Editing 2024 ICPL Badlandz 5-man

The '''2024 ICPL Badlandz 5-man''' was an open five-player [[paintball]] tournament held on 21 July 2024 at [[The Badlandz]] in Crete, Illinois, United States. Listed on the [[International Classic Paintball League]] (ICPL) calendar, the event was registered on PBLeagues under the [[Midwest Mechanical League]]. Sixteen teams competed in a single open division.[1][2]

Prime Suspects won the tournament ahead of FARSIDE, Social Mutants and Wiseguys.[3]

== Event details ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Item !! Details
|-
| Official event title || Badlandz 5-man
|-
| Date || 21 July 2024
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| Venue || The Badlandz
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| Location || Illinois Route 394, Crete, Illinois 60417, United States
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| Registration league || Midwest Mechanical League
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| Calendar listing || International Classic Paintball League
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| Division || Open 5v5
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| Published game time limit || Seven minutes
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| Teams || Sixteen
|}

The event's PBLeagues information page identified the Midwest Mechanical League as its registration league and linked to the ICPL website. The ICPL's league calendar separately included the tournament among its 2024 events.[1][2]

== Format and competition ==

The preliminary round consisted of two eight-team brackets. Each team played seven games, with the top four teams from each bracket advancing to the semi-finals.[4]

Scorpions recorded the highest preliminary total with 590 points. Social Mutants led the other bracket with 460 points.[4]

The eight semi-finalists played in two four-team groups, with three games per team. Wiseguys and Prime Suspects advanced from one group, while FARSIDE and Social Mutants advanced from the other.[4]

The four finalists each played three games. Prime Suspects finished with 130 points, ten ahead of FARSIDE. Social Mutants scored forty and Wiseguys scored 36.[4]

== Final standings ==

The following table includes every team in the official final standings. Ranking points are separate from the scores earned during individual rounds.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team !! Ranking points
|-
| 1 || Prime Suspects || 100
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| 2 || FARSIDE || 94
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| 3 || Social Mutants || 88
|-
| 4 || Wiseguys || 82
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| 5 || Caribou Crew || 76
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| 6 || Moose Krew || 70
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| 7 || Toxic Teddys || 64
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| 8 || Scorpions || 58
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| 9 || Chicago Renegades || 52
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| 10 || Midwest Betrayal || 46
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| 11 || S.N.A.F.U. || 40
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| 12 || Enemy Agency || 34
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| 13 || Heist || 28
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| 14 || Reign || 22
|-
| 15 || Off Constantly || 16
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| 16 || Reign - Black || 10
|}

== Round results ==

=== Preliminary round ===

The top four teams in each bracket advanced.[4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Bracket !! Position !! Team !! Total score
|-
| A || 1 || Scorpions || 590
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| A || 2 || FARSIDE || 516
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| A || 3 || Wiseguys || 446
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| A || 4 || Toxic Teddys || 410
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| A || 5 || Chicago Renegades || 312
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| A || 6 || Heist || 128
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| A || 7 || Reign || 70
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| A || 8 || Off Constantly || 44
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| B || 1 || Social Mutants || 460
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| B || 2 || Prime Suspects || 426
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| B || 3 || Moose Krew || 424
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| B || 4 || Caribou Crew || 316
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| B || 5 || Midwest Betrayal || 232
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| B || 6 || S.N.A.F.U. || 200
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| B || 7 || Enemy Agency || 162
|-
| B || 8 || Reign - Black || 40
|}

=== Semi-finals ===

Scores are reproduced in each team's published order.[4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Group !! Team !! Game 1 !! Game 2 !! Game 3 !! Total
|-
| 1 || Wiseguys || 98 || 46 || 92 || 236
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| 1 || Prime Suspects || 4 || 98 || 100 || 202
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| 1 || Caribou Crew || 96 || 8 || 0 || 104
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| 1 || Scorpions || 8 || 4 || 16 || 28
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| 2 || FARSIDE || 12 || 16 || 98 || 126
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| 2 || Social Mutants || 18 || 94 || 4 || 116
|-
| 2 || Moose Krew || 18 || 16 || 14 || 48
|-
| 2 || Toxic Teddys || 18 || 12 || 14 || 44
|}

=== Finals ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team !! Game 1 !! Game 2 !! Game 3 !! Total
|-
| 1 || Prime Suspects || 100 || 18 || 12 || 130
|-
| 2 || FARSIDE || 0 || 96 || 24 || 120
|-
| 3 || Social Mutants || 16 || 12 || 12 || 40
|-
| 4 || Wiseguys || 10 || 8 || 18 || 36
|}

Final-round scores and totals are taken from the official score record.[4]

== See also ==

* [[International Classic Paintball League]]
* [[Midwest Mechanical League]]
* [[2023 ICPL Badlandz 5-man]]
* [[2024 ICPL Pittsburgh Open Classic]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8311/info PBLeagues – Badlandz 5-man: official event information, registration league and format, 21 July 2024.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/leagues/435 PBLeagues – International Classic Paintball League: 2024 event calendar.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8311/rankings PBLeagues – Badlandz 5-man: complete final standings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8311/scores PBLeagues – Badlandz 5-man: preliminary, semi-final and final scores.]

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