Paintball for All (PFA)

Paintball for All (PFA, Persian: پینت بال برای همه) is an Iranian paintball competition programme documented at national level and in Tehran Province. Its events have included men's and women's competitions, mechanical and electronic marker classes, and team and individual formats.[1][2][3]

Contemporary records document PFA events in the Iranian calendar years 1397 and 1398 (2018–2020). PFA published national and provincial results separately. Contemporary reporting also distinguished PFA from the national women's competition identified as IWPL.[3][4]

Competition structure

PFA competitions have included three-player teams, individual events and, at the September 2018 women's round, a separate two-player competition.[1][16]

Shahab Paintball Park supported several events, including competitions at Takhti Stadium in Tehran.[2][3][5][14]

Tehran provincial programme

A separate Tehran provincial PFA programme was documented in 1398. Its notices identified the Tehran provincial paintball committee and the South-East Tehran paintball committee, with support from Shahab Paintball Park.[3]

The national and provincial programmes published separate classifications. For example, the men's competitions at Takhti Stadium on 10 January 2020 had different national and provincial individual podiums.[6]

History

National competition in 1397

Women's national series

The 1397 PFA women's season comprised five rounds from June 2018 to January 2019. Shahab One won the overall mechanical three-player title, and Raheleh Hajian won the overall individual mechanical title.[2][14][16][19]

Round	Date	Documented results
Round 1	22 June 2018 (1 Tir 1397)	A Shahab women's team placed third in the three-player event. Hajian placed second in the individual event. The available captions give only partial placings.[14][15]
Round 2	27 July 2018 (5 Mordad 1397)	Shahab One won the mechanical three-player event ahead of Shahab Three and Shahab Two. Hajian won the individual mechanical event ahead of Mahdieh Darkhah and Mobina Pourmousa.[7]
Round 3	28 September 2018 (6 Mehr 1397)	Shahab One won the mechanical three-player event and Shahab Four placed third. The results report names Shahab Three as runner-up, while the podium caption names Shahab Two. Shahab Three won the mechanical two-player event ahead of Shahab One and Shahab Two. Hajian won the individual mechanical event.[16][17]
Round 4	30 November 2018 (9 Azar 1397), scheduled	Shahab Two won the mechanical three-player event ahead of Shahab One and Shahab Four. Darkhah won the individual mechanical event ahead of Hajian and Somayeh Seyed Mohammadi.[4][18][19]
Round 5 and national championship	25 January 2019 (5 Bahman 1397)	Shahab Golestan won the mechanical three-player event ahead of Shahid Nikpasand Vocational School and Shahab One. Hajian won the individual mechanical event ahead of Mozhdeh Taghipour and Zohreh Alimohammadi.[2]

The fourth-round advance notice gives Friday, 9 Azar 1397 (30 November 2018). The results post gives “Friday, 9 Aban”, although 9 Aban fell on Wednesday, 31 October 2018. The table records the scheduled date. Hamshahri Online confirmed the round took place and reported its results alongside the separate electronic IWPL classification.[4][18][19]

The fifth round also served as the 1397 women's national championship in the mechanical class. Six three-player teams and 21 individual competitors represented Tehran, Golestan, Khorasan Razavi and Isfahan provinces.[2]

Women's overall standings

PFA published the overall podiums across all five rounds separately from the fifth-round national championship results.[2]

Position	Mechanical three-player team	Individual mechanical player	Individual player's team
1st	Shahab One	Raheleh Hajian	Shahab One
2nd	Shahab Three	Mahdieh Darkhah	Shahab One
3rd	Shahab Two	Mahsa Moradi	Shahab Three

Men's national series

The men's second round took place on 24 August 2018. Six mechanical three-player teams competed, alongside twelve individual mechanical players and five individual electronic players. Participants represented Tehran, Golestan, Yazd and Khorasan Razavi provinces.[1]

Iris won the mechanical team competition, followed by Hyrcania and Shahab One. Mohammad Hossein Hasanlou won the individual mechanical event, and Mehran Raeiszadeh won the individual electronic event.[1]

National competition in 1398

Women's national series

Results survive for three rounds of the 1398 PFA women's season at Takhti Stadium in Tehran.[5][8][9][12]

Round	Date	Published record
Round 1	26 July 2019 (4 Mordad 1398)	Shahab One won the mechanical three-player event ahead of Shahab Three and Shahab Two. Raheleh Hajian won the individual mechanical event ahead of Mahdieh Darkhah and Fatemeh Fahim.[5]
Round 2	30 August 2019 (8 Shahrivar 1398), scheduled	The organiser advertised mechanical and electronic team and individual events at Shahab Paintball Park, Takhti Sports Complex. Completion and results remain unverified.[11]
Round 3	9 January 2020 (19 Dey 1398)	Artemis won the mechanical three-player event ahead of NAJA Women's Unit One and Shahab One. Mozhdeh Taghipour won the individual mechanical event, and Pardis Farnezhad won the individual electronic event.[12]
Round 4	6 February 2020 (17 Bahman 1398)	Shahab won the mechanical three-player event ahead of Hyrcania One and Hyrcania Two. Datis Tehran won the electronic three-player event ahead of Datis Shemiranat and Number One. Hajian and Farnezhad won the mechanical and electronic individual events respectively.[8][9]

The Tehran provincial programme separately advertised its women's second round for 12 December 2019 (21 Azar 1398).[13] Overall standings for the 1398 women's national series remain unverified.[5][8][9][12]

Men's national series

At the men's national third round on 10 January 2020, Shahab One won the mechanical three-player event, followed by Shahab Youth and Saital. The electronic three-player podium was Datis Tehran, Datis Shemiranat and Persian Gulf.[6]

Relationship to other competitions

A report published by Hamshahri Online on 16 December 2018 presented mechanical PFA results alongside a separate electronic three-player classification for IWPL.[4]

The PFA public channel also reproduced announcements and results explicitly labelled as PALM competition.[20]

Media

The PFA Paintball League Telegram channel published entry conditions, schedules, regulations and results. The associated PFA Media channel published event photographs and podium captions.[1][2][10]

Provincial notices and results also appeared through the Tehran Paintball Committee's public channel.[3][6][13]

See also

• Iranian paintball
• Paintball in Iran
• Women's paintball in Iran
• Iran National Paintball League
• Paintball League Middle East
• Datis (Iran Paintball Team)

References

1. PFA Paintball League — men's national second-round results and women's national third-round results, August–October 2018 (Persian).
2. PFA Paintball League — women's fifth-round and national championship results and overall standings for 1397, published 4 February 2019 (Persian).
3. PFA Paintball League — Tehran provincial competition notices for 1398, November 2019 (Persian).
4. Hamshahri Online — Results of two national professional leagues, 16 December 2018 (Persian).
5. PFA Paintball League — women's national opening-round results for 1398, published 7 August 2019 (Persian).
6. PFA Paintball League — national and Tehran provincial men's third-round results, events held 10 January 2020 (Persian).
7. PFA Paintball League — women's national second-round results for 1397, published 4 August 2018 (Persian).
8. PFA Paintball League — women's national fourth-round mechanical results for 1398, published 18 February 2020 (Persian).
9. PFA Paintball League — women's national fourth-round electronic results for 1398, published 18 February 2020 (Persian).
10. PFA Media — public event photographs and podium captions (Persian).
11. PFA Paintball League — notice announcing the women's national second round for 8 Shahrivar 1398 (Persian).
12. PFA Paintball League — women's national third-round results for 1398, published 16 January 2020 (Persian).
13. Tehran Paintball Committee — notice announcing the Tehran provincial women's second round for 21 Azar 1398 (Persian).
14. PFA Media — confirmation of the 1397 women's national opening round at Shahab Paintball Park, 23 June 2018 (Persian).
15. PFA Media — 1397 women's opening-round photographs and results captions, June 2018 (Persian).
16. PFA Media — 1397 women's national third-round results, forwarded by PFA Paintball League on 4 October 2018 (Persian).
17. PFA Media — third-round three-player runner-up caption naming Shahab Two, forwarded on 4 October 2018 (Persian).
18. PFA Paintball League — 1397 women's fourth-round advance notices giving the scheduled date and venue (Persian).
19. PFA Media — 1397 women's national fourth-round mechanical results, forwarded on 1 December 2018 (Persian).
20. Iran Paintball Association — PALM Iran second-round report, forwarded by PFA Paintball League on 15 July 2018 (Persian).

External links

• PFA Paintball League public archive
• PFA Media public archive
• Tehran Paintball Committee public archive