Fees

The entry fee for each event will depend upon the organizers. The entry fee into the IFPA ICS Final is 15 Euro for participant (maximum: 32 partecipants)



III. Format of Matches

Seeding of finalist

Once all participants are finalized, the top 16 players will be seeded based on their ICS rankings position at the end of the calendar year. In the event that any players are tied with the same amount of ICS ranking points, then we will look at their best event(s) until the tie can be resolved.

Machines Chosen

To be decided. They will depend on the location chosen for the ICS finals.



Head-to-Head Single Elimination Format

Players from 16th to 32th position will be placed before in a single elimination bracket named ‘GROUP A’ once the seedings have been completed.



Group A:

Players 16-32 play a bracket where only 1 winner is crowned – that player moves on final match



Final match:

Players 1-15 from the ICS 2017 qualification rounds, plus the Group A winner play in the Championship bracket



Championship Bracket



First round of Championship Bracket pairings are as follows:

1 vs. 16, 2 vs. 15, 3 vs. 14, 4 vs. 13,

5 vs. 12, 6 vs. 11, 7 vs. 10, 8 vs. 9



Second round pairings are as follows:

1/16 winner vs. 8/9 winner, 2/15 winner vs. 7/10 winner,

3/14 winner vs. 6/11 winner, 4/13 winner vs. 5/12 winner



Third round pairings are as follows:

1/8/9/16 winner vs. 4/5/12/13 winner, 2/7/10/15 winner vs. 3/6/11/14 winner



Fourth round pairing are as follows:

Two winners of round 3 play for the ICS Championship

Two losers of round 3 play in the Consolation Final for 3rd/4th place.

Each match will be a best-of-seven. The higher seeded player will have choice position for the 1st game, with the loser of each subsequent game having choice of order, until someone has won 4 games. A machine may not be played more than once in the same match. 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.



Winners

Top 4 Winners will receive prizes and trophies.