Editing 2024 ICPL Pro DNA Open

The '''2024 ICPL Pro DNA Open''' was a classic ten-player [[paintball]] tournament held at The Farm Sports in Shelbyville, Tennessee, United States. The published event dates were 12–14 April 2024, with competition scheduled for 13–14 April. It formed part of the [[International Classic Paintball League]] (ICPL) calendar and featured 27 teams: thirteen professional and fourteen amateur.[1][2][3]

FARSIDE won the professional classification, while GRIDLOCK finished first among the amateur teams. Both reached the combined three-team championship round, alongside Adrenaline.[2][3]

== Dates and venue ==

The official event record identified the venue as The FARM Sports, 2042 State Route 64, Shelbyville, Tennessee 37160.[1]

Friday, 12 April was used for field walking, according to Team Smoke's account. The official playing schedule listed games on Saturday, 13 April and Sunday, 14 April.[3][4]

== ICPL status and format ==

The Pro DNA Open was registered under the International Classic Paintball League. The promoter's January announcement described the 2024 tournament as the second Pro DNA Open and advertised it as ten-player mechanical competition.[1][5]

Team Smoke's contemporary tournament account described the event as an ICPL minor, with professional and amateur teams competing in combined brackets.[4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Item !! Details
|-
| Published event dates || 12–14 April 2024
|-
| Competition dates || 13–14 April 2024
|-
| Venue || The Farm Sports, Shelbyville, Tennessee
|-
| Format || Ten-player classic paintball
|-
| Published game time limit || 12 minutes
|-
| Professional entries || 13
|-
| Amateur entries || 14
|-
| Total entries || 27
|}

The official schedule labelled preliminary games “Mixed 10v10”. Teams played eight preliminary games across fields named Mounds, Woods and Hyperball. Subsequent rounds combined professional and amateur teams under the “Open 10v10” label, while final classification standings were published separately.[2][3]

== Competition ==

The preliminary schedule was divided into three groups. Competition began on Saturday morning and continued on Sunday before the combined playoff rounds.[3]

Nine teams contested the next stage on the Hyperball field. FARSIDE, MVPS Dark Ops and LOCKOUT formed one three-team group; GRIDLOCK, Team Smoke and DETROIT FUSION formed another; and Adrenaline, Infamous and The Misfits formed the third.[3]

FARSIDE, GRIDLOCK and Adrenaline advanced to the championship round on the Mounds field. FARSIDE scored 96 points against Adrenaline's eight and twenty against GRIDLOCK's seventeen. GRIDLOCK then scored 98 against Adrenaline's four.[3]

FARSIDE recorded the highest championship-round total with 116 points, followed by GRIDLOCK with 115 and Adrenaline with twelve. The separate classification standings placed FARSIDE first in professional competition and GRIDLOCK first in amateur competition.[2][3]

== Final standings ==

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

=== Professional ten-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team !! Ranking points
|-
| 1 || FARSIDE || 100
|-
| 2 || Adrenaline || 96
|-
| 3 || MVPS Dark Ops || 93
|-
| 4 || Team Smoke || 90
|-
| 5 || The Misfits || 87
|-
| 6 || Infamous || 85
|-
| 7 || Ground Zero Gold || 83
|-
| 8 || Louisville Asylum || 81
|-
| 9 || Image || 80
|-
| 10 || All Americans || 62.5
|-
| 11 || Enemy || 45
|-
| 12 || THE FARM || 27.5
|-
| 13 || Fight Club || 10
|}

=== Amateur ten-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team !! Ranking points
|-
| 1 || GRIDLOCK || 100
|-
| 2 || DETROIT FUSION || 96
|-
| 3 || LOCKOUT || 93
|-
| 4 || Saberwolves || 90
|-
| 5 || Roadies Factory || 87
|-
| 6 || SuGaR ShAcK GlAzEd DoNuT HoL3 StRiPpErZ CoUgAr BaIt CoLlAb || 85
|-
| 7 || THE FARM SILVER || 83
|-
| 8 || TRIBE Savages || 81
|-
| 9 || Enemy Agency || 80
|-
| 10 || Richmond Remechs || 66
|-
| 11 || Thunder || 52
|-
| 12 || Crisis Tactical || 38
|-
| 13 || ATX Outlaws || 24
|-
| 14 || RPS || 10
|}

== Championship-round scores ==

The combined championship round was played on Sunday, 14 April, on the Mounds field.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Team !! Score !! Team
|-
| Adrenaline || 8–96 || FARSIDE
|-
| FARSIDE || 20–17 || GRIDLOCK
|-
| GRIDLOCK || 98–4 || Adrenaline
|}

{| class="wikitable"
! Team !! Championship-round total
|-
| FARSIDE || 116
|-
| GRIDLOCK || 115
|-
| Adrenaline || 12
|}

== See also ==

* [[International Classic Paintball League]]
* [[2024 ICPL season]]
* [[2023 ICPL Pro DNA Open]]
* [[2024 ICPL Texas Classic]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8303/info PBLeagues – Pro DNA Open: official event information and registration categories, 12–14 April 2024.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8303/rankings PBLeagues – Pro DNA Open: final professional and amateur standings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8303/schedule PBLeagues – Pro DNA Open: official playing schedule and recorded scores, 13–14 April 2024.]
# [https://teamsmokepaintball.com/blog/2024/08/12/2024-pro-dna-open/ Team Smoke Paintball – 2024 Pro DNA Open, 12 August 2024.]
# [https://infamouspaintball.com/blogs/events-news/2024-pro-dna-open-10-man-mechanical Infamous Paintball – 2024 Pro DNA Open (10-Man Mechanical), 2 January 2024.]

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