With the help of [player]Garrett Hays[/player] (ranked 197st in the world) and his slick video editing skills, we’re excited to release the video of the World Championship match from the IFPA11 World Pinball Championship between [player]Jorian Engelbrektsson[/player] (ranked 3rd in the world going into IFPA11) representing Sweden, and [player]Keith Elwin[/player] (ranked 1st in the world going into IFPA11) representing the US. On the line was $1000 cash, a brand new pinball machine from Stern Pinball, the iconic Space Jet trophy and title of World Pinball Champion. Special thanks also to [player]Adam Lefkoff[/player] and [player]Adam Becker[/player] for providing the commentary. Click HERE to watch the video.

With the help of Andreas Thorsén (ranked 181st in the world) and his slick video editing skills, we're excited to release the video of the World Championship match from the IFPA10 World Pinball Championship between Jörgen Holm (ranked 5th in the world going into IFPA10) representing Sweden, and [player]Zach Sharpe[/player] (ranked 3rd in the world going into IFPA10) representing the US. On the line was $1000 cash, a brand new pinball machine from Stern Pinball, the iconic Space Jet trophy and title of World Pinball Champion. Special thanks also to [player]Adam Lefkoff[/player] and [player]Cayle George[/player] for providing the commentary. Jörgen and Zach will both be Epstein Cup participants at the upcoming IFPA11 World Pinball Championship in Denver coming up in May. Click HERE to watch the video.

In what will go down as the most underwhelming finish in World Pinball Championship history, we're ready to show the Game 5 footage from the IFPA9 World Pinball Championship final match. [player]Daniele Celestino Acciari[/player] had a 3 games to 1 lead over [player]Cayle George[/player] after stealing a win on the road on Cayle’s Attack from Mars pick. Old Chicago was Daniele’s “OLD” era pick, and with a win he would earn the title of World Pinball Champion for the second time. Commentary provided by both [player]Cayle George[/player] and [player]Adam Lefkoff[/player]. Check out the action HERE,

Through three games of the IFPA9 final, both players have held serve with [player]Daniele Celestino Acciari[/player] winning on both Shadow and Medusa, while [player]Cayle George[/player] won on his first pick of Grand Prix. With both Mousin' Around and Attack From Mars left to choose from, Cayle went with Attack From Mars for his second choice. Having won on Attack From Mars in two of his previous playoff rounds, this game was a must win for Cayle to try and even things up. Check out the action HERE,

The second game of the IFPA9 final saw [player]Cayle George[/player] even up the match with [player]Daniele Celestino Acciari[/player] (1-1) by holding serve on his OLD game choice of Grand Prix. The next game in the match had Daniele choosing his MID game, Medusa.  Commentary provided by both [player]Cayle George[/player] and [player]Adam Lefkoff[/player]. Check out the action HERE,

The IFPA is pleased to announce that our Player of the Month for July 2012 is [player]Julio Vicario Soriano[/player] from Spain. Julio earned a victory in each of the tournaments he played in during July including the Caja de Cristal Pinball Open, Pinball Party Night Valencia and the Torneo Espanol de Pinball, netting him 85.65 WPPR points.

The rest of the top 5 for the month of July included [player]Adam Lefkoff[/player] of the US with 77.03 WPPR points, [player]Keith Elwin[/player] of the US with 69.13 WPPR points, [player]Zach Sharpe[/player] of the US with 66.51 WPPR points, and [player]Trent Augenstein[/player] of the US with 57.87 WPPR points.

Congratulations to Julio and the other top WPPR point earners of the month!

With the help of [player]Mark Steinman[/player] (ranked 220th in the world) from PAPA and his slick video editing skills, we’re excited to release the first game from the IFPA9 World Pinball Championship match between IFPA7 World Pinball Champion [player]Daniele Celestino Acciari[/player] (ranked 2nd in the world) representing Italy, and the IFPA8 World Pinball Champion [player]Cayle George[/player] (ranked 3rd in the world) representing the US. On the line was $1350 cash, a brand new pinball machine from Stern Pinball, Space Jet trophy and title of IFPA’s World Pinball Champion. Special thanks also to [player]Adam Lefkoff[/player] (ranked 32nd in the world) and Cayle for providing the commentary as they so often have done for the PAPA videos.

In the ongoing coverage of the Rose City Showdown out in the Portland, The Oregonian has an article that was released over the weekend. The Rose City Showdown is one of the nearly 350 annual IFPA endorsed tournaments where players can earn World Pinball Player Rankings points, and qualify for the IFPA World Pinball Championship.

Featured in the article is 58th ranked [player]Aaron Nelson[/player], 43rd ranked [player]Adam Lefkoff[/player], 457th ranked [player]Kevin Kerr[/player] and the world’s current #1 player [player]Keith Elwin[/player]. Additional players mentioned in pictures from the article include 423rd ranked [player]John Fujita[/player] and 34th ranked [player]Eden Stamm[/player]. Aaron, Adam, Keith and Eden are 4 of the 64 qualifiers for the upcoming World Pinball Championship, June 8th-10th outside of Seattle, WA.

To read the entire article click HERE. To read more about the Rose City Showdown, including full results, click HERE.

KATU in Portland had some coverage of the 4th annual Rose City Showdown, one of the nearly 350 annual IFPA endorsed tournaments where players can earn World Pinball Player Rankings points. Top ranked Portland player, and 58th ranked in the world [player]Aaron Nelson[/player] and 43rd ranked [player]Adam Lefkoff[/player] are both featured. Aaron and Adam both recently qualified for IFPA9 the upcoming World Pinball Championship held outside Seattle later in June.

Click HERE to see the video. Click HERE for more information on the Rose City Showdown, including full results of the event.