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Created article documenting TPOC Leg 3, advertised for 22–23 December 2012 at Expressway Paintball Club in Bangkok. Added original promotional poster evidence, competition formats, prize money and confirmed earlier 2012 rounds. Final results remain unverified.
 
Added the recovered TPOC organising committee statement identifying Speed and Sattahip Hunsa as Division 2 finalists and recording the joint trophy decision. Added final-leg identification, season links and the Bangkok category. Complete standings and match scores remain unverified.
 
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'''2012 Thailand Paintball Official Circuit Leg 3''' was a [[paintball]] tournament advertised for 22–23 December 2012 at [[Expressway Paintball Club]] in Bangkok, Thailand. It was promoted as the third round of the 2012 [[Thailand Paintball Official Circuit]] (TPOC) season. A subsequent organisers' statement described the event as the final leg and identified Speed and Sattahip Hunsa as its Division 2 finalists.[1][2]
'''2012 Thailand Paintball Official Circuit Leg 3''' was a [[paintball]] tournament advertised for 22–23 December 2012 at [[Expressway Paintball Club]] in Bangkok, Thailand. It was the third round of the 2012 [[Thailand Paintball Official Circuit]] (TPOC) season.[1]
 
The tournament offered two competitive divisions using race-to formats, with advertised prize money totalling 130,000 Thai baht across the six podium positions.[1]
 
== Organisation ==
 
The tournament was promoted by the Thailand Paintball Official Circuit as its third leg of 2012.
 
The original promotional poster identified Expressway Paintball Club as the venue and advertised competition on 22–23 December.[1]
 
Expressway Paintball Club was located in Bangkok and subsequently hosted additional TPOC events, including the opening round of the 2014 season.[2]


== Competition format ==
== Competition format ==
 
The promotional poster advertised two divisions using race-to formats.[1]
The tournament advertised two divisions.[1]


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! Division !! Format !! Firing mode
! Format
! Firing mode
|-
|-
| Division 1
| Division 1
| Race to 3
| Race-to-three
| PSP or Millennium ramping, capped at 12 balls per second
| PSP or Millennium ramping, capped at 12 balls per second
|-
|-
| Division 2
| Division 2
| Race to 2
| Race-to-two
| PSP or Millennium ramping, capped at 12 balls per second
| PSP or Millennium ramping, capped at 12 balls per second
|}
|}


The poster also advertised paintballs ranging from premium to tournament grade at 1,800 baht, without specifying the quantity.
== Advertised prize money ==
 
The poster advertised the following awards, totalling 130,000 Thai baht.[1]
== Prize money ==
 
The advertised prize money was as follows.[1]


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Position !! Division 1 !! Division 2
! Division 1
! Division 2
|-
|-
| 1st
| 1st || ฿40,000 || ฿25,000
| ฿40,000
| ฿25,000
|-
|-
| 2nd
| 2nd || ฿25,000 || ฿15,000
| ฿25,000
| ฿15,000
|-
|-
| 3rd
| 3rd || ฿15,000 || ฿10,000
| ฿15,000
| ฿10,000
|}
|}


The combined advertised prize fund was ฿130,000.
These were advertised amounts; payment has not been independently verified.


These figures represent the advertised awards rather than independently verified payments.
== Division 2 final ==
A statement issued in the name of the TPOC organising committee and posted on PBThailand on 24 December 2012 identified the Division 2 final as a match between Speed and Sattahip Hunsa.[2]


== Season context ==
The committee reported an altercation during the final and stated that it had awarded the trophy jointly. It acknowledged that this decision was an error under the applicable disciplinary rules, but said the decision would stand.[2]


The 2012 TPOC season included earlier competitions at C.A.T. Paintball in Pattaya.
The statement also announced that further disciplinary action was being considered in consultation with MPOC, PALS and SPS representatives. It did not record a subsequent disciplinary outcome.[2]


The first leg was held on 4–5 February 2012, according to contemporary video coverage.[3]
The match score, Division 1 results and complete tournament standings have not been recovered.


The second leg took place on 16–17 June 2012, also at C.A.T. Paintball. Surviving footage documents a match between Infernal and MacDev Hellbourne.[4]
== Season context ==
 
The [[2012 Thailand Paintball Official Circuit Leg 1|first round]] took place on 4–5 February 2012 at C.A.T. Paintball Pattaya. The [[2012 Thailand Paintball Official Circuit Leg 2|second round]] followed at the same venue on 16–17 June.[3][4]
The December tournament was subsequently advertised as the third leg, with the venue moving to Expressway Paintball Club.[1]
 
== Historical records ==
 
The principal surviving source for the December tournament is its original promotional poster, supplied to WikiPaintball on 31 October 2026.[1]
 
The poster establishes the advertised dates, venue, divisions, formats and prize structure.
 
The complete team entry list, match scores and final tournament standings have not been recovered.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Thailand Paintball Official Circuit]]
* [[Thailand Paintball Official Circuit]]
* [[Expressway Paintball Club]]
* [[Expressway Paintball Club]]
* [[Paintball in Thailand]]


== References ==
== References ==
 
# Thailand Paintball Official Circuit, ''TPOC 3rd Leg, 22–23 December 2012''. Original promotional poster supplied to WikiPaintball by a contributor on 31 October 2026.
# Thailand Paintball Official Circuit. ''TPOC 3rd Leg, 22–23 December 2012''. Original promotional poster, supplied to WikiPaintball by a contributor on 31 October 2026.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20191117005328/http://pbthailand.com/forums/index.php?/topic/6060-เหตุการณ์รอบชิงชนะเลิศ-d2-tpoc-final-leg/ TPOC organising committee, “เหตุการณ์รอบชิงชนะเลิศ D2 - TPOC Final Leg” (Incident in the Division 2 final — TPOC Final Leg), PBThailand, posted by “10 seconds”, 24 December 2012. Archived 17 November 2019.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/3323/info TPOC Leg 1, 2014]. PBLeagues. Official registration record identifying Expressway Paintball Club in Bangkok.
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLXSQTJ5m1E PBThailandTV, “Thailand Paintball Official Circuit (TPOC) 2012 1st Leg @ C.A.T. Pattaya”, YouTube, 9 February 2012.]
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLXSQTJ5m1E Thailand Paintball Official Circuit 2012 1st Leg at C.A.T. Pattaya]. YouTube. Historical footage identifying the first round on 4–5 February 2012.
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfLpIUdAhWk Allan Phang, “TPOC 2nd Leg 2012 – Infernal vs. MacDev Hellbourne. Part 3”, YouTube, 18 June 2012.]
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfLpIUdAhWk TPOC 2nd Leg 2012 – Infernal vs MacDev Hellbourne, Part 3]. YouTube. Historical footage identifying the second round on 16–17 June 2012.


[[Category:Paintball tournaments in Thailand]]
[[Category:Paintball tournaments in Thailand]]
[[Category:Paintball in Bangkok]]
[[Category:2010s in Thai paintball]]
[[Category:2010s in Thai paintball]]

Latest revision as of 10:18, 31 October 2026

2012 Thailand Paintball Official Circuit Leg 3 was a paintball tournament advertised for 22–23 December 2012 at Expressway Paintball Club in Bangkok, Thailand. It was promoted as the third round of the 2012 Thailand Paintball Official Circuit (TPOC) season. A subsequent organisers' statement described the event as the final leg and identified Speed and Sattahip Hunsa as its Division 2 finalists.[1][2]

Competition format

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The promotional poster advertised two divisions using race-to formats.[1]

Division Format Firing mode
Division 1 Race-to-three PSP or Millennium ramping, capped at 12 balls per second
Division 2 Race-to-two PSP or Millennium ramping, capped at 12 balls per second

Advertised prize money

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The poster advertised the following awards, totalling 130,000 Thai baht.[1]

Position Division 1 Division 2
1st ฿40,000 ฿25,000
2nd ฿25,000 ฿15,000
3rd ฿15,000 ฿10,000

These were advertised amounts; payment has not been independently verified.

Division 2 final

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A statement issued in the name of the TPOC organising committee and posted on PBThailand on 24 December 2012 identified the Division 2 final as a match between Speed and Sattahip Hunsa.[2]

The committee reported an altercation during the final and stated that it had awarded the trophy jointly. It acknowledged that this decision was an error under the applicable disciplinary rules, but said the decision would stand.[2]

The statement also announced that further disciplinary action was being considered in consultation with MPOC, PALS and SPS representatives. It did not record a subsequent disciplinary outcome.[2]

The match score, Division 1 results and complete tournament standings have not been recovered.

Season context

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The first round took place on 4–5 February 2012 at C.A.T. Paintball Pattaya. The second round followed at the same venue on 16–17 June.[3][4]

See also

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References

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  1. Thailand Paintball Official Circuit, TPOC 3rd Leg, 22–23 December 2012. Original promotional poster supplied to WikiPaintball by a contributor on 31 October 2026.
  2. TPOC organising committee, “เหตุการณ์รอบชิงชนะเลิศ D2 - TPOC Final Leg” (Incident in the Division 2 final — TPOC Final Leg), PBThailand, posted by “10 seconds”, 24 December 2012. Archived 17 November 2019.
  3. PBThailandTV, “Thailand Paintball Official Circuit (TPOC) 2012 1st Leg @ C.A.T. Pattaya”, YouTube, 9 February 2012.
  4. Allan Phang, “TPOC 2nd Leg 2012 – Infernal vs. MacDev Hellbourne. Part 3”, YouTube, 18 June 2012.