The IFPA is pleased to announce the 20th annual IFPA World Pinball Championship. It will be held June 27-29, 2025 at Flippnic in Austria.
You can find complete details and rules for IFPA20 here. We will be using our World Pinball Player Rankings as of January 1st, 2025 to determine 77 of the 80 qualifiers for the event. WPPR PRO rankings will be used for anyone in the top 250.
There will be two Country Exemption spots for each eligible country, with the rest of the field being made up of the most highly ranked players from the WPPR list, until we have filled 77 of the 80 spots. For players that cannot attend, spots will be filled by going down the rankings list.
We require that a country has 50 or more players currently ranked within their country to be eligible to award these 2 Country Exemption spots for the IFPA World Pinball Championship. Please note that for the Country Exemption spots, a player must be residing in their registered country for at least a year in order to be eligible.
Country Exemption Spot #1 –> This will be reserved for the top ranked player from each eligible country as of 1/1/2025. Should the top ranked player not be able to attend, that country exemption will move down the country ranking list until it is filled. For countries that organize an IFPA Country Championship Series, players that have qualified for that final will be given priority for a Country Exemption spot over those that have not qualified. For Unites States/Canada, players that have qualified for the finals of a State or Province will be given priority for this spot.
Country Exemption Spot #2 –> This will be reserved for the highest finisher in the Country Championship Series Final that isn’t already qualified through the Country Exemption Spot #1 or the At-Large field process. Any player that received an invitation to register for IFPA20 and declined that invitation will still be eligible for this Country Exemption spot. For any country that does not organize a Country Championship Series Final, the IFPA will maintain Country Championship Series standings based on total WPPR points earned from all sanctioned events within that country for the calendar year. Those standings will be used in lieu of the Country Championship Series Final standings for purposes of this Country Exemption spot. For United States/Canada, the highest ranked player as of 1/1/25 from the group of SCS and PCS winners will earn this spot.
Additionally, 3 of the 80 spots will be made available, one reserved for the 2024-25 IFPA North American Pinball Championship, one reserved for the 2024-25 IFPA European Pinball Championship, and one for the 2025 IFPA Women’s World Pinball Championship. These satellite spots will be open for any player ranked in the World Pinball Player Rankings as of the end of 2024, but did not qualify for IFPA20 through the automatic bid process. Any player that received an invitation to register for IFPA20 and declined that invitation will still be eligible for these satellite spots. Contact the IFPA for these details.
Registration is now open and will close on January 14th at 8pm CST. We’ve included the top 75 on this initial invite list. We will go deeper if necessary, but there is a chance that not everyone on this list will be eligible to participate.
If you have any questions or know that you will not be attending, please email the IFPA at ifpapinball@gmail.com.
Registration Rules
- Registration closes on January 14th at 8pm CST.
- The IFPA must receive a player’s payment in order for that player to be officially registered.
- Players must send their payment by mail, Stripe or give the money to Josh Sharpe directly.
- Once registration closes, any player on this list that hasn’t paid will be ineligible to participate.
- After fulfilling the Country Exemptions, the IFPA will confirm the additional At-Large bids for the tournament based on the highest ranked players that have paid their registration fee and committed to playing.
- Once the entry spots have been filled, those who had paid registration fees but did not make the cut will have their fee refunded, but kept on a list (in order of rank) to be eligible as backups in case someone drops out.
Payment Details
Registration fee structure is as follows:
- For At-Large spots, the entry fee is US$450
- For Country Exemption spots, the entry fee is US$250
Your registration can be paid using Stripe or by sending a check. You may also pay Josh Sharpe directly. Any canceled registrations will be refunded at 50%.
If you choose to get a T-shirt ($20 adder), please indicate the size you want with your registration payment.
Payment Methods
| At-Large Spots $450 |
Country Exemption Spots $250 |