Admin: Created the 2009 INPL season recap with the documented opening-round dates, eight reported professional division teams and the leading overall standings: Datis, Persian Legend and Datis 2. Attributed the championship account to its June 2010 source, added surviving video coverage and appropriate Iranian categories, and omitted unverified later-round dates, points totals and remaining placings.

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Created the 2009 INPL season recap with the documented opening-round dates, eight reported professional division teams and the leading overall standings: Datis, Persian Legend and Datis 2. Attributed the championship account to its June 2010 source, added surviving video coverage and appropriate Iranian categories, and omitted unverified later-round dates, points totals and remaining placings.

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The '''2009 INPL season''' was a season of the [[Iran National Paintball League]]. A near-contemporary account published in June 2010 recorded [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis]] as the professional division's overall champion, followed by [[Persian Legend (Iran Paintball Team)|Persian Legend]] and Datis 2. The account stated that Datis won every tournament during the season.[1]

The opening event took place from 13 to 15 May 2009, as recorded in the descriptions of two surviving event videos.[2][3]

== Professional division ==

The June 2010 account listed eight professional division teams:[1]

* [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis]]
* [[Persian Legend (Iran Paintball Team)|Persian Legend]]
* Datis 2
* [[Ariana (Iran Paintball Team)|Ariana]]
* [[SWAT (Iran Paintball Team)|SWAT]]
* [[Giv (Iran Paintball Team)|Giv]]
* [[Tigers (Iran Paintball Team)|Tigers]]
* [[Persian Stars (Iran Paintball Team)|Persian Stars]]

== Documented events ==

=== Opening round ===

[[2009 INPL Round 1|The opening round]] was held from 13 to 15 May 2009. Both surviving video descriptions identify the footage as having been filmed at the season's first event. The June 2010 account also identified the footage as showing professional division teams.[1][2][3]

== Overall standings ==

The following leading overall placings were reported in the opening post of the pbhub discussion ''Iran Paintball League Videos'', published on 18 June 2010.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
|-
| 1st
| [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis]]
|-
| 2nd
| [[Persian Legend (Iran Paintball Team)|Persian Legend]]
|-
| 3rd
| Datis 2
|}

The account identified Datis 2 as Datis's second team. It did not provide points totals or the remaining overall placings.[1]

== Media coverage ==

Two videos, titled ''2009 Iran Paintball League – Video #1'' and ''2009 Iran Paintball League – Video #2'', document the opening event. Both were linked in the June 2010 pbhub discussion.[1][2][3]

== See also ==

* [[Iran National Paintball League]]
* [[2009 INPL Round 1]]
* [[Iran Paintball Association]]
* [[Iranian paintball]]
* [[Paintball in Iran]]

== References ==

# [https://pbhub.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48473 pbhub, ''Iran Paintball League Videos'', opening post by weidex, 18 June 2010. Reproduces an English-language account of the opening event, professional division participants and leading 2009 overall placings.]
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF4R0ppCLl0 YouTube, ''2009 Iran Paintball League – Video #1''. Description identifies the opening event and playing dates of 13–15 May 2009.]
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKnY4qm-vTY YouTube, ''2009 Iran Paintball League – Video #2''. Description identifies the opening event and playing dates of 13–15 May 2009.]

== External links ==

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF4R0ppCLl0 Opening-round video 1]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKnY4qm-vTY Opening-round video 2]

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in Iran]]
[[Category:Iranian paintball history]]
[[Category:2000s in Iranian paintball]]

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