Just a reminder that registration for the 2018-19 IFPA North American Championship Series closes tomorrow, Monday, January 7th at 8pm CST. Any player that has not accepted their invitation by that time will be ineligible to participate.

If you are having trouble connecting with your IFPA State or Provincial Representative, feel free to email us at ifpapinball@gmail.com.

As State/Provincial Representatives alert us to who is attending, we will be updating the registration page HERE.

Qualifying for the 2018-19 IFPA North American Championship Series has just over a week left, but we wanted to take the opportunity to open up registration in advance to give players more time to respond to their invitations.

44 different IFPA State Championship finals (plus Wash DC) along with 8 different Provinces in Canada. These finals will all be held simultaneously on January 19th, 2018, with 832 finalists competing for their share of nearly $70,000 in cash, a State or Provincial title, along with a spot in the IFPA North American Pinball Championship.

View the qualifying standings HERE.

IFPA State/Provincial Representatives should be sending out emails shortly, although most have already done so with our short registration period. Important to note that if you do not have a registered IFPA player account, you are INELIGIBLE to participate. If you feel you should have received an invitation to one of the IFPA State Championships and did not, contact the IFPA immediately at ifpapinball@gmail.com, or Click HERE to register your profile.

Registration closes on Monday, January 7th at 8pm CST. Any player that has not accepted their invitation by that time will be ineligible to participate.

Remember that no player is allowed to compete in multiple IFPA State/Provincial Championships. Players that qualify for more than one IFPA State/Provincial Championship will have to make their choice during this open period of registration. This will mean that many states/provinces will go far past the top 16 players in order to fill all 16 spots (or 24 players for any Super State/Province).

Any questions about the SCS, or anything IFPA related, please contact us at ifpapinball@gmail.com

As State/Provincial Representatives alert us to who is attending, we will be updating the registration page HERE.

The Ottawa pinball show was supposed to occur on Sept 22nd – 23rd 2018, but devastating Tornadoes that occurred in the area took out power in the area, as a result the show was unable to occur. This left organizer Josh Mckay with with no opportunity to recoup the costs involved in setting this show up. The local community is trying to step up and make him whole so this natural disaster doesn’t destroy a pinball show as well.

If you would like to help donations can be made here: Go Fund Me

blog post courtesy of Alessio Crisantemi

Daniele Acciari from Rome has triumphed, winning the title of 2018 Pinball Italian Champion, in the eSports & Pinball event at Qlash House.

Treviso, Italy – A real triumph that of Daniele Acciari in the Luca Pagano’s Qlash House, where he won the title of 2018 sports pinball Italian Champion. And he does it “in his own way”, that is achieving a nothing short surreal score on a pinball machine still almost unknown to the players, as the brand new “Iron Maiden” by Stern Pinball, proposed in national preview at the “eSports & Pinball” event, thanks to the partnership between Ifpa Italia – organizer of the event – and the Chicago producer, together with its Italian distributor Tecnoplay.
Second place for the Venetian player Daniele Baldan, while the outgoing Italian champion, Roberto Pedroni, must be satisfied with the third place. Fourth place for the Swiss Levente Tregova.
A success came at the end of the two days of great entertainment went on stage in Villorba, near Treviso, during which the pinball event took place alongside that of videogames, with a competition on the famous game “Herthstone”.

In addition to the main tournament won by Acciari, a side tournament was also played on only “classic” pinball machines (that is the vintage pinball machines of the Sixties and Seventies).
Here Pablo Iacoponi from Pisa won, before the Roman Gabriele Tedeschi and the British number one in the UK ranking, Rick Mallett.

SPACE TO VIRTUAL PINBALL TOO– However, the real news has been represented by the virtual pinball tournament: a competition that represented the middle way between the world of sports pinball and that of competitive videogames. The player Davide Della Ianna from Lombardia won the virtual tournament, before Mirko Plumari and the Slovenian Ales Rebec. But space also for women, with the Italian delegation of the International Pinball Association, which also awarded the best player of the event: Antonella Iannotta, who prevailed over the other participants. To celebrate sports pinball women and the virtual tournament winners, a series of gadgets and trophies were directly sent from Stern Pinball in Chicago, partner of the event together with Tecnoplay and Double Pinball.

64 of the World’s greatest players traveled from 18 countries to compete in the 15th Annual International Flipper Pinball Association’s World Pinball Championship out in Keswick, Ontario, Canada. After nearly 3 days of the most intense competitive pinball experience the world has to offer, there could only be one World Pinball Champion.

After defeating Johan Genberg from Sweden (4-2), Eric Stone from the USA (4-0) and Trent Augenstein from the USA (4-2), Raymond went on to defeat Daniele Acciari from Italy (4-0) to retain his World Pinball Champion title. Trent Augenstein defeated Adam Becker for 3rd place.

This is Raymond’s second Major Championship, making him the 9th player in competitive pinball history to do so.

Bracket for finals available here:
https://tinyurl.com/ifpa15playoffs

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
Raymond Davidson d. Daniele Acciari (4-0)
Raymond won on Cheetah, The Shadow, Attack from Mars, Surf n Safari

CONSOLATION FINAL
Trent Augenstein d. Adam Becker (2-1)
Trent won on Harlem Globetrotters, Space Station
Adam won on Jack*bot

Qualifying results available here:
https://www.ifpapinball.com/world_championships/results/

LIVE Streaming will be here when available:
https://www.twitch.tv/buffalopinball 

Bracket for finals available here:
https://tinyurl.com/ifpa15playoffs

Daniele Acciari d. Adam Becker (4-2)
Daniele won on The Shadow, Space Station, Viking, Jack*bot
Adam won on Arena, Stargazer

Raymond Davidson d. Trent Augenstein (4-2)
Raymond won on Cheetah, Iron Maiden, Funhouse, Harlem Globetrotters
Trent won on Whirlwind, Family Guy

5th through 8th place match
Eric Stone – 17 POINTS
Julio Vicario Soriano – 11 POINTS
Colin Macalpine – 11 POINTS
Cayle George – 9 POINTS

Qualifying results available here:
https://www.ifpapinball.com/world_championships/results/

LIVE Streaming will be here when available:
https://www.twitch.tv/buffalopinball 

Bracket for finals available here:
https://tinyurl.com/ifpa15playoffs

Raymond Davidson d. Eric Stone (4-0)
Raymond won on Cheetah, Harlem Globetrotters, Attack from Mars, The Addams Family

Trent Augenstein d. Cayle George (5-4)
Trent won on Attack from Mars, Iron Maiden, Harlem Globetrotters, The Shadow, Arena
Cayle won on Mousin’ Around, Funhouse, Mars Trek, Jack*bot

Adam Becker d. Colin Macalpine (4-0)
Adam won on Dialed In, Jack*bot, Funhouse, Space Station

Daniele Acciari d. Julio Vicario Soriano (4-1)
Daniele won on Arena, The Shadow, Iron Maiden, Big Game
Julio won on Meteor

Qualifying results available here:
https://www.ifpapinball.com/world_championships/results/

LIVE Streaming will be here when available:
https://www.twitch.tv/buffalopinball 

Bracket for finals available here:
https://tinyurl.com/ifpa15playoffs

Raymond Davidson d. Johan Genberg (4-2)
Raymond won on Monaco, Attack from Mars, Whirlwind, Congo
Johan won on Strikes n Spares, Quicksilver

Daniele Acciari d. Karl DeAngelo (4-0)
Daniele won on Viking, The Shadow, Surf N Safari, Meteor

Eric Stone d. Tim Sexton (4-1)
Eric won on Robowar, Monaco, The Addams Family, Iron Maiden
Tim won on Stargazer

Trent Augenstein d. Zach Sharpe (5-4)
Trent won on Jack*bot, Funhouse, Seawitch, The Walking Dead, Arena
Zach won on Whirlwind, Family Guy, 4 Square, Congo

Cayle George d. Lyman Sheats (5-4)
Cayle won on Mousin’ Around, Surf n Safari, The Shadow, Attack from Mars, Congo
Lyman won on Jack*bot, Mars Trek, Dracula, Viking

Adam Becker d. Adam Lefkoff (5-3)
Adam L won on Countdown, Stargazer, Iron Maiden
Adam B won on Attack from Mars, Class of 1812, Space Station, Jack*bot, Metallica

Julio Vicario Soriano d. Kyoichi Miyaura (4-1)
Julio won on Surf n Safari, Butterfly, Radical, Viking
Kyoichi won on Dialed In

Colin Macalpine vs. Andrei Massenkoff (4-2)
Colin won on Funhouse, Dialed In, Butterfly, Harlem Globetrotters
Andrei won on Twilight Zone, Arena

Qualifying results available here:
https://www.ifpapinball.com/world_championships/results/

LIVE Streaming will be here when available:
https://www.twitch.tv/buffalo 

Bracket for finals available here:
https://tinyurl.com/ifpa15playoffs

Lyman Sheats d. Josh Sharpe (4-1)
Lyman won on The Shadow, Viking, Surf n Safari, Metallica
Josh won on Radical

Johan Genberg d. Levi Nayman (4-1)
Johan won on Robocop, The Addams Family, Countdown, Harlem Globetrotters
Levi won on Quicksilver

Trent Augenstein d. Johnny Modica (4-0)
Trent won on Independence Day, The Walking Dead, Funhouse, Space Station

Tim Sexton d. Benjamin Grabeldinger (4-1)
Tim won on Robowar, Iron Maiden, Ironman, Dracula
Benjamin won on Genesis

Adam Lefkoff d. Escher Lefkoff (4-2)
Adam won on Countdown, Attack from Mars, Class of 1812, Seawitch
Escher won on Arena, The Shadow

Daniele Acciari d. Marcus Hugosson (4-0)
Daniele won on The Shadow, The Addams Family, Robocop, Class of 1812

Kyoichi Miyaura d. Johannes Ostermeier (4-1)
Kyoichi won on Congo, Monaco, Funhouse, Frontier
Johannes won on Radical

Andrei Massenkoff d Jon Replogle (5-3)
Andrei won on Monaco, Congo, Twilight Zone, Attack from Mars, Meteor
Jon won on Whirlwind, Magic, Class of 1812

Qualifying results available here:
https://www.ifpapinball.com/world_championships/results/

LIVE Streaming will be here when available:
https://www.twitch.tv/buffalo