Editing 2017 PALM Iran season

The '''2017 PALM Iran season''' comprised four rounds of the Iranian [[Paintball League Middle East|PALM]] series, all listed in Tehran. The organiser's calendar marked each round as completed and designated the final event “Leg 4 & Championships”.[1]

[[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis Tehran]] won Division 1 at each of the first three rounds, while [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis Shemiranat]] won Division 2 at the first two rounds.[2][7][9] Documented overall season placings include second place for [[Tehran (Iran Paintball Team)|Tehran]] in Division 1 and third place for [[Sorena (Iran Paintball Team)|Sorena]] in Division 2.[6][8]

== Calendar ==
The organiser published the following scheduled date ranges. Event announcements specified shorter competition dates for rounds two, three and four.[1][3][4][5]

{| class="wikitable"
! Round
! Organiser's calendar
! Announced competition dates
! Location
|-
| [[2017 PALM Iran Round 1|Round 1]]
| 9–11 May 2017
| —
| Tehran
|-
| [[2017 PALM Iran Round 2|Round 2]]
| 12–14 July 2017
| 13–14 July 2017 [3]
| Tehran
|-
| [[2017 PALM Iran Round 3|Round 3]]
| 6–8 September 2017
| 7–8 September 2017 [4]
| Tehran
|-
| [[2017 PALM Iran Round 4|Round 4 and championships]]
| 6–8 December 2017
| 7–8 December 2017 [5]
| Tehran
|}

The precise playing dates within the first round's scheduled period remain unverified. The announcements for rounds two and three named the Dokouheh Cultural and Sports Complex, also known as Dehkadeh-ye Moqavemat, as the venue.[3][4]

== Season review ==
Planet Eclipse described Division 1 and Division 2 as the series' two highest divisions in its opening-round report. Its 31 July report identified the second leg and confirmed wins for Datis Tehran in Division 1 and Datis Shemiranat in Division 2.[2][9]

After the third round, Planet Eclipse reported that Datis Tehran held a comfortable lead in the Division 1 season standings and that Datis Shemiranat was close to securing the Division 2 title. The report was published before the final round.[7]

== Verified round results ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Round
! Division
! Position
! Team
! Source
|-
| [[2017 PALM Iran Round 1|Round 1]]
| Division 1
| 1st
| [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis Tehran]]
| [2]
|-
| [[2017 PALM Iran Round 1|Round 1]]
| Division 2
| 1st
| [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis Shemiranat]]
| [2]
|-
| [[2017 PALM Iran Round 2|Round 2]]
| Division 1
| 1st
| [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis Tehran]]
| [9]
|-
| [[2017 PALM Iran Round 2|Round 2]]
| Division 2
| 1st
| [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis Shemiranat]]
| [9]
|-
| [[2017 PALM Iran Round 3|Round 3]]
| Division 1
| 1st
| [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis Tehran]]
| [7]
|-
| [[2017 PALM Iran Round 3|Round 3]]
| Division 2
| 2nd
| [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis Shemiranat]]
| [7]
|}

== Documented overall standings ==
Tehran Paintball's retrospective account of the 1396 season recorded Tehran as the Division 1 overall runner-up and Sorena as third overall in Division 2. The account listed PALM league placings separately from the national championship results. A later Sorena profile also recorded third place overall in PALM 2017.[6][8]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! Overall position
! Team
! Source
|-
| Division 1
| 2nd
| [[Tehran (Iran Paintball Team)|Tehran]]
| [6]
|-
| Division 2
| 3rd
| [[Sorena (Iran Paintball Team)|Sorena]]
| [6][8]
|}

The overall champions and full points standings remain unverified.

== See also ==
* [[Paintball League Middle East]]
* [[2018 PALM Iran season]]
* [[Paintball in Iran]]

== References ==
# [https://palmseries.com/palmiran-2017/ PALM Series — PALM Iran 2017 calendar and completed rounds].
# [https://eclipsehq.blogspot.com/2017/05/datis-dominate-at-palm-middle-east.html Planet Eclipse — Datis Dominate at the Palm Middle East Event 2017, 27 May 2017].
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/BWdiJzrl-nj/ PALM Media — second-round dates and venue announcement, July 2017] (Persian).
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/BYlDUlOFek8/ PALM Media — third-round dates and venue announcement, September 2017] (Persian).
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/BcJgJQUl_DW/ PALM Media — fourth-round announcement, November 2017] (Persian).
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/BuzZp5FhjbL/ Tehran Paintball — retrospective account of the 1396 and 1397 seasons, 9 March 2019] (Persian).
# [https://eclipsehq.blogspot.com/2017/10/datis-1st-and-2nd-palm-series-iran.html Planet Eclipse — Datis 1st and 2nd: Palm Series, Iran, 8 October 2017].
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/CJLC6tmhVU5/ coach.paintball.ir — Sorena team profile and historical overall placings, December 2020] (Persian).
# [https://eclipsehq.blogspot.com/2017/07/datis-dominate-palm-series.html Planet Eclipse — Datis Dominate the Palm Series, 31 July 2017].

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[[Category:Paintball in Tehran Province]]
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