Just announced, Alice Cooper’s Solid Rock, Coach Ditka’s Gridiron Greats, and Cooper’stown have made available a small number of entries to their fans.

Any Pinball, Football, or Rock and Roll Fans interested in participating in theCooper’stown Pinball Party, just follow the links!

https://www.gridironsupport.org/shop/cooperstown-pinball- showdown-entry- medallion-limited/

There will be great prizes (including a new Pinball Machine!) available, with awesome swag for all! And certainly a few SURPRISES!

Details available HERE – https://www.gridironsupport.org/pinball-party-showdown/

As one of the players ranked in the top 1000 at the end of 2016, Raymond Davidson qualified himself for the IFPA’s $tern Rewards Program. The $tern Rewards Program allows qualifiers to purchase a brand new Stern pinball machine at a special IFPA price. Raymond redeemed his reward for The Walking Dead Pro.

Raymond played in 27 events in 2016, moving himself up from 8th to 5th in the world.

Congratulations to Raymond, and remember if you’re interested in qualifying for the $tern Rewards Program, check out the rules here.

We’re now less than 2 weeks away from kicking off the IFPA Nationals, Womens and Pin-Masters Championship! Our gracious host FUN! Billiards & Gameroom Superstore is currently getting games prepared for the tournament.

The current game list is:

As one of the players ranked in the top 1000 at the end of 2016, Jeremy Williams qualified himself for the IFPA’s $tern Rewards Program. The $tern Rewards Program allows qualifiers to purchase a brand new Stern pinball machine at a special IFPA price. David redeemed his reward for a Game of Thrones Pro.

Jeremy played in 11 events in 2016, moving himself up from 344th to 328th in the world.

Congratulations to Jeremy, and remember if you’re interested in qualifying for the $tern Rewards Program, check out the rules here.

Just a reminder that registration for the 2016-17 State Championship Series closes on Saturday, January 14th at 7pm 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 Representative, feel free to email your selection to ifpapinball@gmail.com.

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

For our Canadian friends, the PCS registration page is available HERE.

With the 2016 pinball season officially behind us, the World Pinball Player Rankings continues to show no signs of slowing down within the competitive pinball community. We wanted to take a quick look back at the growth we’ve seen during 2016.

We’re proud to say that the total number of players the IFPA is now ranking at the end of 2016 is 46,949. This represents a 21% growth from the end of 2015 where we had 38,651 players. In addition, the number of players that played in an IFPA endorsed tournament during 2016 was 17,174, up 4% from the number of players that were active during 2015.

We’ve also seen continued growth in the number of tournaments popping up all over the world. Total number of events for 2016 was 3532, up 28% from last year.

The IFPA wishes to thank everyone in the competitive pinball community for continuing to support everything we do to spread the world about our incredible sport to the masses.

The IFPA is proud to announce that registration for the 2017 IFPA Women’s World Pinball Championship is now open! For more details on the Women’s Championship click HERE!

The initial invite list is open for the top 24 women in the World Pinball Player Rankings as of 1/1/2017. Based on the interest of the top 24, we may extend the invite list additional spots so please monitor the registration page at your leisure. Should you be interested, please send payment to the IFPA as your way of committing to attending the tournament. Should you not be interested, it is equally important that we know, so please send an email to the IFPA stating you will not be available to participate.

A reminder that through fundraising and sponsorship efforts, the top prize for the Women’s World Championship this year is over $2000!

Should you have any questions about our qualifying process or to find out more information about the tournament, please contact the IFPA at ifpapinball@gmail.com.

Qualifying for the 4th annual IFPA State Championship Series is now complete, and it’s now time for us to find our qualifiers for the 40 different IFPA State Championship finals. These finals will all be held simultaneously on February 11th, 2017, with 640 finalists competing for not only a State Championship title, but also a spot in the fourth annual IFPA US National Championship.

View the final qualifying standings HERE.

IFPA State Representatives should be sending out emails to the top 50 from each state shortly. Important to note that if the IFPA does not have your email address on file, we have no way of being able to contact you. 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 edit your profile.

Registration for all 40 states closes on Saturday, January 14th at 7pm 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 Championships. Players that qualify for more than one IFPA State Championship will have to make their choice during this open period of registration. This will mean that many states will go far past the top 16 players in order to fill all 16 spots.

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

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

For our Canadian friends, the PCS registration page is available HERE.

As one of the Biggest Movers in the World Pinball Player Rankings in August 2016, David Konwiczka qualified himself for the IFPA’s $tern Rewards Program. The $tern Rewards Program allows qualifiers to purchase a brand new Stern pinball machine at a special IFPA price. David redeemed his reward for a Metallica Pro.

In just his first year competing David has moved himself up the rankings into the top 6000 in the world.

Congratulations to David, and remember if you’re interested in qualifying for the $tern Rewards Program, check out the rules here.