Editing 2023 ICPL Pittsburgh Open Classic

The '''2023 ICPL Pittsburgh Open Classic''' was a paintball tournament held at [[Urban Assault Paintball|Urban Assault]] in McDonald, Pennsylvania, United States, from 11 to 13 August 2023. It appeared in the [[International Classic Paintball League]] calendar, while its registration was administered through a separate Pittsburgh Open Classic league account.[1][2]

Saberwolves finished first in the professional 10-player rankings, ThunderHorse finished first in the amateur 10-player rankings, and ac POWERHOUSE won the open five-player competition.[3]

== Venue and schedule ==

The tournament took place at Urban Assault, 201 Cecil-Sturgeon Road, McDonald, Pennsylvania.[1]

Open five-player competition was scheduled for Friday, 11 August. Professional and amateur 10-player entries competed on Saturday and Sunday, 12–13 August.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Classification !! Playing dates !! Format !! Published game time !! Entries
|-
| Professional || 12–13 August || 10v10 || 10 minutes || 14
|-
| Amateur || 12–13 August || 10v10 || 10 minutes || 40
|-
| Open || 11 August || 5v5 || 5 minutes || 19
|}

Source: PBLeagues event information.[1]

== ICPL relationship and competition format ==

The event was included in the ICPL's 2023 tournament archive. Its own PBLeagues registration page identified the organising league as Pittsburgh Open Classic.[1][2]

The 10-player preliminary schedule included matches between professional and amateur entries. PBLeagues published separate professional and amateur ranking lists for the 54-team field.[3][4]

The standings below reproduce those separate classifications and should not be read as a single overall ranking of all 54 teams.[3]

== Professional 10-player rankings ==

Saberwolves finished ahead of FARSIDE and the All Americans.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || Saberwolves
|-
| 2 || FARSIDE
|-
| 3 || All Americans
|-
| 4 || Ground Zero Gold
|-
| 5 || ac EMPIRE
|-
| 6 || Kapp Factory
|-
| 7 || Image
|-
| 8 || MVPS Dark Ops
|-
| 9 || Adrenaline
|-
| 10 || Los Angeles Infamous
|-
| 11 || Enemy
|-
| 12 || Annihilators
|-
| 13 || The Misfits
|-
| 14 || Fight Club
|}

== Amateur 10-player rankings ==

ThunderHorse finished ahead of Iconic and NJ Jesters DAF.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || ThunderHorse
|-
| 2 || Iconic
|-
| 3 || NJ Jesters DAF
|-
| 4 || LOCKOUT
|-
| 5 || OG Army
|-
| 6 || FRACTION
|-
| 7 || 412 Krew
|-
| 8 || Ground Zero Red
|-
| 9 || Omaha Bulls
|-
| 10 || Boss Ballers
|-
| 11 || NRG Elite
|-
| 12 || GRIDLOCK
|-
| 13 || Nasty_
|-
| 14 || Los Banditos Mexicano
|-
| 15 || Wiseguys
|-
| 16 || FMI
|-
| 17 || LOCKOUT RED
|-
| 18 || Third Alarm Paintball
|-
| 19 || Mohawk
|-
| 20 || Four One TOO
|-
| 21 || DETROIT FUSION
|-
| 22 || Kickn Factory
|-
| 23 || Doc's Warriors
|-
| 24 || LOCKOUT CANADA
|-
| 25 || Maximum Effort
|-
| 26 || all americans 2
|-
| 27 || GKG
|-
| 28 || Foxs Den
|-
| 29 || Carolina Warriors
|-
| 30 || OBR Blue
|-
| 31 || Richmond Remechs
|-
| 32 || Tribal Disturbance
|-
| 33 || Guillotine
|-
| 34 || PA Legacy
|-
| 35 || NY Ghosts
|-
| 36 || Intense
|-
| 37 || Pittsburgh Rampage
|-
| 38 || Tropicana Factory Team
|-
| 39 || Keyser KARNAGE
|-
| 40 || Overshot Factory
|}

Source for both 10-player ranking tables: PBLeagues final standings.[3]

== Open five-player competition ==

ac POWERHOUSE won ahead of Team Farside and Florida Annihilators.[3]

Nineteen teams contested the preliminary round, with nine advancing to the semi-finals. Three teams reached the final round.[4]

=== Final-round scores ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team !! Game scores !! Total
|-
| 1 || ac POWERHOUSE || 96, 26 || 122
|-
| 2 || Team Farside || 8, 98 || 106
|-
| 3 || Florida Annihilators || 8, 4 || 12
|}

Source: PBLeagues.[4]

=== Final standings ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || ac POWERHOUSE
|-
| 2 || Team Farside
|-
| 3 || Florida Annihilators
|-
| 4 || Ground Zero Gold
|-
| 5 || Farside
|-
| 6 || Carolina Gridlock
|-
| 7 || ac EVILpb.com
|-
| 8 || Team Smoke
|-
| 9 || FRACTION
|-
| 10 || Fatal Company
|-
| 11 || Ninja Squad
|-
| 12 || All Americans 5
|-
| 13 || Mohawk Black
|-
| 14 || Richmond Rejects Budget Line
|-
| 15 || GROUND ZERO RED
|-
| 16 || GKG
|-
| 17 || Pittsburgh Rampage Tan
|-
| 18 || Intense
|-
| 19 || Nasty
|}

Team Farside and Farside were separate five-player entries in the official results.[3][4]

Source: PBLeagues.[3]

== See also ==

* [[International Classic Paintball League]]
* [[2023 ICPL season]]
* [[2023 ICPL Badlandz 5-man]]
* [[2023 ICPL Heartland Classic 5v5]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7960/info PBLeagues – Pittsburgh Open Classic: official dates, Urban Assault venue, organising league, schedule and formats, 11–13 August 2023.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/leagues/435 PBLeagues – International Classic Paintball League: historical tournament archive.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7960/rankings PBLeagues – Pittsburgh Open Classic: official final 10-player classifications and five-player standings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7960 PBLeagues – Pittsburgh Open Classic: preliminary and five-player playoff scores.]

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