Editing 2022 WCPL Gateway Open

The '''2022 WCPL Gateway Open''', also advertised as the '''Gateway Classic''', was a paintball tournament held on '''15–16 October 2022''' at '''Gateway Paintball Park''' in '''Bridgeton, Missouri'''. It concluded the [[World Classic Paintball League]]'s published 2022 United States event calendar.[1][2]

Phenoms won the 16-team open ten-player competition, followed by Team Farside and Lockout. Master Blasters finished ninth at the event and first in the final ten-player season standings.[3][4]

== Title and venue ==

PBLeagues records the tournament as the '''Gateway Open''', while the WCPL's published calendar used '''Gateway Classic''' for the same dates and venue.[1][2]

Gateway Paintball Park was listed at 14510 Missouri Bottom Road, Bridgeton, Missouri.[1][2]

== Format ==

The event registration category was '''Open 10-man (Sat–Sun)'''. PBLeagues specified a '''10v10''' format with '''12-minute games''', and recorded 16 registered and paid teams.[1]

The final results contain one division, Open 10v10, with all 16 teams receiving placings.[3]

== Results ==

Phenoms finished first, Team Farside second and Lockout third.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place
! Team
|-
| 1
| Phenoms
|-
| 2
| Team Farside
|-
| 3
| Lockout
|-
| 4
| Missouri Magic
|-
| 5
| NME
|-
| 6
| Prime Suspects
|-
| 7
| Prime Suspects ArGGh
|-
| 8
| Team Fox
|-
| 9
| Master Blasters
|-
| 10
| Bob White
|-
| 11
| Gateway Paintball
|-
| 12
| Mildly Competitive
|-
| 13
| Alien Nation
|-
| 14
| The Band
|-
| 15
| Valkyries
|-
| 16
| Prime Suspects X
|}

== Season standings ==

Master Blasters finished first in the published 2022 WCPL open ten-player season standings with 420.23 points. Their total included victories at the California Classic and ICC/Montressor Classic, together with 89.41 referee points.[4]

All-Americans 2 finished second with 273.21 points and Lockout third with 197.65.[4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! First place
! Second place
! Third place
|-
| Open ten-player
| Master Blasters
| All-Americans 2
| Lockout
|-
| Open five-player
| Albany Power Surge Black
| Albany Power Surge
| Ground Zero Red
|}

The five-player season table contains results from the [[2022 WCPL ICC/Montressor Classic]] only. Its first-place team, Albany Power Surge Black, should therefore be distinguished from the Gateway event winner and from the winner of the multi-event ten-player series.[4]

No five-player competition is listed in the Gateway final results.[3]

== Calendar position ==

The Gateway Open followed the [[2022 WCPL ICC/Montressor Classic]], held in July in Clintondale, New York, and was the final United States event listed in the WCPL's 2022 records.[1][4]

== See also ==

* [[World Classic Paintball League]]
* [[2022 WCPL season]]
* [[2022 WCPL ICC/Montressor Classic]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7879/info PBLeagues – Gateway Open, 15–16 October 2022: venue, registration and format.]
# [https://www.playwcpl.com/events World Classic Paintball League – Events, published 2022 calendar, Gateway Classic.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7879/rankings PBLeagues – Gateway Open: complete final placings.]
# [https://mlpb.pbleagues.com/league/502/seasonRankings/2022 PBLeagues – 2022 World Classic Paintball League season rankings, including referee points and five-player standings.]

== External links ==

* [https://pbleagues.com/event/7879/info PBLeagues event information]
* [https://pbleagues.com/event/7879/rankings Complete event results]
* [https://www.playwcpl.com/ Official WCPL website]

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in the United States]]
[[Category:Paintball in Missouri]]