2022 ICPL Sunshine Classic
The 2022 ICPL Sunshine Classic was an International Classic Paintball League tournament held at Thunder Valley Paintball Park in Seffner, Florida, United States, from 28 to 30 January 2022. The event featured mechanical-marker competition in professional and amateur 10-player divisions and an open five-player division.[1][2]
Chicago Aftershock won the professional division, Saberwolves won the amateur division, and ac POWERHOUSE won the open five-player competition.[2]
Venue and formats
[edit]The tournament took place at Thunder Valley Paintball Park, 210 Pruett Road, Seffner.[1]
The open five-player competition was scheduled for Friday, 28 January. Professional and amateur 10-player competition followed on Saturday and Sunday, 29–30 January.[1]
| Division | Format | Published game time | Teams in final standings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional | Mechanical 10v10 | 12 minutes | 21 |
| Amateur | Mechanical 10v10 | 12 minutes | 27 |
| Open | Mechanical 5v5 | 6 minutes | 24 |
Sources: PBLeagues event information and final standings.[1][2]
Professional roster restrictions
[edit]The event followed a change to the league's restrictions on NXL professional-ranked players.
Contemporary reporting published on 5 November 2021 recorded a vote by 23 ICPL professional team captains. By 14 votes to nine, the captains supported limiting professional teams to three NXL professional-ranked players, with players over the age of 44 excluded from that count.[3]
The previous arrangement had allowed an unrestricted number of professional-ranked players provided their combined classification points did not exceed 62,000. A separate vote retained the existing mechanical-marker rate-of-fire rules by 17 votes to six.[3]
Competition
[edit]Professional
[edit]Chicago Aftershock won ahead of Team Smoke and Kapp Factory. Aftershock scored 98 points in each of its two final-round games, accumulating 196 points. Team Smoke finished with 97 and Kapp Factory with 18.[2][4]
Amateur
[edit]Saberwolves won the amateur final round with 192 points, ahead of Valhalla on 105 and TRIBE Savages on 16.[2][4]
Open five-player
[edit]ac POWERHOUSE won the open five-player final round with 198 points. Florida Annihilators finished second with 92, followed by AFTERSHOCK with 20.[2][4]
Final standings
[edit]Professional 10-player
[edit]| Place | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago Aftershock |
| 2 | Team Smoke |
| 3 | Kapp Factory |
| 4 | FARSIDE |
| 5 | All Americans |
| 6 | Image |
| 7 | ac EMPIRE |
| 8 | The Misfits |
| 9 | Saints |
| 10 | Los Angeles Infamous |
| 11 | Ground Zero Gold |
| 12 | Northwest Rogue |
| 13 | Mutiny |
| 14 | Adrenaline |
| 15 | Fight Club |
| 16 | Rushers |
| 17 | Annihilators |
| 18 | MVPS Dark Ops |
| 19 | Ground Zero |
| 20 | Docs Warriors |
| 21 | Desert Edge |
Amateur 10-player
[edit]| Place | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Saberwolves |
| 2 | Valhalla |
| 3 | TRIBE Savages |
| 4 | Louisville Asylum |
| 5 | Warboyz |
| 6 | FRACTION |
| 7 | Hydra.Fit |
| 8 | Brimstone |
| 9 | Maple Leaf Chiefs |
| 10 | THE FARM |
| 11 | Revolution |
| 12 | Wiseguys |
| 13 | Jungle Lizards |
| 14 | Annihilators 10 man |
| 15 | AAF |
| 16 | Team 13 |
| 17 | GA Xtreme Legends |
| 18 | Portland Darkside |
| 19 | Mutiny Swords |
| 20 | Desert Edge |
| 21 | Pittsburgh Rampage |
| 22 | HUSH |
| 23 | TeamCRUSH2.0 |
| 24 | ARMADA |
| 25 | Orlando Savage |
| 26 | Ohio Grassmen |
| 27 | AllStars |
Open five-player
[edit]| Place | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | ac POWERHOUSE |
| 2 | Florida Annihilators |
| 3 | AFTERSHOCK |
| 4 | Ground Zero |
| 5 | MLC |
| 6 | VINTAGE |
| 7 | Smoke This |
| 8 | Image |
| 9 | ARMADA RED |
| 10 | Saberwolves |
| 11 | AllStars Black |
| 12 | Prime Suspects SEMO |
| 13 | AAF 3 |
| 14 | Desert Edge |
| 15 | ac EVIL |
| 16 | A_SHOCK |
| 17 | Louisville Asylum 2 |
| 18 | AAF 2 |
| 19 | Pittsburgh Rampage Tan |
| 20 | Ground Zero Black |
| 21 | Mutiny |
| 22 | Desert Edge |
| 23 | Rogue |
| 24 | AllStars Red |
PBLeagues lists separate Desert Edge entries in 14th and 22nd place in the five-player division.[2]
Source for all final standings: PBLeagues.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- PBLeagues – ICPL Sunshine Classic: official event information, dates, venue and formats, 28–30 January 2022.
- PBLeagues – Sunshine Classic: official final divisional standings.
- Paintball Nerd – ICPL 2022 rule change sparks controversy, 5 November 2021.
- PBLeagues – ICPL Sunshine Classic: preliminary, quarter-final, semi-final and final-round scores.