Editing 2023 INPL season

The '''2023 INPL season''' was the [[Iran National Paintball League]] season for the Iranian calendar year 1402. Four rounds took place in Bandar Abbas, the Aras Free Zone and Rasht. [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis Tehran]] won the men's overall championship with 393 points, while Singo Elite won the women's championship with 377 points.[1][2]

== Season programme ==

The competition included men's five-player and women's three-player electronic paintball. These formats were documented in the opening-round reporting and the final-round programme.[3][4][5]

{| class="wikitable"
! Round !! Dates or programme !! Venue
|-
| [[2023 INPL Round 1|Round 1]]
| May 2023; women's matches scheduled for 3 May and men's matches for 4–5 May
| Singo Paintball Club, Bandar Abbas
|-
| [[2023 INPL Round 2|Round 2]]
| 4–7 July 2023
| Aras Free Zone
|-
| [[2023 INPL Round 3|Round 3]]
| 17–20 October 2023, as reported by ILNA
| Belona Paintball Club, Rasht
|-
| [[2023 INPL Round 4|Round 4]]
| Women's competition concluded on 27 December; men's competition held on 28–29 December 2023
| Singo Paintball Club, Bandar Abbas
|}

Sources: the league's schedules and results, ILNA and contemporary final-round reporting.[1][2][6][7][8]

The opening-round organiser's instructions scheduled women's matches for Wednesday 3 May, men's group matches for Thursday 4 May and men's knockout matches for Friday 5 May.[6]

For Round 3, ILNA reported a combined programme of 25–28 Mehr 1402 (17–20 October). IRIB described two days of competition without identifying their individual dates.[8][9]

== Men's competition ==

=== Round podiums ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Round !! First !! Second !! Third
|-
| [[2023 INPL Round 1|1]]
| [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis Tehran]]
| Persian Gulf Tehran
| Singo Bandar Abbas
|-
| [[2023 INPL Round 2|2]]
| [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis Tehran]]
| Persian Gulf One
| Spad Mashhad
|-
| [[2023 INPL Round 3|3]]
| Tehran 02
| [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis Tehran]]
| Datis Shemiranat
|-
| [[2023 INPL Round 4|4]]
| [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis Tehran]]
| Tehran 02
| Persian Gulf One
|}

Sources: the league's opening- and second-round results, contemporary Rasht reporting and Singo's fourth-round results graphic.[6][7][9][10]

Datis won three of the four rounds and finished second at Round 3. Tehran 02 defeated Datis in the Rasht final.[6][7][9][10]

Ten men's teams participated in the opening round, twelve in Round 2 and fourteen in the final round.[1][7][11]

=== Final season standings ===

The following season positions and totals were published in contemporary reporting after the final round.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Points
|-
| 1st
| [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis Tehran]]
| 393
|-
| 2nd
| Persian Gulf One
| 339
|-
| 3rd
| Spad Mashhad
| 267
|-
| 5th
| Singo
| 245
|-
| 9th
| Singo BND
| 135
|}

This table includes only the positions and points established by the cited report. Singo's contemporary results image separately confirms Datis, Persian Gulf One and Spad as the overall season podium, distinguishing those standings from the fourth-round results.[1][10]

== Women's competition ==

=== Round results ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Round !! First !! Second !! Third
|-
| [[2023 INPL Round 1|1]]
| Singo Elite
| Belona Rasht
| Singo Bandar Abbas
|-
| [[2023 INPL Round 2|2]]
| Belona Rasht
| Singo Elite
| Singo Bandar Abbas
|-
| [[2023 INPL Round 3|3]]
| Singo Bandar Abbas
| Spad Mashhad
| Belona Rasht
|}

Sources: the league's first- and second-round results and contemporary third-round reporting.[7][9][12]

Singo Elite won the final round in Bandar Abbas. A subsequent report quoting Gilan paintball committee chairman Abolfazl Pourkarim identified Belona Rasht as the final round's runner-up.[2][13]

Five women's teams participated in each of the first two rounds. Young Journalists Club reported six women's teams at the final round.[2][7][12]

=== Final season standings ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Points
|-
| 1st
| Singo Elite
| 377
|-
| 2nd
| Belona Rasht
| 315
|-
| 3rd
| Singo Persian Gulf
| 215
|}

Source: Young Journalists Club's season-conclusion report, published on 27 December 2023.[2]

Borna subsequently confirmed Belona's second place in the overall women's championship.[13]

== National-team selection ==

Following the final men's round, leading competitors were invited to a national-team camp in Bandar Abbas. The camp took place from 30 December 2023 to 1 January 2024 (9–11 Dey 1402).[1][13]

== Contemporary coverage ==

The league published schedules, results and television reports through its public Telegram channel. Singo also published a fourth-round results graphic separating the men's event placings from the overall championship podium.[6][10]

Young Journalists Club and IRIB covered the opening and concluding events, while ILNA and IRIB reported the Rasht round.[2][3][4][8][9][11]

== See also ==

* [[Iran National Paintball League]]
* [[2024 INPL season]]
* [[Iranian paintball]]
* [[Women's paintball in Iran]]
* [[Paintball in Iran]]

== References ==

# [https://www.instagram.com/p/C1cuF-kuyKX/ Khabar Varzeshi Hormozgan, men's league conclusion: overall points, final-round participation and playing dates, 29 December 2023. Persian.]
# [https://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/8631178/قهرمانی-سینگو-الایت-هرمزگان-در-لیگ-پینت-بال-بانوان-کشور Young Journalists Club, “Singo Elite Hormozgan wins the national women's paintball league”, championship points and final-round report, 27 December 2023. Persian.]
# [https://www.yjc.ir/fa/amp/news/8430319 Young Journalists Club, “National professional paintball league held in Bandar Abbas”, women's three-player electronic format, 3 May 2023. Persian.]
# [https://www.yjc.ir/fa/amp/news/8431595 Young Journalists Club, “National men's professional paintball league competition begins in Bandar Abbas”, men's five-player electronic format, 5 May 2023. Persian.]
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/C0PNrSaorfk/ Iranian National Paintball League, final-round programme and men's and women's electronic formats, 29 November 2023. Persian.]
# [https://t.me/s/iranntionalpaintballleague?before=50 Iranian National Paintball League, opening-round playing schedules, men's results and television reports, April–May 2023. Persian.]
# [https://t.me/iranntionalpaintballleague/73 Iranian National Paintball League, second-round dates, participation and results, 9 July 2023. Persian.]
# [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”, dates, venue and 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”, men's final and men's and women's podiums, 21 October 2023. Persian.]
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/C1eBsWcoF-X/ Singo Paintball, fourth-round men's results and separate overall season podium, December 2023. Persian.]
# [https://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/8432745/پایان-مرحله-نخست-لیگ-حرفه‌ای-پینت-بال-کشور-در-بندرعباس Young Journalists Club, “Opening national professional paintball league round concludes in Bandar Abbas”, results and participation, 6 May 2023. Persian.]
# [https://t.me/iranntionalpaintballleague/33 Iranian National Paintball League, complete first-round women's results, 3 May 2023. Persian.]
# [https://sahebkhabar.ir/news/64512247/نایب-قهرمانی-تیم-بانوان-گیلان-در-لیگ-پینت-بال-کشور Borna News Agency, “Gilan women's team finishes runner-up in the national paintball league”, reproduced by Sahebkhabar, 9 January 2024. Persian.]

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