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The 2024 ICPL season was the sixth season of the International Classic Paintball League. Its United States programme included regional and affiliate tournaments, the Texas Classic major and a concluding Classic Cup held from 31 January to 2 February 2025.[1][2]

Image won professional ten-player at the concluding Cup. Louisville Asylum was identified by equipment sponsor DYE as the 2024 Open five-player series champions. The Cup tournament results and season championship awards were separate achievements.[3][4]

Organisation and formats

The league operated a programme of major and affiliate tournaments. Its website, archived shortly after the concluding Cup in February 2025, separately labelled these as its 2024–25 major and affiliate events.[5]

Team Smoke's contemporary season account described the championship calculation as using a team's best minor result, its major result and its championship result. PBLeagues specified that the three highest ten-player scores counted, with no more than one regional result included.[1][6]

Professional and amateur teams could share playing brackets at minor tournaments while retaining separate classification results. Team Smoke contrasted this with major tournaments, where teams played within their respective divisions.[6]

The divisions offered varied between events. Ten-player classifications included Professional and Amateur, while five-player competition included Open and Amateur. The Lone Star Open additionally offered Amateur B classifications.[7–14]

The archived league overview described capture-the-flag competition on woodland, hyperball, mounds and hybrid fields. Its published marker provisions permitted mechanical markers and electronic markers capped at 5.5 balls per second.[5]

United States calendar

The following United States tournaments appear in the season's published records.[1][7–14]

Dates	Event	Venue
17 February 2024	2024 ICPL Golden State Classic	Capital Edge Paintball Park, Sacramento, California
8–10 March 2024	2024 ICPL Las Vegas Invitational	Craig Ranch Regional Park, North Las Vegas, Nevada
12–14 April 2024	2024 ICPL Pro DNA Open	The Farm Sports, Shelbyville, Tennessee
31 May–2 June 2024	2024 ICPL Texas Classic	Cousins Paintball, Forney, Texas
21 July 2024	2024 ICPL Badlandz 5-man	The Badlandz, Crete, Illinois
2–4 August 2024	2024 ICPL Pittsburgh Open Classic	Urban Assault, McDonald, Pennsylvania
6–8 December 2024	2024 ICPL Lone Star Open	Official Paintball Games of Texas, Forney, Texas
31 January–2 February 2025	2025 ICPL Classic Cup (January)	Thunder Valley Paintball Park, Seffner, Florida; promoted before the event as Tiki's Paintball Park

Texas Classic and Lone Star Open were separate tournaments at different Forney venues.[10][13]

January 2025 Classic Cup

The January Classic Cup concluded the 2024 championship despite taking place in the following calendar year. PBLeagues includes its results in the 2024 season standings.[1]

Advance publicity announced the tournament for 31 January–2 February at Tiki's Paintball Park, 210 Pruett Road, Seffner. PBLeagues identifies the venue at that address as Thunder Valley Paintball Park.[14][15]

This tournament was separate from the October 2025 Classic Cup, whose results counted towards the 2025 ICPL season.[16]

Event results

The table identifies the first-listed team in each principal PBLeagues classification. Classification results at combined tournaments do not necessarily represent separate playing divisions. A dash indicates that the classification was not contested.[1]

Event	Professional ten-player	Amateur ten-player	Open five-player	Amateur five-player
Golden State Classic	Rogue	Sac Street Fighters	—	—
Las Vegas Invitational	Chicago Aftershock	Omaha Bulls	—	—
Pro DNA Open	FARSIDE	GRIDLOCK	—	—
Texas Classic	ac EMPIRE	AAF	Louisville Asylum	AAF 2
Badlandz 5-man	—	—	Prime Suspects	—
Pittsburgh Open Classic	Adrenaline	GRIDLOCK	ac EVILPB BLACK	—
Lone Star Open	ac EMPIRE	ac EVILpb.com and Hydra.Fit, both listed first	ac EVILPB BLACK	—
Classic Cup, January 2025	Image	Dark Carnival	FARSIDE	AAF 2

Texas Classic

Heavy rain and flooding affected the Texas Classic at Cousins Paintball. Contemporary reporting described water encroaching onto the playing fields before receding during the tournament.[17]

ac EMPIRE won professional ten-player ahead of Image and Chicago Aftershock. AAF won Amateur ten-player, while AAF 2 won Amateur five-player.[10]

PBLeagues ranked Louisville Asylum first and Florida Annihilators second in Open five-player. Cheryl Ellis's contemporary report for Paintball Media, however, described the two teams as tying for gold. The published classification and reported shared tournament honour therefore differ.[10][17]

Lone Star Open

Texas Storm won Amateur B ten-player ahead of PPS and ac GALAXY. ac GALAXY won Amateur B five-player, followed by SVNT1 Factory and Old Fat Ninjas.[13]

The Amateur ten-player results listed both ac EVILpb.com and Hydra.Fit first, each receiving 100 ranking points.[13]

Concluding Classic Cup

Image won professional ten-player ahead of ac EMPIRE and Team Smoke. Dark Carnival won Amateur ten-player ahead of LOCKOUT and AAF.[14]

FARSIDE won Open five-player, followed by Louisville Asylum and East Koast Ops. AAF 2 won Amateur five-player ahead of Roadies Factory and AAF 3.[14]

DYE's report confirmed Image's professional tournament victory. Its separate account explicitly identified Louisville Asylum as the 2024 Open five-player series champions.[3][4]

Season championship records

Louisville Asylum's Open five-player season title is explicitly documented in DYE's championship report following the January Cup.[4]

The surviving PBLeagues records separate results under Classic and unprefixed division labels. Pro DNA, Pittsburgh and some Lone Star results appear in different tables from major and championship results. Consequently, the displayed table leaders and subtotals do not constitute a single consolidated season classification.[1]

For example, Image's 485-point total in the table labelled Classic – Pro 10v10 includes Las Vegas, Texas and the Cup. ac EMPIRE's Texas and Cup results appear in that table, while its regional results appear separately. The tables should therefore not be used independently to identify an overall professional champion.[1]

References

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-The '''2024 ICPL season''' was the sixth season of the [[International Classic Paintball League]]. Its United States programme included regional tournaments, the Texas Classic major and a concluding Classic Cup. Although held from 31 January to 2 February 2025, the Classic Cup counted towards the 2024 season.[1][2]
+The '''2024 ICPL season''' was the sixth season of the [[International Classic Paintball League]]. Its United States programme included regional and affiliate tournaments, the Texas Classic major and a concluding Classic Cup held from 31 January to 2 February 2025.[1][2]
-The programme included professional and amateur ten-player classifications, Open and Amateur five-player competition, and additional Amateur B divisions at the Lone Star Open. [[Image]] won the professional competition at the concluding Classic Cup, while Louisville Asylum was identified as the 2024 Open five-player series champion.[9][10][12][14]
+[[Image]] won professional ten-player at the concluding Cup. Louisville Asylum was identified by equipment sponsor DYE as the 2024 Open five-player series champions. The Cup tournament results and season championship awards were separate achievements.[3][4]
 == Organisation and formats ==
-The season used a combination of minor or regional tournaments, a major and a championship event. Team Smoke's contemporary account described the championship calculation as using a team's best minor result, its major result and its championship result. PBLeagues specified that three ten-player scores counted, with no more than one regional result included.[1][2]
+The league operated a programme of major and affiliate tournaments. Its website, archived shortly after the concluding Cup in February 2025, separately labelled these as its 2024–25 major and affiliate events.[5]
-The Texas Classic awarded double ranking points. Its professional and amateur ten-player winners each received 200 points, compared with the 100-point winning scores recorded at regional events. The concluding Classic Cup also awarded 200 points to each divisional winner.[3–6][8–10]
+Team Smoke's contemporary season account described the championship calculation as using a team's best minor result, its major result and its championship result. PBLeagues specified that the three highest ten-player scores counted, with no more than one regional result included.[1][6]
-Minor tournaments could combine professional and amateur teams in the playing brackets while retaining separate classification results. Team Smoke contrasted this arrangement with the major tournaments, where teams played within their respective divisions.[2]
+Professional and amateur teams could share playing brackets at minor tournaments while retaining separate classification results. Team Smoke contrasted this with major tournaments, where teams played within their respective divisions.[6]
-The available formats varied between events. Golden State, Las Vegas and Pro DNA offered ten-player competition. Badlandz was a standalone Open five-player event. Texas, Pittsburgh, Lone Star and the Classic Cup offered combinations of ten-player and five-player competition.[3–10]
+The divisions offered varied between events. Ten-player classifications included Professional and Amateur, while five-player competition included Open and Amateur. The Lone Star Open additionally offered Amateur B classifications.[7–14]
+The archived league overview described capture-the-flag competition on woodland, hyperball, mounds and hybrid fields. Its published marker provisions permitted mechanical markers and electronic markers capped at 5.5 balls per second.[5]
 == United States calendar ==
-The following United States events contributed to the season's published records.[1][3–10]
+The following United States tournaments appear in the season's published records.[1][7–14]
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-The Texas Classic and Lone Star Open were separate tournaments at different Forney venues. The former took place at Cousins Paintball in May and June, while the latter was held at Official Paintball Games of Texas in December.[6][9]
+Texas Classic and Lone Star Open were separate tournaments at different Forney venues.[10][13]
+=== January 2025 Classic Cup ===
+The January Classic Cup concluded the 2024 championship despite taking place in the following calendar year. PBLeagues includes its results in the 2024 season standings.[1]
+Advance publicity announced the tournament for 31 January–2 February at Tiki's Paintball Park, 210 Pruett Road, Seffner. PBLeagues identifies the venue at that address as Thunder Valley Paintball Park.[14][15]
-The January 2025 Classic Cup was included in the 2024 season rankings. Its advance announcement advertised the venue as Tiki's Paintball Park at 210 Pruett Road; PBLeagues subsequently identified the same address as Thunder Valley Paintball Park.[1][10][13]
+This tournament was separate from the [[2025 ICPL Classic Cup (October)|October 2025 Classic Cup]], whose results counted towards the [[2025 ICPL season]].[16]
 == Event results ==
-The following table gives the first-listed team in each principal PBLeagues classification. Professional and amateur classification results at combined tournaments do not necessarily represent separate playing competitions. A dash indicates that the classification was not contested.[3–10]
+The table identifies the first-listed team in each principal PBLeagues classification. Classification results at combined tournaments do not necessarily represent separate playing divisions. A dash indicates that the classification was not contested.[1]
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 === Texas Classic ===
-Heavy rain and flooding affected the Texas Classic at Cousins Paintball. Contemporary coverage described water encroaching onto the playing fields before receding during the tournament.[11]
+Heavy rain and flooding affected the Texas Classic at Cousins Paintball. Contemporary reporting described water encroaching onto the playing fields before receding during the tournament.[17]
-ac EMPIRE won the professional ten-player competition ahead of Image and Chicago Aftershock. AAF won Amateur ten-player ahead of Omaha Bulls and Dirty., while AAF 2 won Amateur five-player.[6]
+ac EMPIRE won professional ten-player ahead of Image and Chicago Aftershock. AAF won Amateur ten-player, while AAF 2 won Amateur five-player.[10]
-PBLeagues ranked Louisville Asylum first and Florida Annihilators second in Open five-player. However, Cheryl Ellis's contemporary report for ''Paintball Media'' described the two teams as tying for gold. The published classification and the reported shared tournament honour therefore differ.[6][11]
+PBLeagues ranked Louisville Asylum first and Florida Annihilators second in Open five-player. Cheryl Ellis's contemporary report for ''Paintball Media'', however, described the two teams as tying for gold. The published classification and reported shared tournament honour therefore differ.[10][17]
 === Lone Star Open ===
-The Lone Star Open added Amateur B competition alongside its other classifications. Texas Storm won Amateur B ten-player ahead of PPS and ac GALAXY. In Amateur B five-player, ac GALAXY finished first, followed by SVNT1 Factory and Old Fat Ninjas.[9]
+Texas Storm won Amateur B ten-player ahead of PPS and ac GALAXY. ac GALAXY won Amateur B five-player, followed by SVNT1 Factory and Old Fat Ninjas.[13]
-The Amateur ten-player results listed both ac EVILpb.com and Hydra.Fit in first place, each receiving 100 ranking points.[9]
+The Amateur ten-player results listed both ac EVILpb.com and Hydra.Fit first, each receiving 100 ranking points.[13]
 === Concluding Classic Cup ===
-Image won professional ten-player ahead of ac EMPIRE and Team Smoke. Dark Carnival won Amateur ten-player, followed by LOCKOUT and AAF.[10]
+Image won professional ten-player ahead of ac EMPIRE and Team Smoke. Dark Carnival won Amateur ten-player ahead of LOCKOUT and AAF.[14]
-FARSIDE won Open five-player ahead of Louisville Asylum and East Koast Ops. AAF 2 won Amateur five-player, with Roadies Factory second and AAF 3 third.[10]
+FARSIDE won Open five-player, followed by Louisville Asylum and East Koast Ops. AAF 2 won Amateur five-player ahead of Roadies Factory and AAF 3.[14]
-DYE's tournament report confirmed Image's professional victory. Its separate series report identified Louisville Asylum as the 2024 ICPL Open five-player champions.[12][14]
+DYE's report confirmed Image's professional tournament victory. Its separate account explicitly identified Louisville Asylum as the 2024 Open five-player series champions.[3][4]
 == Season championship records ==
-Louisville Asylum's Open five-player season championship was explicitly reported by its equipment sponsor, DYE, following the concluding Classic Cup.[12]
+Louisville Asylum's Open five-player season title is explicitly documented in DYE's championship report following the January Cup.[4]
-PBLeagues retains separate 2024 ranking tables under ''Classic'' and unprefixed division labels. Regional results from Pro DNA, Pittsburgh and Lone Star appear separately from some major and championship results. The displayed table leaders therefore should not automatically be treated as consolidated season champions.[1]
+The surviving PBLeagues records separate results under ''Classic'' and unprefixed division labels. Pro DNA, Pittsburgh and some Lone Star results appear in different tables from major and championship results. Consequently, the displayed table leaders and subtotals do not constitute a single consolidated season classification.[1]
-{| class="wikitable"
+For example, Image's 485-point total in the table labelled ''Classic – Pro 10v10'' includes Las Vegas, Texas and the Cup. ac EMPIRE's Texas and Cup results appear in that table, while its regional results appear separately. The tables should therefore not be used independently to identify an overall professional champion.[1]
-! Published ranking table
-! First-listed team
-! Displayed total
-|-
-| Classic – Professional ten-player
-| Image
-| 485
-|-
-| Classic – Amateur ten-player
-| AAF
-| 386
-|-
-| Classic – Open five-player
-| ac EVILPB BLACK
-| 460
-|-
-| Classic – Amateur five-player
-| AAF 2
-| 400
-|}
-These figures reproduce the totals in the named PBLeagues tables. They are not a reconstruction combining results across differently labelled classifications.[1]
 == See also ==
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 * [[2023 ICPL season]]
 * [[2025 ICPL season]]
-* [[Major League Paintball]]
+* [[2025 ICPL Classic Cup (January)]]
 == References ==
 # [https://pbleagues.com/league/435/seasonRankings/2024 PBLeagues – International Classic Paintball League: 2024 season rankings.]
+# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8685/info PBLeagues – ICPL Classic Cup, 31 January–2 February 2025: event information.]
+# [https://shop.dyepaintball.com/blogs/news/image-wins-icpl-classic-cup DYE Paintball – Image Wins ICPL Classic Cup.]
+# [https://shop.dyepaintball.com/blogs/news/louisville-asylum-icpl-series-champs DYE Paintball – Louisville Asylum ICPL Series Champs.]
+# [https://web.archive.org/web/20250210232556/https://www.nxlclassicpaintball.com/ International Classic Paintball League – Official website, archived 10 February 2025: 2024–25 major and affiliate structure, formats and marker provisions.]
 # [https://teamsmokepaintball.com/blog/category/paintball/ Team Smoke Paintball – 2024 Pro DNA Open and ICPL Texas Classic tournament reports.]
 # [https://pbleagues.com/event/8310/info PBLeagues – 2024 Golden State Classic: event information.] [https://pbleagues.com/event/8310/rankings Official results.]
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 # [https://pbleagues.com/event/8499/info PBLeagues – 2024 Pittsburgh Open Classic: event information.] [https://pbleagues.com/event/8499/rankings Official results.]
 # [https://pbleagues.com/event/8580/info PBLeagues – 2024 Lone Star Open: event information.] [https://pbleagues.com/event/8580/rankings Official results.]
-# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8685/info PBLeagues – ICPL Classic Cup, 31 January–2 February 2025: event information.] [https://pbleagues.com/event/8685/rankings Official results.]
+# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8685/rankings PBLeagues – January 2025 Classic Cup: official results.]
+# [https://orda66paintball.com/blogs/news/icpl-classic-cup-1-31-2-2-2025 Orda66 Paintball – ICPL Classic Cup 1/31–2/2 2025, 22 November 2024.]
+# [https://pbleagues.com/league/435/seasonRankings/2025 PBLeagues – 2025 ICPL season rankings, including the October Classic Cup.]
 # [https://paintball.media/2024-texas-icpl-classic/ Cheryl Ellis, Paintball Media – 2024 Texas ICPL Classic, 2 July 2024.]
-# [https://shop.dyepaintball.com/blogs/news/louisville-asylum-icpl-series-champs DYE Paintball – Louisville Asylum ICPL Series Champs.]
-# [https://orda66paintball.com/blogs/news/icpl-classic-cup-1-31-2-2-2025 Orda66 Paintball – ICPL Classic Cup 1/31–2/2 2025, 22 November 2024.]
-# [https://shop.dyepaintball.com/blogs/news/image-wins-icpl-classic-cup DYE Paintball – Image Wins ICPL Classic Cup.]
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