Editing 2023 WCPL Montressor Classic

The '''2023 WCPL Montressor Classic''' was a paintball tournament held on '''29–30 July 2023''' at '''Fox Paintball''' in '''Newark, Illinois'''. Recorded by PBLeagues as the '''Montressor Classic''', it formed part of the [[Iron City Classic]] event lineage and contributed results to the [[World Classic Paintball League]]'s 2023 standings.[1][2][3]

Colorado United Black won the 19-team open ten-player competition, followed by Indy Reign and Prime Suspects.[4]

== Name and tournament relationships ==

Contemporary publicity used the names '''Iron City Classic/Montressor Classic''' and '''ICC/Montressor'''. The tournament honoured [[Tim Montressor]], who helped establish the Iron City Classic in 2017 and died in 2020.[5]

PBLeagues lists the 2023 Montressor Classic in its Iron City Classic archive, alongside earlier Pennsylvania events and the [[2022 WCPL ICC/Montressor Classic|2022 ICC/Montressor Classic]] held in New York.[2]

The same 2023 event also appears in the WCPL season standings. Its ICC listing and WCPL results therefore describe one tournament, rather than separate competitions.[1][3]

== Venue and dates ==

The event took place on Saturday, 29 July, and Sunday, 30 July 2023. PBLeagues listed the venue as '''Fox Paintball, 10389 Fox River Drive, Newark, Illinois'''.[1]

A June 2023 announcement from exhibitor T4E identified Fox Paintball as the host and described the planned playing environments as woodland and hyperball fields.[5]

== Format ==

PBLeagues listed the competition as '''Open 10v10 (Sat–Sun)''', with '''ten-minute games'''. Nineteen teams were recorded as registered and paid, and all 19 received final placings.[1][4]

The final results contain one open ten-player division.[4]

Advance publicity referred to a prospective 36-team field. That figure should be distinguished from the 19 teams recorded in the completed event results.[4][5]

== Results ==

Colorado United Black finished first, Indy Reign second and Prime Suspects third. The following table gives all recorded final placings.[4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place
! Team
|-
| 1
| Colorado United Black
|-
| 2
| Indy Reign
|-
| 3
| Prime Suspects
|-
| 4
| Toxic Teddys
|-
| 5
| Philippines
|-
| 6
| Outcast Dogs
|-
| 7
| Blind Aggression
|-
| 8
| NFG Nation
|-
| 9
| NFTs
|-
| 10
| Midwest Legion
|-
| 11
| Team Crowley WCPL
|-
| 12
| Colorado United
|-
| 13
| NYPD Finest Paintball
|-
| 14
| Team Legacy
|-
| 15
| The Expendables
|-
| 16
| With Intent
|-
| 17
| Montressor's Marauders
|-
| 18
| 007
|-
| 19
| MAGIC
|}

== Calendar position ==

The Montressor Classic followed the [[2023 WCPL New York Classic]] in the WCPL's United States event sequence. The next listed United States tournament was the [[2023 WCPL California Classic]], scheduled for '''5–6 August 2023''' in '''Nicolaus, California'''.[3]

== See also ==

* [[Iron City Classic]]
* [[Tim Montressor]]
* [[World Classic Paintball League]]
* [[2023 WCPL season]]
* [[2022 WCPL ICC/Montressor Classic]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7964/info PBLeagues – Montressor Classic, 29–30 July 2023: dates, Fox Paintball venue, registration and format.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/leagues/381 PBLeagues – Iron City Classic event archive.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/502/seasonRankings/2023 PBLeagues – 2023 World Classic Paintball League season rankings and event records.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7964/rankings PBLeagues – Montressor Classic: complete final placings.]
# [https://training.t4eguns.com/t4e-paintball-visits-iron-city-classic T4E – T4E Paintball Visits Iron City Classic, 19 June 2023: contemporary event announcement, host, playing environments and Montressor dedication.]

== External links ==

* [https://pbleagues.com/event/7964/info PBLeagues event information]
* [https://pbleagues.com/event/7964/rankings Complete final standings]

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in the United States]]
[[Category:Paintball in Illinois]]