Editing 2026 WCPL season

The '''2026 WCPL season''' was a United States classic paintball programme of the [[World Classic Paintball League]]. Its February calendar listed five tournaments in Georgia, Florida, Wisconsin, Oregon and Missouri. The Misfits won the inaugural Hate City Open in Tallapoosa, Georgia.[1][2]

== Calendar ==
Dates in the table follow the league's February announcement. The Hate City Open's post-event dates are recorded below.[1][2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Announced dates
! Event
! Venue and location
! Format
! Event record
|-
| 18–19 April 2026
| [[2026 WCPL Hate City Open]]
| Tallapoosa Paintball, Tallapoosa, Georgia
| Ten-player mechanical woodsball
| Completed. The Misfits won.[2]
|-
| 13–14 June 2026
| [[2026 WCPL Panhandle Classic]]
| Panhandle Paintball, Holt, Florida
| Ten-player, as described in an advance participant post[3]
| A participant account places the event at the announced venue.[4]
|-
| 8–9 August 2026
| [[2026 WCPL Wisconsin Classic]]
| Commando Paintball Sports, Little Suamico, Wisconsin
| Ten-player
| Announced
|-
| 5–6 September 2026
| [[2026 WCPL Jim Lively's Gold Rush Classic]]
| Splat Action Paintball, Molalla, Oregon
| Seven-player
| Announced
|-
| 10–11 October 2026
| [[2026 WCPL Gateway Classic]]
| Gateway Paintball Park, Bridgeton, Missouri
| Ten-player
| Announced
|}

== Competition format ==
The league advertised classic woodsball and set an entry limit of 18 teams per event. The published calendar identifies team sizes for four of its five events. The Panhandle listing gives the event name and venue, while an advance participant post describes its ten-player format.[1][3]

== Recorded competition ==
=== Hate City Open ===
The league calendar listed the Georgia round as '''Hate City Classic'''. Tallapoosa Paintball's post-event report uses '''Hate City Open''' and dates the event to 17–19 April 2026.[1][2]

Twelve teams competed with mechanical markers across the DEFY and Planet Eclipse fields. The Misfits won after the Sunday finals.[2] Paintball Media also reported that Image and APC Savages finished the preliminaries tied and played an additional head-to-head game to decide advancement.[5]

=== Panhandle Classic ===
An account posted in August identified a photograph as having been taken at the 2026 WCPL Panhandle Classic at Panhandle Paintball in Holt. The account supports that the event took place. Match scores and placings remain unverified.[4]

=== Wisconsin, Gold Rush and Gateway ===
The league listed Wisconsin, Gold Rush and Gateway in its calendar.[1] The General Paintball Museum also listed Gateway among its planned travelling exhibits.[6] Completion, cancellation and results remain unverified for these three tournaments.

== Standings and classification ==
The public PBLeagues archive for the WCPL lists events through 2024. The league's 2026 calendar gives event formats but no season points table or separate professional and amateur divisions. A 2026 season champion and any promotion or relegation outcomes remain unverified.[1][7]

== See also ==
* [[World Classic Paintball League]]
* [[2025 WCPL season]]

== References ==
# [https://www.playwcpl.com/ 2026 event calendar, World Classic Paintball League, updated February 2026.]
# [https://tallapoosapaintball.com/hatecityopen Hate City Open 2026, Tallapoosa Paintball, official event recap.]
# [https://www.reddit.com/r/paintball/comments/1t6j2zb/wcpl_world_classic_paintball_league_event_2/ WCPL Event No. 2, Panhandle Classic, r/paintball, advance participant post, 2026.]
# [https://www.reddit.com/r/paintball/comments/1vtqzwi/this_is_42/ “This is 42”, r/paintball, participant account, 20–21 August 2026.]
# [https://viewer.joomag.com/paintball-media-magazine-may-2026/0147695001778582190/p125 Hate City Open coverage, Paintball Media Magazine, May 2026, p. 125.]
# [https://www.generalpaintball.com/ General Paintball Museum, planned 2026 travelling exhibits.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/leagues/502 World Classic Paintball League event archive, PBLeagues.]

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