- Quick Overview
The IFPA Finnish Championship Series is an annual pinball competition with players qualifying throughout the selected events during the year. The results from selected IFPA-sanctioned tournaments within Finland during the calendar year will count towards the IFPA Finnish Championship Series (FINCS). Only the main event of each tournament will be considered. At the end of the year (after the last FINCS tournament) the IFPA FINCS ranking is the official result of the FINCS. There will not be a separate final tournament.
The player ranking number 1 is the “FINCS Pinball Champion” and will get a spot in IFPA European Championship Series final and IFPA 20 World Championship.
- Competition Details
- Players
All players are welcome to participate in IFPA Finnish Championship Series events. The player has to be registered to IFPA profile https://www.ifpapinball.com/user-profile-3/
- Tournaments
There are the selected tournaments to participate in the FINCS. One event organisator can organise one tournament which is part of the qualification. The organisator will contact to IFPA Country Director first to go through the event and the FINCS calendar. After approving the event the organisator can add the event to IFPA calendar.
- Event organiser
The event organiser can decide the tournament format, number of players etc. related to IFPA definitions of tournaments https://www.ifpapinball.com/definitions/
The organiser is responsible for all the resources to run the tournament. Only the main tournament of the event is the FINCS qualification. All rulings and malfunctions will be based on the rules for the IFPA World Pinball Championship https://www.ifpapinball.com/rules
- How to qualify
Players may participate in all the selected events or less. The qualification ranking is WPPR points collected from the FINCS events. The qualification standings can be found from IFPA website https://www.ifpapinball.com/fincs/
- Final result of the FINCS
At the end of the year (after the last FINCS tournament) the IFPA FINCS ranking is the official result of the FINCS. There will not be a separate final tournament.
The winner will receive the title of FINCS Pinball Champion 2024, and also a spot in the IFPA European Championship Series final and the IFPA 20 World Championship. (If the winner doesn’t take the spot, it will be given to the next player who will participate to tournaments).
