay Classic listed five-minute open five-player games. Windy City listed six-minute games for that division.[2][3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Professional ten-player entries !! Amateur ten-player entries !! Open five-player entries
|-
| Old Bay Classic || 22 || 26 || 13
|-
| Windy City Classic || 24 || 37 || 16
|}

These figures are the entries recorded in the official registration listings.[2][3]

== Event results ==

=== Professional ten-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Winner !! Runner-up !! Third
|-
| Old Bay Classic || Los Angeles Infamous || Ground Zero Gold || Kapp Factory
|-
| Windy City Classic || Los Angeles Infamous || ac EMPIRE || Saints
|}

=== Amateur ten-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Winner !! Runner-up !! Third
|-
| Old Bay Classic || Image || Team Smoke || Mutiny
|-
| Windy City Classic || Team Smoke || ThunderHorse || Saberwolves
|}

=== Open five-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Winner !! Runner-up !! Third
|-
| Old Bay Classic || ac TEXAS || Mutiny || SAVAGES
|-
| Windy City Classic || ac TEXAS || AAF 2 || florida annihilators
|}

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

== Image and Mutiny promotion ==

Following the Old Bay Classic, the ICPL offered professional ten-player places to Image and Mutiny. Image had won the amateur division in Maryland, while Mutiny finished third.[1][4]

The league’s contemporary Windy City preview stated that the places had become available following the relegation of Saberwolves and the departure of R.C. Seadogs. It explained that Saberwolves had lost professional eligibility after missing the season opener.[4]

At Windy City, Image finished fifth in professional ten-player and Mutiny finished eleventh. Their earlier amateur results remained visible in the season records, but both teams were marked as having moved divisions and were excluded from the final amateur championship placings.[1]

== Season championships ==

The published championship totals combined points from the two events within each division.[1]

=== Professional ten-player ===

Los Angeles Infamous won both events to finish with 200 points, ahead of Saints and Ground Zero Gold.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Total points
|-
| 1 || Los Angeles Infamous || 200
|-
| 2 || Saints || 175.03
|-
| 3 || Ground Zero Gold || 168.32
|-
| 4 || All Americans || 166.83
|-
| 5 || ac EMPIRE || 157.52
|}

=== Amateur ten-player ===

Team Smoke combined second place at Old Bay with victory at Windy City to win the championship with 196.4 points.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Total points
|-
| 1 || Team Smoke || 196.4
|-
| 2 || ThunderHorse || 179.5
|-
| 3 || FRACTION || 176.7
|-
| 4 || TRIBE Savages || 137.6
|-
| 5 || Wiseguys || 131.2
|}

=== Open five-player ===

ac TEXAS won both tournaments and the season championship with 200 points.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Total points
|-
| 1 || ac TEXAS || 200
|-
| 2 || Mutiny || 150.5
|-
| 3 || ac POWERHOUSE || 140
|-
| 4 || Ground Zero || 129.5
|-
| 5 || Image || 122
|}

== See also ==

* [[International Classic Paintball League]]
* [[2020 ICPL season]]
* [[2022 ICPL season]]
* [[2021 ICPL Old Bay Classic]]
* [[2021 ICPL Windy City Classic]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/league/435/seasonRankings/2021 PBLeagues – International Classic Paintball League: 2021 season rankings, event placings and division changes.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7208/info PBLeagues – ICPL Old Bay Classic: 4–6 June 2021, venue, registration and formats.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7322/info PBLeagues – ICPL Windy City Classic: 1–3 October 2021, venue, registration and formats.]
# [https://www.nxlclassicpaintball.com/post/battle-at-the-badlandz-the-2021-icpl-windy-city-classic International Classic Paintball League – Battle at the Badlandz, the 2021 ICPL Windy City Classic!, Quinn Nadu, 27 September 2021.]

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