Registration is now closed for IFPA10, and we couldn't be more excited about the field of participants!

IFPA10 will set a new record for most countries represented in the history of any pinball tournament with 19. Included in the field are the two previous IFPA World Pinball Champions, [player]Daniele Celestino Acciari[/player] (IFPA7 and IFPA9 World Pinball Champion), and [player]Cayle George[/player] (IFPA8 World Pinball Champion). Both Daniele and Cayle will be serving as team captains for the inaugural Epstein Cup battle between Europe and the USA.

Another IFPA record that has been set is the cut line for at-large bids into an IFPA World Championship. At rank #66, [player]Alain Boulieu[/player] from France become the last player above the cut line, destroying the previous record of rank #126 set at IFPA8 in Sweden.

The full field of participants is available HERE.

A reminder that 1 more IFPA10 spot is still available at the IFPA Satellite Tournament in Rodenbach the weekend before IFPA10. Full details for that tournament will be available soon.

21 players competed in the February 2013 edition of the Gameworks Monthly Pinball Tournament. [player]Zach Sharpe[/player] (ranked 4th in the world) emerged victorious earning himself $45, and enough WPPR points to move him into 2nd place in the IFPA Illinois State Championship standings.

Zach first defeated [player]Chad Gates[/player] (ranked 4337th in the world) on AC/DC, followed by a victory over [player]Jack Danger[/player] (ranked 2226th in the world) on Avengers. In the semi-finals Zach defeated [player]Scott Danesi[/player] (ranked 1934th in the world) on Family Guy. This led to a final against brother [player]Josh Sharpe[/player] (ranked 12th in the world), and unlike Super Bowl XLVII where older brother John defeated younger brother Jim, Zach came out on top on Soprano’s. Scott Danesi finished in 3rd place defeating [player]Steve Kordek[/player] (ranked 4140th in the world) on Ironman.

Full results can be found HERE. Updated standings for the IFPA Illinois State Championship can be found HERE. The Gameworks Monthly Pinball Tournament is held the first Tuesday of every month, with the next edition scheduled for March 5th.

The Fairfax Times wrote an article about the Free State Pinball Association. The FSPA currently runs 3 of the nearly 50 IFPA endorsed leagues held around the world. Players mentioned include [player]Joe Schober[/player] (ranked 930th in the world), [player]Kevin Stone[/player] (ranked 386th in the world) and [player]Cristin Gasson[/player] (ranked 1627th in the world). Click HERE to read the article. For more details on the Free State Pinball Association, click HERE.

The IFPA is proud to announce that registration for the 10th Annual IFPA World Pinball Championship is now open! For more details check out the registration page HERE!

The initial invite list is open for the top 150 players in the World Pinball Player Rankings as of 1/1/2013. Based on the interest of the top 150, we may extend the invite list additional spots so please monitor the registration page at your leisure. Should you be interested, please send payment to the IFPA as your way of committing to attending the tournament. Should you not be interested, it is equally important that we know, so please send an email to the IFPA stating you will not be available to participate.

Should you have any questions about our qualifying process or to find out more information about the tournament, please contact the IFPA at [email protected].

One of the 64 spots will also be available at the Pre-IFPA Pinball Tournament – Rodenbach, to be held the Saturday before IFPA10. More details will be available soon.

If anyone is interested in helping us continue to raise some funds, we’ve put together the IFPA World Pinball Tour t-short, showing the list of IFPA endorsed events for 2012.

Number of unique tournaments went up from 52 in 2006, to 74 in 2007, to 102 in 2008, to 182 in 2009, to 228 in 2010, to 343 in 2011, to 431 in 2012!

Number of players has now also passed 16,000 from 39 different countries!

$3 from each t-shirt sale goes into the IFPA funds, so help us raise some funds and get a t-shirt or two.

Click HERE to visit our online store.

In continuing coverage of the upcoming IFPA9 World Pinball Championship, 666 ABC Canberra radio out in Australia talks with World Championship qualifier Peter Menzel (ranked 4th in Australia). Peter along with Australia’s top ranked pinball player Richard Rhodes will be the first players to ever represent Australia at the World Championship.

Listen to the interview HERE.

In continuing coverage of the upcoming IFPA9 World Pinball Championship, The Canberra Times out in Australia talks with World Championship qualifier [player]Peter Menzel[/player] (ranked 4th in Australia). Peter along with Australia’s top ranked pinball player [player]Richard Rhodes[/player] will be the first players to ever represent Australia at the World Championship.

Check out the article HERE.

Continuing coverage of the upcoming IFPA9 World Pinball Championship takes us to Flint, Michigan, where FOX2 Detroit talked with qualifier [player]Andy Rosa[/player] (ranked 14th in the world). Andy finished as the runner up at IFPA7 in 2010, and will be making his way to Seattle to represent the United States at this year's IFPA World Pinball Championship next weekend.

Check out the video HERE.

Continuing coverage of the upcoming IFPA9 World Pinball Championship takes us to Chicago, where the RedEye talked with brothers [player]Zach Sharpe[/player] (ranked 6th in the world) and [player]Josh Sharpe[/player] (ranked 10th in the world). The Sharpe brothers, along with [player]Lyman Sheats[/player] (ranked 42nd in the world), [player]Joshua Henderson[/player] (ranked 18th in the world) and [player]Jason Werdrick[/player] (ranked 27th in the world) will all be making their way to Seattle to represent not only the United States, but Chicago at this year's IFPA World Pinball Championship.

Check out the article HERE.

In continuing coverage of the upcoming IFPA9 World Pinball Championship, the York Region talks with [player]Adam Becker[/player] (ranked 50th in the world) and [player]John Flitton[/player] (ranked 72nd in the world). Learn more about Adam and John as they head out to Seattle to represent Canada at this year's IFPA World Pinball Championship.

Check out the article HERE.