Start Date: January 22, 2024
End Date: March 18, 2024

Qualifying: 8 weeks and 4 games per week

Seeding: Random
Pairing: Balanced
Qualifying Scoring: Matchplay 7/5/3/1 (1st/2nd/3rd/4th in a 4 player group) and 7/4/1 (1st/2nd/3rd in a 3 player group)

Finals: The top 24 (or less if under 48 players in league for the season) will qualify for league finals on March 18th. Top seed from each group will have choice of game or position across all 3 games. The highest seeded player has first option of first game each round followed by the next highest seeded player for their respective group. This means for example if Seed 9 wants to play Cactus Canyon first round and seed 10 does as well, seed 10 will have to go with another pick for the intial round as to not delay tournament progression.

Finals Format: Players will be seeded 1-24 based on overall league points gained from the 8 qualifying weeks of league. The top 2 from each group will move on to the quarter finals. This will repeat until the final four compete and standings for the IFPA will be submitted based on the final results and conclusion of Finals.

Finals Scoring: PAPA 4/2/1/0 - First place will receive 4 points, Second place 2 points, Third place 1 point, and 4th place 0 points

Byes: The top 8 seeded players will receive a 1 round bye and will join finals during the quarterfinal round.

Division Playoff: After the dust settles from the finals on March 18th, we will break everyone into Divisions similarly from previous seasons. The top 5 players from each division will play in a head to head Best 2 games out of 3 Ladder, and the top 4 from each division will receive a ribbon or trophy (Trophies for Top 3 and Ribbon for 4th). The standings from the Division Playoff will not be included in the final IFPA standings, as those results will stem from the Top 24 finals as described above. The Divisional Playoff will also include a pizza party and optional Stall Ball/Conga shenanigans.
Software: We will be using the new Matchplay software this season instead of the FSPA software from previous seasons.

New Matchplay link: https://next.matchplay.events/

NOTE: Players will now be able to enter their scores directly into Matchplay and no longer require a sheet to fill out and turn in. We will have the groups up on the Pinball TV and also on a laptop for players to double check their assigned group.
Pairing: Balanced - Balanced pairing will pair league players up with players they have not played in previous weeks.
Game Assignment: Games will be assigned to each group via Matchplay each week. If a game is down or out for the night, a league director will change said game either randomly or based on how many times a game has already been drawn and assigned to another group that night.

League Dates are as follows: 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2/12, 2/19, 2/26, 3/4, 3/11, and Finals will be on 3/18