Welcome to the IFPA17 Registration Page!
The IFPA is pleased to announce the 17th annual IFPA World Pinball Championship! It will be held May 29th-31st, 2020 at The Pinball Asylum in Fort Myers, Florida!
You can find complete details and rules for IFPA17 here. Utilizing its World Pinball Player Rankings, the IFPA is using the January 1st, 2020 rankings to determine 62 of the 64 qualifiers for IFPA17. The top 2 available ranked players from each eligible country as of 1/1/2020 will receive an automatic qualifying spot into the tournament via a "Country Exemption". Should either of the top 2 players not be able to attend, that country exemption will move down the country ranking list until it is filled. The rest of the field will be made up of the most highly ranked players from the WPPR list. For players that cannot attend, spots will be filled by going down the rankings list. Should a country not fill the 2 spots awarded to it, additional at-large spots will be available.
Please note that for the Country Exemption spots, if you have been residing outside your registered country for more than a year, you lose your right to that country’s exemption spot. Furthermore, 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.
Registration is now open and will close on Janurary 18th at 8pm CST. We've included the top 100 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 Janurary 18th 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:
- Registration w/t-shirt (through Jan 18th): $270
- Registration (through Jan 18th): $250
Your registration can be paid using Stripe or by sending a check. You may also pay Josh Sharpe directly. There is an added $10 charge for those paying via Stripe to cover the Stripe fees. Any canceled registrations will be refunded at 50%.
If you choose to get a T-shirt, please indicate the size you want with your registration payment.
Payment Methods
By Check or Money order
Checks payable to Josh Sharpe, and send to:
Josh Sharpe
1537 N. Kaspar Ave.
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
Stripe ($10 fee required)
Country Exemptions
The following spots are reserved for the top 2 players in eligible countries.
| # | Player | Country | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Lambert | Australia | 45th | Attending |
| 2 | Nicolas Noben | Australia | 170th | Attending |
| 3 | Peter Kroiss | Austria | 418th | Attending |
| 4 | Stefan Riedler | Austria | 844th | Attending |
| 5 | Robert Gagno | Canada | 22nd | Attending |
| 6 | Phil Birnbaum | Canada | 39th | Attending |
| 7 | Peter Andersen | Denmark | 5th | Attending |
| 8 | Emil ED Dreiborg | Denmark | 29th | Attending |
| 9 | Olli-Mikko Ojamies | Finland | 40th | Attending |
| 10 | Markus Virtanen | Finland | 121st | Attending |
| 11 | Johannes Ostermeier | Germany | 1st | Attending |
| 12 | Paul Englert | Germany | 31st | Attending |
| 13 | Daniele Celestino Acciari | Italy | 3rd | Attending |
| 14 | Roberto Pedroni | Italy | 27th | Attending |
| 15 | Kyoichi Miyaura | Japan | 593rd | Attending |
| 16 | Norio IWAI | Japan | 1502nd | Attending |
| 17 | Mark van der Gugten | Netherlands | 73rd | Attending |
| 18 | John van der Wulp | Netherlands | 90th | Attending |
| 19 | Kim Dozier | New Zealand | 543rd | Attending |
| 20 | Aidan Kersley | New Zealand | 574th | Attending |
| 21 | Morten Søbyskogen | Norway | 546th | Attending |
| 22 | Frank Nilsen | Norway | 728th | Attending |
| 23 | Marcus Hugosson | Sweden | 32nd | Attending |
| 24 | Johan Genberg | Sweden | 51st | Attending |
| 25 | Ben Moser | Switzerland | 231st | Attending |
| 26 | Jari Nuutinen | Switzerland | 487th | Attending |
| 27 | Andrew Foster | United Kingdom | 85th | Attending |
| 28 | Craig Pullen | United Kingdom | 77th | Attending |
| 29 | Raymond Davidson | United States | 2nd | Attending |
| 30 | Keith Elwin | United States | 4th | Attending |
Remaining spots
The following is a list of top 100 ranked players that can fill up the remaining spots. As we go down the list, we will add more ranked players as necessary.
| # | Player | Country | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Escher Lefkoff | United States | 6th | Attending |
| Bowen Kerins | United States | 7th | Not Attending | |
| 32 | Colin Urban | United States | 8th | Attending |
| Robert Sutter | Switzerland | 9th | Not Attending | |
| 33 | Steven Bowden | United States | 10th | Attending |
| Julio Vicario Soriano | Spain | 11th | Not Attending | |
| 34 | Eric Stone | United States | 12th | Attending |
| 35 | Aleksander Kaczmarczyk | United States | 13th | Attending |
| 36 | Colin MacAlpine | United States | 14th | Attending |
| 37 | Trent Augenstein | United States | 15th | Attending |
| 38 | Cayle George | United States | 16th | Attending |
| Franck Bona | France | 17th | Not Attending | |
| 39 | Jim Belsito | United States | 18th | Attending |
| 40 | Zach Sharpe | United States | 19th | Attending |
| 41 | David Riel | United States | 20th | Attending |
| 42 | Karl DeAngelo | United States | 21st | Attending |
| 43 | Germain Mariolle | United States | 23rd | Attending |
| 44 | Andy Rosa | United States | 24th | Attending |
| Cryss Stephens | United States | 25th | Not Attending | |
| Levente Tregova | Switzerland | 26th | Not Attending | |
| Mats Runsten | Sweden | 28th | Not Attending | |
| Jörgen Holm | Sweden | 30th | Not Attending | |
| 45 | John Delzoppo | United States | 33rd | Attending |
| Albert Nomden | Netherlands | 34th | Not Attending | |
| 46 | Jason Werdrick | United States | 35th | Attending |
| 47 | Bob Matthews | United States | 36th | Attending |
| 48 | Joe Lemire | United States | 37th | Attending |
| Markus Stix | Austria | 38th | Not Attending | |
| Alberto Santana | United States | 41st | Not Attending | |
| 49 | Adam Becker | Canada | 42nd | Attending |
| 50 | Luke Nahorniak | United States | 43rd | Attending |
| Jonas Valström | Sweden | 44th | Not Attending | |
| 51 | Josh Sharpe | United States | 46th | Attending |
| 52 | Jack Tadman | Canada | 47th | Attending |
| Ernö Rotter | Germany | 48th | Not Attending | |
| Tobias Wagemann | Germany | 49th | Not Attending | |
| 53 | Stefan Herold | Germany | 50th | Attending |
| 54 | Andrei Massenkoff | United States | 52nd | Attending |
| 55 | Andrew Rosa II | United States | 53rd | Attending |
| Martin Janczyk | Poland | 54th | Not Attending | |
| 56 | Thomas Mästerman | Sweden | 55th | Attending |
| 57 | Derek Price | United States | 56th | Attending |
| 58 | Will McKinney | United States | 57th | Attending |
| 59 | Jeff Teolis | Canada | 58th | Attending |
| Peter Watt | Australia | 59th | Not Attending | |
| Nico Wicke | Germany | 60th | Not Attending | |
| 60 | Tom Graf | United States | 61st | Attending |
| 61 | Derek Thomson | Canada | 62nd | Attending |
| Lewis Bevans | United States | 63rd | Not Attending | |
| 62 | Elliott Keith | United States | 64th | Attending |
| <----------------------------------- CUT LINE -----------------------------------> | ||||
| 63 | Dave Stewart | United States | 65th | Committed to Attend |
| Roland Schwarz | Austria | 66th | Not Attending | |
| 64 | Phil Grimaldi | United States | 67th | Committed to Attend |
| 65 | Drew Cedolia | United States | 68th | Committed to Attend |
| 66 | Brian O'Neill | United States | 69th | Committed to Attend |
| Jerry Bernard | United States | 70th | Not Attending | |
| Lonnie Langford | United States | 71st | Not Attending | |
| Jordan Semrow | United States | 72nd | Not Attending | |
| 67 | Alex Harmon | United States | 74th | Committed to Attend |
| Paul Jones AUS | Australia | 75th | Not Attending | |
| 68 | Donavan Stepp | United States | 76th | Committed to Attend |
| Paul Jongma | Netherlands | 78th | Not Attending | |
| Flavio Baddaria | Italy | 79th | Not Attending | |
| 69 | Levi Nayman | United States | 80th | Committed to Attend |
| Greg DeFeo | United States | 81st | Not Attending | |
| Jens Flügge | Germany | 82nd | Not Attending | |
| Jon Replogle | United States | 83rd | Not Attending | |
| Benjamin Gräbeldinger | Germany | 84th | Not Attending | |
| Mads Kristensen | Denmark | 86th | Not Attending | |
| 70 | Jason Zahler | United States | 87th | Committed to Attend |
| Dirk Elzholz | Germany | 88th | Not Attending | |
| 71 | Johnny Modica | United States | 89th | Committed to Attend |
| Eric Strangeway | United States | 91st | Not Attending | |
| 72 | Fred Richardson | United States | 92nd | Committed to Attend |
| Rich Mallett | United Kingdom | 93rd | Not Attending | |
| 73 | David Dahl-Hansson | Sweden | 94th | Committed to Attend |
| Jan Anders Nilsson | Sweden | 95th | Not Attending | |
| Mark Pearson | United States | 96th | Not Attending | |
| Mike Corbett WA | United States | 97th | Not Attending | |
| 74 | Adam Lefkoff | United States | 98th | Committed to Attend |
| Richard Rhodes | Australia | 99th | Not Attending | |
| Archibald Lefevre | France | 100th | Not Attending | |