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The '''2023 ICPL Badlandz 5-man''' was an open five-player paintball tournament held at [[Badlandz Paintball Field|The Badlandz]] in Crete, Illinois, United States, on 16 July 2023.[1]

The event appeared in the [[International Classic Paintball League]] calendar, while its PBLeagues registration record identified the organising league as the Midwest Mechanical League.[1][2]

Social Mutants won ahead of Scorpions and Team Smoke. Thirteen teams competed in the single open division.[3]

== Organisation and ICPL relationship ==

PBLeagues listed the tournament under the title ''Badlandz 5-man'' and included it in the ICPL's 2023 event archive.[2]

The event's own registration page identified the Midwest Mechanical League as its league, linked to the ICPL website for further information, and named Badlandz contacts for league and event enquiries.[1]

== Venue and format ==

The tournament took place on Sunday, 16 July 2023, at The Badlandz in Crete, Illinois.[1]

The programme consisted of one open 5v5 division, with a published game time of seven minutes. There were no separate professional or amateur divisions in the official final standings.[1][3]

Each team had eight preliminary games. Seven teams advanced from the preliminary round.[4]

Team Smoke led the preliminary standings with 776 points, followed by Social Mutants with 594 and Scorpions with 534.[4]

== Final standings ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team !! Ranking points
|-
| 1 || Social Mutants || 100
|-
| 2 || Scorpions || 92.5
|-
| 3 || Team Smoke || 85
|-
| 4 || X-Men || 77.5
|-
| 5 || Free Killz || 70
|-
| 6 || Heist || 62.5
|-
| 7 || Freelancer Misfits || 55
|-
| 8 || Off Constantly || 47.5
|-
| 9 || Brians Brawlers || 40
|-
| 10 || Reign - Black || 32.5
|-
| 11 || Reign || 25
|-
| 12 || S.N.A.F.U. || 17.5
|-
| 13 || Arlington Outkast || 10
|}

The points shown are PBLeagues ranking points, rather than accumulated game scores.[3]

== See also ==

* [[International Classic Paintball League]]
* [[Badlandz Paintball Field]]
* [[2023 ICPL season]]
* [[2023 ICPL Pittsburgh Open Classic]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7925/info PBLeagues – Badlandz 5-man: official date, venue, organising league and format, 16 July 2023.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/leagues/435 PBLeagues – International Classic Paintball League: historical event archive, including the 2023 Badlandz 5-man.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7925/rankings PBLeagues – Badlandz 5-man: official final standings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7925/scores PBLeagues – Badlandz 5-man: preliminary scores and advancement information.]

[[Category:Paintball tournaments]]
[[Category:Paintball in the United States]]
[[Category:2023 in paintball]]

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Admin: Replace article with verified title, 16 July date, Badlandz venue, open five-player format and complete results; distinguish ICPL calendar inclusion from Midwest Mechanical League organisation.