Bracket:  http://challonge.com/ifpa_nationals_2014#

Bowen Kerins-MA d. Andy Rosa-MI (4-0)
Bowen won on Pharoah, Congo, Spider-Man, Pirates of the Carribean

Keith Elwin-CA d. Paul Madison-MN (4-1)
Keith won on Fish Tales, Pharoah, KISS, AC/DC
Paul won on Strikes and Spares

Bracket:  http://challonge.com/ifpa_nationals_2014#

Keith Elwin-CA d. Sean Grant-NY (4-2)
Keith won on Congo, Family Guy, AC/DC, Banzai Run
Sean won on Fish Tales, Twilight Zone

Bowen Kerins-MA d. Cryss Stephens-PA (4-3)
Bowen won on Pharoah, Space Time, AC/DC, Wizard
Cryss won on Spider-Man, Twilight Zone, Indiana Jones

Andy Rosa-MI d. Kevin Birrell-WA (4-1)
Andy won on Avatar, Galaxy, Eye of the Tiger, Congo
Kevin won on Attack From Mars

Paul Madison-MN d. Bob Matthews-AZ (4-2)
Bob won on Wizard, KISS, Spider-Man, Strikes and Spares
Paul won on Congo, TX-Sector

Monday, May 19th with the Pre-IFPA 1up Lodo Tournament in Denver. Learn more about 1up Lodo HERE.

Tuesday, May 20th when the IFPA moves on to Pinball Jones in Fort Collins, where we will be hosting the Pre-IFPA Pinball Jones Tournament. Learn more about Pinball Jones HERE.

Wednesday, May 21st, we head back to Denver to the 1up Colfax. Learn more about the 1up Colfax HERE.

For any questions regarding any part of IFPA's World Championship Week, contact the IFPA at ifpapinball@gmail.com.

Bracket:  http://challonge.com/ifpa_nationals_2014#

Keith Elwin-CA d. Walt Wood-CO (4-2)
Keith won on Fish Tales, Congo, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Indiana Jones
Walt won on Banzai Run, Twilight Zone

Bob Matthews-AZ d. Timothy Street-AL (4-1)
Bob won on Eye of the Tiger, Spider-Man, Whitewater, Congo
Timothy won on Ironman

Sean Grant-NY d. Derek Fugate-KY (4-3)
Sean won on Wizard, Congo, Bram Stoker's Dracula, AC/DC
Derek won on Eye of the Tiger, Space Time, Captain Fantastic

Paul Madison-MN d. Jason Werdrick-WI (4-3)
Paul won on Playboy, Scared Stiff, Fish Tales, KISS
Jason won on Rolling Stones, Spider-Man, Whitewater

Bowen Kerins-MA d. Jason Scheffelmaer-KS (4-0)
Bowen won on Pharoah, Whitewater, Twilight Zone, AC/DC

Cryss Stephens-PA d. Joe Said-MD (4-1)
Cryss won on Space Time, Skateball, Wheel of Fortune, TX Sector
Joe won on Metallica

Andy Rosa-MI d. Atticus Palmer-FL (4-0)
Andy won on Pirates of the Carribean, AC/DC, Wizard, Ironman

Kevin Birrell-WA d. Steve Zahler-NJ (4-2)
Kevin won on Congo, Whitewater, Medieval Madness,Captain Fantastic
Steve won on Banzai Run, Attack From Mars

Bracket:  http://challonge.com/ifpa_nationals_2014#

First round byes –> (1)Keith Elwin-CA, (2)Bowen Kerins-MA, (3)Andy Rosa-MI, (4)Bob Matthews-AZ, (5)Jason Werdrick-WI, (6)Steve Zahler-NJ, (7)Cryss Stephens-PA

Derek Fugate-KY d. Mark Kiefert-GA (4-2)
Derek won on Eye of the Tiger, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Space Time, Captain Fantastic
Mark won on Metallica, Ironman

Sean Grant-NY d. Eric Shaffer-LA (4-1)
Sean won on Congo, Bram Stoker's Dracula, AC/DC, Frontier
Eric won on Playboy

Joe Said-MD d. Brett Emerson-OK (4-1)
Joe won on Metallica, Lord of the Rings, Monster Bash, Attack From Mars
Brett won on Skateball

Kevin Birrell-WA d. Joe Schober-VA (4-1)
Kevin won on The Addams Family, Frontier, KISS, No Good Gofers
Joe won on Attack From Mars

Paul Madison-MN d. Todd Rafacz-TX (4-0)
Paul won on Banzai Run, Twilight Zone, Spider-Man, KISS

Timothy Street-AL d. Adam McKinnie-MO (4-3)
Timothy won on Wizard, World Cup Soccer, Twilight Zone, Captain Fantastic
Adam won on Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Carribean, Eye of the Tiger

Atticus Palmer-FL d. Rod Lawrence-OH (4-2)
Atticus won on Scared Stiff, Metallica, Attack From Mars, Ironman
Rod won on The Addams Family

Jason Scheffelmaer-KS d. Phil Grimaldi-IN (4-0)
Jason won on Avatar, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Captain Fantastic, Medieval Madness

Walt Wood-CO d. Zoe Vrabel-OR (4-1)
Walt won on KISS, Monster Bash, Banzai Run, Frontier
Zoe won on Twilight Zone

blog post courtesy of Jérémy Reynaud

In June the IFPA France association is proud to organize for its second edition (first was in 2012) one of the most crazy pinball tournament ever: 24 heures du Mans flipper (literally the pinball 24 hours of Le Mans). As for the famous car racing, the tournament will be an endurance tournament that last 24 hours!!! You can play as much as you want/can, the goal is to make high scores on most machines you could.

More than 30 machines including: Medieval madness,Addams family,Scared stiff,Fun house,Johnny Mnemonic,Twilight Zone,Revenge from mars,Terminator 2,Safe Cracker,Dr Who,World,Poker,Tour,Simpsons pinball party,Batman,Flinstones,Creature from the black lagoon,Wizard of oz,Pinball magic,The Machine,Judge Dred,Airborne,Flipper football,Theatre of magic,Shadow,Surf n safari,Light camera action,Baby Pacman,World challenge soccer,Frankenstein,Totem (carte PX),Countdown (carte PX),Stargate…

Tournament fee: 25€. Max 100 players, 3 reserved seats by country. You can pay via paypal to ifpafrance@hotmail.fr, specifying your name, first name, phone, adress & TAG.

Food & drinks available on site.

Side tournament available: 1€ / play.

Please refer to the official rules for more details: http://www.flipper.sitew.com/#COMPETITIONS.D (hoping that Google Translate will be right – else ask to ifpafrance@hotmail.fr ;-).

The tournament will be in the Paris area (Fontenay St Pere precisely in a private place) and is scheduled on the 7 & 8 June 2014 (from 15h on Saturday to 15h on Sunday).

It is the official tournament that is part of the European Championship Series. We hope to see you there 😉

With the kickoff of IFPA's World Championship Week starting in just a few days out in Denver, we wanted to take a look at the past 6 years and see how players have performed on competitive pinball's biggest stage.

Below are the top 5 players with the most wins during head-to-head finals play:
Zach Sharpe (67)
Daniele Celestino Acciari (61)
Bowen Kerins (59)
Cayle George (59)
Jorian Engelbrektsson (51)

Below are the top 5 players that have earned the post qualifying points during session play:
Cayle George (666)
Josh Sharpe (648)
Zach Sharpe (640)
Mats Runsten (622)
Trent Augenstein (591)

Complete records of all prior IFPA competitors are available HERE.

The New Times in Broward/Palm Beach Florida published an article on IFPA Florida State Pinball Champion [player]Atticus Palmer[/player]. They talked with Atticus and his dad [player]Jeff Palmer[/player] about their upcoming trip to Colorado to play in the first ever IFPA US National Pinball Championship. Click HERE to read the article.

After sucessfully bringing back the Charity Challenge at IFPA10 following an 18 year hiatus, the IFPA is excited to announce that the Charity Challenge will again be featured as part of the IFPA11 World Pinball Champioship in Denver.

This year we will be teaming up the Pinball Outreach Project (POP). POP improves the lives of children by sharing the history and excitement of the game of pinball by bringing games directly to children in hospitals, schools and community centers. Click HERE for more details on their organization.

In addition to the funds raised at the Charity Challenge itself, we are also accepting donations via paypal and check/money order through the end of the month when we will crown the next World Pinball Champion.

To donate via check, please make the check payable to "Pinball Outreach Project", but mail to the IFPA home address, attn Josh Sharpe, at 545 E Thornhill Lane, Palatine, IL 60074. We will gather all the checks together and mail them off to POP when we're back from Denver.

To donate via paypal, please send money to "pinwizJ@aol.com". Please include your mailing address, and mention Pinball Outreach Project in the subject line so we can forward that information to POP.

Any questions please contact the IFPA at ifpapinball@gmail.com, and thanks in advance for your support.

The IFPA is excited to announce that after a 5 year hiatus, we are bringing back the IFPA Pin-Masters, the World Pin-Golf Championships.

The 2015 IFPA Pin-Masters are scheduled for March 27th-29th, 2015 at the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas. The Pin-Masters coincides with the Amusement Expo held Wednesay and Thursday of that week where any players that pre-register will receive a complimentary badge into the trade show.

In addition, the IFPA US National Pinball Championship will also move to the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, and take place Thursday March 26th. This will include all the various State and Provincial Champions currently battling it out in the 2014 SCS and PCS (Canada).

More details will be made available soon on our website.