Paintball League Middle East - Revision history

Admin: Added the verified 2016 season, all four event links, opening-round dates and venue, Mahmudabad second-round coverage, documented date discrepancies and Sorena's recorded third-place overall finish without assigning an unverified division. Linked the 2016 season recap and surviving ranking posts. Retained the verified 2017 and 2018 coverage, established team names and league categories.

2026-11-06T08:42:00Z

Added the verified 2016 season, all four event links, opening-round dates and venue, Mahmudabad second-round coverage, documented date discrepancies and Sorena's recorded third-place overall finish without assigning an unverified division. Linked the 2016 season recap and surviving ranking posts. Retained the verified 2017 and 2018 coverage, established team names and league categories.

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 The organiser's website preserves PALM Iran calendars for 2016, 2017 and 2018. The 2016 calendar lists events in Tehran and Mazandaran, while the 2017 and 2018 calendars list four rounds in Tehran.[4][5][6]
-Some printed dates are inconsistent. The 2016 calendar places its fourth round in February 2016 despite listing earlier rounds in March, July and September of that year.[4]
+Some calendar dates differ from event-specific records. The 2016 calendar lists July for the second round, while contemporary PALM posts identify May. Its fourth-round entry prints February 2016, despite listing preceding rounds in March, July and September.[4][23][24]
-The 2018 calendar also differs from event-specific records. It lists the opening round in March, while the organiser's announcement and completed-event description identify 10–11 May. Its July and November entries span three days, whereas the corresponding event descriptions identify two playing days.[6][9][10][11][12]
+The 2018 calendar lists the opening round in March, while the organiser's announcement and completed-event description identify 10–11 May. Its July and November entries span three days, whereas the corresponding event descriptions identify two playing days.[6][9][10][11][12]
 === 2017 season ===
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-The scheduled date ranges come from the organiser's season calendar.[5] The announcements for rounds two and three identified the venue as the Dokouheh Cultural and Sports Complex, also known as Dehkadeh-ye Moqavemat, in Tehran.[18][19]
+The scheduled date ranges come from the organiser's calendar.[5] The announcements for rounds two and three identified the venue as the Dokouheh Cultural and Sports Complex, also known as Dehkadeh-ye Moqavemat, in Tehran.[18][19]
 ==== Verified round results ====
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 Before the final round, Planet Eclipse described Datis Tehran as holding a comfortable Division 1 series lead and Datis Shemiranat as close to securing the Division 2 title. These were pre-final assessments rather than confirmation of the eventual championships.[7]
-Tehran Paintball's retrospective account of the 1396 season explicitly recorded Tehran as the overall Division 1 runner-up and Sorena as third overall in Division 2.[13] A later Sorena profile also recorded third place overall in PALM 2017.[15]
+Tehran Paintball's retrospective account of the 1396 season recorded Tehran as the overall Division 1 runner-up and Sorena as third overall in Division 2.[13] A later Sorena profile also recorded third place overall in PALM 2017.[15]
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 PALM maintained a website with calendars, ranking pages, galleries and video material. Contemporary July 2018 announcements advertised live coverage through the PALM website and Instagram account.[2][3]
-PALM Media's Aparat archive preserves match recordings from the 2018 season, including Division 1 finals from the first, second and fourth rounds.[10][11][12]
+Surviving 2016 coverage includes opening-round footage, second-round coverage from Mahmudabad and field-layout posts for the third and fourth rounds.[21][23][25][26]
 == Season and event articles ==
 * [[2017 PALM Iran season]]
 * [[2017 PALM Iran Round 1]]
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 # [https://www.instagram.com/p/BYlDUlOFek8/ PALM Media — third-round dates and venue announcement, September 2017] (Persian).
 # [https://www.instagram.com/p/BcJgJQUl_DW/ PALM Media — fourth-round announcement, November 2017] (Persian).
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Admin: Expanded the 2017 season section with all four event links, scheduled and announced dates, verified Datis round results, and confirmed overall placings for Tehran and Sorena. Added the 2017 season recap link and supporting sources. Distinguished pre-final title assessments from final standings, retained the verified 2018 coverage and existing categories, and standardised Datis team links.

2026-11-05T09:09:19Z

Expanded the 2017 season section with all four event links, scheduled and announced dates, verified Datis round results, and confirmed overall placings for Tehran and Sorena. Added the 2017 season recap link and supporting sources. Distinguished pre-final title assessments from final standings, retained the verified 2018 coverage and existing categories, and standardised Datis team links.

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Admin: Expanded the PALM article with the verified 2018 events, Tehran and Sorena's overall divisional titles, and links to the season recap and four round articles. Retained the fuller association report for Round 2, including all three divisional podiums, and documented its nineteen-team count alongside PALM Media's conflicting figure of 21. Distinguished calendar dates, playing dates, round results, national championships and overall titles. Preserved the existing organisation history, 2017 coverage

2026-11-04T16:44:43Z

Expanded the PALM article with the verified 2018 events, Tehran and Sorena's overall divisional titles, and links to the season recap and four round articles. Retained the fuller association report for Round 2, including all three divisional podiums, and documented its nineteen-team count alongside PALM Media's conflicting figure of 21. Distinguished calendar dates, playing dates, round results, national championships and overall titles. Preserved the existing organisation history, 2017 coverage

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Admin: Create the Paintball League Middle East article using organiser records and contemporary reports. Document PALM Iran calendars, verified 2017 and 2018 results, competition formats, national-team selection arrangements and COVID-19 cancellations. Distinguish PALM from PALS and round results from season standings, with the appropriate Iranian categories.

2026-11-03T09:23:18Z

Create the Paintball League Middle East article using organiser records and contemporary reports. Document PALM Iran calendars, verified 2017 and 2018 results, competition formats, national-team selection arrangements and COVID-19 cancellations. Distinguish PALM from PALS and round results from season standings, with the appropriate Iranian categories.

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'''Paintball League Middle East''' ('''PALM''') is a [[paintball]] competition organisation whose documented activities include the '''PALM Iran''' tournament series. Its published records include Iranian competition calendars, divisional rankings, photographs and video coverage.[1][2]

PALM is distinct from the [[Paintball Asia League Series]] (PALS). Its Iranian events have included separate electronic-marker and mechanical-marker divisions.[3]

== Organisation ==

PALM's website identifies the organisation as '''PALM Group''' and gives a Tehran contact address. Its stated objectives include organising regional tournaments, developing players and referees, supporting paintball academies and assisting local paintball organisations.[1][2]

These are the organisation's stated aims; individual events and programmes require their own supporting records.

== PALM Iran ==

=== Published calendars ===

The organiser's website preserves PALM Iran calendars for 2016, 2017 and 2018. The 2016 calendar lists events in Tehran and Mazandaran, while the 2017 and 2018 calendars list four rounds in Tehran.[4][5][6]

Some printed dates are inconsistent. The 2016 calendar places its fourth round in February 2016 despite listing earlier rounds in March, July and September of that year. The published calendar therefore does not establish a reliable date for that final round.[4]

=== Competition in 2017 ===

On 8 October 2017, [[Planet Eclipse]] reported that Tehran Datis had won Division 1 at the penultimate PALM event in Iran. Shemiranat Datis finished second in Division 2.[7]

The report described Tehran Datis as leading its series standings and Shemiranat Datis as being close to its division's season title. These statements preceded the final round and were not final championship results.[7]

=== Second round, 2018 ===

A contemporary report preserved in the PFA Paintball League channel records the second PALM Iran round on 21–22 Tir 1397 (12–13 July 2018) at Dehkadeh Moghavemat in Tehran.[3]

Nineteen teams competed across three divisions, representing Tehran, Alborz, Qazvin, Semnan, Mazandaran, Khorasan Razavi, Kerman and Isfahan provinces.[3]

The reported podiums were:

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Division 1: electronic
! Division 2: electronic
! Division 3: mechanical
|-
| 1st
| Datis Shemiranat
| Spad Hakhamaneshi
| Datam
|-
| 2nd
| Tehran
| Datam
| Shahab One
|-
| 3rd
| Datis
| Sorena
| Shahab Two
|}

The report lists Tehran and Datis as separate Division 1 entries. These are round results rather than overall season standings.[3]

=== National-team selection ===

The July 2018 report stated that PALM and the Iran Paintball Association had agreed that players would be selected from leading league competitors for a national-team training camp, subject to the technical commission's assessment.[3]

=== Cancelled programmes ===

The organiser's events page marks the scheduled PALM Iran rounds for 2020 and 2021 as cancelled because of COVID-19.[8]

These calendar notices document the cancellation of the listed programmes; they do not establish that PALM ceased operating.

== Competition formats ==

The July 2018 results distinguish two electronic-marker divisions and a third division using mechanical markers.[3]

Published calendars describe a multi-round series culminating in a championship event. Individual round placings and overall series rankings are separate results.[5][6]

== Media ==

PALM maintained a website with calendars, ranking pages, galleries and video material. Contemporary July 2018 announcements advertised live coverage through the PALM website and Instagram account.[2][3]

== See also ==

* [[Iranian paintball]]
* [[Paintball in Iran]]
* [[Iran National Paintball League]]
* [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis]]
* [[Paintball Asia League Series]]

== References ==

# [https://palmseries.com/about/ PALM, "About", organisational identity and stated objectives.]
# [https://palmseries.com/ PALM, organiser website, competition records and media links.]
# [https://t.me/s/pfaleague?before=60 PFA Paintball League public archive, contemporary PALM Iran announcements and second-round results, July 2018. Persian.]
# [https://palmseries.com/palmiran-2016/ PALM, PALM Iran 2016 calendar.]
# [https://palmseries.com/palmiran-2017/ PALM, PALM Iran 2017 calendar.]
# [https://palmseries.com/palmiran-2018/ PALM, PALM Iran 2018 calendar.]
# [https://eclipsehq.blogspot.com/2017/10/datis-1st-and-2nd-palm-series-iran.html Planet Eclipse, "Datis 1st and 2nd: Palm Series, Iran", 8 October 2017.]
# [https://palmseries.com/events/ PALM, events calendar, including cancellation notices for the 2020 and 2021 programmes.]

== External links ==

* [https://palmseries.com/ PALM website]
* [https://www.instagram.com/palmseries/ PALM on Instagram]
* [https://t.me/palmseries PALM on Telegram]
* [https://palmseries.com/gallery/ PALM photograph galleries]
* [https://palmseries.com/videos/ PALM videos]

[[Category:Iranian paintball leagues]]
[[Category:Iranian paintball organisations]]
[[Category:Iranian paintball history]]
[[Category:Paintball in Iran]]
[[Category:2010s in Iranian paintball]]
[[Category:2020s in Iranian paintball]]