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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]
The '''2023 ICPL season''' was the fifth season of the [[International Classic Paintball League]]. Its United States programme included ten-player and five-player classic paintball tournaments, with an expanded network of officially supported affiliate events. The programme began with the Sunshine Classic in February and concluded with the Windy City Classic in October.[1][3][4]


== Organisation and formats ==
== 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]
The league expanded its programme through affiliate tournaments in 2023. The Pro DNA Open, held at The Farm Sports in Shelbyville, Tennessee, was described by the ICPL as its first affiliate event. Professional and amateur ten-player teams competed together in a combined playing division.[3][4]


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]
Competition classifications included Professional and Amateur ten-player and Open and Amateur five-player. The divisions offered varied between tournaments. Badlandz 5-man was an Open five-player event, while the Heartland Classic offered Amateur five-player competition.[5–12]


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 league's website, archived on 30 September 2023, described capture-the-flag competition across woodland, hyperball, mounds and hybrid fields. Teams received game points for flag pulls, flag hangs, eliminated opponents and surviving players. The published overview permitted mechanical markers and electronic markers capped at 5.5 balls per second, using semi-automatic firing or NXL ramping mode.[2]


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]
The Sunshine Classic opened with 24 professional and 32 amateur ten-player teams. Maple Leaf Chiefs joined the professional franchise field for 2023.[3]
 
== 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 ==
== 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]
The following United States events appear in the ICPL's 2023 records.[1][5–12]


{| class="wikitable"
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! Event
! Event
! Venue
! Venue
! Competition offered
|-
|-
| 3–5 February 2023
| 3–5 February 2023
| [[2023 ICPL Sunshine Classic]]
| [[2023 ICPL Sunshine Classic]]
| Tiki's Paintball Park, Seffner, Florida
| Tiki's Paintball Park, Seffner, Florida
| Professional and Amateur ten-player; Open and Amateur five-player
|-
|-
| 31 March–2 April 2023
| 31 March–2 April 2023
| [[2023 ICPL Pro DNA Open]]
| [[2023 ICPL Pro DNA Open]]
| The Farm Sports, Shelbyville, Tennessee
| The Farm Sports, Shelbyville, Tennessee
| Combined professional/amateur ten-player competition; Open five-player
|-
|-
| 19–21 May 2023
| 19–21 May 2023
| [[2023 ICPL Old Bay Classic]]
| [[2023 ICPL Old Bay Classic]]
| Outdoor Xtreme Chesapeake City, Chesapeake City, Maryland
| Outdoor Xtreme Chesapeake City, Chesapeake City, Maryland
| Professional and Amateur ten-player classifications; Open five-player
|-
|-
| 24–25 June 2023
| 24–25 June 2023
| [[2023 ICPL Golden State Classic]]
| [[2023 ICPL Golden State Classic]]
| Capital Edge Paintball Park, Sacramento, California
| Capital Edge Paintball Park, Sacramento, California
| Professional and Amateur ten-player classifications
|-
|-
| 16 July 2023
| 16 July 2023
| [[2023 ICPL Badlandz 5-man]]
| [[2023 ICPL Badlandz 5-man]]
| The Badlandz, Crete, Illinois
| The Badlandz, Crete, Illinois
| Open five-player
|-
|-
| 11–13 August 2023
| 11–13 August 2023
| [[2023 ICPL Pittsburgh Open Classic]]
| [[2023 ICPL Pittsburgh Open Classic]]
| Urban Assault, McDonald, Pennsylvania
| Urban Assault, McDonald, Pennsylvania
| Professional and Amateur ten-player classifications; Open five-player
|-
|-
| 2 September 2023
| 2 September 2023
| [[2023 ICPL Heartland Classic 5v5]]
| [[2023 ICPL Heartland Classic 5v5]]
| Crowley Ridge Paintball, Bloomfield, Missouri
| Crowley Ridge Paintball, Bloomfield, Missouri
| Amateur five-player
|-
|-
| 28 September–1 October 2023
| 28 September–1 October 2023
| [[2023 ICPL Windy City Classic]]
| [[2023 ICPL Windy City Classic]]
| The Badlandz, Crete, Illinois
| 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]
The Badlandz five-player tournament was registered under the Midwest Mechanical League. Pittsburgh Open Classic maintained its own organiser listing. Results from both tournaments also appeared in the ICPL season-ranking records.[1][9][10]


== Event results ==
== 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]
The following table identifies the leading team in each PBLeagues classification. At combined tournaments, professional and amateur classification results do not necessarily represent separate playing competitions. A dash indicates that the classification was not contested.[1]


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|}
=== Sunshine Classic ===
[[Chicago Aftershock]] won professional ten-player ahead of Kapp Factory and [[Los Angeles Infamous]]. Aftershock finished the tournament unbeaten, winning all 11 of its games. Valhalla FSU won Amateur ten-player ahead of Louisville Asylum and Jungle Lizards.[15]
=== Pro DNA Open ===
Infamous won the combined ten-player tournament ahead of the All Americans and Ground Zero Gold. The event brought together 28 professional and amateur teams. Ground Zero won the accompanying five-player competition.[4]


=== Windy City Classic ===
=== 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]
Image won professional ten-player ahead of Annihilators and Adrenaline. Valhalla FSU won Amateur ten-player, followed by AAF and Louisville Asylum.[16]


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]
Ground Zero won Open five-player ahead of Rogue Silver and Florida Annihilators. ac EVILpb.com won Amateur five-player ahead of AAF 3 and AAF 2.[16]


== Published season rankings ==
== Season championship records ==


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]
In a subsequent account of Louisville Asylum's 2024 Open five-player championship, equipment sponsor DYE credited the team with winning the previous year's amateur series. The report did not specify whether that earlier championship was in five-player or ten-player competition.[13]


The leaders of the tables specifically labelled ''Classic'' were:[7]
The surviving PBLeagues season page separates results under ''Mechanical'', ''Classic'' and unprefixed division labels. For example, Sunshine's professional results appear in a separate table from Old Bay and Windy City, while Pro DNA and Pittsburgh appear in another professional table. The displayed totals therefore do not provide one consolidated professional championship classification.[1]


{| class="wikitable"
Louisville Asylum heads the table labelled ''Classic – Amateur 10v10'' with 279 points, comprising Old Bay and Windy City results. Its Sunshine and Pro DNA results appear separately. That displayed subtotal should not be presented as a complete season championship total.[1]
! Published ranking table
 
! First-listed team
== Post-season awards ==
! 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]
The Summit Awards recognising the 2023 season named Image ICPL Team of the Year and Louisville Asylum Classic Amateur Team of the Year. These were awards presented separately from the tournament points standings.[14]


== See also ==
== See also ==
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== References ==
== References ==


# [https://pbleagues.com/league/435/seasonRankings/2023 PBLeagues – International Classic Paintball League: 2023 season rankings.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20230930052110/https://www.nxlclassicpaintball.com/ International Classic Paintball League – Official website, archived 30 September 2023: formats, marker eligibility and scoring.]
# [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-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://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/7842/info PBLeagues – 2023 Sunshine Classic: event information.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8088/info PBLeagues – Heartland Classic 5v5, 2 September 2023: event information.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7961/info PBLeagues – 2023 Pro DNA Open: event information.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7960/info PBLeagues – Pittsburgh Open Classic, 11–13 August 2023: event information.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7962/info PBLeagues – 2023 Old Bay Classic: event information.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/435/seasonRankings/2023 PBLeagues – International Classic Paintball League: 2023 season rankings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8089/info PBLeagues – 2023 Golden State Classic: event information.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7925/info PBLeagues – 2023 Badlandz 5-man: event information.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7960/info PBLeagues – 2023 Pittsburgh Open Classic: event information.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8088/info PBLeagues – 2023 Heartland Classic 5v5: event information.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7843/info PBLeagues – 2023 Windy City Classic: event information.]
# [https://shop.dyepaintball.com/blogs/news/louisville-asylum-icpl-series-champs DYE Paintball – Louisville Asylum ICPL Series Champs; retrospective reference to the team's preceding amateur series title.]
# [https://www.iconicpaintball.com/post/the-summit-awards-2023-winners-and-recap Iconic Paintball – The Summit Awards 2023 Winners and Recap.]
# [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://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/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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The 2023 ICPL season was the fifth season of the International Classic Paintball League. Its United States programme included ten-player and five-player classic paintball tournaments, with an expanded network of officially supported affiliate events. The programme began with the Sunshine Classic in February and concluded with the Windy City Classic in October.[1][3][4]

Organisation and formats

[edit]

The league expanded its programme through affiliate tournaments in 2023. The Pro DNA Open, held at The Farm Sports in Shelbyville, Tennessee, was described by the ICPL as its first affiliate event. Professional and amateur ten-player teams competed together in a combined playing division.[3][4]

Competition classifications included Professional and Amateur ten-player and Open and Amateur five-player. The divisions offered varied between tournaments. Badlandz 5-man was an Open five-player event, while the Heartland Classic offered Amateur five-player competition.[5–12]

The league's website, archived on 30 September 2023, described capture-the-flag competition across woodland, hyperball, mounds and hybrid fields. Teams received game points for flag pulls, flag hangs, eliminated opponents and surviving players. The published overview permitted mechanical markers and electronic markers capped at 5.5 balls per second, using semi-automatic firing or NXL ramping mode.[2]

The Sunshine Classic opened with 24 professional and 32 amateur ten-player teams. Maple Leaf Chiefs joined the professional franchise field for 2023.[3]

United States calendar

[edit]

The following United States events appear in the ICPL's 2023 records.[1][5–12]

Dates Event Venue
3–5 February 2023 2023 ICPL Sunshine Classic Tiki's Paintball Park, Seffner, Florida
31 March–2 April 2023 2023 ICPL Pro DNA Open The Farm Sports, Shelbyville, Tennessee
19–21 May 2023 2023 ICPL Old Bay Classic Outdoor Xtreme Chesapeake City, Chesapeake City, Maryland
24–25 June 2023 2023 ICPL Golden State Classic Capital Edge Paintball Park, Sacramento, California
16 July 2023 2023 ICPL Badlandz 5-man The Badlandz, Crete, Illinois
11–13 August 2023 2023 ICPL Pittsburgh Open Classic Urban Assault, McDonald, Pennsylvania
2 September 2023 2023 ICPL Heartland Classic 5v5 Crowley Ridge Paintball, Bloomfield, Missouri
28 September–1 October 2023 2023 ICPL Windy City Classic The Badlandz, Crete, Illinois

The Badlandz five-player tournament was registered under the Midwest Mechanical League. Pittsburgh Open Classic maintained its own organiser listing. Results from both tournaments also appeared in the ICPL season-ranking records.[1][9][10]

Event results

[edit]

The following table identifies the leading team in each PBLeagues classification. At combined tournaments, professional and amateur classification results do not necessarily represent separate playing competitions. A dash indicates that the classification was not contested.[1]

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

Sunshine Classic

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Chicago Aftershock won professional ten-player ahead of Kapp Factory and Los Angeles Infamous. Aftershock finished the tournament unbeaten, winning all 11 of its games. Valhalla FSU won Amateur ten-player ahead of Louisville Asylum and Jungle Lizards.[15]

Pro DNA Open

[edit]

Infamous won the combined ten-player tournament ahead of the All Americans and Ground Zero Gold. The event brought together 28 professional and amateur teams. Ground Zero won the accompanying five-player competition.[4]

Windy City Classic

[edit]

Image won professional ten-player ahead of Annihilators and Adrenaline. Valhalla FSU won Amateur ten-player, followed by AAF and Louisville Asylum.[16]

Ground Zero won Open five-player ahead of Rogue Silver and Florida Annihilators. ac EVILpb.com won Amateur five-player ahead of AAF 3 and AAF 2.[16]

Season championship records

[edit]

In a subsequent account of Louisville Asylum's 2024 Open five-player championship, equipment sponsor DYE credited the team with winning the previous year's amateur series. The report did not specify whether that earlier championship was in five-player or ten-player competition.[13]

The surviving PBLeagues season page separates results under Mechanical, Classic and unprefixed division labels. For example, Sunshine's professional results appear in a separate table from Old Bay and Windy City, while Pro DNA and Pittsburgh appear in another professional table. The displayed totals therefore do not provide one consolidated professional championship classification.[1]

Louisville Asylum heads the table labelled Classic – Amateur 10v10 with 279 points, comprising Old Bay and Windy City results. Its Sunshine and Pro DNA results appear separately. That displayed subtotal should not be presented as a complete season championship total.[1]

Post-season awards

[edit]

The Summit Awards recognising the 2023 season named Image ICPL Team of the Year and Louisville Asylum Classic Amateur Team of the Year. These were awards presented separately from the tournament points standings.[14]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. PBLeagues – International Classic Paintball League: 2023 season rankings.
  2. International Classic Paintball League – Official website, archived 30 September 2023: formats, marker eligibility and scoring.
  3. NXL Classic Paintball – The Competitive Paintball Season Kicks off In Florida at the '23 ICPL Sunshine Classic!, 31 January 2023.
  4. NXL Classic Paintball – The Pro DNA Open Event Recap, First ICPL Affiliate Event finds success in Tennessee!, 7 April 2023, updated 13 April 2023.
  5. PBLeagues – 2023 Sunshine Classic: event information.
  6. PBLeagues – 2023 Pro DNA Open: event information.
  7. PBLeagues – 2023 Old Bay Classic: event information.
  8. PBLeagues – 2023 Golden State Classic: event information.
  9. PBLeagues – 2023 Badlandz 5-man: event information.
  10. PBLeagues – 2023 Pittsburgh Open Classic: event information.
  11. PBLeagues – 2023 Heartland Classic 5v5: event information.
  12. PBLeagues – 2023 Windy City Classic: event information.
  13. DYE Paintball – Louisville Asylum ICPL Series Champs; retrospective reference to the team's preceding amateur series title.
  14. Iconic Paintball – The Summit Awards 2023 Winners and Recap.
  15. NXL Classic Paintball – The 2023 Major League of Paintball Season is underway in Tampa, FL at the ICPL Sunshine Classic!, 15 February 2023.
  16. PBLeagues – 2023 Windy City Classic: official results.
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