Today marks the 19 year anniversary since the rebirth of the International Flipper Pinball Association.

On this 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 130,000 players from 49 countries and over 73,000 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!

Attention any players in the Rochester, NY area! In advance of the 2024-2025 North American Pinball Championship, local news will be showing up to the Rochester Pinball Collective to cover the event.

TV crew plans on arriving at RPC around 6:10 in the morning.
First segment would be around 6:40am.
Second segment would be around 7:00am.
Third segment would be around 7:40am.
Fourth segment would be around 8:15am.
Fifth segment would be around 8:40am.

Each segment they would like to talk to a different player.

Any interested players, please email the RPC at “info@rocpinball.com”.
All players welcome.
No playing on tournament games.

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The 2025 IFPA Pin-Masters: World Pin-Golf Championships are scheduled for March 7th-9th, 2025 at the Rochester Pinball Collective in Rochester, New York.

Registration is now available HERE!

With 75 players registered we currently have a prize pool of over $20,000 to be shared by the top 24 finalists.

Spots still available for anyone interested!

Full details of the event are available here:
https://www.ifpapinball.com/tournament_pages/pinmasters/

Should you have any questions about our qualifying process or to find out more information about the tournament, please contact the IFPA at ifpapinball@gmail.com.

As the dust settles from NACS Day, we’re excited to announce the participants for the upcoming IFPA North American Pinball Championship. The champions from every State/Province/District get invited, with the runner-up serving as the only available alternate. The list below is the current seeding based on player confirmations of attendance. The top 6 seeds will receive a bye in the first round. Click HERE to view the bracket as it looks right now.

The IFPA North American Pinball Championship will feature nearly $55,000 in cash and prizes. This is in addition to the $150,000 awarded on NACS Day across the continent. Similar to the State/Province/District level, every participant in the IFPA North American Pinball Championship will walk away with a cash prize.

The IFPA supports trans and nonbinary players in the competitive pinball community, and we want to make our stance on gender at women’s events very clear. Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Nonbinary identities exist and are valid, and nonbinary players who wish to participate in women’s events should feel welcome to do so.

We expect IFPA-sanctioned tournaments and leagues to be free from homophobia, transphobia, and all other types of discrimination. This applies to both open events and women’s events. Tournament and league directors are encouraged to enact codes of conduct that reflect the PAPA/IFPA Complete Competition Rules related to player conduct (see Section III) and may do so at their discretion.

Please see our Gender Inclusion Policy for more information about eligibility in women’s events. Pinball is for everyone. 

The IFPA and Stern Army organized the Avengers: Infinity Quest Global Leaderboard for January 2025!

We’re happy to announce the winners from this contest! Please email ifpapinball@gmail.com for details on how to redeem your prize.

Chicago Gaming Company, Play Mechanix and the International Flipper Pinball Association (IFPA) are pleased to announce an exciting livestreaming challenge for Pulp Fiction pinball machines.

This livestreaming challenge is open to players beginning on February 1, 2025, and running through March 31, 2025.

Challenge must be Livestreamed to the public via Twitch/YouTube/Facebook Live/etc. (taped challenge attempts will not be eligible)
Players must send the link to their stream along with the timestamp of the challenge being submitted within 72 hours of the challenge being completed.

The challenge is to successfully collect the highest MPH Bonus amount that you can! For example, cashing out your MPH Bonus at 212 MPH with a 3X playfield multiplier would be 636,000 points.

Please note that games should be set to default settings (Kahuna Max at 3X). For anyone that cashes in an MPH Bonus at greater than 3X, we will use the 3X equivalent score for purposes of this challenge.

We’ll be awarding $100 to the player with the highest submitted MPH Bonus.

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