IFPA Women’s European Pinball Championship Recap

This past Friday, the inaugural IFPA Women’s European Pinball Championship was held at Lund Pinball Academy. A field of 16 of Europe’s top women competitors based on women’s events in the 2025 qualifying year traveled to Lund, Sweden, to crown the first IFPA Women’s European Pinball Champion.

After a long and spirited afternoon of round-robin qualifying, the top 8 players moved on to compete in a single-elimination best-of-7 bracket.

Congratulations to Kate Rothwell-Jackson from the UK, our 2026 IFPA Women’s European Champion! She went into the playoffs as top seed after a stellar performance throughout qualifying, and she and her finals opponent Karyn Kiser from Sweden delivered a great final round, ending with a 4-2 victory for Kate. She won €500, and she and Karyn both won a spot to compete in the IFPA European Pinball Championships, held at Lund Pinball Academy the same weekend.

Claire Lickman from the UK and Nora Sommerfeldt from Norway placed 3rd and 4th respectively, decided in a best-of-3 bronze match where Claire won 2-1. Congrats to our amazing top 4 finalists, who are all taking home LP-sized picture vinyls as trophies. We’re so grateful to all the players who traveled to compete – you helped make this first year of the IFPA WEPC a success.

Warm thanks to the whole team at Lund Pinball Academy for hosting and streaming this inaugural championship. And of course none of this would be possible without the support of our sponsors, including a €670 contribution to the prize pool from Redstone Pinball in Gothenburg, Sweden.

We look forward to next year’s event! Location and date information to come.