Editing 2026 ICPL Golden State Classic

The '''2026 ICPL Golden State Classic''' was a mechanical paintball tournament held from '''10 to 12 April 2026''' at [[Ambush Paintball Park]] in Moorpark, California, United States. It was an event in the [[International Classic Paintball League]] and featured professional and amateur ten-player divisions alongside open and amateur five-player competition.[1][4]

All Americans won professional ten-player, Los Angeles Faction won amateur ten-player, Chicago Aftershock won open five-player and AAF 2 won amateur five-player.[2]

== Venue and ICPL status ==

The tournament took place at Ambush Paintball Park, 8643 Shekell Road, Moorpark, California 93021.[1]

PBLeagues registered the event under the International Classic Paintball League and linked it to the league’s 2026 season standings.[1]

== Schedule and formats ==

Five-player competition was scheduled for Friday, 10 April. Professional and amateur ten-player competition followed on Saturday, 11 April and Sunday, 12 April.[1]

The event record lists 35 entries across four divisions.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Playing dates !! Published game time !! Entries
|-
| Professional ten-player || 11–12 April || 12 minutes || 10
|-
| Amateur ten-player || 11–12 April || 12 minutes || 16
|-
| Open five-player || 10 April || 6 minutes || 5
|-
| Amateur five-player || 10 April || 6 minutes || 4
|}

== Competition ==

=== Professional ten-player ===

Prime Suspects led the preliminary round with 588 points, followed by All Americans on 522. Both received byes into the final. Chicago Aftershock advanced through the three-team semi-final with 106 points, narrowly ahead of Dark Carnival on 105 and Team Smoke on 101.[3]

The final took place on hyperball. All Americans won with 109 points, one point ahead of Chicago Aftershock on 108. Prime Suspects finished third with 26.[3]

=== Amateur ten-player ===

Nine teams advanced from the amateur preliminary round. Philippines, Los Angeles Faction and DEFY Factory subsequently reached the final.[3]

Los Angeles Faction won the hyperball final with 106 points, ahead of DEFY Factory on 100 and Philippines on 54.[3]

=== Five-player competition ===

Chicago Aftershock won open five-player ahead of FARSIDE and All Americans. AAF 2 won amateur five-player ahead of AAF and Philippines.[2]

== Final standings ==

The following tables reproduce the final divisional placings published by PBLeagues.[2]

=== Professional ten-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || All Americans
|-
| 2 || Chicago Aftershock
|-
| 3 || Prime Suspects
|-
| 4 || Dark Carnival
|-
| 5 || Team Smoke
|-
| 6 || Rogue
|-
| 7 || Omaha Bulls
|-
| 8 || FARSIDE
|-
| 9 || MVPS Dark Ops
|-
| 10 || Dirty.
|}

=== Amateur ten-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || LOS ANGELES FACTION
|-
| 2 || DEFY Factory
|-
| 3 || PHILIPPINES
|-
| 4 || Black Sunday
|-
| 5 || The Halloween Crooks
|-
| 6 || AAF
|-
| 7 || Butchers Northwest
|-
| 8 || Roadies Factory
|-
| 9 || Team OG
|-
| 10 || NM Ruckus
|-
| 11 || KAMANDAG
|-
| 12 || Gung-Ho
|-
| 13 || Boyz N The Woodz
|-
| 14 || Fatal Swoop
|-
| 15 || CockFighters
|-
| 16 || DMB Ham Choi
|}

=== Open five-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || Chicago Aftershock
|-
| 2 || FARSIDE
|-
| 3 || All Americans
|-
| 4 || Omaha Bulls
|-
| 5 || Prime Suspects
|}

=== Amateur five-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || AAF 2
|-
| 2 || AAF
|-
| 3 || PHILIPPINES
|-
| 4 || Roadies Factory
|}

== See also ==

* [[International Classic Paintball League]]
* [[2026 ICPL season]]
* [[2026 ICPL Windy City Classic]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/event/9254/info PBLeagues – Golden State Classic: event information, dates, Ambush Paintball Park venue, divisions and formats.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/9254/rankings PBLeagues – Golden State Classic: final divisional placings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/9254/scores PBLeagues – Golden State Classic: preliminary results and playoff scores.]
# [https://www.majorleaguepb.com/icpl Major League Paintball – International Classic Paintball League: mechanical classic paintball formats.]

[[Category:Paintball tournaments]]
[[Category:Paintball in the United States]]
[[Category:2026 in paintball]]