Editing 2020 ICPL Windy City Classic

The '''2020 ICPL Windy City Classic''' was an [[International Classic Paintball League]] tournament held at [[Badlandz Paintball Field|The Badlandz]] in Crete, Illinois, United States, from 2 to 4 October 2020. It was the second and final event recorded in the league's 2020 championship standings, following the [[2020 ICPL Sunshine Classic]].[1][2]

Kapp Factory won the professional 10-player division, Saints won the amateur 10-player division, and ac POWERHOUSE won the open five-player competition. The final season standings placed Kapp Factory, MVPS Dark Ops and AAF 2 first in their respective divisions.[2][3]

== Background ==

The tournament took place during the disruption to competitive paintball caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

A league announcement reproduced by ''Damn Paintballs'' on 18 July 2020 cancelled the proposed August and September NXL regional events that were intended to replace the NXL Chicago Open. The announcement stated that the organisation would instead concentrate on the Chicago ICPL event in October and the NXL World Cup in November.[4]

The cancelled NXL regional events were separate from the ICPL Windy City Classic, which subsequently took place.[1][3][4]

== Venue and formats ==

The event was held at The Badlandz in Crete, Illinois.[1]

Open five-player competition was scheduled for Friday, 2 October. Professional and amateur 10-player competition was scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, 3–4 October.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Format !! Published game time !! Teams in final standings
|-
| Professional || 10v10 || 12 minutes || 19
|-
| Amateur || 10v10 || 12 minutes || 26
|-
| Open || 5v5 || 5 minutes || 14
|}

Sources: PBLeagues event information and final standings.[1][3]

== Results ==

=== Professional 10-player ===

Kapp Factory won ahead of ac EMPIRE and FARSIDE. Los Angeles Infamous, winners of the season-opening Sunshine Classic, finished fifth.[2][3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || Kapp Factory
|-
| 2 || ac EMPIRE
|-
| 3 || FARSIDE
|-
| 4 || Master Blasters
|-
| 5 || Los Angeles Infamous
|-
| 6 || All Americans
|-
| 7 || Chicago Aftershock
|-
| 8 || Ironmen
|-
| 9 || Annihilators
|-
| 10 || Adrenaline
|-
| 11 || Saberwolves
|-
| 12 || Ground Zero Gold
|-
| 13 || Annapolis A-Team
|-
| 14 || The Misfits
|-
| 15 || Desert Edge
|-
| 16 || Docs Warriors
|-
| 17 || Northwest Rogue
|-
| 18 || Fight Club
|-
| 19 || Fox 4 Darkside
|}

=== Amateur 10-player ===

Saints won the event ahead of MVPS Dark Ops and AAF.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || Saints
|-
| 2 || MVPS Dark Ops
|-
| 3 || AAF
|-
| 4 || Phenomenon
|-
| 5 || OBR
|-
| 6 || STRUGGLE
|-
| 7 || Team Smoke
|-
| 8 || Ground Zero Silver
|-
| 9 || fusion
|-
| 10 || Fight Club Factory Soap
|-
| 11 || Detroit Action
|-
| 12 || Black Sunday
|-
| 13 || Shocktech Gunfighters
|-
| 14 || Thunderstruck
|-
| 15 || Chicago Underground
|-
| 16 || Wiseguys
|-
| 17 || X-Men
|-
| 18 || Fight Club Project Mayhem
|-
| 19 || Fight Club Anarchy
|-
| 20 || Pittsburgh Rampage
|-
| 21 || Scorpions
|-
| 22 || Desert Edge
|-
| 23 || With Intent
|-
| 24 || TEAM FOX
|-
| 25 || Sticky Bandits
|-
| 26 || Reign
|}

=== Open five-player ===

ac POWERHOUSE won the five-player division, followed by KAPP and Extreme Rage.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || ac POWERHOUSE
|-
| 2 || KAPP
|-
| 3 || Extreme Rage
|-
| 4 || VINTAGE
|-
| 5 || AAF 2
|-
| 6 || AAF 3
|-
| 7 || Ironmen
|-
| 8 || Master Blasters
|-
| 9 || Doc Warriors
|-
| 10 || Florida Annihilators
|-
| 11 || ac EVIL
|-
| 12 || Saberwolves
|-
| 13 || FC Anarchy
|-
| 14 || Solid
|}

Source for all event standings: PBLeagues.[3]

== Season championships ==

The 2020 season standings combined results from the Sunshine Classic and Windy City Classic.[2]

Kapp Factory's Windy City victory followed its second-place finish at the Sunshine Classic and secured first place in the professional season standings with 195.71 points. ac EMPIRE finished second overall and Los Angeles Infamous third.[2]

MVPS Dark Ops finished second at Windy City after winning the Sunshine Classic, taking the amateur season championship ahead of Saints. AAF 2 won the open five-player season championship with fifth-place finishes at both events.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Season place !! Team !! Points
|-
| Professional 10-player || 1 || Kapp Factory || 195.71
|-
| Professional 10-player || 2 || ac EMPIRE || 182.14
|-
| Professional 10-player || 3 || Los Angeles Infamous || 180
|-
| Amateur 10-player || 1 || MVPS Dark Ops || 196.4
|-
| Amateur 10-player || 2 || Saints || 177.5
|-
| Amateur 10-player || 3 || Team Smoke || 169.4
|-
| Open five-player || 1 || AAF 2 || 142.31
|-
| Open five-player || 2 || Florida Annihilators || 137.69
|-
| Open five-player || 3 || Master Blasters || 114.04
|}

Source: PBLeagues final season standings.[2]

== See also ==

* [[International Classic Paintball League]]
* [[2020 ICPL season]]
* [[2020 ICPL Sunshine Classic]]
* [[2021 ICPL Old Bay Classic]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6981/info PBLeagues – Windy City Classic: official event information, dates, venue and formats, 2–4 October 2020.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/435/seasonRankings/2020 PBLeagues – 2020 International Classic Paintball League season rankings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/6981/rankings PBLeagues – Windy City Classic: official final divisional standings.]
# [https://damnpaintballs.com/2020/07/18/nxl-regional-conference-events-cancelled/ Damn Paintballs – NXL Regional Conference Events Cancelled, 18 July 2020. Reproduces the league announcement retaining the October Chicago ICPL event.]

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