Editing 2024 ICPL Pittsburgh Open Classic

The '''2024 ICPL Pittsburgh Open Classic''' was a classic-format [[paintball]] tournament held from 2 to 4 August 2024 at Urban Assault in McDonald, Pennsylvania, United States. The tournament appeared on the [[International Classic Paintball League]] (ICPL) calendar and used a separate Pittsburgh Open Classic registration on PBLeagues.[1][2]

The event featured 57 entries across professional ten-player, amateur ten-player and open five-player classifications. Adrenaline won the professional classification, GRIDLOCK won amateur ten-player and ac EVILPB BLACK won open five-player.[1][3]

== Dates and venue ==

The venue was Urban Assault, 201 Cecil-Sturgeon Road, McDonald, Pennsylvania 15057. Open five-player competition took place on Friday, 2 August, followed by ten-player competition on Saturday, 3 August and Sunday, 4 August.[1][4]

== ICPL relationship and formats ==

The tournament was included in the ICPL's published 2024 calendar. Its registration and event records were maintained under the Pittsburgh Open Classic league account on PBLeagues.[1][2]

Professional and amateur ten-player teams competed against one another in preliminary games labelled “Mixed 10v10”. Later rounds were labelled “Open 10v10”, while the official final standings recorded professional and amateur classifications separately.[3][4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Classification !! Playing dates !! Entries
|-
| Professional ten-player || 3–4 August 2024 || 9
|-
| Amateur ten-player || 3–4 August 2024 || 32
|-
| Open five-player || 2 August 2024 || 16
|}

The official event notice specified ten-minute games on Hyperball and Mounds and twelve-minute games in the Woods. The five-player registration category separately listed a six-minute game limit.[1]

== Competition ==

=== Ten-player ===

The 41 ten-player entries played eight preliminary games each. Adrenaline recorded the highest professional preliminary total with 688 points, followed by Image with 680. GRIDLOCK led the amateur preliminary scores with 609 points.[5]

The combined championship round featured Adrenaline, FARSIDE and GRIDLOCK. Adrenaline scored 92 points against GRIDLOCK's sixteen; GRIDLOCK and FARSIDE then each scored fourteen; and Adrenaline scored 22 against FARSIDE's sixteen.[4]

Adrenaline finished the championship round with 114 points. FARSIDE and GRIDLOCK each recorded thirty. The separate final classification standings placed Adrenaline first in professional competition and GRIDLOCK first among the amateur teams.[3][4]

=== Open five-player ===

ac EVILPB BLACK, ac EVILPB BROWN and Louisville Asylum reached the three-team final. ac EVILPB BLACK won with 108 points, followed by ac EVILPB BROWN with 32 and Louisville Asylum with 24.[5]

== Final standings ==

The following tables reproduce every final placing published for the event. Ranking points are separate from game scores.[3]

=== Professional ten-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team !! Ranking points
|-
| 1 || Adrenaline || 100
|-
| 2 || FARSIDE || 96
|-
| 3 || ac EMPIRE || 93
|-
| 4 || Image || 90
|-
| 5 || All Americans || 87
|-
| 6 || The Misfits || 85
|-
| 7 || Ground Zero Gold || 83
|-
| 8 || Louisville Asylum || 81
|-
| 9 || Fight Club || 80
|}

=== Amateur ten-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team !! Ranking points
|-
| 1 || GRIDLOCK || 100
|-
| 2 || Iconic || 96
|-
| 3 || FRACTION || 93
|-
| 4 || Saberwolves || 90
|-
| 5 || Omaha Bulls || 87
|-
| 6 || NRG Elite || 85
|-
| 7 || Pittsburgh Rampage || 83
|-
| 8 || Shits and Giggles || 81
|-
| 9 || Joe Exotic and The Boyz || 80
|-
| 10 || Fight Club Factory Soap || 76.96
|-
| 11 || G-Force || 73.91
|-
| 12 || Roadies Factory || 70.87
|-
| 13 || LOCKOUT || 67.83
|-
| 14 || FMI || 64.78
|-
| 15 || Crisis Tactical || 61.74
|-
| 16 || Ohio Otters || 58.7
|-
| 17 || Pittsburgh Mercenaries || 55.65
|-
| 18 || LOCKOUT CANADA || 52.61
|-
| 19 || Boss Ballers || 49.57
|-
| 20 || DETROIT FUSION || 46.52
|-
| 21 || ATX Outlaws || 43.48
|-
| 22 || ac EVILpb.com || 40.43
|-
| 23 || All Stars || 37.39
|-
| 24 || NJ Jesters DAF || 34.35
|-
| 25 || Richmond Remechs || 31.3
|-
| 26 || NE Toxic Teddys || 28.26
|-
| 27 || Grove City Goblins || 25.22
|-
| 28 || I.P.C. || 22.17
|-
| 29 || APE Guerrillas || 19.13
|-
| 30 || Moisture Missiles || 16.09
|-
| 31 || SHIPWHAT || 13.04
|-
| 32 || RagTags || 10
|}

=== Open five-player ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team !! Ranking points
|-
| 1 || ac EVILPB BLACK || 100
|-
| 2 || ac EVILPB BROWN || 96
|-
| 3 || Louisville Asylum || 93
|-
| 4 || Roadies Factory || 90
|-
| 5 || FARSIDE || 87
|-
| 6 || LOCKOUT || 85
|-
| 7 || APE Guerrillas || 83
|-
| 8 || AllStars Black || 81
|-
| 9 || Carolina Gridlock || 80
|-
| 10 || ac EVILpb.com || 70
|-
| 11 || ATX Outlaws || 60
|-
| 12 || Richmond Rejects Budget Line || 50
|-
| 13 || East Coast Paintball Supply || 40
|-
| 14 || AllStars Red || 30
|-
| 15 || I.P.C. || 20
|-
| 16 || NE Toxic Teddys || 10
|}

== Championship-round scores ==

=== Combined ten-player ===

The combined championship round was played on the Hyperball field on Sunday, 4 August.[4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Team !! Score !! Team
|-
| GRIDLOCK || 16–92 || Adrenaline
|-
| GRIDLOCK || 14–14 || FARSIDE
|-
| Adrenaline || 22–16 || FARSIDE
|}

=== Open five-player ===

The five-player final was played on the Hyperball field on Friday, 2 August.[4][5]

{| class="wikitable"
! Team !! Score !! Team
|-
| Louisville Asylum || 0–100 || ac EVILPB BLACK
|-
| ac EVILPB BLACK || 8–20 || ac EVILPB BROWN
|-
| ac EVILPB BROWN || 12–24 || Louisville Asylum
|}

== See also ==

* [[International Classic Paintball League]]
* [[2024 ICPL season]]
* [[2023 ICPL Pittsburgh Open Classic]]
* [[2024 ICPL Lone Star Open]]

== References ==

# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8499/info PBLeagues – Pittsburgh Open Classic: official dates, Urban Assault venue, registration categories and field-specific game limits, 2–4 August 2024.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/leagues/435 PBLeagues – International Classic Paintball League: 2024 event calendar.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8499/rankings PBLeagues – Pittsburgh Open Classic: complete final classification standings.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8499/schedule PBLeagues – Pittsburgh Open Classic: official playing schedule and recorded game scores.]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/8499/scores PBLeagues – Pittsburgh Open Classic: preliminary scores and open five-player final results.]

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