Location
Format Details
| Event Name : | Main Tournament |
| Qualifying Format : | Matchplay Qualifying |
| Finals Format : | Match Play |
| Player Limit : | 48 |
| Unlimited Qualifying? : | No |
Tournament Overview
Start Date: January 17, 2026
End Date: January 18, 2026
Saturday Jan 17th:
New Zealand Champs Qualifying - 9am-9:30pm (estimate)
This event is for the top 48 performers over 2025 and has a 150% points boost.
- Doors open 9am, tournament starts at 9:30am
- 7 rounds of 4 player match play
- 3 games per round
- Software will choose a bank of three games from the banks available.
- Player order will automatically rotate each game.
- Top 24 make finals
- Top 8 receive 1 bye
- One hour lunch break
Sunday 18th:
New Zealand Champs Finals - 9am-2pm (estimate)
Top 24 play off, best of 5 matches head to head.
- Top 8 receive one bye.
- Highest seed picks a bank of games and has games 1,3,5.
- Lower seed picks a bank of games, and has games 2 and 3.
- Games in each bank can be played in any order, but not more than once in a 5 game match.
The winner of the NZ National Championship receives qualification to the IFPA World Championship (along with the #1 ranked NZ player as of December 31st). Top 16 place getters will receive prize money, gathered from the $1 IFPA fee you have been paying to play in tournaments over the 2025 year. These amounts will be announced prior to the event.
New Zealand Champs Qualifying - 9am-9:30pm (estimate)
This event is for the top 48 performers over 2025 and has a 150% points boost.
- Doors open 9am, tournament starts at 9:30am
- 7 rounds of 4 player match play
- 3 games per round
- Software will choose a bank of three games from the banks available.
- Player order will automatically rotate each game.
- Top 24 make finals
- Top 8 receive 1 bye
- One hour lunch break
Sunday 18th:
New Zealand Champs Finals - 9am-2pm (estimate)
Top 24 play off, best of 5 matches head to head.
- Top 8 receive one bye.
- Highest seed picks a bank of games and has games 1,3,5.
- Lower seed picks a bank of games, and has games 2 and 3.
- Games in each bank can be played in any order, but not more than once in a 5 game match.
The winner of the NZ National Championship receives qualification to the IFPA World Championship (along with the #1 ranked NZ player as of December 31st). Top 16 place getters will receive prize money, gathered from the $1 IFPA fee you have been paying to play in tournaments over the 2025 year. These amounts will be announced prior to the event.