The IFPA will be screenprinting the official IFPA10 World Pinball Championship t-shirts next week.

If you would like to purchase a t-shirt, please contact us at ifpapinball@gmail.com.

The shirts are $20 each, plus $5 if shipped within the US. For international shipping, please contact us for details.

We will also be able to deliver shirts to Pinburgh or to IFPA10 at no additional shipping charge.

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.

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 ifpapinball@gmail.com.

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.

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.

In continuing coverage of the upcoming IFPA9 World Pinball Championship, Good Day Columbus Anchor Pete Scalia talks with [player]Trent Augenstein[/player] (ranked 7th in the world) about his upcoming trip to Seattle as he prepares to represent the US at this year's IFPA World Pinball Championship. Check out the video HERE.

In continuing coverage of the upcoming IFPA9 World Pinball Championship, HR3 and HR4 radio out in Germany talks with one of Germany's two representatives, [player]Peter Scheldt[/player] (ranked 62nd in the world). Check out the links below to listen (in German):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze8DjmsEh7c&feature=youtu.be

http://soundcloud.com/peter-scheldt/hr3-mitschnitt-29-05-2012

http://soundcloud.com/peter-scheldt/hr3-mitschnitt-29-05-2012-1

http://soundcloud.com/peter-scheldt/flippern-hr4-mai-2012