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The '''2023 ICPL season''' was the fifth season of the [[International Classic Paintball League]]. Its United States programme combined ten-player and five-player classic paintball tournaments, including an expanded network of affiliate events. The season began with the [[2023 ICPL Sunshine Classic]] in February and concluded with the [[2023 ICPL Windy City Classic]] in October.[1][2]

== Organisation and formats ==

The ICPL expanded its programme through affiliate tournaments in 2023. The league described these events as officially supported competitions operating within the [[Major League Paintball]] structure. The [[2023 ICPL Pro DNA Open]], held at The Farm Sports in Tennessee, was its first affiliate tournament.[2][3]

Competition included professional and amateur ten-player classifications, together with Open and Amateur five-player competition. The available divisions varied between events. Badlandz 5-man offered Open five-player competition, while the Heartland Classic offered Amateur five-player competition.[4][5][6]

At the Sunshine Classic, ten-player teams used mechanical markers across mounds, hyperball, town and hybrid fields. The professional field comprised 24 franchise teams, while the amateur ten-player division contained 32 teams.[1]

The Pro DNA Open used a combined ten-player playing division containing professional and amateur teams. Its 28 entries competed together, although PBLeagues recorded professional and amateur classification results separately for season-ranking purposes.[2][3][7]

== Professional competition ==

[[Kapp Factory]] entered the season as the defending professional champions. Maple Leaf Chiefs joined the professional franchise field for 2023, with the league's opening-event preview identifying a playing core associated with the KC Missouri All Stars.[1]

[[Chicago Aftershock]] won the Sunshine Classic ahead of Kapp Factory and [[Los Angeles Infamous]]. Aftershock finished the tournament unbeaten, winning all 11 of its games.[8][9]

Infamous won the combined ten-player competition at the Pro DNA Open. Ground Zero Gold subsequently won the professional classification at Old Bay, Maple Leaf Chiefs won at Golden State, and Saberwolves led the professional classification at Pittsburgh. [[Image]] won the concluding Windy City Classic.[3][7][10][11][12]

== United States calendar ==

The following United States events appear in the ICPL's 2023 PBLeagues records. The programme included tournaments registered directly under the ICPL and associated events carrying their own organiser listings.[4–7][13–17]

{| class="wikitable"
! Dates
! Event
! Venue
! Competition offered
|-
| 3–5 February 2023
| [[2023 ICPL Sunshine Classic]]
| Tiki's Paintball Park, Seffner, Florida
| Professional and Amateur ten-player; Open and Amateur five-player
|-
| 31 March–2 April 2023
| [[2023 ICPL Pro DNA Open]]
| The Farm Sports, Shelbyville, Tennessee
| Combined professional/amateur ten-player competition; Open five-player
|-
| 19–21 May 2023
| [[2023 ICPL Old Bay Classic]]
| Outdoor Xtreme Chesapeake City, Chesapeake City, Maryland
| Professional and Amateur ten-player classifications; Open five-player
|-
| 24–25 June 2023
| [[2023 ICPL Golden State Classic]]
| Capital Edge Paintball Park, Sacramento, California
| Professional and Amateur ten-player classifications
|-
| 16 July 2023
| [[2023 ICPL Badlandz 5-man]]
| The Badlandz, Crete, Illinois
| Open five-player
|-
| 11–13 August 2023
| [[2023 ICPL Pittsburgh Open Classic]]
| Urban Assault, McDonald, Pennsylvania
| Professional and Amateur ten-player classifications; Open five-player
|-
| 2 September 2023
| [[2023 ICPL Heartland Classic 5v5]]
| Crowley Ridge Paintball, Bloomfield, Missouri
| Amateur five-player
|-
| 28 September–1 October 2023
| [[2023 ICPL Windy City Classic]]
| The Badlandz, Crete, Illinois
| Professional and Amateur ten-player; Open and Amateur five-player
|}

The Badlandz five-player tournament was registered under the Midwest Mechanical League, while the Pittsburgh Open Classic maintained its own organiser listing. Both events' results also appeared in the ICPL season-ranking records.[4][6][7]

== Event results ==

The table lists the leading team in each PBLeagues classification. At combined events, classification winners should not be interpreted as winners of separate playing divisions. A dash indicates that the classification was not contested.[3][7–12]

{| class="wikitable"
! Event
! Professional ten-player classification
! Amateur ten-player classification
! Open five-player
! Amateur five-player
|-
| Sunshine Classic
| Chicago Aftershock
| Valhalla FSU
| Rogue Silver
| AAF 2
|-
| Pro DNA Open
| Los Angeles Infamous
| New York Xtreme
| Ground Zero
| —
|-
| Old Bay Classic
| Ground Zero Gold
| gg_Factory Mech Gold
| Ground Zero
| —
|-
| Golden State Classic
| Maple Leaf Chiefs
| Reno Respawn
| —
| —
|-
| Badlandz 5-man
| —
| —
| Social Mutants
| —
|-
| Pittsburgh Open Classic
| Saberwolves
| ThunderHorse
| ac POWERHOUSE
| —
|-
| Heartland Classic 5v5
| —
| —
| —
| AAF 2
|-
| Windy City Classic
| Image
| Valhalla FSU
| Ground Zero
| ac EVILpb.com
|}

=== Windy City Classic ===

The concluding tournament awarded Image 600 professional ranking points, ahead of Annihilators with 552 and Adrenaline with 518. Valhalla FSU won Amateur ten-player ahead of AAF and Louisville Asylum.[12]

Ground Zero won Open five-player ahead of Rogue Silver and Florida Annihilators. In Amateur five-player, ac EVILpb.com finished first, followed by AAF 3 and AAF 2.[12]

== Published season rankings ==

PBLeagues publishes the season's results in separate tables using the labels ''Mechanical'', ''Classic'' and unprefixed division names. Consequently, the displayed totals do not form a single consolidated championship table covering every event.[7]

The leaders of the tables specifically labelled ''Classic'' were:[7]

{| class="wikitable"
! Published ranking table
! First-listed team
! Displayed points
|-
| Classic – Professional ten-player
| Image
| 828
|-
| Classic – Amateur ten-player
| Louisville Asylum
| 279
|-
| Classic – Open five-player
| Florida Annihilators
| 286
|-
| Classic – Amateur five-player
| ac EVILpb.com
| 200
|}

These are the totals displayed within those particular ranking tables, rather than consolidated totals incorporating every differently labelled result.[7]

== See also ==

* [[International Classic Paintball League]]
* [[2022 ICPL season]]
* [[2024 ICPL season]]
* [[Major League Paintball]]

== References ==

# [https://www.nxlclassicpaintball.com/post/the-competitive-paintball-season-kicks-off-in-florida-at-the-23-icpl-sunshine-classic NXL Classic Paintball – The Competitive Paintball Season Kicks off In Florida at the '23 ICPL Sunshine Classic!, 31 January 2023.]
# [https://www.nxlclassicpaintball.com/post/the-icpl-pro-dna-open-kicks-off-in-tennessee-this-weekend-full-event-preview NXL Classic Paintball – The ICPL Pro DNA Open kicks off in Tennessee this weekend, full event preview!, 30 March 2023.]
# [https://www.nxlclassicpaintball.com/post/the-pro-dna-open-event-recap-first-icpl-affiliate-event-finds-success-in-tennessee NXL Classic Paintball – The Pro DNA Open Event Recap, First ICPL Affiliate Event finds success in Tennessee!, 7 April 2023, updated 13 April 2023.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7925/info PBLeagues – Badlandz 5-man, 16 July 2023: event information.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8088/info PBLeagues – Heartland Classic 5v5, 2 September 2023: event information.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7960/info PBLeagues – Pittsburgh Open Classic, 11–13 August 2023: event information.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/435/seasonRankings/2023 PBLeagues – International Classic Paintball League: 2023 season rankings.]
# [https://www.nxlclassicpaintball.com/post/the-2023-major-league-of-paintball-season-is-underway-in-tampa-fl-at-the-icpl-sunshine-classic NXL Classic Paintball – The 2023 Major League of Paintball Season is underway in Tampa, FL at the ICPL Sunshine Classic!, 15 February 2023.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7842/rankings PBLeagues – 2023 Sunshine Classic: official results.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7962/rankings PBLeagues – 2023 Old Bay Classic: official results.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7960/rankings PBLeagues – 2023 Pittsburgh Open Classic: official results.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7843/rankings PBLeagues – 2023 Windy City Classic: official results.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7842/info PBLeagues – Sunshine Classic, 3–5 February 2023: event information.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7961/info PBLeagues – Pro DNA Open, 31 March–2 April 2023: event information.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7962/info PBLeagues – Old Bay Classic, 19–21 May 2023: event information.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8089/info PBLeagues – Golden State Classic, 24–25 June 2023: event information.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7843/info PBLeagues – Windy City Classic, 28 September–1 October 2023: event information.]

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Admin: Replace with verified 2023 ICPL US season coverage; add archived format rules and DYE's retrospective championship evidence, explain split PBLeagues totals, and distinguish Summit awards from season points titles.

Admin: Replace with sourced 2023 ICPL US season history, calendar, affiliate relationships, formats, professional changes and divisional event winners; distinguish split PBLeagues rankings from confirmed season championships.