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Created 2019 ICPL Windy City Classic with official dates, venue, all Professional and Amateur placings, final-round scores and contemporary Infamous coverage.
 
Document the inaugural ICPL Windy City Classic at Badlandz on 1–2 June 2019, including competition structure, professional and amateur final scores, complete placings and contemporary coverage.
 
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'''2019 ICPL Windy City Classic''' was a ten-player [[paintball]] tournament held on 1–2 June 2019 at The Badlandz in Crete, Illinois. The event was the first ten-player mechanical tournament held by the [[International Classic Paintball League]]. [1][3]
The '''2019 ICPL Windy City Classic''' was the inaugural tournament of the [[International Classic Paintball League]] (ICPL), held on '''1–2 June 2019''' at [[Badlandz Paintball Field|Badlandz]] in Crete, Illinois. The event featured professional and amateur ten-player mechanical paintball competition.[1][2]


Adrenaline won the Professional division and PPS SFO won the Amateur division. [2] In the Professional final round, Adrenaline scored 54 points, Los Angeles Infamous 53 and Chicago Aftershock 48. [4] Infamous's contemporary team report also records its runner-up finish and the one-point margin. [3]
[[Adrenaline]] won the professional division, finishing one point ahead of [[Los Angeles Infamous]] in the final round. PPS SFO won the amateur division.[1][3]


== Results ==
== Background and venue ==


Placings and team names follow the official PBLeagues results. [2]
The tournament introduced the ICPL's national classic-format competition. Contemporary coverage identified the event as the league's first ten-player mechanical tournament.[1]


=== Professional ten-player ===
Badlandz hosted games on woodland and Hyperball fields. Official team schedules identify playing areas named Hyperball, Woods 1 and Woods 2.[4]
 
The event brought together teams associated with different periods of tournament paintball. Professional entrants included Adrenaline, Los Angeles Infamous, Chicago Aftershock, San Diego Dynasty, All Americans, Ironmen and Master Blasters.[3]
 
== Competition structure ==
 
The official results recorded twenty professional teams and nineteen amateur teams. Teams played eight preliminary games, followed by separate professional and amateur semi-final and final rounds.[2]
 
Nine teams advanced in each division. The semi-finals comprised three groups of three teams, with each team playing twice. The three group winners advanced to a final round in which each finalist again played two games.[2]
 
The results used accumulated game scores rather than a single head-to-head championship match.[2]
 
== Professional competition ==
 
Chicago Aftershock led the professional preliminary standings with 769 points from eight games. Saberwolves finished second overall in the preliminary rankings, followed by The Misfits.[2]
 
Chicago Aftershock, Adrenaline and Los Angeles Infamous won their respective semi-final groups and advanced to the final round.[2]
 
=== Final round ===


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
! Position
! Team
! Game scores
! Total
|-
| 1
| Adrenaline
| 13, 41
| 54
|-
| 2
| Los Angeles Infamous
| 38, 15
| 53
|-
| 3
| Chicago Aftershock
| 39, 9
| 48
|}
 
Source: official final-round scores.[2]
 
Adrenaline's total of 54 points secured the championship by one point. Infamous's contemporary team report acknowledged the narrow margin and its second-place finish.[1][2]
 
=== Final professional placings ===
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
|-
|-
| 1 || Adrenaline
| 1 || Adrenaline
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| 10 || Ironmen
| 10 || Ironmen
|-
|-
| 11 || FARSIDE
| 11 || Farside
|-
|-
| 12 || Royal City Seadogs
| 12 || Royal City Seadogs
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| 19 || Scottsdale Elevation
| 19 || Scottsdale Elevation
|-
|-
| 20 || ARMADA
| 20 || Armada
|}
|}


=== Amateur ten-player ===
Source: event placings recorded in the official season standings.[3]
 
== Amateur competition ==
 
PPS SFO, Docs Warriors and ThunderHorse advanced to the amateur final round.[2]
 
=== Final round ===
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
! Game scores
! Total
|-
| 1
| PPS SFO
| 97, 46
| 143
|-
| 2
| Docs Warriors
| 16, 5
| 21
|-
| 3
| ThunderHorse
| 10, 6
| 16
|}
 
Source: official final-round scores.[2]
 
=== Final amateur placings ===


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
! Position
! Team
|-
|-
| 1 || PPS SFO
| 1 || PPS SFO
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| 19 || Desert Edge Silver
| 19 || Desert Edge Silver
|}
|}
Source: event placings recorded in the official season standings.[3]
== Contemporary coverage ==
Infamous published a report on 20 June 2019 describing its return to mechanical ten-player competition. Its roster combined current players, former Infamous members and players associated with other teams, including Travis Lemanski, Chris LaSoya, Cody Mickowski, Archie Montemayor and Ryan Brand.[1]
GoSports also produced a documentary about the inaugural event, subsequently available through [[Major League Paintball Plus]].[5]
== See also ==
* [[International Classic Paintball League]]
* [[Badlandz Paintball Field]]
* [[2019 ICPL Florida Open]]
* [[Paintball in the United States]]


== References ==
== References ==


# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6230/info PBLeagues — Windy City Classic: event information and registration]. Event dated 1–2 June 2019. Accessed 1 November 2026.
# [https://infamouspaintball.com/blogs/events-news/the-first-icpl-10-man-mechanical-event Infamous Paintball – The First ICPL 10 Man Mechanical Event, 20 June 2019.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6230/rankings PBLeagues — Windy City Classic: final placings]. Accessed 1 November 2026.
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6230/scores PBLeagues – ICPL Windy City Classic: preliminary, semi-final and final scores, 2019.]
# [https://infamouspaintball.com/blogs/events-news/the-first-icpl-10-man-mechanical-event Infamous Paintball — “The First ICPL 10 Man Mechanical Event”], 20 June 2019.
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/435/seasonRankings/2019 PBLeagues – 2019 International Classic Paintball League season standings, including individual event placings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6230/scores PBLeagues — Windy City Classic: tournament scores]. Accessed 1 November 2026.
# [https://pbleagues.com/team/roster/zIVqMP9tYCpm0AUd PBLeagues – Shocktech Gunfighters at ICPL Windy City Classic: dated schedule and playing fields, 1–2 June 2019.]
# [https://www.mlpbplus.com/icpl-10-man/videos/icpl-windy-city-classic Major League Paintball Plus – ICPL Windy City Classic documentary.]
 
== External links ==
 
* [https://pbleagues.com/event/6230/scores Official tournament scores]
* [https://infamouspaintball.com/blogs/events-news/the-first-icpl-10-man-mechanical-event Contemporary Infamous event report]


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Latest revision as of 17:05, 2 November 2026

The 2019 ICPL Windy City Classic was the inaugural tournament of the International Classic Paintball League (ICPL), held on 1–2 June 2019 at Badlandz in Crete, Illinois. The event featured professional and amateur ten-player mechanical paintball competition.[1][2]

Adrenaline won the professional division, finishing one point ahead of Los Angeles Infamous in the final round. PPS SFO won the amateur division.[1][3]

Background and venue

[edit]

The tournament introduced the ICPL's national classic-format competition. Contemporary coverage identified the event as the league's first ten-player mechanical tournament.[1]

Badlandz hosted games on woodland and Hyperball fields. Official team schedules identify playing areas named Hyperball, Woods 1 and Woods 2.[4]

The event brought together teams associated with different periods of tournament paintball. Professional entrants included Adrenaline, Los Angeles Infamous, Chicago Aftershock, San Diego Dynasty, All Americans, Ironmen and Master Blasters.[3]

Competition structure

[edit]

The official results recorded twenty professional teams and nineteen amateur teams. Teams played eight preliminary games, followed by separate professional and amateur semi-final and final rounds.[2]

Nine teams advanced in each division. The semi-finals comprised three groups of three teams, with each team playing twice. The three group winners advanced to a final round in which each finalist again played two games.[2]

The results used accumulated game scores rather than a single head-to-head championship match.[2]

Professional competition

[edit]

Chicago Aftershock led the professional preliminary standings with 769 points from eight games. Saberwolves finished second overall in the preliminary rankings, followed by The Misfits.[2]

Chicago Aftershock, Adrenaline and Los Angeles Infamous won their respective semi-final groups and advanced to the final round.[2]

Final round

[edit]
Position Team Game scores Total
1 Adrenaline 13, 41 54
2 Los Angeles Infamous 38, 15 53
3 Chicago Aftershock 39, 9 48

Source: official final-round scores.[2]

Adrenaline's total of 54 points secured the championship by one point. Infamous's contemporary team report acknowledged the narrow margin and its second-place finish.[1][2]

Final professional placings

[edit]
Position Team
1 Adrenaline
2 Los Angeles Infamous
3 Chicago Aftershock
4 San Diego Dynasty
5 Northwest Rogue
6 Saberwolves
7 Fight Club
8 The Misfits
9 All Americans
10 Ironmen
11 Farside
12 Royal City Seadogs
13 Master Blasters
14 Kapp Factory
15 Fox 4 Darkside
16 Annapolis A-Team
17 Desert Edge
18 Annihilators
19 Scottsdale Elevation
20 Armada

Source: event placings recorded in the official season standings.[3]

Amateur competition

[edit]

PPS SFO, Docs Warriors and ThunderHorse advanced to the amateur final round.[2]

Final round

[edit]
Position Team Game scores Total
1 PPS SFO 97, 46 143
2 Docs Warriors 16, 5 21
3 ThunderHorse 10, 6 16

Source: official final-round scores.[2]

Final amateur placings

[edit]
Position Team
1 PPS SFO
2 Docs Warriors
3 ThunderHorse
4 Failure to Flatline
5 Saints
6 Ground Zero Gold
7 Shocktech Gunfighters
8 Team Smoke
9 Louisville Asylum
10 Black Sunday
11 Detroit Action
12 Underground
13 The Family
14 Destiny Midwest
15 X-Men
16 RRDP
17 Fight Club Factory Soap
18 Destiny Midwest SpeedCorps
19 Desert Edge Silver

Source: event placings recorded in the official season standings.[3]

Contemporary coverage

[edit]

Infamous published a report on 20 June 2019 describing its return to mechanical ten-player competition. Its roster combined current players, former Infamous members and players associated with other teams, including Travis Lemanski, Chris LaSoya, Cody Mickowski, Archie Montemayor and Ryan Brand.[1]

GoSports also produced a documentary about the inaugural event, subsequently available through Major League Paintball Plus.[5]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. Infamous Paintball – The First ICPL 10 Man Mechanical Event, 20 June 2019.
  2. PBLeagues – ICPL Windy City Classic: preliminary, semi-final and final scores, 2019.
  3. PBLeagues – 2019 International Classic Paintball League season standings, including individual event placings.
  4. PBLeagues – Shocktech Gunfighters at ICPL Windy City Classic: dated schedule and playing fields, 1–2 June 2019.
  5. Major League Paintball Plus – ICPL Windy City Classic documentary.
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