Editing 2024 ICPL Las Vegas Invitational

The '''2024 ICPL Las Vegas Invitational''' was a classic ten-player [[paintball]] tournament listed for 8–10 March 2024 at Craig Ranch Regional Park in North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It took place alongside the [[2024 NXL Las Vegas Major]] and had separate [[International Classic Paintball League]] (ICPL) standings for five professional and three amateur teams.[1][2][3]

[[Chicago Aftershock]] won the professional classification ahead of Louisville Asylum and Image. Omaha Bulls finished first in the amateur classification, followed by Desert Edge and APE Guerrillas.[2]

== Venue and NXL relationship ==

The Invitational and the NXL Las Vegas Major shared the same published dates and venue: Craig Ranch Regional Park, 628 West Craig Road, North Las Vegas.[1][3]

The ICPL competition had its own registration and final standings. Its information and schedule pages also displayed competitions belonging to the wider NXL event programme. The ICPL final standings contained two classifications: Classic – Pro 10v10 and Classic – Amateur 10v10.[1][2]

The NXL programme separately included an amateur ten-player competition on Sunday. That competition was distinct from the Invitational's three-team ICPL amateur classification.[1][2][4]

== Format and schedule ==

The Invitational offered professional and amateur classic ten-player competition, with a published game time limit of twelve minutes for both classifications.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Classification !! Format !! Published game time limit !! Entries
|-
| Professional || Classic ten-player || 12 minutes || 5
|-
| Amateur || Classic ten-player || 12 minutes || 3
|}

Professional and amateur teams played against one another in preliminary games labelled “Classic – Mixed 10v10”. The recorded preliminary schedule consisted of 28 games on the Valken field on Friday, 8 March, with each of the eight teams facing the other seven.[4]

A three-team round involving Chicago Aftershock, Image and Louisville Asylum followed in the published schedule under “Classic – Open 10v10”.[4]

The event information notice announced Friday preliminaries and Sunday playoffs. However, the schedule containing the recorded scores dated the three additional games to Friday, 8 March, at 12:00, 12:20 and 12:40.[1][4]

== Results ==

=== Professional ten-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team !! Ranking points
|-
| 1 || Chicago Aftershock || 100
|-
| 2 || Louisville Asylum || 96
|-
| 3 || Image || 93
|-
| 4 || The Golden State Chess Club || 90
|-
| 5 || The Misfits || 87
|}

=== Amateur ten-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team !! Ranking points
|-
| 1 || Omaha Bulls || 100
|-
| 2 || Desert Edge || 96
|-
| 3 || APE Guerrillas || 93
|}

These tables include every team in the official ICPL final standings. Ranking points are separate from individual game scores.[2]

=== Three-team round ===

The following scores were recorded under “Classic – Open 10v10” after the mixed preliminary games.[4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Team !! Score !! Team
|-
| Chicago Aftershock || 14–93 || Image
|-
| Image || 2–99 || Louisville Asylum
|-
| Louisville Asylum || 4–98 || Chicago Aftershock
|}

Across these two games per team, Chicago Aftershock scored 112 points, Louisville Asylum scored 103 and Image scored 95. Their order matched the first three places in the official professional standings.[2][4]

== See also ==

* [[International Classic Paintball League]]
* [[2024 ICPL season]]
* [[2024 NXL Las Vegas Major]]
* [[2024 ICPL Golden State Classic]]
* [[2024 ICPL Pro DNA Open]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8376/info PBLeagues – Las Vegas Invitational: official event information, registration categories and scheduling notice, 8–10 March 2024.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8376/rankings PBLeagues – Las Vegas Invitational: final professional and amateur standings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8334/info PBLeagues – Las Vegas Major: official NXL event dates and Craig Ranch Regional Park venue, 8–10 March 2024.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8376/schedule PBLeagues – Las Vegas Invitational: shared event schedule and recorded game scores.]

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