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IFPA US National Pinball Championship

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Tournament Information

Director : IFPA
Location : Las Vegas, NV
Country : United States
Information : Website

Event Dates

WPPR Snapshot (this event)

Ranking System :Main
Ranking Strength :9.70
Ratings Strength :6.21
Base Value : 18
Rated Players :36
Total (before TGP) : 33.91
TGP :100.00%
Tour Value :42.39
Calculated with WPPR Version 5
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Results for the Main Tournament event on March 17, 2016

Pos Player Rank Rating Points
1 Adam Lefkoff 37 1717.05 42.39
2 Lyman Sheats 33 1729.54 29.05
3 Travis Maisch 385 1470.49 22.47
4 Atticus Palmer 461 1675.47 17.82
6 Salem Ayoob 376 1567.01 11.57
6 Eric Fisher 211 1528.66 11.57
6 Joe Kosack 234 1653.60 11.57
6 Joe Lemire 73 1807.91 11.57
12 Andy Cobb 166 1669.41 3.89
12 John Kremmer 133 1610.58 3.89
12 Adam Kiesler 209 1647.59 3.89
12 Karl DeAngelo 22 1890.77 3.89
12 Jason Werdrick 23 1793.26 3.89
12 Greg Poverelli 228 1715.31 3.89
12 Pierce McLain 617 1416.35 3.89
12 Jeff Douglas 521 1674.29 3.89
24 Jody Jodon 284 1623.06 1.53
24 Dominic Nardini 516 1550.55 1.53
24 Will McKinney 179 1741.21 1.53
24 Luke Nahorniak 695 1649.53 1.53
24 Jason Scheffelmaer 187 1736.95 1.53
24 Heath Ashley 2301 1406.94 1.53
24 Drew Donohue 1709 1484.77 1.53
24 Doug Parsons 1103 1514.35 1.53
24 Brian Dye 155 1623.25 1.53
24 Kevin Kuntz 801 1638.11 1.53
24 Timothy Enders 149 1628.14 1.53
24 Jake Erskine 809 1474.75 1.53
24 Brian Hill 274 1538.00 1.53
24 Barry Brdar 292 1586.44 1.53
24 Kevin Stone 131 1548.79 1.53
24 Josh Tidmore 336 1630.73 1.53
34 Todd Baumeister 1550 1359.28 0.35
34 Ethan Bent 3230 1458.49 0.35
34 Ryan James 2596 1481.92 0.35
34 Adrienne Black 2296 1401.33 0.35
Highlighted players are not applied to strength calculations due to lack of played tournaments.

This event has already occurred

Location


1610 East Tropicana Avenue
Las Vegas, NV
United States

Tournament Overview


Tournament Date: March 17, 2016



I. Quick Overview

The IFPA US National Pinball Championship is an annual pinball competition organized by the IFPA. As part of the prize package for each IFPA State Pinball Championship, each IFPA State Pinball Champion will win free entry into the IFPA US National Pinball Championship. If the IFPA State Pinball Champion is unable to attend the IFPA US National Pinball Championship, the runner-up at the State Pinball Championship will be allowed to participate and serve as the representative of that state. The 2014-15 US National Pinball Championship will be held Thursday, March 26th, 2014 at the Pinball of Fame in Las Vegas, NV.

II. Competition Details

1. How to qualify

The only way to qualify for the IFPA US National Pinball Championship is to win an IFPA State Pinball Championship. If the State Champion is unable to attend, the runner-up is the only eligible alternate. New for the 2014-15 season, IFPA Canada Provincial Pinball Champions are also eligible to compete.

2. Fees

There is no entry fee into IFPA US National Pinball Championship. The first $100 raised at each IFPA State Pinball Championship will be put towards the prize package. Players are expected to pay for coin drop.

3. Prizes

The tournament features a guaranteed package of cash prizes. In the event of an overrun beyond expenses, tournament revenue will be retained to finance the next IFPA event. In the event IFPA discontinues its events or is disbanded, any such retained revenue will be donated to charity.

The guaranteed prize package is as follows:

1st Place –> $1000 cash + Trophy + Title of "US National Pinball Champion"
2nd Place –> $500 cash
3rd Place –> $400 cash
4th Place –> $300 cash
5th through 8th place –> $150 cash each

III. Format of Matches

1. Seeding of finalists

Once all participants are finalized, the players will be seeded based on their WPPR rank at the end of the calendar year.

2. Machines Chosen

Any game available for the IFPA Pin-Masters is eligible to be played, unless otherwise noted by the IFPA.

3. Head-to-Head Single Elimination Format

Players will be placed in a single elimination bracket once the seedings have been completed. Depending on the number of players, there will be byes for the top seeded players through the first round.

First round pairings are as follows:

1st seed through 4th seed will automatically receive a bye
5 vs. 28, 6 vs. 27, 7 vs. 26, 8 vs. 25, 9 vs. 24, 10 vs. 23, 11 vs. 22, 12 vs. 21,
13 vs. 20, 14 vs. 19, 15 vs. 18, 16 vs. 17

Second round pairings are as follows:

1 vs. 16/17 winner (Match A), 2 vs. 15/18 winner (Match B), 3 vs. 14/19 winner (Match C), 4 vs. 13/20 winner (Match D),
5/28 winner vs. 12/21 winner (Match E), 6/27 vs. 11/22 winner (Match F), 7/26 vs. 10/23 winner (Match G), 8/25 vs. 9/24 winner (Match H)

Quaterfinal round pairings are as follows:

Match A winner vs. Match H winner (Match I), Match B winner vs. Match G winner (Match J),
Match C winner vs. Match F winner (Match K), Match D winner vs. Match E winner (Match L)

Semifinal round pairings are as follows:

Match I winner vs. Match L winner,
Match J winner vs. Match K winner

Final round pairing are as follows:

Two winners of Semifinals round for the US National Championship
Two losers of Semifinal round in the Consolation Final for 3rd/4th place.

Each match will be a best-of-seven. The higher seeded player will have choice of machine or position for the 1st game, with the loser of each subsequent game having choice of machine or order, until someone has won 4 games. A machine may not be played more than once in the same match unless there are less than 7 machines available. If that is the case, only after all machines have been chosen can either player select that game to be played for a second time within the same match. Once a player verbally announces their game choice, or chooses position, that decision will be locked in and cannot be changed.

Each player will have the opportunity for 30 seconds of practice time before starting every game of every match. This is to ensure that both players have a chance to get familiar with the machine.

The winner of the match advances to the next round, while the loser is eliminated.

The 3rd/4th place Consolation Final will be played as a best-of-three instead of a best-of-seven like all other rounds, using the same rules.

4. Winners

Winners will receive cash prizes as cash or check during an awards ceremony shortly following the conclusion of all final rounds. Winners need not be present to receive prizes; prizes will be supplied via postal mail if necessary. All taxes are the sole responsibility of winners. Certain tax forms may need to be completed, as directed by tournament officials. All decisions by tournament officials regarding winners and prizes are final.

First Place will also receive the title “US National Pinball Champion”. This title remains in effect until the next annual IFPA State Championship Series, or will expire after two years if the IFPA State Championship Series is discontinued.

IV. Rulings and Malfunctions

All rulings and malfunctions will be based on the rules for the IFPA World Pinball Championship. Those are available HERE, starting at Paragraph V. Please ignore any sections above this as that relates to the format of the World Championship.

Format Details


Event Name : Main Tournament
Qualifying Format : Unknown
Finals Format : Unknown
Player Limit : Unknown
Games Played for TGP : 26
Unlimited Qualifying? : No
Qualifying Hours for TGP : 0

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