Editing 2023 INPL Round 3

'''2023 INPL Round 3''' was the third round of the [[Iran National Paintball League]] for the Iranian calendar year 1402. It took place at Belona Paintball Club in Pirbazar, Rasht, Gilan Province, in October 2023. ILNA reported the combined men's and women's programme as 17–20 October (25–28 Mehr 1402).[1][2]

Tehran 02 won the men's competition, with [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis Tehran]] second and Datis Shemiranat third. Singo Bandar Abbas won the women's competition, ahead of Spad Mashhad and Belona Rasht.[1][2]

== Event ==

Belona Paintball Club hosted the competition in Pirbazar, Rasht. IRIB reported fifteen participating teams from Gilan, Tehran, Khorasan Razavi, Qazvin, Hormozgan, Yazd, Isfahan and Ardabil provinces.[2]

ILNA gave 17–20 October as the event dates. IRIB's contemporary results report described two days of competition without specifying their individual dates.[1][2]

== Results ==

=== Men's competition ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team
|-
| 1st
| Tehran 02
|-
| 2nd
| [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis Tehran]]
|-
| 3rd
| Datis Shemiranat
|}

Tehran 02 defeated Datis Tehran in the final. IRIB described the match as closely contested but did not publish a score.[2]

Both contemporary reports agree on the men's podium.[1][2]

=== Women's competition ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Location
|-
| 1st
| Singo
| Bandar Abbas
|-
| 2nd
| Spad
| Mashhad
|-
| 3rd
| Belona
| Rasht
|}

Both ILNA and IRIB recorded Singo Bandar Abbas as the winner, followed by Spad Mashhad and the host Belona team.[1][2]

== Subsequent round ==

IRIB's post-event report identified Bandar Abbas as the host of the fourth and final round of the season.[2] That event is covered in [[2023 INPL Round 4]].

== See also ==

* [[Iran National Paintball League]]
* [[2023 INPL Round 4]]
* [[Iranian paintball]]
* [[Women's paintball in Iran]]
* [[Paintball in Iran]]

== References ==

# [https://www.ilna.ir/بخش-ورزشی-7/1410400-برگزاری-سومین-دوره-مسابقات-پینت-بال-کشور-در-رشت ILNA, “Third national paintball competition round held in Rasht”, event dates, venue and men's and women's results, 22 October 2023. Persian.]
# [https://www.irib-news.ir/fa/news/4023999/پایان-رقابت‌های-پینت-بال-کشور-در-رشت IRIB News Agency, “National paintball competition concludes in Rasht”, venue, participation, men's final and men's and women's podiums, 21 October 2023. Persian.]

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in Iran]]
[[Category:Paintball in Gilan Province]]
[[Category:2020s in Iranian paintball]]
[[Category:Women's paintball]]