2022 WCPL Gateway Open
The 2022 WCPL Gateway Open, also advertised as the Gateway Classic, was a paintball tournament held on 15–16 October 2022 at Gateway Paintball Park in Bridgeton, Missouri. It concluded the World Classic Paintball League's published 2022 United States event calendar.[1][2]
Phenoms won the 16-team open ten-player competition, followed by Team Farside and Lockout. Master Blasters finished ninth at the event and first in the final ten-player season standings.[3][4]
Title and venue
[edit]PBLeagues records the tournament as the Gateway Open, while the WCPL's published calendar used Gateway Classic for the same dates and venue.[1][2]
Gateway Paintball Park was listed at 14510 Missouri Bottom Road, Bridgeton, Missouri.[1][2]
Format
[edit]The event registration category was Open 10-man (Sat–Sun). PBLeagues specified a 10v10 format with 12-minute games, and recorded 16 registered and paid teams.[1]
The final results contain one division, Open 10v10, with all 16 teams receiving placings.[3]
Results
[edit]Phenoms finished first, Team Farside second and Lockout third.[3]
| Place | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Phenoms |
| 2 | Team Farside |
| 3 | Lockout |
| 4 | Missouri Magic |
| 5 | NME |
| 6 | Prime Suspects |
| 7 | Prime Suspects ArGGh |
| 8 | Team Fox |
| 9 | Master Blasters |
| 10 | Bob White |
| 11 | Gateway Paintball |
| 12 | Mildly Competitive |
| 13 | Alien Nation |
| 14 | The Band |
| 15 | Valkyries |
| 16 | Prime Suspects X |
Season standings
[edit]Master Blasters finished first in the published 2022 WCPL open ten-player season standings with 420.23 points. Their total included victories at the California Classic and ICC/Montressor Classic, together with 89.41 referee points.[4]
All-Americans 2 finished second with 273.21 points and Lockout third with 197.65.[4]
| Division | First place | Second place | Third place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open ten-player | Master Blasters | All-Americans 2 | Lockout |
| Open five-player | Albany Power Surge Black | Albany Power Surge | Ground Zero Red |
The five-player season table contains results from the 2022 WCPL ICC/Montressor Classic only. Its first-place team, Albany Power Surge Black, should therefore be distinguished from the Gateway event winner and from the winner of the multi-event ten-player series.[4]
No five-player competition is listed in the Gateway final results.[3]
Calendar position
[edit]The Gateway Open followed the 2022 WCPL ICC/Montressor Classic, held in July in Clintondale, New York, and was the final United States event listed in the WCPL's 2022 records.[1][4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- PBLeagues – Gateway Open, 15–16 October 2022: venue, registration and format.
- World Classic Paintball League – Events, published 2022 calendar, Gateway Classic.
- PBLeagues – Gateway Open: complete final placings.
- PBLeagues – 2022 World Classic Paintball League season rankings, including referee points and five-player standings.