In just a couple of days, February 27th, 2023 will mark the 17 year anniversary since the rebirth of the International Flipper Pinball Association.

On that 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.

The World Pinball Player Rankings now has over 96,000 players from 45 countries and over 46,000 sanctioned events in the system.

Thanks to everyone for the continued support, but most importantly to the hundreds of volunteers that help the IFPA truly cover the globe in competitive pinball 24/7. We’re looking forward to seeing where we can take things in the years ahead!

With the 2022 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 saw during 2022.

We’re proud to say that the total number of IFPA sanctioned events for 2022 was 8.366.  Ignoring the COVID years of 2020 and 2021, this represents a 10% growth from the end of 2019 where we had 7,591 IFPA sanctioned events on the calendar. Total player attendance at those events was 188,308, up 8% from 2019.

In addition, the number of unique players that played in an IFPA sanctioned tournament during 2022 was 24,772, up 1.5% from the number of players that were active during 2019.

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.

A reminder to all interested players that registration for the NACS and WNACS closes tomorrow night, January 7th at 8pm CST. If you are interested and qualified to play in one of these events, please contact the IFPA to make sure you are registered in a state before the deadline.

We have created a registration page for the NACS where players can view the status of each State/Province HERE.

Any questions regarding status for the WNACS, please contact the IFPA Women’s Advisory Board at ifpawomen@gmail.com.

‘THE OPEN’ IFPA World Championship will be held at the Riverside Convention Center in downtown Riverside California from January 12-15th, 2023 as part of the 11th annual “It Never Drains in South California Pinball Tournament”.

The IFPA is excited to be contributing a NIB Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Premium ($9699 value) to the prize pool along with the historic Space Jet trophy and World Pinball Champion title.

Full schedule and more information HERE.

INDISC 2023 Video Announcement HERE.

Bracket for finals available here:
https://challonge.com/ifpa17

Eric Stone d. Cayle George (4-2)
Eric won on Whirlwind, F-14 Tomcat, Captain Fantastic, Guardians of the Galaxy
Cayle won on Congo, Mars Trek

CONSOLATION FINAL
Jim Belsito d. Escher Lefkoff (2-1)
Jim won on Argosy, Meteor
Escher won on Black Rose

5th through 8th place match
5th place – Andrei Massenkoff (18 points)
6th place – Joe Lemire/John Delzoppo (9 points)
8th place – Keith Elwin (DNP)

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

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

Bracket for finals available here:
https://challonge.com/ifpa17

Cayle George d. Jim Belsito (4-1)
Cayle won on F-14 Tomcat, Meteor, Congo, Jurassic Park
Jim won on Argosy

Eric Stone d. Escher Lefkoff (4-1)
Eric won on Sorcerer, F-14 Tomcat, Captain Fantastic, Mars Trek
Escher won on Black Rose

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

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

Bracket for finals available here:
https://challonge.com/ifpa17

Jim Belsito d. John Delzoppo (4-0)
Jim won on Taxi, Argosy, Meteor, Dr. Who

Cayle George d. Andrei Massenkoff (5-3)
Cayle won on Congo, Taxi, Mars Trek, Aztec, Whirlwind
Andrei won on Knockout, F-14 Tomcat, Demolition Man

Escher Lefkoff d. Keith Elwin (5-4)
Escher won on Knockout, Black Rose, Funhouse, Deadpool, Dialed In
Keith won on Fathom, NBA Fastbreak, Argosy, Andromeda

Eric Stone d. Joe Lemire (4-1)
Eric won on Knockout, F-14 Tomcat, Disco, Flash Gordon

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

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

Bracket for finals available here:
https://challonge.com/ifpa17

Jim Belsito d. Phil Grimaldi (5-3)
Jim won on Argosy, Meteor, Jurassic Park, Jack*Bot, Star Trek
Phil won on Knockout, Surf N Safari, NBA Fastbreak

John Delzoppo d. Raymond Davidson (5-4)
John won on Taxi, Black Rose, Knockout, Harlem Globetrotters, TX Sector
Ray won on Argosy, Dr Who, F-14 Tomcat, Flash Gordon

Andrei Massenkoff d. Markus Virtanen (5-4)
Andrei won on Knockout, Demolition Man, Aztec, Taxi, Guardians of the Galaxy
Markus Virtanen won on Avengers, Fathom, Whirlwind, Dr Who

Cayle George d. Drew Cedolia (4-2)
Cayle won on F-14 Tomcat, Fish Tales, Congo, Mars Trek
Drew won on Aztec, Meteor

Escher Lefkoff d. Colin Macalpine (5-3)
Escher won on Black Rose, Argosy, Congo, Deadpool, Aztec
Colin won on Cherry Bell, Surf N Safari, F-14 Tomcat

Keith Elwin d. Will McKinney (4-0)
Keith won on Disco, F-14 Tomcat, Paragon, Avengers

Joe Lemire d. Lewis Bevans (4-2)
Joe won on Surf N Safari, Knockout, Dr. Who, Fish Tales
Lewis won on Sorcerer, Disco

Eric Stone d. Peter Andersen (5-3)
Eric won on Captain Fantastic, Meteor, Disco, Guardians of the Galaxy, Jurassic Park
Peter won on Dr Who, Congo, Sorcerer

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

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

Bracket for finals available here:
https://challonge.com/ifpa17

Markus Virtanen d. Germain Mariolle (4-0)
Markus won on Black Rose, Avengers, TX Sector, Fathom

Colin Macalpine d. Donavan Stepp (4-1)
Colin won on Argosy, Warlok, Congo, Surf N Safari
Donavan won on Jurassic Park

Keith Elwin d. Daniele Acciari (4-2)
Keith won on F-14 Tomcat, Avengers, Bon Voyage, Cherry Bell
Daniele won on Fathom, Dialed In

Peter Andersen d. Adam Becker (4-1)
Peter won on Captain Fantastic, Congo, Funhouse, Meteor
Adam won on Dialed In

Cayle George d. Zach Sharpe (4-1)
Cayle won on Taxi, F-14 Tomcat, Congo, Captain Fantastic
Zach won on Star Trek

Raymond Davidson d. Luke Nahorniak (4-2)
Raymond won on Argosy, Congo, Aztec, Black Rose
Luke won on Andromeda, TX Sector

Lewis Bevans d. Ben Moser (5-4)
Lewis won on Quicksilver, Knockout, Aztec, Sorcerer, Jurassic Park
Ben won on Harlem Globetrotters, Avengers, Dialed In, Cherry Bell

Phil Grimaldi d. Eric Strangeway (4-0)
Phil won on Harlem Globetrotters, Jurassic Park, Star Trek, Knockout

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

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

Bracket for finals available here:
https://challonge.com/ifpa17

Phil Gramaldi d. Trent Augenstein (5-3)
Phil won on Captain Fantastic, Knockout, Harlem Globetrotters, Surf N Safari, Argosy
Trent won on NBA Fastbreak, Jurassic Park, Warlok

Raymond Davidson d. David Riel (4-1)
Raymond won on Argosy, F-14 Tomcat, TX Sector, Black Rose
David won on Congo

Markus Virtanen d. Paul Jongma (4-0)
Markus won on Avengers Infinity Quest, Jack*Bot, Fathom, Knockout

Cayle George d. Derek Price (4-1)
Cayle won on F-14 Tomcat, Eight Ball Deluxe, Mars Trek, Congo
Derek won on Deadpool

Colin Macalpine d. Levi Nayman (4-0)
Colin won on Harlem Globetrotters, Congo, Disco, Argosy

Keith Elwin d. Jeff Teolis (4-0)
Keith won on F-14 Tomcat, 2001, Avengers Infinity Quest, Warlok

Ben Moser d. Emil ED Deriborg (4-2)
Ben won on Quicksilver, TX-Sector, Avengers, Aztec
Emil won on Argosy, Fish Tales

Adam Becker d. Paul Englert (4-1)
Adam won on Dialed In!, Knockout, Star Trek, Argosy
Paul won on Funhouse

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

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