Editing Paintball League Middle East (section)

=== 2018 season ===
The [[2018 PALM Iran season]] was the third PALM Iran series. The organiser's calendar marks four rounds as completed in Tehran.[6]

{| class="wikitable"
! Round
! Dates
! Location
|-
| [[2018 PALM Iran Round 1|Round 1]]
| 10–11 May 2018
| Tehran. The announced venue was the Dokouheh Cultural and Sports Complex.[9][10]
|-
| [[2018 PALM Iran Round 2|Round 2]]
| 12–13 July 2018
| Dehkadeh Moghavemat, Tehran.[3][11]
|-
| [[2018 PALM Iran Round 3|Round 3]]
| Calendar lists 29–31 August 2018. Exact playing dates remain unverified.
| Tehran, according to the organiser's calendar.[6]
|-
| [[2018 PALM Iran Round 4|Round 4]]
| 22–23 November 2018
| Tehran.[12]
|}

The organiser's calendar lists the opening round in March. Its event announcement and video description give 10–11 May. The July and November calendar entries span three days, while the event descriptions identify two playing days.[6][9][10][11][12]

==== Opening round ====
PALM Media reported 21 teams across three divisions. Datis Tehran won Division 1, Sorena won Division 2, and the entry listed as Hamed Ashouri finished first in Division 3.[10]

==== Second round ====
An association report preserved in the [[Paintball for All (PFA)|PFA Paintball League]] channel recorded nineteen teams across three divisions. They represented Tehran, Alborz, Qazvin, Semnan, Mazandaran, Khorasan Razavi, Kerman and Isfahan provinces.[3]

PALM Media's Division 1 final description reported 21 teams. The two reports agree on the dates and the Division 1 podium.[3][11]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Division 1 (electronic)
! Division 2 (electronic)
! Division 3 (mechanical)
|-
| 1st
| [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis Shemiranat]]
| [[Spad (Iran Paintball Team)|Spad Hakhamaneshi]]
| [[Datam (Iran Paintball Team)|Datam]]
|-
| 2nd
| [[Tehran (Iran Paintball Team)|Tehran]]
| [[Datam (Iran Paintball Team)|Datam]]
| [[Shahab (Iran Paintball Team)|Shahab One]]
|-
| 3rd
| [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis]]
| [[Sorena (Iran Paintball Team)|Sorena]]
| [[Shahab (Iran Paintball Team)|Shahab Two]]
|}

Source for the three podiums: Iran Paintball Association report preserved in the PFA channel.[3]

==== Third and fourth rounds ====
A report published by Hamshahri Online on 16 December 2018, citing the Sport for All Federation, published separate classifications for rounds three and four and the national championships. Its third-round section listed Tehran, Datis Shemiranat and Persian Gulf in Division 1, and Sorena, Spad and Datam in Division 2.[14]

PALM Media reported ten teams across two divisions at the fourth round, held on 1–2 Azar 1397 (22–23 November 2018).[12] The federation-attributed report gave the following fourth-round podiums.[14]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Division 1 (electronic)
! Division 2 (electronic)
|-
| 1st
| [[Tehran (Iran Paintball Team)|Tehran]]
| [[Spad (Iran Paintball Team)|Spad]]
|-
| 2nd
| [[Sari (Iran Paintball Team)|Sari]]
| [[Sorena (Iran Paintball Team)|Sorena]]
|-
| 3rd
| [[Persian Gulf (Iran Paintball Team)|Persian Gulf]]
| [[Ronin (Iran Paintball Team)|Ronin]]
|}

The federation-attributed report described PALM competition and the accompanying national championships as a four-day programme in Tehran.[14]

==== Overall champions ====
Tehran Paintball's review of Iranian year 1397 identifies both overall champions. A later Sorena profile also records Sorena's 2018 overall title.[13][15]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! Overall champion
|-
| Division 1
| [[Tehran (Iran Paintball Team)|Tehran]]
|-
| Division 2
| [[Sorena (Iran Paintball Team)|Sorena]]
|}

PALM's November results post distinguished fourth-round placings, national championship results and overall series classifications.[16]