Editing 2025 ICPL season

The '''2025 ICPL season''' was the seventh season of the [[International Classic Paintball League]]. Its United States championship comprised the Old Bay Classic, Pittsburgh Open Classic and October Classic Cup. Competition included Professional and Amateur ten-player divisions and Open and Amateur five-player divisions.[1][2]

[[Chicago Aftershock]] won the professional ten-player season championship, Dark Carnival won Amateur ten-player, FARSIDE won Open five-player and AAF 2 won Amateur five-player.[1][3]

== Calendar ==

The United States championship comprised three events.[1][2][4–6]

{| class="wikitable"
! Dates
! Event
! Venue
|-
| 30 May–1 June 2025
| [[2025 ICPL Old Bay Classic]]
| Outdoor Xtreme Chesapeake City, Chesapeake City, Maryland
|-
| 1–3 August 2025
| [[2025 ICPL Pittsburgh Open Classic]]
| Urban Assault, McDonald, Pennsylvania
|-
| 3–5 October 2025
| [[2025 ICPL Classic Cup (October)]]
| Thunder Valley Paintball Park, Seffner, Florida, also identified in contemporary coverage as Tiki's Paintball Park
|}

=== January and October Classic Cups ===

Two ICPL Classic Cups took place in the United States during the 2025 calendar year.

The [[2025 ICPL Classic Cup (January)|January Classic Cup]], held from 31 January to 2 February at 210 Pruett Road in Seffner, concluded the [[2024 ICPL season]]. Its results appear in the 2024 championship standings.[7][8]

The October Classic Cup took place from 3 to 5 October at the same address and concluded the 2025 championship. Only the October tournament appears in the 2025 United States season standings.[1][6]

== Formats ==

The league's classic formats used mechanical paintball markers on field types including woodland, hyperball and earth mounds.[2]

All three United States championship events offered:

* Professional ten-player.
* Amateur ten-player.
* Open five-player.
* Amateur five-player.[4–6]

Five-player competition was scheduled for Friday, with ten-player competition on Saturday and Sunday.[4–6]

Game times varied by event and field. Old Bay listed twelve-minute ten-player games and six-minute five-player games. Pittsburgh specified twelve minutes on its hybrid and woodland fields and ten minutes on hyperball and mounds. The October Classic Cup listed ten-minute ten-player games and six-minute five-player games.[4–6]

== Event winners ==

The following winners are recorded in the official season results.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! Old Bay Classic
! Pittsburgh Open Classic
! October Classic Cup
|-
| Professional ten-player
| Chicago Aftershock
| Chicago Aftershock
| Team Smoke
|-
| Amateur ten-player
| Dark Carnival
| Dark Carnival
| Roadies Factory
|-
| Open five-player
| FARSIDE
| ac EMPIRE
| FARSIDE
|-
| Amateur five-player
| AAF 2
| Ohio Outlaws
| AAF 2
|}

=== October Classic Cup ===

[[Brimstone Smoke|Team Smoke]] won the professional ten-player tournament ahead of [[Image]] and Chicago Aftershock. Aftershock nevertheless secured the season championship after reaching the final round at all three events.[3]

Roadies Factory won Amateur ten-player ahead of Oiled Up and Dark Carnival. Dark Carnival's third-place finish followed victories at Old Bay and Pittsburgh and secured its season title.[1][3]

FARSIDE won Open five-player ahead of Chicago Aftershock and Omaha Bulls. AAF 2 won Amateur five-player ahead of Oiled Up and AAF. Both winning teams also secured their respective season championships.[3]

== Season championships ==

The published United States standings totalled ranking points from Old Bay, Pittsburgh and the October Classic Cup.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! Champions
! Points
! Runners-up
! Points
! Third place
! Points
|-
| Professional ten-player
| Chicago Aftershock
| 293
| Image
| 282
| FARSIDE
| 269
|-
| Amateur ten-player
| Dark Carnival
| 293
| Oiled Up
| 269
| FRACTION
| 266
|-
| Open five-player
| FARSIDE
| 296
| Chicago Aftershock
| 285
| Omaha Bulls
| 180
|-
| Amateur five-player
| AAF 2
| 281
| Roadies Factory
| 279
| AAF
| 271
|}

Chicago Aftershock and Dark Carnival each won the opening two tournaments before finishing third at the finale. AAF 2 finished two points ahead of Roadies Factory in the Amateur five-player championship.[1]

== See also ==

* [[International Classic Paintball League]]
* [[2024 ICPL season]]
* [[2026 ICPL season]]
* [[Major League Paintball]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/league/435/seasonRankings/2025 PBLeagues – International Classic Paintball League: 2025 season rankings.]
# [https://www.majorleaguepb.com/icpl Major League Paintball – ICPL: classic formats and 2025 season schedule.]
# [https://paintballdirt.substack.com/p/weekly-newsletter-team-smoke-wins Brandon Olson, Paintball Dirt – Weekly Newsletter: Team Smoke WINS ICPL Classic Cup!, 6 October 2025.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8911/info PBLeagues – 2025 Old Bay Classic: event information, venue, divisions and schedule.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8934/info PBLeagues – 2025 Pittsburgh Open Classic: event information, venue, divisions and field-specific game times.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8994/info PBLeagues – October 2025 Classic Cup: event information, venue, divisions and schedule.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8685/info PBLeagues – ICPL Classic Cup, 31 January–2 February 2025: event information.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/435/seasonRankings/2024 PBLeagues – International Classic Paintball League: 2024 season rankings, including the January 2025 Classic Cup.]

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