The Star Tribune in Minneapolis published an article on the resurgence of pinball. Click HERE to see the coverage.

ABC8 WTNH in New Haven, CT talked with IFPA Connecticut State Rep James Swain about the resurgence of pinball. Click HERE to see the coverage.

Don’t miss the Woodstock of pinball as The Pinlab in Copenhagen hosts IFPA14 and rolls out a full week of open tournaments starring you against the best players in the world. Get your tickets now at:

World Championship Week starts with the World Classic Open on May 27-28th (Saturday-Sunday) in Hvalsø featuring over 50 classic machines available.

Typically held in October, the Danish Pinball Open is the biggest annual event in Denmark. For 2017 they have decided to make this premiere event part of World Championship Week, taking place May 29-30th (Monday-Tuesday). This will be held at the same location as IFPA14.

Action will continue on Wednesday May 31st at the Retro Arcade Open in Glostrup with a collection of over 60 machines.

Qualification for World Classic Open and Danish Pinball Open is a shared bank between all players of at least 20 machines. You pick 8 machines and play once on each, no joker.

Qualification for Retro Arcade Open is a bit different, here players will be divided into groups of 15, where everybody plays everybody in their group head to head, machines to be decided at random from a bank of about 70, both classic, “golden era” and newer Sterns.

All tournaments end in a head to head bracket, culminating in a 4 player final.

The 5th edition of the Epstein Cup where the 8 best players from Europe battle the 8 best players from North America will happen Thursday night, June 1st. Finally, Sunday, June 4th, IFPA’s World Championship Week concludes with the crowning of the new World Pinball Champion.

For any questions regarding any part of IFPA’s World Championship Week, contact the IFPA at [email protected].

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.

NBC7 KTVB in Idao talked with newly crowned Idaho State Pinball Champion, Aviana Smith. Click HERE to see the coverage.

The IFPA14 field is nearly set, with 63 out of the 64 players locked in. The IFPA European Championship Satellite spot was just won by Taco Wouters from the Netherlands, while the IFPA US National Championship Satellite spot will be decided in March.

IFPA14 will set a new record for most countries represented in the history of any pinball tournament with 20.

At rank #69, Ben Granger from the US became the last player above the cut line.

IFPA14 also breaks another record by featuring 15 players in the field that have won a Major Championship at some point in their career.

The full field of participants is available HERE.

Fox5 New York talked with newly crowned New York State Pinball Champion, Sean Grant. Click HERE to see the coverage.

Pop quiz for those interested . . . Sean makes the following statement – “There are four truly great players in the world,” Grant said. “Two of them are American, one of them is from Italy and one of them is from Sweden.” Can you name those 4 players??

The Des Moines Register covered the IFPA Iowa State Pinball Championship. Click HERE to see the coverage.

WBUR 90.9FM in Boston covered the IFPA Massachusetts State Pinball Championship. Click HERE to see the coverage.