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Format Details
| Event Name : | Main Tournament |
| Qualifying Format : | Matchplay Qualifying |
| Finals Format : | Match Play |
| Player Limit : | 100 |
| Unlimited Qualifying? : | No |
Tournament Overview
Registration for this tournament opens on April 05, 2025
Start Date: August 14, 2025
End Date: August 15, 2025
Registration Opens April 5th
100 Player Cap
See website for Full Details on all tournaments for this event
You are registering and paying for 4 tournaments at one time
$290 Total Cost if paid by June 21st
$320 Total Cost if paid after June 21st
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I have comfortably scheduled 4 tournaments in 4 days. 2 IFPA Certified Events and 2 Knockouts. One of the knockouts overlaps with IFPA certified classics finals on Friday.
Everyone makes finals on Sunday in either A/B or C division with no restrictions based on IFPA rank.
You also get to play as much pinball as you want at practice times and in-between rounds, as all the games are on free play the whole weekend.
Thursday afternoon-evening Certified Classics Qualify (10 Rounds 2 Games per round) with finals Friday Morning
Friday Morning also has a 3 strike knockout at the same time as the Finals for Certified Classics
Friday Night we play the 1st half (5 Rounds) of the qualifying for the Certified Main Event
Saturday Morning-Afternoon we complete the 2nd half (5 more Rounds) of qualifying for main event. (10 Round 2 Game Banks with 1 modern & 1 classic game per round in total)
Saturday Night has an 8 Strike Fair Strike Knockout (All Games)
Sunday Morning-Afternoon has A/B/C Finals for Main Event - Everyone makes it to finals in one of the divisions
Event 1: Certified Classics Qualifying; 10 Rounds of 2 Classic Games each round
Thursday Aug 14th, 2025
11AM Doors Open for Practice
12PM Tournament Starts
9:30PM Projected End Time
The Group Match Play Qualifier will be played in groups of 4 (3 when necessary).
Random Seeding to start, then Tiered Swiss Style thereafter. If Tiered Swiss not available then Swiss will be used. MatchPlay Software will most likely be used for the tournaments.
Each Round will consist of a 2 games played, 1 at a time, on the older, 'classic' games at D82.
You will receive 7/5/3/1 scoring on each game
Automatic Tiebreakers will be turned on
Once 10 rounds are completed (20 Games Total) the top 24 players make it to the final
8th & 24th place will not use the Automatic Tiebreakers. All players tied with the same amount of accumulated points for the 8th or 24th position will have a 1 GAME tiebreaker to determine who gets into the final and who doesn't. This 1 GAME tiebreaker is significant and will result in the final placing for all players who finish 25th or worse in the tournament. Example. We have 10 players with the same amount of points who finish from 21st-30th in qualifying. They all get to play a 1 GAME tiebreaker. The person with the lowest tiebreaker score finishes the tournament in 30th place. If a tiebreaker is needed to determine 8th place we will use those results for 9th, 10th, 11th, etc.
Event 1 Finals: Classics Certified Playoffs
Friday August 15th, 2025
8AM Doors Open Practice and check in
9:15AM Finals Start for 9th-24th position
No practicing on the games in Rows 7/8 or AC2 Room (Finals Games) the day of the finals until the finals are complete. This includes everyone not just the players in the finals.
Top 24 Players from the Main Event Qualifying will play in the Finals. If someone doesn't show up the 25th or next highest person from qualifying will take their place. The format will consist of 4 rounds of 3 game banks. Top 8 qualifiers get a 1st round bye. Groupings for first round will be (9th, 16th, 17th, 24th), (10th, 15th, 18th, 23rd), (11th, 14th, 19th, 22nd), (12th, 13th, 20th, 21st) Games will be played one at a time. High seed in each group will get choice of Bank and Order on 1st game. Subsequent games the order choice is reversed with 4th place getting to pick first, then 3rd place next, etc. The games that are in the banks will be chosen by the tournament director before the start of the tournament and won't be revealed to the players until the morning of the playoffs. The banks will be slightly different each round. These banks will consist of all classic era machines. Scoring will be 4/2/1/0 for each of the 3 games. Top 2 advance bottom 2 are eliminated. Should there be a tie for 2nd/3rd place a 1 game playoff will be played by the 2 affected players. That game is pre-selected on the Bank Sheet as the Alternative Game or another game will be chosen at random by the TD if needed.
The 8 Eliminated players from 1st round will ranked 17th-24th according to how many points they accumulated in this round. Ties will not be broken.
In the Quarterfinal Round, the players advancing from the previous round will be reseeded according to their original ranks and divided into four groups as follows.
16 Players
Group 1: 1 8 9 16
Group 2: 2 7 10 15
Group 3: 3 6 11 14
Group 4: 4 5 12 13
The 8 eliminated players will be ranked 9th-16th according to the accumulated points in this round. Ties will not be broken.
For the Semifinal Round, the 8 players advancing will be divided into two groups of four. The groups will be organized according to the original qualifying rank as shown here:
8 Players
Group 1: 1 4 5 8
Group 2: 2 3 6 7
The 4 eliminated players from this round will be ranked from 5th-8th based on the accumulated points from this round. Ties will not be broken.
The four remaining players advance to the final round. The final round is conducted in the same manner as the Semifinal Round. The total scores for this round will determine the ordering of the winners. All ties in the final round are considered significant and will be broken with a 1 game playoff. The final reporting of points to IFPA will show 1st-4th place with no ties.
Top 4 Trophies/Plaques and Top 16 Prize Money
100 Player Cap
See website for Full Details on all tournaments for this event
You are registering and paying for 4 tournaments at one time
$290 Total Cost if paid by June 21st
$320 Total Cost if paid after June 21st
Play More Pinball!
I have comfortably scheduled 4 tournaments in 4 days. 2 IFPA Certified Events and 2 Knockouts. One of the knockouts overlaps with IFPA certified classics finals on Friday.
Everyone makes finals on Sunday in either A/B or C division with no restrictions based on IFPA rank.
You also get to play as much pinball as you want at practice times and in-between rounds, as all the games are on free play the whole weekend.
Thursday afternoon-evening Certified Classics Qualify (10 Rounds 2 Games per round) with finals Friday Morning
Friday Morning also has a 3 strike knockout at the same time as the Finals for Certified Classics
Friday Night we play the 1st half (5 Rounds) of the qualifying for the Certified Main Event
Saturday Morning-Afternoon we complete the 2nd half (5 more Rounds) of qualifying for main event. (10 Round 2 Game Banks with 1 modern & 1 classic game per round in total)
Saturday Night has an 8 Strike Fair Strike Knockout (All Games)
Sunday Morning-Afternoon has A/B/C Finals for Main Event - Everyone makes it to finals in one of the divisions
Event 1: Certified Classics Qualifying; 10 Rounds of 2 Classic Games each round
Thursday Aug 14th, 2025
11AM Doors Open for Practice
12PM Tournament Starts
9:30PM Projected End Time
The Group Match Play Qualifier will be played in groups of 4 (3 when necessary).
Random Seeding to start, then Tiered Swiss Style thereafter. If Tiered Swiss not available then Swiss will be used. MatchPlay Software will most likely be used for the tournaments.
Each Round will consist of a 2 games played, 1 at a time, on the older, 'classic' games at D82.
You will receive 7/5/3/1 scoring on each game
Automatic Tiebreakers will be turned on
Once 10 rounds are completed (20 Games Total) the top 24 players make it to the final
8th & 24th place will not use the Automatic Tiebreakers. All players tied with the same amount of accumulated points for the 8th or 24th position will have a 1 GAME tiebreaker to determine who gets into the final and who doesn't. This 1 GAME tiebreaker is significant and will result in the final placing for all players who finish 25th or worse in the tournament. Example. We have 10 players with the same amount of points who finish from 21st-30th in qualifying. They all get to play a 1 GAME tiebreaker. The person with the lowest tiebreaker score finishes the tournament in 30th place. If a tiebreaker is needed to determine 8th place we will use those results for 9th, 10th, 11th, etc.
Event 1 Finals: Classics Certified Playoffs
Friday August 15th, 2025
8AM Doors Open Practice and check in
9:15AM Finals Start for 9th-24th position
No practicing on the games in Rows 7/8 or AC2 Room (Finals Games) the day of the finals until the finals are complete. This includes everyone not just the players in the finals.
Top 24 Players from the Main Event Qualifying will play in the Finals. If someone doesn't show up the 25th or next highest person from qualifying will take their place. The format will consist of 4 rounds of 3 game banks. Top 8 qualifiers get a 1st round bye. Groupings for first round will be (9th, 16th, 17th, 24th), (10th, 15th, 18th, 23rd), (11th, 14th, 19th, 22nd), (12th, 13th, 20th, 21st) Games will be played one at a time. High seed in each group will get choice of Bank and Order on 1st game. Subsequent games the order choice is reversed with 4th place getting to pick first, then 3rd place next, etc. The games that are in the banks will be chosen by the tournament director before the start of the tournament and won't be revealed to the players until the morning of the playoffs. The banks will be slightly different each round. These banks will consist of all classic era machines. Scoring will be 4/2/1/0 for each of the 3 games. Top 2 advance bottom 2 are eliminated. Should there be a tie for 2nd/3rd place a 1 game playoff will be played by the 2 affected players. That game is pre-selected on the Bank Sheet as the Alternative Game or another game will be chosen at random by the TD if needed.
The 8 Eliminated players from 1st round will ranked 17th-24th according to how many points they accumulated in this round. Ties will not be broken.
In the Quarterfinal Round, the players advancing from the previous round will be reseeded according to their original ranks and divided into four groups as follows.
16 Players
Group 1: 1 8 9 16
Group 2: 2 7 10 15
Group 3: 3 6 11 14
Group 4: 4 5 12 13
The 8 eliminated players will be ranked 9th-16th according to the accumulated points in this round. Ties will not be broken.
For the Semifinal Round, the 8 players advancing will be divided into two groups of four. The groups will be organized according to the original qualifying rank as shown here:
8 Players
Group 1: 1 4 5 8
Group 2: 2 3 6 7
The 4 eliminated players from this round will be ranked from 5th-8th based on the accumulated points from this round. Ties will not be broken.
The four remaining players advance to the final round. The final round is conducted in the same manner as the Semifinal Round. The total scores for this round will determine the ordering of the winners. All ties in the final round are considered significant and will be broken with a 1 game playoff. The final reporting of points to IFPA will show 1st-4th place with no ties.
Top 4 Trophies/Plaques and Top 16 Prize Money
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