Editing Paintball League Middle East

'''Paintball League Middle East''' ('''PALM''') is a [[paintball]] competition organisation whose documented activities include the PALM Iran tournament series. Its published records include competition calendars, divisional rankings, photographs and video coverage.[1][2]

PALM and the [[Paintball Asia League Series]] (PALS) are separate organisations. PALM's Iranian events have included electronic and mechanical marker divisions.[3]

== Organisation ==
PALM's website identifies the organisation as PALM Group and gives a Tehran contact address. Its stated objectives include organising regional tournaments, developing players and referees, supporting paintball academies and assisting local paintball organisations.[1][2]

== PALM Iran ==
The organiser's website preserves PALM Iran calendars for 2016, 2017 and 2018. The 2016 calendar lists events in Tehran and Mazandaran. The 2017 and 2018 calendars each list four rounds in Tehran.[4][5][6]

=== 2016 season ===
The organiser marked all four rounds of the [[2016 PALM Iran season]] as completed and designated the fourth event “Leg 4 & Championships”.[4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Round
! Location
! Documented dates
|-
| [[2016 PALM Iran Round 1|Round 1]]
| Tehran
| Event coverage identifies 3–4 March 2016. The calendar lists 2–4 March.[4][21][22]
|-
| [[2016 PALM Iran Round 2|Round 2]]
| Mahmudabad, Mazandaran
| PALM Media identifies May 2016. The calendar lists 11–13 July. Exact playing dates remain unconfirmed.[4][23][24]
|-
| [[2016 PALM Iran Round 3|Round 3]]
| Tehran
| The calendar lists 27–29 September 2016. A contemporary field-layout post identifies September. Exact playing dates remain unconfirmed.[4][25]
|-
| [[2016 PALM Iran Round 4|Round 4 and championships]]
| Tehran
| Iran Akay advertised 22–23 December 2016. The calendar prints 1–3 February 2016, before the dates listed for the preceding rounds. Actual playing dates remain unconfirmed.[4][26]
|}

Shahab Paintball Park's account identifies a temporary field at the Tehran Javan complex in Tehranpars as the opening-round venue.[22]

A Sorena profile published in December 2020 records [[Sorena (Iran Paintball Team)|Sorena]] as third overall in PALM 2016. The profile leaves the division unspecified.[15] PALM also published posts labelled as 2016 rankings for Division 2 and Division 3. Their captions identify the season and divisions, with the placings presented separately from the caption text.[27][28]

=== 2017 season ===
The [[2017 PALM Iran season]] comprised four completed rounds in Tehran. The organiser designated the fourth event “Leg 4 & Championships”.[5]

{| class="wikitable"
! Round
! Organiser's calendar
! Announced competition dates
|-
| [[2017 PALM Iran Round 1|Round 1]]
| 9–11 May 2017
| Precise playing dates remain unverified
|-
| [[2017 PALM Iran Round 2|Round 2]]
| 12–14 July 2017
| 13–14 July 2017 [18]
|-
| [[2017 PALM Iran Round 3|Round 3]]
| 6–8 September 2017
| 7–8 September 2017 [19]
|-
| [[2017 PALM Iran Round 4|Round 4 and championships]]
| 6–8 December 2017
| 7–8 December 2017 [20]
|}

The announcements for rounds two and three named the Dokouheh Cultural and Sports Complex, also known as Dehkadeh-ye Moqavemat, as the venue.[18][19]

==== Documented round results ====
[[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis Tehran]] won Division 1 at each of the first three rounds. [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis Shemiranat]] won Division 2 at the first two rounds and placed second at the third. Planet Eclipse's 31 July report explicitly identifies the second leg and names both winners.[7][17][29]

{| class="wikitable"
! Round
! Division 1
! Division 2
! Source
|-
| [[2017 PALM Iran Round 1|Round 1]]
| Datis Tehran, 1st
| Datis Shemiranat, 1st
| [17]
|-
| [[2017 PALM Iran Round 2|Round 2]]
| Datis Tehran, 1st
| Datis Shemiranat, 1st
| [29]
|-
| [[2017 PALM Iran Round 3|Round 3]]
| Datis Tehran, 1st
| Datis Shemiranat, 2nd
| [7]
|}

==== Documented overall placings ====
After the third round, Planet Eclipse reported that Datis Tehran led Division 1 and that Datis Shemiranat was close to securing the Division 2 title. The report preceded the final round.[7]

Tehran Paintball's retrospective account of 1396 recorded [[Tehran (Iran Paintball Team)|Tehran]] as the overall Division 1 runner-up and [[Sorena (Iran Paintball Team)|Sorena]] as third overall in Division 2. A later Sorena profile also records third overall in PALM 2017.[13][15] The overall champions and full points standings remain unverified.

=== 2018 season ===
The [[2018 PALM Iran season]] was the third PALM Iran series. The organiser's calendar marks four rounds as completed in Tehran.[6]

{| class="wikitable"
! Round
! Dates
! Location
|-
| [[2018 PALM Iran Round 1|Round 1]]
| 10–11 May 2018
| Tehran. The announced venue was the Dokouheh Cultural and Sports Complex.[9][10]
|-
| [[2018 PALM Iran Round 2|Round 2]]
| 12–13 July 2018
| Dehkadeh Moghavemat, Tehran.[3][11]
|-
| [[2018 PALM Iran Round 3|Round 3]]
| Calendar lists 29–31 August 2018. Exact playing dates remain unverified.
| Tehran, according to the organiser's calendar.[6]
|-
| [[2018 PALM Iran Round 4|Round 4]]
| 22–23 November 2018
| Tehran.[12]
|}

The organiser's calendar lists the opening round in March. Its event announcement and video description give 10–11 May. The July and November calendar entries span three days, while the event descriptions identify two playing days.[6][9][10][11][12]

==== Opening round ====
PALM Media reported 21 teams across three divisions. Datis Tehran won Division 1, Sorena won Division 2, and the entry listed as Hamed Ashouri finished first in Division 3.[10]

==== Second round ====
An association report preserved in the [[Paintball for All (PFA)|PFA Paintball League]] channel recorded nineteen teams across three divisions. They represented Tehran, Alborz, Qazvin, Semnan, Mazandaran, Khorasan Razavi, Kerman and Isfahan provinces.[3]

PALM Media's Division 1 final description reported 21 teams. The two reports agree on the dates and the Division 1 podium.[3][11]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Division 1 (electronic)
! Division 2 (electronic)
! Division 3 (mechanical)
|-
| 1st
| [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis Shemiranat]]
| [[Spad (Iran Paintball Team)|Spad Hakhamaneshi]]
| [[Datam (Iran Paintball Team)|Datam]]
|-
| 2nd
| [[Tehran (Iran Paintball Team)|Tehran]]
| [[Datam (Iran Paintball Team)|Datam]]
| [[Shahab (Iran Paintball Team)|Shahab One]]
|-
| 3rd
| [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)|Datis]]
| [[Sorena (Iran Paintball Team)|Sorena]]
| [[Shahab (Iran Paintball Team)|Shahab Two]]
|}

Source for the three podiums: Iran Paintball Association report preserved in the PFA channel.[3]

==== Third and fourth rounds ====
A report published by Hamshahri Online on 16 December 2018, citing the Sport for All Federation, published separate classifications for rounds three and four and the national championships. Its third-round section listed Tehran, Datis Shemiranat and Persian Gulf in Division 1, and Sorena, Spad and Datam in Division 2.[14]

PALM Media reported ten teams across two divisions at the fourth round, held on 1–2 Azar 1397 (22–23 November 2018).[12] The federation-attributed report gave the following fourth-round podiums.[14]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Division 1 (electronic)
! Division 2 (electronic)
|-
| 1st
| [[Tehran (Iran Paintball Team)|Tehran]]
| [[Spad (Iran Paintball Team)|Spad]]
|-
| 2nd
| [[Sari (Iran Paintball Team)|Sari]]
| [[Sorena (Iran Paintball Team)|Sorena]]
|-
| 3rd
| [[Persian Gulf (Iran Paintball Team)|Persian Gulf]]
| [[Ronin (Iran Paintball Team)|Ronin]]
|}

The federation-attributed report described PALM competition and the accompanying national championships as a four-day programme in Tehran.[14]

==== Overall champions ====
Tehran Paintball's review of Iranian year 1397 identifies both overall champions. A later Sorena profile also records Sorena's 2018 overall title.[13][15]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! Overall champion
|-
| Division 1
| [[Tehran (Iran Paintball Team)|Tehran]]
|-
| Division 2
| [[Sorena (Iran Paintball Team)|Sorena]]
|}

PALM's November results post distinguished fourth-round placings, national championship results and overall series classifications.[16]

=== National-team selection ===
The July 2018 association report stated that PALM and the [[Iran Paintball Association]] had agreed to select leading league competitors for a national-team training camp, subject to assessment by the technical commission.[3]

=== Cancelled programmes ===
The organiser's events page marks the scheduled PALM Iran rounds for 2020 and 2021 as cancelled because of COVID-19.[8]

== Competition formats ==
The July 2018 results distinguish two electronic marker divisions and a third division using mechanical markers.[3]

The published calendars show a series of rounds culminating in a championship event. The organiser published round placings, national championship results and overall series classifications separately.[5][6][16]

== Media ==
PALM published calendars, rankings, galleries and video material through its website. July 2018 announcements advertised live coverage through the website and Instagram account.[2][3]

Surviving 2016 coverage includes opening-round footage, second-round coverage from Mahmudabad and field-layout posts for the third and fourth rounds.[21][23][25][26] PALM Media's Aparat archive also preserves Division 1 finals from the first, second and fourth rounds of 2018.[10][11][12]

== See also ==
* [[Iranian paintball]]
* [[Paintball in Iran]]
* [[Iran Paintball Association]]
* [[Iran National Paintball League]]
* [[Paintball for All (PFA)]]
* [[Datis (Iran Paintball Team)]]
* [[Paintball Asia League Series]]

== References ==
# [https://palmseries.com/about/ PALM — organisational identity and stated objectives].
# [https://palmseries.com/ PALM — organiser website, competition records and media links].
# [https://t.me/s/pfaleague?before=60 PFA Paintball League public archive — PALM announcements and forwarded Iran Paintball Association second-round report, July 2018] (Persian).
# [https://palmseries.com/palmiran-2016/ PALM — PALM Iran 2016 calendar].
# [https://palmseries.com/palmiran-2017/ PALM — PALM Iran 2017 calendar].
# [https://palmseries.com/palmiran-2018/ PALM — PALM Iran 2018 calendar].
# [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://palmseries.com/events/ PALM — events calendar and cancellation notices for 2020 and 2021].
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/BiC-bcCBdBJ/ PALM Series — 2018 opening-round announcement, April 2018] (Persian).
# [https://www.aparat.com/v/u6Qk0?amp PALM Media — 2018 Round 1 Division 1 final and event description, published 29 May 2018].
# [https://www.aparat.com/v/s40uo3m?amp PALM Media — 2018 Round 2 Division 1 final and event description].
# [https://www.aparat.com/v/6y1NQ?amp PALM Media — 2018 Round 4 Division 1 final and event description].
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/BuzZp5FhjbL/ Tehran Paintball — review of the organisation's 1396 and 1397 achievements, 9 March 2019] (Persian).
# [https://www.hamshahrionline.ir/news/425554/مسابقات-لیگ-پینت-بال-پالم-با-معرفی-برترین-ها-برگزار-شد Hamshahri Online — PALM round and national championship results, 16 December 2018] (Persian).
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/CJLC6tmhVU5/ Iran Paintball Association coaching account — Sorena profile and historical overall placings, December 2020] (Persian).
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/BqmpoYVhYR9/ PALM Series — fourth-round, national championship and overall series results post, 25 November 2018] (Persian).
# [https://eclipsehq.blogspot.com/2017/05/datis-dominate-at-palm-middle-east.html Planet Eclipse — Datis Dominate at the Palm Middle East Event 2017, 27 May 2017].
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/BWdiJzrl-nj/ PALM Media — 2017 second-round dates and venue announcement, July 2017] (Persian).
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/BYlDUlOFek8/ PALM Media — 2017 third-round dates and venue announcement, September 2017] (Persian).
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/BcJgJQUl_DW/ PALM Media — 2017 fourth-round announcement, November 2017] (Persian).
# [https://www.aparat.com/v/3XfTL?amp PALM Media — 2016 opening-round video and description identifying 3–4 March 2016].
# [https://telegram.me/s/shahabpaintballpark?before=704 Shahab Paintball Park — opening-round video description identifying 13–14 Esfand 1394 and the Tehran Javan venue] (Persian and English).
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/BKmJSFuBZhs/ PALM Media — second-round video identifying Mahmudabad, Mazandaran, and May 2016].
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/BFhd9eQkwzs/ PALM Series — post tagged PALM Iran, Leg 2, May 2016, published 17 May 2016].
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/BKomnxPgqNv/ PALM Series — third-round field layout, 21 September 2016].
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/BN9_juJh_2g/ Iran Akay — fourth-round field-layout announcement, 13 December 2016] (Persian).
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/BP54Vm3DkB2/ PALM Series — PALM Iran 2016 Division 2 ranking post, 30 January 2017].
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/BS1wlQ6FbmN/ PALM Series — PALM Iran 2016 Division 3 ranking post, 13 April 2017].
# [https://eclipsehq.blogspot.com/2017/07/datis-dominate-palm-series.html Planet Eclipse — Datis Dominate the Palm Series, 31 July 2017].

== External links ==
* [https://palmseries.com/ Official website]
* [https://www.instagram.com/palmseries/ PALM Series on Instagram]
* [https://t.me/palmseries PALM Series on Telegram]
* [https://www.aparat.com/palmseries PALM Series on Aparat]
* [https://palmseries.com/gallery/ PALM galleries]
* [https://palmseries.com/videos/ PALM videos]

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