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]

At the men's national second round on 24 August 2018, the programme included mechanical three-player teams, individual mechanical competition and individual electronic competition.[1]

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

Tehran provincial programme

A separate Tehran provincial PFA programme was documented in 1398. Its notices identified the Tehran provincial paintball committee and 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

At the women's second round on 27 July 2018, Shahab One won the mechanical three-player competition ahead of Shahab Three and Shahab Two. Raheleh Hajian won the individual mechanical event, followed by Mahdieh Darkhah and Mobina Pourmousa.[7]

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

At the women's third round on 28 September 2018, Shahab One won the mechanical three-player competition, Shahab Three won the two-player event and Raheleh Hajian won the individual competition.[1]

Women's final round and overall standings

The fifth and final women's round took place on 25 January 2019 and also served as the 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]

Shahab Golestan won the final-round team competition, followed by Shahid Nikpasand vocational school and Shahab One. Raheleh Hajian won the individual event, followed by Mozhdeh Taghipour and Zohreh Alimohammadi.[2]

The organiser published separate overall standings for the five-round season.[2]

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

National competition in 1398

Women's national series

The 1398 PFA women's season was the second women's national PFA series. Results survive for three rounds 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 competition and Raheleh Hajian won the individual mechanical event.[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 competition. 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 and Datis Tehran won the mechanical and electronic three-player events respectively. Raheleh Hajian won the individual mechanical event and Pardis Farnezhad won the individual electronic event.[8][9]

The Tehran provincial programme separately advertised its women's second round for 12 December 2019 (21 Azar 1398).[13] The surviving national results give round placings. Overall standings for the 1398 women's season 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 competition, followed by Shahab Youth and Saital. The electronic three-player podium was Datis Tehran, Datis Shemiranat and Persian Gulf.[6]

Selected round results

Date	Competition	Category	1st	2nd	3rd	Source
27 July 2018	Women's national round two	Mechanical three-player	Shahab One	Shahab Three	Shahab Two	[7]
24 August 2018	Men's national round two	Mechanical three-player	Iris	Hyrcania	Shahab One	[1]
28 September 2018	Women's national round three	Mechanical three-player	Shahab One	Shahab Three	Shahab Four	[1]
28 September 2018	Women's national round three	Mechanical two-player	Shahab Three	Shahab One	Shahab Two	[1]
25 January 2019	Women's national final round	Mechanical three-player	Shahab Golestan	Shahid Nikpasand vocational school	Shahab One	[2]
26 July 2019	Women's national round one	Mechanical three-player	Shahab One	Shahab Three	Shahab Two	[5]
9 January 2020	Women's national round three	Mechanical three-player	Artemis	NAJA Women's Unit One	Shahab One	[12]
10 January 2020	Men's national round three	Mechanical three-player	Shahab One	Shahab Youth	Saital	[6]
10 January 2020	Men's national round three	Electronic three-player	Datis Tehran	Datis Shemiranat	Persian Gulf	[6]
6 February 2020	Women's national round four	Mechanical three-player	Shahab	Hyrcania One	Hyrcania Two	[8]
6 February 2020	Women's national round four	Electronic three-player	Datis Tehran	Datis Shemiranat	Number One	[9]

Relationship to other competitions

A report published by Hamshahri on 16 December 2018 presented mechanical PFA results alongside a separate electronic three-player classification for the national women's competition identified as IWPL.[4]

The PFA public channel also reproduced announcements and results explicitly labelled as PALM competition.[7]

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]

References

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