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Keith Elwin d. Daniele Acciari (4-1)
Keith won on Funhouse, Sorcerer, Congo, Old Chicago
Daniele won on Medieval Madness

Jorian Engelbrektsson d. Cryss Stephens (5-3)
Jorian won on Sorcerer, AC/DC, Out of Sight, Whitewater, Paragon
Cryss won on Spider-Man, The Addams Family, Space Time

Jorian Engelbrektsson d. Andrei Massenkoff (5-3)
Jorian won on Spider-Man, Out of Sight, Jungle Queen, Avatar, Whitewater
Andrei won on The Addams Family, Dr. Dude, AC/DC

Cryss Stephens d. Zach Sharpe (4-0)
Cryss won on 300, Avatar, The Addams Family, Space Time

Daniele Acciari d. Adam Lefkoff (4-1)
Daniele won on Space Time, Medieval Madness, The Addams Family, Old Chicago
Adam won on Funhouse

Keith Elwin d. Lyman Sheats (4-2)
Keith won on Sorcerer, Congo, High Hand, Wizard
Lyman won on Frontier, Lord of the Rings

Jorian Engelbrektsson d. Steven Bowden (4-0)
Jorian won on Spiderman, Avatar, Dr. Dude, Firepower

Andrei Massenkoff d. Mats Runsten (4-2)
Andrei won on Roadshow, Funhouse, The Addams Family
Mats won on Old Chicago, AC/DC

Cryss Stephens d. Nick Zendejas (5-3)
Cryss won on The Addams Family, Jumping Jack, 300, Paragon, AC/DC
Nick won on Black Knight, Metallica, Roadshow

Zach Sharpe d. Jim Belsito (4-1)
Zach won on Congo, Space Time, Cosmic Gunfight, Pioneer
Jim won on Pin-Bot

Daniele Acciari d. Cayle George (5-3)
Daniele won on 24, Old Chicago, Wizard, Medieval Madness, Funhouse
Cayle won on The Addams Family, Roadshow, Mousin Around

Adam Lefkoff d. Adam Becker (5-4)
Adam L won on Fathom, CSI, The Addams Family, Space Time, Mousin' Around
Adam B won on Wizard, Ironman, Snow Derby, Metallica

Lyman Sheats d. Josh Sharpe (4-1)
Lyman won on Firepower, Lord of the Rings, Captain Fantastic, High Hand
Josh won on Funhouse

Keith Elwin d. Jerry Bernard (4-0)
Keith won on Congo, 4 Square, The Addams Family, Firepower

Steven Bowden d. Jorgen Holm (5-3)
Steven won on Roadshow, Firepower, Aquarius, Congo, Sorcerer
Jorgen won on Avatar, Fathom, Jungle Queen

Mats Runsten d. Donavan Stepp (4-2)
Mats won on Roadshow, AC/DC, Funhouse, Skateball
Donavan won on Jungle Queen, Pioneer

Nick Zendejas d. Frank Romero (4-1)
Nick won on Black Knight, Sorcerer, Roadshow, 24
Frank won on Jumping Jack

Zach Sharpe d. Andy Rosa (4-1)
Zach won on Space Time, Pinbot, Old Chicago, AC/DC
Andy won on The Addams Family

Cayle George d. Raymond Davidson (4-2)
Cayle won on 24, Mousin' Around, Funhouse, Wheel of Fortune
Raymond won on Pioneer, Wizard

Adam Lefkoff d. Steve Zahler (4-2)
Adam won on Wizard, Star Trek, The Addams Family, Jungle Queen
Steve won on CSI, Earthshaker

Josh Sharpe d. Franck Bona (4-0)
Josh won on Captain Fantastic, Space Time, Fathom, Avatar

Jerry Bernard d. Jon Replogle (5-4)
Jerry won on Jumping Jack, Cosmic Gunfight, Star Trek, Firepower, 300
Jon won on Wizard, 24, Sorcerer, Earthshaker
 

Steven Bowden d. Dean Grover (4-2)
Steven won on Avatar, Firepower, AC/DC, Aquarius
Dean won on 300, Earthshaker

Donavan Stepp d. Noah Davis (4-1)
Donavan won on 24, Pioneer, AC/DC, Skateball
Noah won on Captain Fantastic

Frank Romero d. Robert Gagno (4-2)
Frank won on Sorcerer, Captain Fantastic, 24, Funhouse
Robert won on Old Chicago, Spider-Man

Zach Sharpe d. Sean Grant (4-2)
Zach won on Avatar, Spider-Man, Space Time, Pin-Bot
Sean won on Funhouse, 300

Raymond Davidson d. Aaron Nelson (5-3)
Raymond won on Pioneer, Sorcerer, Funhouse, Mousin Around, Spider-Man
Aaron won on Medieval Madness, Lord of the Rings, Aquarius

Steve Zahler d. Takashi Ito (4-2)
Steve won on Earthshaker, Dr. Dude, Congo, Captain Fantastic
Takashi won on Spider-Man, Jungle Queen

Josh Sharpe d. Helena Walter (4-1)
Josh won on Space Time, Sorcerer, Captain Fantastic, Lord of the Rings
Helena won on Roadshow

Jon Replogle d. Lieven Engelbeen (4-1)
Jon won on 24, Cosmic Gunfight, Captain Fantastic, Wizard
Lieven won on AC/DC

Click HERE for LIVE standings of the IFPA11 World Pinball Championship

Results current through round #8

The first quarter of the 2014 IFPA State Championship Series season is in the books. Last year the IFPA saw over 5200 players compete in the SCS, and this year is on pace to shatter that record. 2649 players have already competed in the first 3 months of 2014.

We currently have 30 states included in the SCS, which will all culminate in the IFPA State Championship finals. These finals will all be held simultaneously on February 7th, 2015, with 480 finalists competing for not only a State Championship title, but also a spot in the IFPA US National Pinball Championship.

View the current SCS standings HERE.

For those players north of the US border, the IFPA Canada Provincial Championship Series is also currently in progress. Current standings for the Canada PCS are available HERE. A reminder that the Provincial Champions will also qualify to participate in the US National Championship starting in the 2014 season.

The IFPA is excited to announce that in partnership with Go4Johnny Entertainment and the Travel Channel, we will be organizing the World Series of Pinball.

This epic event is a free-to-enter tournament, where only players that have submitted a casting video for The Pinball Project will be eligible to participate. With the announcement of the biggest prize pool in competitive pinball history, Go4Johnny Entertainment has agreed to re-open the casting video submission website for 24 hours. To submit your casting video, please click HERE and go to "submit casting video" at the top of the page. Once the submission website is closed, there will be no additional opportunities to register for the tournament.

The World Series of Pinball will be a 100K winner take all event. Players will be placed in groups of 3 or 4 players and randomly assigned 1 machine to play on. Each player will start the tournament with 27 outs available, and will earn an out for each loss they receive throughout the group play matches. We will continue this format until only one player remains.

Additional details will be sent to those that have submitted their casting videos.

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April 2nd update . . .

This was an April's Fools joke! However, we do plan on doing something special for those that have submitted a casting video. 2015 will mark the return of the IFPA Pin-Masters in Las Vegas in conjunction with the IFPA US National Championship as well as the Amusement Expo. Anyone that has submitted a casting video will be eligible to receive additional cash prizes for any hole-in-ones they make in any round of play during the IFPA Pin-Masters. More details to come in the upcoming months.

blog post courtesy of Koi Morris and Francesco La Rocca

Sean Grant wins the 1^st Inaugural Pioneers Tournament that was held at the Pioneers Bar and Lounge (between 6^th and 7^th Avenues on 29^th St. in Manhattan) on Sunday, March 16, 2014! This tournament ,directed by Francesco La Rocca and Koi Morris ,was of a similar format to the Creek and Cave tournament that was held last month in Queens, NY. Four games were used in the tournament (Iron Man, Metallica, Star Trek Pro, and The Simpsons Pinball Party). There were 25 participants in the tournament. Each player played one game on each of the 4 games for their one entry in the tournament.

After all the scores were ranked on each of the games the ranking on each game for each player was added up and the top 12 players qualified for the playoffs. The playoffs were played in a survivor style format. The first round was played as 3 groups of 4 on a randomly chosen game for each group. The person with the lowest score in each group was eliminated from the tournament and the rest of the group stayed together for the next round. The second round consisted of 3 groups of 3 played the same way as the first round. The top 2 from each group went on to the quarterfinal which was 3 groups of 2 played like the previous two rounds. The winner of each group then played in one three-player group (Sean Grant, Andrew Friedman, and Steve Zahler) in the semifinal (on The Simpsons Pinball Party). The loser, Steve Z., in that group took 3^rd place and the other two players played the final game on Iron Man. Sean G. won the game and Andrew F. took second. Rounding out the rest of the top 12 are Francesco, Robert Sovatsky, and Ed Zeltmann (all tied for 4^th place); Ed Rojas, Mikey Gabbard, and Koi (all tied for 7^th place); Robert Wong, Levi Nayman, and Al Cihak ( famous Pinaholic owner of the games at Pioneers) (all tied for 10^th place). The top 3 places won 60%, 30%, and 10% of the total prize pot ($250) for 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd places respectively,also Sean Grant took home a Star Trek Translite .

There were some impressive games played at the tournament. Al Cihak got 36M+ on The Simpsons Pinball Party, Steve Zahler got 103M+ on Iron Man, and Francesco La Rocca got more than 61M on Star Trek Pro while Andrew had great game with 44M+ on Metallica.
There was also a side tournament, pingolf style, going on during the main tournament. The game used was No Good Gofers (also owned by Al Cihak). Players had to get the target score of 20M in as few balls as possible. If a player didn't get the target score in three balls, it was recorded as 4 strokes for that player. It was $2/1 entry or $5/3 entries. There were 27 total entries among 18 players in this side tournament. Only 7 players reached the target score. Coming in first was Nick Lombardo winning $78 and a Wizard of Oz translite. Second place was Sean Grant winning $42 and third place was Steve Zahler winning $15.

February 27th, 2014 marks the 8th year since the rebirth of the International Flipper Pinball Association.

On this day in 2006 the AMOA assigned the rights of the then defunct IFPA over to Steve Epstein and Roger Sharpe to see if they could elevate the awareness and visibility of pinball across the globe.

With the World Pinball Player Rankings now sporting over 22,000 players from 41 countries, the culmination of the first State Championship Series, launch of the European Championship Series, along with the upcoming US National Pinball Championship, Epstein Cup and World Pinball Championship about to take place in May out in Denver, and the arrow continues to point upwards for competitive pinball.

Thanks for the continued support, and we're looking forward to seeing where we can take things in the years ahead