Editing 2023 ICPL Windy City Classic

The '''2023 ICPL Windy City Classic''' was a [[International Classic Paintball League|International Classic Paintball League]] (ICPL) tournament held from 28 September to 1 October 2023 at [[The Badlandz]] in Crete, Illinois, United States. The event featured professional and amateur ten-player competition and open and amateur five-player competition, with 76 entries across the four divisions.[1]

Image won the professional ten-player division, Valhalla FSU won amateur ten-player, Ground Zero won open five-player and ac EVILpb.com won amateur five-player.[2]

== Dates, venue and formats ==

Five-player competition was scheduled for Thursday, 28 September. Ten-player competition was scheduled from Friday, 29 September to Sunday, 1 October.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! Playing dates !! Game time limit !! Entries
|-
| Professional 10v10 || 29 September–1 October 2023 || 12 minutes || 23
|-
| Amateur 10v10 || 29 September–1 October 2023 || 12 minutes || 33
|-
| Open 5v5 || 28 September 2023 || 6 minutes || 10
|-
| Amateur 5v5 || 28 September 2023 || 6 minutes || 10
|}

The official registration and final standings identified the competition categories as classic-format divisions.[1][2]

== Competition ==

=== Professional ten-player ===

Twenty-three teams contested the preliminary round, with nine advancing. Kapp Factory recorded the highest preliminary total, scoring 579 points. Image, Annihilators and Adrenaline subsequently reached the three-team final.[3]

Image won the final round with 123 points, ahead of Annihilators on 22 and Adrenaline on 13.[3]

=== Amateur ten-player ===

Thirty-three teams entered amateur ten-player competition, with fifteen advancing from the preliminary round. gg_Factory Mech Gold led the preliminary standings with 699 points.[3]

Valhalla FSU, AAF and Louisville Asylum reached the final. Valhalla FSU finished first with 40 points, followed by AAF with 33 and Louisville Asylum with 22.[3]

=== Open five-player ===

Ground Zero led the ten-team preliminary round with 538 points, narrowly ahead of Rogue Silver on 536. Five teams advanced, with Florida Annihilators joining the two preliminary leaders in the final.[3]

Ground Zero won the final with 196 points. Rogue Silver scored 106 and Florida Annihilators scored four.[3]

=== Amateur five-player ===

ac EVILpb.com led the ten-team preliminary round with 626 points, ahead of AAF 2 on 620. Five teams advanced, and AAF 3 subsequently joined those teams in the final.[3]

ac EVILpb.com won the final with 112 points, followed by AAF 3 with 100 and AAF 2 with 94.[3]

== Final standings ==

The following tables reproduce all final placings published for the event.[2]

=== Professional ten-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || Image
|-
| 2 || Annihilators
|-
| 3 || Adrenaline
|-
| 4 || ac EMPIRE
|-
| 5 || Ground Zero Gold
|-
| 6 || FARSIDE
|-
| 7 || MVPS Dark Ops
|-
| 8 || Kapp Factory
|-
| 9 || Los Angeles Infamous
|-
| 10 || Team Smoke
|-
| 11 || Chicago Aftershock
|-
| 12 || All Americans
|-
| 13 || Enemy
|-
| 14 || The Misfits
|-
| 15 || Hydra.Fit
|-
| 16 || The Golden State Chess Club
|-
| 17 || Rogue
|-
| 18 || Fight Club
|-
| 19 || THE FARM
|-
| 20 || ARMADA
|-
| 21 || Maple Leaf Chiefs
|-
| 22 || Ground Zero
|-
| 23 || Mayhem Tigers
|}

=== Amateur ten-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || Valhalla FSU
|-
| 2 || AAF
|-
| 3 || Louisville Asylum
|-
| 4 || Jungle Lizards
|-
| 5 || gg_Factory Mech Gold
|-
| 6 || Scorpions
|-
| 7 || Omaha Bulls
|-
| 8 || FRACTION
|-
| 9 || Maple Leaf Chiefs II
|-
| 10 || The Wolverines
|-
| 11 || Requiem
|-
| 12 || Brimstone
|-
| 13 || Kickn Factory
|-
| 14 || Social Mutants
|-
| 15 || TRIBE Savages
|-
| 16 || Moose Krew
|-
| 17 || DETROIT FUSION
|-
| 18 || Pittsburgh Rampage
|-
| 19 || Team Crowley 10Man
|-
| 20 || Wiseguys
|-
| 21 || Machine Gun Funk
|-
| 22 || Fiction
|-
| 23 || With Intent
|-
| 24 || NME
|-
| 25 || Veteran Militia
|-
| 26 || GSCC
|-
| 27 || Fight Club Chiraq
|-
| 28 || Outcast Dogs
|-
| 29 || Toxic Teddys
|-
| 30 || Reign
|-
| 31 || Fight Club Factory Soap
|-
| 32 || Northern Frontier
|-
| 33 || Chi Town Nightmare
|}

=== Open five-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || Ground Zero
|-
| 2 || Rogue Silver
|-
| 3 || Florida Annihilators
|-
| 4 || ac POWERHOUSE
|-
| 5 || Chicago Aftershock
|-
| 6 || FARSIDE
|-
| 7 || Omaha Bulls 5 Man
|-
| 8 || ARMADA RED
|-
| 9 || Armada Black
|-
| 10 || Chess Club
|}

=== Amateur five-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team
|-
| 1 || ac EVILpb.com
|-
| 2 || AAF 3
|-
| 3 || AAF 2
|-
| 4 || Mayhem Tigers 5v5
|-
| 5 || Social Mutants
|-
| 6 || Zoar hillZ Fury
|-
| 7 || Team Crowley 5Man
|-
| 8 || Louisville Asylum
|-
| 9 || Toxic Teddys
|-
| 10 || Northern Frontier
|}

== Season standings ==

Windy City Classic results contributed to the ICPL's published 2023 season standings. In the categories containing this event, the final leaders were Image in Classic – Pro 10v10, Louisville Asylum in Classic – Amateur 10v10, Florida Annihilators in Classic – Open 5v5 and ac EVILpb.com in Classic – Amateur 5v5.[4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Published season category !! First-place team !! Published total
|-
| Classic – Pro 10v10 || Image || 828
|-
| Classic – Amateur 10v10 || Louisville Asylum || 279
|-
| Classic – Open 5v5 || Florida Annihilators || 286
|-
| Classic – Amateur 5v5 || ac EVILpb.com || 200
|}

PBLeagues listed other 2023 results separately under Mechanical and other division labels. The totals above are those of the specified Classic categories.[4]

== See also ==

* [[International Classic Paintball League]]
* [[2023 ICPL season]]
* [[2023 ICPL Heartland Classic 5v5]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7843/info PBLeagues – Windy City Classic: official event information and registration categories, 28 September–1 October 2023.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7843/rankings PBLeagues – Windy City Classic: final divisional standings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7843/scores PBLeagues – Windy City Classic: preliminary and playoff scores.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/435/seasonRankings/2023 PBLeagues – International Classic Paintball League: 2023 season rankings.]

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