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'''Iranian paintball''' encompasses the recreational, competitive and organisational history of [[paintball]] in Iran. Contemporary reporting documents commercial play in Tehran in 2002, followed by national competitions, international team participation and organised women's competition.[1][2][3][4] Iran's domestic tournament organisations have included the [[Iran National Paintball League]] (INPL) and [[Paintball League Middle East]] (PALM). [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis]] and [[Datis Girls (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis Girls]] are among the Iranian teams documented in domestic and international competition.[5][6][7] == History == === Early commercial paintball === Contemporary reports published in October and November 2002 document the introduction of commercial paintball in Tehran by Hamid Nikpour, an Iranian entrepreneur who had lived in Canada.[1][2] An Agence France-Presse report published on 25 October described a covered playing area of approximately 2,600 square metres and an announced opening that Sunday. Nikpour said that the imported markers had been examined and approved by the Ministry of Defence.[1] In November, ''The Christian Science Monitor'' reported on play at the newly opened Matrix complex. Located in a converted covered parking facility, it contained sand, buildings, caves and a stream, with 120 markers available.[2] These reports establish commercial activity in 2002; they do not identify a national championship held that year.[1][2] === Expansion beyond Tehran === WARPIG's field directory contains an entry for Mashhad Paintball dated 18 November 2004. It identifies the location as the Ershad complex on Vakilabad Boulevard. A separate entry for Tochal Paintball in Tehran is dated 7 August 2005.[8] These are directory entry dates rather than confirmed opening dates. A retrospective post on the Iran Paintball Association's Telegram channel identifies a nationwide competition in Mashhad during Iranian year 1383. That year spans March 2004 to March 2005; the recovered caption does not establish an exact playing date or results.[9] === National competition in 2006 and 2007 === The [[2006 Iran National Paintball Team Selection Tournament]] took place at Tochal Paintball Club in Tehran on 5 May 2006. Datis won, followed by Tigers and Javidan. IRNA reported that Datis would represent Iran at the forthcoming competition in Taiwan.[3] The [[2007 Iran National Paintball Championship]] was held in Tehran from 2 to 4 August 2007, with 21 teams across professional and amateur sections.[4] Datis won the professional competition, followed by the Khorasan Razavi provincial team and Datis Omid. Farman Ara Tehran won the amateur section.[4] The contemporary report described this as the second national championship. It did not identify the event as an INPL round.[4] === National league development === The [[2008 INPL season]] included events during Iranian year 1387, extending into March 2009.[5][10] A ''Resalat'' report published on 26 May 2008 recorded eight teams at the opening Persian Gulf Cup event. Datis Tehran won, Pas Javan finished second and Giv Khorasan Razavi third.[5] The second national professional league stage began in Mashhad on 28 August 2008, with 23 teams representing seven provinces.[11] IRNA reported the opening of the fourth stage in Kish on 3 March 2009. Twenty teams participated at Stadium No. 2 of the Kish Olympic Sports Complex, with competition announced for 3–4 March. The report distinguished this domestic stage from the international Golden Palm tournament scheduled to follow it.[10] The opening event of the [[2009 INPL season]] took place from 13 to 15 May 2009, as recorded in two surviving video descriptions.[12][13] An account reproduced on pbhub in June 2010 reported Datis as the 2009 professional division's overall champion, followed by Persian Legend and Datis 2. It stated that Datis won every tournament that season.[14] === Competition in the 2010s === Domestic league records document men's divisions and separate women's competition during Iranian year 1390. At the combined Babolsar event in December 2011, Datis won the men's first division and women's competition, while Diako won the men's second division.[15] The 1390 season concluded in February 2012. Planet Eclipse reported overall titles for Datis and Datis Girls, alongside Diako's Division 2 victory and promotion.[6] In August 2012, the association announced that it could not stage the league under its existing financial arrangements, citing previous losses, operating costs and exchange-rate increases.[16] An association report preserved in November 2014 recorded seven premier league rounds involving eight teams. Datis finished first, Ariaman second and Griffin third.[17] PALM also operated domestic competition. In October 2017, Planet Eclipse reported Tehran Datis winning Division 1 at the series' penultimate leg and Shemiranat Datis finishing second in Division 2. The report described their positions before the final leg rather than confirming completed season titles.[7] === Competition in the 2020s === National competition continued with men's and women's divisions. The federation's report on the second national league round in Mashhad in October 2025 recorded twenty teams across three team divisions: fifteen men's teams and five women's teams.[18] Datis Tehran won the men's premier and women's competitions. Maxfit Bandar Abbas won the men's second division, while Milad Rashidi won the men's individual competition.[18] Detailed event histories and season records are covered in [[Iran National Paintball League]]. == Organisation == The [[Iran Paintball Association]] has published domestic competition announcements, results, participation conditions and financial notices.[15][16] Competition formats and divisional structures have changed over time. Records distinguish professional and amateur national championship sections in 2007, multiple men's league divisions and separate women's competition in 2011, and men's premier, men's second-division and women's competitions in 2025.[4][15][18] [[Paintball League Middle East]] and the [[Paintball Asia League Series]] are separate competitions despite their similar abbreviations. == Women's paintball == Women's participation is documented by a photographic feature published by ''Iranian.com'' in October 2005.[19] The association's recovered December 2011 results record a women's league competition in Babolsar. Datis finished first, Javidan second and Roham Babolsar third.[15] Planet Eclipse subsequently reported that Datis Girls won the women's cup and overall championship for Iranian year 1390 at the February 2012 finals.[6] The opening women's league round of 1391 took place in Tehran on 17 May 2012. Seven teams represented five provinces. Datis Alborz finished first, Javidan Tehran second and Titan Qazvin third.[20] Women's competition remained part of the national programme in 2025, with five teams reported at the October round in Mashhad.[18] For the detailed history, see [[Women's paintball in Iran]]. == International competition == Iranian teams have participated in the [[Paintball Asia League Series]], [[World Cup Asia]] and other international tournaments. Contemporary reporting on World Cup Asia 2010 recorded Datis winning Division 1 and [[Joubin (Iran Paintball Team)|Joubin]] finishing second in Division 3.[21] At World Cup Asia 2011, Datis again won Division 1. The published results also recorded [[Diako (Iran Paintball Team)|Diako]] winning Division 3 and Datis finishing third in the accompanying Intercontinental Cup.[22] Datis Girls subsequently appeared in World Cup Asia's open Division 3. Published team records list the team 44th of 46 in 2012 and 25th of 54 in 2013.[23] == See also == * [[Paintball in Iran]] * [[Iran Paintball Association]] * [[Iran National Paintball League]] * [[Women's paintball in Iran]] * [[Paintball League Middle East]] * [[Paintball for All (PFA)]] * [[IWPL]] * [[Wipe Paintball Magazine]] * [[Overshoot Paintball Magazine]] * [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis]] * [[Datis Girls (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis Girls]] * [[Persian Legend (Iran Paintball Team)|Persian Legend]] * [[Griffin (Iran Paintball Team)|Griffin]] == References == # [https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/389456/SOCIETE___Les_Iraniens_se_mettent_au_paintball.html L'Orient-Le Jour / Agence France-Presse, ''Les Iraniens se mettent au paintball'', 25 October 2002. French.] # [https://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1120/p12s01-wome.html The Christian Science Monitor, Scott Peterson, ''Iran battles boredom with paint guns'', 20 November 2002.] # [https://www.irna.ir/news/4951969/داتیس-قهرمان-مسابقات-پینت-بال-کشور-شد IRNA, ''Datis wins the national paintball competition'', 6 May 2006. Persian.] # [https://www.mehrnews.com/news/529686/دومین-دوره-مسابقات-قهرمانی-کشور-پینت-بال-به-پایان-رسید Mehr News Agency, ''Second national paintball championship concludes'', 5 August 2007. Persian.] # [https://www.magiran.com/article/1629026 Resalat, ''Tehran wins the Persian Gulf paintball cup'', 26 May 2008, issue 6439, p. 23, preserved by Magiran. Persian.] # [https://eclipsehq.blogspot.com/2012/02/datis-make-it-clean-sweep.html Planet Eclipse, ''Datis make it a clean sweep!'', 27 February 2012.] # [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.warpig.com/forums/fields/index/pg_Asia.shtml WARPIG Field Finder, Asia. Mashhad Paintball entry dated 18 November 2004; Tochal Paintball entry dated 7 August 2005.] # [https://t.me/iranpaintballassociation/28 Iran Paintball Association Telegram channel, retrospective caption identifying a nationwide competition in Mashhad in Iranian year 1383. Persian.] # [https://www.irna.ir/news/7515922/چهارمین-دوره-مسابقات-لیگ-پینت-بال-کشور-در-کیش-آغاز-شد IRNA, ''Fourth national paintball league event begins in Kish'', 3 March 2009. Persian.] # [https://www.irna.ir/news/7446736/رقابتهای-لیگ-حرفه-ای-پینت-بال-کشور-در-مشهد-آغاز-شد IRNA, ''National professional paintball league competition begins in Mashhad'', 28 August 2008. Persian.] # [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF4R0ppCLl0 YouTube, ''2009 Iran Paintball League – Video #1''. Description identifies the opening event and dates.] # [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKnY4qm-vTY YouTube, ''2009 Iran Paintball League – Video #2''. Description identifies the opening event and dates.] # [https://pbhub.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48473 pbhub, ''Iran Paintball League Videos'', opening post, 18 June 2010. Reproduces an account of the 2009 season and overall podium.] # [https://web.archive.org/web/20120119102016/http://www.paintball.ir:80/اخبار/tabid/102/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/25/----1390.aspx Iran Paintball Association, national league results for Azar 1390, archived 19 January 2012. Persian.] # [https://web.archive.org/web/20120830063724/http://www.paintball.ir:80/اخبار/tabid/102/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/65/----INPL.aspx Iran Paintball Association, INPL cancellation and financial notice, 25 August 2012, archived 30 August 2012. Persian.] # [https://web.archive.org/web/20141115110859/http://www.paintball.ir:80/اخبار/tabid/102/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/194/-----INPL.aspx Iran Paintball Association, premier league and national-team report, archived 15 November 2014. Persian.] # [https://isfaf.ir/News/1873/پایان-دومین-دوره-لیگ-پینتبال-در-مشهد-با-معرفی-برترینها-داتیس-تهران-قهرمان-شد Iran Sport for All Federation, second national league round in Mashhad: participation and results, October 2025. Persian.] # [https://iranian.com/PhotoDay/2005/October/paint1.html Iranian.com, ''Women's Paintball Team in Iran'', photographs by Hamid Nikpour, October 2005.] # [https://web.archive.org/web/20120524051426/http://www.paintball.ir:80/اخبار/tabid/102/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/55/-----1391.aspx Iran Paintball Association, first women's league round of 1391, held 17 May 2012, archived 24 May 2012. Persian.] # [https://villainpaintball.blogspot.com/2010/ Villain Paintball, ''World Cup Asia 2010 – Results'', 29 November 2010.] # [https://jahangpaintball.blogspot.com/2011/ Jahang River Paintball, ''Paintball World Cup Asia 2011'', tournament results, 17 November 2011.] # [https://pbleagues.com/team/1Jamp7bLWIzUQWIN PBLeagues, Datis Girls team profile and tournament history.] == External links == * [https://paintball.ir/ Iranian paintball information and association website] * [https://www.instagram.com/irannationalpaintballleague/ Iranian national league on Instagram] * [https://palmseries.com/ PALM Series website] [[Category:Paintball in Iran]] [[Category:Iranian paintball history]] [[Category:2000s in Iranian paintball]] [[Category:2010s in Iranian paintball]] [[Category:2020s in Iranian paintball]]
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