French Championship Series – Official Rules
Summary
The IFPA French Championship Series is an annuel compétition where the qualification is done over a whole year (from 1st january till 31st december).
All results of the IFPA recognized tournaments held in France are considering for the qualifications of the IFPA French Championship Series Final.
At the beginning of the next calendar year the Final will be played by the 24 best players from the qualification.
Competition Details
2.1. Qualification
Qualifying for the IFPA French Championship Series is based on results from all of the IFPA endorsed tournaments held in France.
In the event that any players are tied with the same amount of FCS ranking points,we will look at their best events until the tie can be resolved.
If any of the top 24 players are unable to participate,vacant places will be made available for the next best players who qualified in places 24+.
Every IFPA registered player who is qualified for the tournament can participate, all nationalities are welcome.
The slots for the IFPA World Championship & the IFPA European Pinball Championship is reserved for the best players in the Final, who is listed in the WPPR for France without being qualified for the IFPA & the IFPA EPC.
2.2. Finals Format : Head-to-Head Single Elimination Format
Players will be placed in a single elimination bracket once the seedings have been completed.
Top 8 receive a bye.
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.
First round pairings are as follows:
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, 2 vs. 15/18 winner, 3 vs. 14/19 winner, 4 vs. 13/20 winner,
5 vs. 12/21 winner, 6 vs. 11/22 winner, 7 vs. 10/23 winner, 8 vs. 9/24 winner.
Third round pairings are as follows:
1/16/17 winner vs. 8/9/24 winner, 2/15/18 winner vs. 7/10/23 winner ,
3/14/19 winner vs. 6/11/22 winner , 4/13/20 winner vs. 5/12/21 winner.
Fourth round pairing are as follows:
1/8/9/16/17/24 winner vs. 4/5/12/13/20/21 winner,
2/7/10/15/18/23 winner vs. 3/6/11/14/19/22 winner.
Two winners of round 4 play for the State Championship (best of 7)
Two losers of round 4 play in the Consolation Final for 3rd/4th place (best of 3)
