Editing 2025 WCPL season

The '''2025 WCPL season''' was a United States tournament programme of the [[World Classic Paintball League]]. Its published calendar comprised four events in Florida, Wisconsin, Oregon and Missouri, combining ten-player classic paintball with the newly announced seven-player [[Jim Lively]]'s Gold Rush Classic.[1]

Contemporary reporting records LA Xtreme winning the Panhandle Classic. LA Hitmen's published team record separately claims first place at the 2025 Gold Rush seven-player tournament.[2][3]

== Calendar ==
The following dates and venues appeared in the league's calendar, updated in April 2025. Dates are the announced event periods; supporting evidence of results is identified separately.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Announced dates
! Event
! Venue and location
! Advertised format
|-
| 3–4 May 2025
| [[2025 WCPL Panhandle Classic]]
| Panhandle Paintball, Holt, Florida
| Ten-player
|-
| 2 August 2025
| [[2025 WCPL Wisconsin Classic]]
| Commando Paintball Sports, Little Suamico, Wisconsin
| Ten-player
|-
| 6–7 September 2025
| [[2025 WCPL Jim Lively's Gold Rush Classic]]
| Splat Action Paintball, Molalla, Oregon
| Seven-player
|-
| 11–12 October 2025
| [[2025 WCPL Gateway Classic]]
| Gateway Paintball, Bridgeton, Missouri
| Ten-player
|}

== Formats and organisation ==
The WCPL advertised its 2025 programme as classic woodsball competition. Panhandle, Wisconsin and Gateway were listed as ten-player tournaments, while Jim Lively's Gold Rush Classic introduced a seven-player event to the calendar.[1]

The Wisconsin listing identified Fred Schultz as its contact, the Gold Rush listing identified Jim Lively, and the Gateway listing identified Tim Schloss.[1]

The published calendar does not specify a separate professional and amateur divisional structure. A professional classification or promotion system for this season should not be inferred from proposals published for earlier WCPL seasons.[1]

== Event records ==
=== Panhandle Classic ===
Paintball Dirt reported on 19 May that the Panhandle Classic had taken place on 3–4 May. Its published top three were:[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place
! Team
|-
| 1
| LA Xtreme
|-
| 2
| SDG
|-
| 3
| Semi Serious
|}

The same report previewed the Wisconsin ten-player event for 2 August at Commando Paintball Sports.[2]

=== Wisconsin Classic ===
Both the official calendar and the May Paintball Dirt report advertised the Wisconsin tournament for 2 August.[1][2] These advance announcements do not establish its final results.

=== Jim Lively's Gold Rush Classic ===
The league announced the Gold Rush Classic as a seven-player woodsball tournament at Splat Action Paintball.[1]

LA Hitmen's team website lists first place at the '''Jim Lively Gold Rush 7-Man 2025''' among its achievements. This is a team-published result rather than a complete organiser-issued classification.[3]

Paintball Media's November 2025 issue announcement also identified the WCPL Gold Rush Classic among the events covered in that issue.[4]

=== Gateway Classic ===
The official calendar advertised the Gateway Classic for 11–12 October at Gateway Paintball in Bridgeton.[1]

Paintball Media's January 2026 issue announcement identified coverage of a WCPL Gateway Classic. That announcement does not provide its match results or final placings.[5]

== Standings and championship ==
The available event records establish individual results rather than a verified season championship. Panhandle's reported podium and LA Hitmen's Gold Rush achievement should not be presented as season titles.[2][3]

The WCPL's public PBLeagues league archive does not list a 2025 programme or a corresponding season standings table. This absence does not establish that the announced events were cancelled or that no championship was awarded.[6]

== See also ==
* [[World Classic Paintball League]]
* [[2024 WCPL season]]
* [[2026 WCPL season]]

== References ==
# [https://www.playwcpl.com/events53c610ef 2025 Events, World Classic Paintball League, updated April 2025.]
# [https://paintballdirt.substack.com/p/weekly-newsletter-ft-the-leftovers Brandon Olson, “Weekly Newsletter ft. The Leftovers”, Paintball Dirt, 19 May 2025.]
# [https://teamlahitmen.com/ LA Hitmen, official team website and published achievements, including the 2025 Jim Lively Gold Rush seven-player result.]
# [https://paintball.media/november-2025-issue-of-paintball-media-magazine-is-live-free/ “November 2025 Issue of Paintball Media Magazine is Live & Free”, Paintball Media, 5 November 2025.]
# [https://paintball.media/january-2026-issue-of-paintball-media-magazine-is-live-free/ “January 2026 Issue of Paintball Media Magazine is Live & Free”, Paintball Media, 9 January 2026.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/leagues/502 World Classic Paintball League historical event archive, PBLeagues.]

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in the United States]]