Below is a guide to help with the games played metric to help determine TGP value. Please select the format used for your event to help determine what the meaningful game count should be for your results submission.
If your format is a deviation from these approved formats below, please contact us at ifpapinball@gmail.com to help determine if your format is eligible for endorsement and if so, what the appropriate amount of games played for TGP should be.
A reminder that any formats that include byes as part of the format will be considered as a deviation from the approved formats below. Please contact the IFPA and we will help make sure it is graded correctly.
Approved Qualifying Formats
– PAPA Style Qualifying (Card Based)
– Best Game Style Qualifying (Herb)
– Flip Frenzy (Pinball! Pinball! Pinball!) Qualifying
Approved Finals Formats
– Flip Frenzy (Pinball! Pinball! Pinball!)
– Common Playoff Structures (including byes)
PAPA Style Qualifying (Card Based)
- 1 game added to TGP per game counted towards a qualifying ticket
- If unlimited qualifying attempts are available, the number of hours of open qualifying will increase TGP by 1% per hour up to 20% for open qualifying of 20+ hours
- Please note this format is not IFPA endorsed unless there is a finals component that involves DIRECT play, made up of at least 10% of the participants
- Please note the qualifying portion of the tournament can be added to the TGP calculation only if that qualifying portion reduces the field of participants by 50% or more
Best Game Style Qualifying (Herb)
- 1 game added to TGP per game counted towards your qualifying points earned
- If 9 games are available but only 5 games are counted towards your qualifying standing, only 5 games will be added to the TGP
- If unlimited qualifying attempts are available, the number of hours of open qualifying will increase TGP by 1% per hour up to 20% for open qualifying of 20+ hours
- Please note this format is not IFPA endorsed unless there is a finals component that involves DIRECT play, made up of at least 10% of the participants
- Please note the qualifying portion of the tournament can be added to the TGP calculation only if that qualifying portion reduces the field of participants by 50% or more
- The IFPA is launching the IFPA Tour of endorsed Pin-Golf events. We are now enforcing stricter rules regarding how organizers can score a IFPA endorsed Pin-Golf format tournament, and events must meet this criteria with their course design to award WPPR points as an IFPA endorsed event. The WPPR points awarded for Pin-Golf events will now include a Pin-Golf Multiplier (PGM) adjustment. This metric is used to grade the difficulty of the course. Full details on the IFPA Tour, rules of course design, and the calculation of the PGM adjustment are available HERE.
- Please note this format is not IFPA endorsed unless there is a finals component that involves DIRECT play, made up of at least 10% of the participants
- Please note the qualifying portion of the tournament can be added to the TGP calculation only if that qualifying portion reduces the field of participants by 50% or more
- 1 game added to TGP per game played for Head-to-Head matches
- 1.5 games added to TGP per game played for 3-player style matches (if a majority of groups are 3-player groups)
- 2 games added to TGP per game played for 4-player style matches (if a majority of groups are 4-player groups)
- If there are an equal number of 2-player and 3-player matches there is no multiplier
- If there are an equal number of 3-player and 4-player matches there is a 1.5X multiplier
- Please note this format does not require a finals component as the qualifying portion already consists of DIRECT play. This is often found in Swiss style formats where there is no separate distinct finals component.
- Please note the qualifying portion of the tournament can be added to the TGP calculation only if that qualifying portion reduces the field of participants by 50% or more
Flip Frenzy (Pinball! Pinball! Pinball!) Qualifying
Flip Frenzy formats, also referred to as Pinball! Pinball! Pinball! format will be graded based on the AVERAGE number of matches played by all players in the field. The IFPA recommends using MatchPlay Events software for this format. The software automatically calculates this average for IFPA submission purposes.
Best-of-1 Matches for entire bracket
- 4-5 players –> 2 games towards TGP
- 6-11 players –> 3 games towards TGP
- 12-22 players –> 4 games towards TGP
- 23-45 players –> 5 games towards TGP
- 46-91 players –> 6 games towards TGP
- 92-189 players –> 7 games towards TGP
- 190-350 players –> 8 games towards TGP
Best-of-3 Matches for entire bracket
- 4 players –> 5 games towards TGP
- 5-6 players –> 6 games towards TGP
- 7 players –> 7 games towards TGP
- 8-10 players –> 8 games towards TGP
- 11-13 players –> 9 games towards TGP
- 14-18 players –> 10 games towards TGP
- 19-24 players –> 11 games towards TGP
- 25-31 players –> 12 games towards TGP
- 32-42 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 43-55 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 56-73 players –> 15 games towards TGP
- 74-97 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 98-127 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 128-168 players –> 18 games towards TGP
- 169-222 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 223-294 players –> 20 games towards TGP
Best-of-5 Matches for entire bracket
- 4 players –> 8 games towards TGP
- 5 players –> 9 games towards TGP
- 6 players –> 10 games towards TGP
- 7 players –> 11 games towards TGP
- 8 players –> 12 games towards TGP
- 9-10 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 11-12 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 13-14 players –> 15 games towards TGP
- 15-17 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 18-20 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 21-24 players –> 18 games towards TGP
- 25-29 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 30-34 players –> 20 games towards TGP
- 35-41 players –> 21 games towards TGP
- 42-49 players –> 22 games towards TGP
- 50-58 players –> 23 games towards TGP
- 59-69 players –> 24 games towards TGP
- 70-82 players –> 25 games towards TGP
Best-of-7 Matches for entire bracket
- 4 players –> 11 games towards TGP
- 5 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 6 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 7 players –> 15 games towards TGP
- 8-9 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 10 players –> 18 games towards TGP
- 11 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 12-13 players –> 20 games towards TGP
- 14-15 players –> 21 games towards TGP
- 16-17 players –> 22 games towards TGP
- 18-19 players –> 23 games towards TGP
- 20-21 players –> 24 games towards TGP
- 22-24 players –> 25 games towards TGP
Best-of-1 Matches for WINNERS and LOSERS bracket
- 4-7 players –> 5 games towards TGP
- 8-15 players –> 6 games towards TGP
- 16-31 players –> 7 games towards TGP
- 32-63 players –> 8 games towards TGP
- 64-127 players –> 9 games towards TGP
- 128-255 players –> 10 games towards TGP
- 256-511 players –> 11 games towards TGP
Best-of-3 Matches for WINNERS bracket, Best-of-1 Matches for LOSERS bracket bracket
- 4 players –> 8 games towards TGP
- 5-9 players –> 9 games towards TGP
- 10-19 players -> 10 games towards TGP
- 20-38 players –> 11 games towards TGP
- 39-76 players –> 12 games towards TGP
- 77-152 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 153-304 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 305-608 players –> 15 games towards TGP
Best-of-3 Matches for WINNERS bracket, Best-of-3 Matches for LOSERS bracket bracket
- 4 players –> 11 games towards TGP
- 5 players –> 12 games towards TGP
- 6-7 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 8-9 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 10-12 players –> 15 games towards TGP
- 13-17 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 18-22 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 23-29 players –> 18 games towards TGP
- 30-39 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 40-51 players –> 20 games towards TGP
- 52-68 players –> 21 games towards TGP
- 69-90 players –> 22 games towards TGP
- 91-119 players –> 23 games towards TGP
- 120-157 players –> 24 games towards TGP
- 158-207 players –> 25 games towards TGP
Best-of-5 Matches for WINNERS bracket, Best-of-1 Matches for LOSERS bracket bracket
- 4-5 players –> 12 games towards TGP
- 6-11 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 12-22 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 23-45 players –> 15 games towards TGP
- 46-90 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 91-181 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 182-362 players –> 18 games towards TGP
- 363-724 players –> 19 games towards TGP
Best-of-5 Matches for WINNERS bracket, Best-of-3 Matches for LOSERS bracket bracket
- 4 players –> 15 games towards TGP
- 5-6 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 7 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 8-10 players –>18 games towards TGP
- 11-13 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 14-18 players –> 20 games towards TGP
- 19-24 players –> 21 games towards TGP
- 25-31 players –> 22 games towards TGP
- 32-42 players –> 23 games towards TGP
- 43-55 players –> 24 games towards TGP
- 56-73 players –> 25 games towards TGP
Best-of-5 Matches for WINNERS bracket, Best-of-5 Matches for LOSERS bracket bracket
- 4 players –> 18 games towards TGP
- 5 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 6 players –> 20 games towards TGP
- 7 players –> 21 games towards TGP
- 8 players –> 22 games towards TGP
- 9-10 players –> 23 games towards TGP
- 11-12 players –> 24 games towards TGP
- 13-14 players –> 25 games towards TGP
Best-of-7 Matches for WINNERS bracket, Best-of-1 Matches for LOSERS bracket bracket
- 4-6 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 7-13 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 14-26 players –> 18 games towards TGP
- 27-53 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 54-107 players –> 20 games towards TGP
- 108-215 players –> 21 games towards TGP
- 216-430 players –> 22 games towards TGP
Best-of-7 Matches for WINNERS bracket, Best-of-3 Matches for LOSERS bracket bracket
- 4 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 5-6 players –> 20 games towards TGP
- 7-8 players –> 21 games towards TGP
- 9-11 players –> 22 games towards TGP
- 12-14 players –> 23 games towards TGP
- 15-19 players –> 24 games towards TGP
- 20-23 players –> 25 games towards TGP
Best-of-7 Matches for WINNERS bracket, Best-of-5 Matches for LOSERS bracket bracket
- 4 players –> 22 games towards TGP
- 5 players –> 23 games towards TGP
- 6 players –> 24 games towards TGP
- 7 players –> 25 games towards TGP
Best-of-7 Matches for WINNERS bracket, Best-of-7 Matches for LOSERS bracket bracket
- 4 players –> 25 games towards TGP
Best-of-1 Matches (2 players with 1 strike per match)
- 2 players –> 2 games towards TGP
- 3-4 players –> 4 games towards TGP
- 5-8 players –> 5 games towards TGP
- 9-18 players –> 6 games towards TGP
- 19-31 players –> 7 games towards TGP
- 32-63 players –> 8 games towards TGP
- 64-107 players –> 9 games towards TGP
- 108-160 players –> 10 games towards TGP
Best-of-1 Matches (3 player matches – 2nd/3rd place get strikes)
- 3-4 players –> 4 games towards TGP
- 5-8 players –> 5 games towards TGP
- 9-13 players –> 6 games towards TGP
- 14-22 players –> 7 games towards TGP
- 23-34 players –> 8 games towards TGP
- 35-58 players –> 9 games towards TGP
- 59-133 players –> 10 games towards TGP
- 134-160 players –> 11 games towards TGP
Best-of-1 Matches (3 player matches – 3rd place get strike)
- 3-5 players –> 6 games towards TGP
- 6-8 players –> 9 games towards TGP
- 9-13 players –> 11 games towards TGP
- 14-16 players –> 12 games towards TGP
- 17-19 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 20-23 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 24-25 players –> 15 games towards TGP
- 26-32 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 33-40 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 41-47 players –> 18 games towards TGP
- 48-59 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 60-77 players –> 20 games towards TGP
- 78-91 players –> 21 games towards TGP
- 92-112 players –> 22 games towards TGP
- 113-145 players –> 23 games towards TGP
- 146-160 players –> 24 games towards TGP
Best-of-1 Matches (4 player matches – 2nd/3rd/4th place get strikes – 3 player groups 2nd place gets a strike)
- 2 players –> 3 games towards TGP
- 3 players –> 4 games towards TGP
- 4-6 players –> 5 games towards TGP
- 7-10 players –> 6 games towards TGP
- 11-18 players –> 7 games towards TGP
- 19-23 players –> 8 games towards TGP
- 24-34 players –> 9 games towards TGP
- 35-72 players –> 10 games towards TGP
- 73-86 players –> 11 games towards TGP
- 87-228 players –> 12 games towards TGP
- 229-249 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 250-256 players –> 14 games towards TGP
Best-of-1 Matches (4 player matches – 3rd/4th place get strikes – 3 player groups 2nd place gets a strike)
- 4-6 players –> 6 games towards TGP
- 7-10 players –> 7 games towards TGP
- 11-14 players –> 9 games towards TGP
- 15-22 players –> 11 games towards TGP
- 23-26 players –> 12 games towards TGP
- 27-38 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 39-41 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 42-58 players –> 15 games towards TGP
- 59-65 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 66-94 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 95-113 players –> 18 games towards TGP
- 114-151 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 152-160 players –> 20 games towards TGP
Best-of-1 Matches (4 player matches – 3rd/4th place get strikes – 3 player groups ONLY 3rd place gets a strike)
- 4-5 players –> 7 games towards TGP
- 6 players –> 9 games towards TGP
- 7 players –> 10 games towards TGP
- 8-9 players –> 11 games towards TGP
- 10-12 players –> 12 games towards TGP
- 13-15 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 16-19 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 20-25 players –> 15 games towards TGP
- 26-33 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 34-38 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 39-57 players –> 18 games towards TGP
- 58-64 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 65-93 players –> 20 games towards TGP
- 94-105 players –> 21 games towards TGP
- 106-157 players –> 22 games towards TGP
- 158-160 players –> 23 games towards TGP
Best-of-1 Matches (4 player matches – 4th place get strikes)
- 4-6 players –> 10 games towards TGP
- 7 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 8-10 players –> 15 games towards TGP
- 11 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 12-14 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 15-17 players –> 20 games towards TGP
- 18-19 players –> 22 games towards TGP
- 20-21 players –> 23 games towards TGP
- 22-23 players –> 24 games towards TGP
- 24+ players –> 25 games towards TGP
Best-of-1 Matches (2 players with 1 strike per match)
- 2 players –> 4 games towards TGP
- 3-4 players –> 6 games towards TGP
- 5-7 players –> 7 games towards TGP
- 8-12 players –> 8 games towards TGP
- 13-22 players –> 9 games towards TGP
- 23-40 players –> 10 games towards TGP
- 41-69 players –> 11 games towards TGP
- 70-115 players –> 12 games towards TGP
- 116-160 players –> 13 games towards TGP
Best-of-1 Matches (3 player matches – 2nd/3rd place get strikes)
- 3-4 players –> 6 games towards TGP
- 5-7 players –> 7 games towards TGP
- 8-10 players –> 8 games towards TGP
- 11-16 players –> 9 games towards TGP
- 17-25 players –> 10 games towards TGP
- 26-34 players –> 11 games towards TGP
- 35-57 players –> 12 games towards TGP
- 58-106 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 107-148 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 149-160 players –> 15 games towards TGP
Best-of-1 Matches (3 player matches – 3rd place get strike)
- 3-4 players –> 9 games towards TGP
- 5 players –> 10 games towards TGP
- 6-9 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 10 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 11-13 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 14 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 15-19 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 20-25 players –> 20 games towards TGP
- 26 players –> 21 games towards TGP
- 27-31 players –> 22 games towards TGP
- 32-37 players –> 23 games towards TGP
- 38-46 players –> 24 games towards TGP
- 47+ players –> 25 games towards TGP
Best-of-1 Matches (4 player matches – 2nd/3rd/4th place get strikes – 3 player groups 2nd place gets a strike)
- 2 players –> 4 games towards TGP
- 3 players –> 6 games towards TGP
- 4-5 players –> 7 games towards TGP
- 6-7 players –> 8 games towards TGP
- 8-10 players –> 9 games towards TGP
- 11-14 players –> 10 games towards TGP
- 15-22 players –> 11 games towards TGP
- 23-34 players –> 12 games towards TGP
- 35-46 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 47-90 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 91-114 players –> 15 games towards TGP
- 115-254 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 255-260 players –> 17 games towards TGP
Best-of-1 Matches (4 player matches – 3rd/4th place get strikes – 3 player groups 2nd place gets a strike)
- 4-9 players –> 10 games towards TGP
- 10-13 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 14-17 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 18-22 players –> 15 games towards TGP
- 23-30 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 31-34 players –> 18 games towards TGP
- 35-41 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 42-54 players –> 20 games towards TGP
- 55-61 players –> 21 games towards TGP
- 62-82 players –> 22 games towards TGP
- 83-94 players –> 23 games towards TGP
- 95-137 players –> 24 games towards TGP
- 138+ players –> 25 games towards TGP
Best-of-1 Matches (4 player matches – 3rd/4th place get strikes – 3 player groups ONLY 3rd place gets a strike)
- 4-5 players –> 11 games towards TGP
- 6-7 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 8 players –> 15 games towards TGP
- 9 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 10-11 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 12-15 players –> 18 games towards TGP
- 16-19 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 20-25 players –> 20 games towards TGP
- 26-29 players –> 21 games towards TGP
- 30-37 players –> 22 games towards TGP
- 38-46 players –> 23 games towards TGP
- 47-54 players –> 24 games towards TGP
- 55+ players –> 25 games towards TGP
Best-of-1 Matches (4 player matches – 4th place get strikes)
- 4-6 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 7 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 8-10 players –> 22 games towards TGP
- 11+ players –> 25 games towards TGP
Best-of-1 Matches (2 players with 1 strike per match)
- 2 players –> 6 games towards TGP
- 3-4 players –> 8 games towards TGP
- 5-6 players –> 9 games towards TGP
- 7-11 players –> 10 games towards TGP
- 12-17 players –> 11 games towards TGP
- 18-27 players –> 12 games towards TGP
- 28-48 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 49-83 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 84-139 players -> 15 games towards TGP
- 140-160 players > 16 games towards TGP
Best-of-1 Matches (3 player matches – 2nd/3rd place get strikes)
- 4 players –> 8 games towards TGP
- 5 players –> 9 games towards TGP
- 6-8 players –> 10 games towards TGP
- 9-13 players –> 11 games towards TGP
- 14-19 players –> 12 games towards TGP
- 20-28 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 29-40 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 41-64 players –> 15 games towards TGP
- 65-95 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 96-142 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 143-160 players –> 18 games towards TGP
Best-of-1 Matches (3 player matches – 3rd place get strike)
- 3-4 players –> 12 games towards TGP
- 5 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 6-7 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 8 players –> 18 games towards TGP
- 9-11 players –> 20 games towards TGP
- 12-14 players –> 22 games towards TGP
- 15-17 players –> 24 games towards TGP
- 18+ players –> 25 games towards TGP
Best-of-1 Matches (4 player matches – 2nd/3rd/4th place get strikes – 3 player groups 2nd place gets a strike)
- 4-6 players –> 10 games towards TGP
- 7-10 players –> 11 games towards TGP
- 11-14 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 15-22 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 23-34 players –> 15 games towards TGP
- 35-46 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 47-66 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 67-114 players –> 18 games towards TGP
- 115-154 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 155-160 players –> 20 games towards TGP
Best-of-1 Matches (4 player matches – 3rd/4th place get strikes – 3 player groups 2nd place gets a strike)
- 4-9 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 10 players –> 15 games towards TGP
- 11-14 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 15-18 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 19-22 players –> 20 games towards TGP
- 23-25 players –> 21 games towards TGP
- 26-30 players –> 22 games towards TGP
- 31-34 players –> 23 games towards TGP
- 35-42 players –> 24 games towards TGP
- 43+ players –> 25 games towards TGP
Best-of-1 Matches (4 player matches – 3rd/4th place get strikes – 3 player groups ONLY 3rd place gets a strike)
- 4-5 players –> 15 games towards TGP
- 6-7 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 8 players –> 20 games towards TGP
- 9-10 players –> 21 games towards TGP
- 11-12 players –> 22 games towards TGP
- 13-15 players –> 23 games towards TGP
- 16-19 players –> 24 games towards TGP
- 20+ players –> 25 games towards TGP
Best-of-1 Matches (4 player matches – 4th place get strikes)
- 4-6 players –> 21 games towards TGP
- 7+ players –> 25 games towards TGP
Fair Strike Knockout (0 strikes for 1st, 1 strike for 2nd/3rd, 2 strikes for 4th)
2 strikes
- 4-5 players –> 3 games towards TGP
- 6 players –> 4 games towards TGP
- 7-9 players –> 5 games towards TGP
- 10-14 players –> 6 games towards TGP
- 15-25 players –> 7 games towards TGP
- 26-35 players –> 8 games towards TGP
- 36-58 players –> 9 games towards TGP
- 59-103 players –> 10 games towards TGP
- 104-137 players –> 11 games towards TGP
- 138-160 players –> 12 games towards TGP
3 strikes
- 3-5 players –> 5 games towards TGP
- 6 players –> 6 games towards TGP
- 7-9 players –> 7 games towards TGP
- 10-14 players –> 8 games towards TGP
- 15-21 players –> 9 games towards TGP
- 22-26 players –> 10 games towards TGP
- 27-42 players –> 11 games towards TGP
- 43-65 players –> 12 games towards TGP
- 66-90 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 91-128 players –> 14 games towards TGP
4 strikes
- 3-4 players –> 6 games towards TGP
- 5 players –> 7 games towards TGP
- 6 players –> 8 games towards TGP
- 7-10 players –> 9 games towards TGP
- 11-13 players –> 10 games towards TGP
- 14-17 players –> 11 games towards TGP
- 18-25 players –> 12 games towards TGP
- 26-34 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 35-50 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 51-70 players –> 15 games towards TGP
- 71-114 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 115-157 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 158-160 players –> 18 games towards TGP
5 strikes
- 4-6 players –> 9 games towards TGP
- 7-10 players –> 11 games towards TGP
- 11-13 players –> 12 games towards TGP
- 14-17 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 18-22 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 23-29 players –> 15 games towards TGP
- 30-41 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 42-54 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 55-86 players –> 18 games towards TGP
- 87-114 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 115-160 players –> 20 games towards TGP
6 strikes
- 4-5 players –> 10 games towards TGP
- 6 players –> 11 games towards TGP
- 7-10 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 11 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 12-17 players –> 15 games towards TGP
- 18 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 19-26 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 27-35 players –> 18 games towards TGP
- 36-46 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 47-69 players –> 20 games towards TGP
- 70-93 players –> 21 games towards TGP
- 94-150 players –> 22 games towards TGP
- 151-160 players –> 23 games towards TGP
7 strikes
- 4-5 players –> 12 games towards TGP
- 6 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 7 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 8-10 players –> 15 games towards TGP
- 11 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 12-14 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 15-18 players –> 18 games towards TGP
- 19-26 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 27-30 players –> 20 games towards TGP
- 31-42 players –> 21 games towards TGP
- 43-58 players –> 22 games towards TGP
- 59-78 players –> 23 games towards TGP
- 79-122 players –> 24 games towards TGP
- 123+ players –> 25 games towards TGP
8 strikes
- 4-6 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 7 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 8-10 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 11 players –> 18 games towards TGP
- 12-14 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 15-18 players –> 20 games towards TGP
- 19-22 players –> 21 games towards TGP
- 23-30 players –> 22 games towards TGP
- 31-38 players –> 23 games towards TGP
- 39-50 players –> 24 games towards TGP
- 51+ players –> 25 games towards TGP
9 strikes
- 4-6 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 7 players –> 18 games towards TGP
- 8-10 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 11 players –> 20 games towards TGP
- 12-14 players –> 21 games towards TGP
- 15-18 players –> 22 games towards TGP
- 19-22 players –> 23 games towards TGP
- 23-26 players –> 24 games towards TGP
- 27+ players –> 25 games towards TGP
10 strikes
- 4-6 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 7 players –> 20 games towards TGP
- 8-10 players –> 21 games towards TGP
- 11 players –> 22 games towards TGP
- 12-14 players –> 23 games towards TGP
- 15-18 players –> 24 games towards TGP
- 19+ players –> 25 games towards TGP
Progressive Strike Knockout (0 strikes for 1st, 1 strike for 2nd, 2 strikes for 3rd, 3 strikes for 4th)
3 strikes
- 4-5 players –> 5 games towards TGP
- 6-7 players –> 6 games towards TGP
- 8-11 players –> 7 games towards TGP
- 12-19 players –> 8 games towards TGP
- 20-28 players –> 9 games towards TGP
- 29-49 players –> 10 games towards TGP
- 50-74 players –> 11 games towards TGP
- 75-140 players –> 12 games towards TGP
- 141-160 players –> 13 games towards TGP
4 strikes
- 4 players –> 6 games towards TGP
- 5 players –> 7 games towards TGP
- 6-8 players –> 8 games towards TGP
- 9-14 players –> 9 games towards TGP
- 15-21 players –> 10 games towards TGP
- 22-29 players –> 11 games towards TGP
- 30-50 players –> 12 games towards TGP
- 51-73 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 74-130 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 131-160 players –> 15 games towards TGP
5 strikes
- 4 players –> 8 games towards TGP
- 5-7 players –> 9 games towards TGP
- 8-10 players –> 10 games towards TGP
- 11-15 players –> 11 games towards TGP
- 16-21 players –> 12 games towards TGP
- 22-33 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 34-54 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 55-70 players –> 15 games towards TGP
- 71-110 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 111-160 players –> 17 games towards TGP
6 strikes
- 4-5 players –> 10 games towards TGP
- 6-7 players –> 11 games towards TGP
- 8-11 players –> 12 games towards TGP
- 12-17 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 18-25 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 26-37 players –> 15 games towards TGP
- 38-50 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 51-74 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 75-110 players –> 18 games towards TGP
- 111-160 players –> 19 games towards TGP
7 strikes
- 4 players –> 11 games towards TGP
- 5 players –> 12 games towards TGP
- 6-8 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 9-14 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 15-19 players –> 15 games towards TGP
- 20-26 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 27-38 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 39-50 players –> 18 games towards TGP
- 51-82 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 83-117 players –> 20 games towards TGP
- 118-160 players –> 21 games towards TGP
8 strikes
- 4-5 players –> 13 games towards TGP
- 6-7 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 8-10 players –> 15 games towards TGP
- 11-14 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 15-21 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 22-30 players –> 18 games towards TGP
- 31-42 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 43-54 players –> 20 games towards TGP
- 55-90 players –> 21 games towards TGP
- 91-110 players –> 22 games towards TGP
- 111-160 players –> 23 games towards TGP
9 strikes
- 4 players –> 14 games towards TGP
- 5 players –> 15 games towards TGP
- 6-7 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 8-13 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 14-18 players –> 18 games towards TGP
- 19-25 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 26-30 players –> 20 games towards TGP
- 31-46 players –> 21 games towards TGP
- 47-58 players –> 22 games towards TGP
- 59-98 players –> 23 games towards TGP
- 99-118 players –> 24 games towards TGP
- 119+ players –> 25 games towards TGP
10 strikes
- 4 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 5-7 players –> 17 games towards TGP
- 8-10 players –> 18 games towards TGP
- 11-14 players –> 19 games towards TGP
- 15-18 players –> 20 games towards TGP
- 19-26 players –> 21 games towards TGP
- 27-34 players –> 22 games towards TGP
- 35-50 players –> 23 games towards TGP
- 51-65 players –> 24 games towards TGP
- 66+ players –> 25 games towards TGP
3 game Rounds, 4 player groups whenever possible
- 4-5 players –> 6 games towards TGP
- 6-11 players –> 12 games towards TGP
- 12-22 players –> 18 games towards TGP
- 23-45 players –> 24 games towards TGP
- 46-91 players –> 30 games towards TGP
4 game Rounds, 4 player groups whenever possible
- 4-5 players –> 8 game towards TGP
- 6-11 players –> 16 games towards TGP
- 12-22 players –> 24 games towards TGP
- 23-45 players –> 32 games towards TGP
*Please note the general rule is +2 games towards TGP for every game played for 4-player groups. Tournament Directors are welcome to run any amount of games per round for this format.
4 player groups, 1 player eliminated per round until final 4 players remain (assumes 1 game for final 4)
- 4 players –> 2 games towards TGP
- 5 players –> 4 games towards TGP
- 6 players –> 6 games towards TGP
- 7 players –> 7 games towards TGP
- 8-11 players –> 8 games towards TGP
- 12-20 players –> 9 games towards TGP
- 21-64 players –> 10 games towards TGP
4 player groups, 2 players eliminated per round until final 4 players remain (assumes 1 game for final 4)
- 4 players –> 2 games towards TGP
- 5-6 players –> 3 games towards TGP
- 7-64 players –> 4 games towards TGP
3 player groups, 1 player eliminated per round until final 4 players remain (assumes 1 game for final 4)
- 4 players –> 2 games towards TGP
- 5-7 players –> 3 games towards TGP
- 8-64 players –> 4 games towards TGP
2 player groups, 1 player eliminated per round until final 4 players remain (assumes 1 game for final 4)
- 4-64 players –> 2 games towards TGP
Flip Frenzy (Pinball! Pinball! Pinball!)
Flip Frenzy formats, also referred to as Pinball! Pinball! Pinball! format will graded based on the AVERAGE number of matches played by all players in the field. The IFPA recommends using MatchPlay Events software for this format. The software automatically calculates this average for IFPA submission purposes.
The number of rounds counting towards TGP are the number of rounds it takes for the first player to reach the target.
Common Playoff Structures (including byes)
Below is a picture cheat sheet showing some of the more common playoff structures, including many popular bye structures that exist.
