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PU Challenge IFPA Tournament

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Tournament Information

Director : Thilo and Daniel Schwarz
Location : Bünde, Nor
Country : Germany
Information : Website

WPPR Snapshot

Ranking System :Main
Ranking Strength :1.65
Ratings Strength :4.17
Base Value : 29
Rated Players :58
Total (before TGP) : 34.82
TGP :144.00%
Event Booster :100%
Tour Value :50.13
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Results for the Main Tournament event on January 13, 2024

Pos Player Rank Rating Points
1 Dirk Klaver 899 1571.72 50.13
2 Erwin Deutschländer 491 1590.51 38.42
3 Joshua Rühl 2437 1483.20 32.20
4 Raphael Granzow 1476 1489.45 27.52
6 Marco Siemund 3364 1591.68 20.63
6 Till Kolbe 504 1603.12 20.63
6 Benjamin Horn 39626 Not Rated 20.63
6 Mathias Jäger 936 1560.33 20.63
9 Julian Zahs 1644 1540.07 13.87
10 Patrick Pehrs 802 1555.94 12.22
11 Sebastian Pötschke 4487 1481.97 10.79
12 Sven Märting 7830 1388.15 9.58
13 Michael Nau 9839 1289.68 8.52
14 Jens Schmidt 3846 1396.87 7.61
15 Kay Wolters 3261 1383.63 6.82
16 Dirk Rohde 2255 1346.32 6.15
17 Mark van der Gugten 259 1565.63 5.58
18 Sven Göttsche 6699 1513.74 5.09
19 Jürgen Schmitz 983 1453.08 4.68
20 Dirk Elzholz 214 1544.20 4.33
21 Philippe Craul 145 1671.15 4.03
22 Guido Ehrmann 1502 1555.12 3.79
23 Guido Christiansen 774 1475.64 3.59
24 Marco Fehres 11103 1283.28 3.42
25 Jan Gröppel 1059 1542.58 3.28
26 Ralf Behr 2601 1308.02 3.15
27 Jan Feth 1450 1491.26 3.06
28 Jan de Hond 7341 1397.74 2.97
29 Gerry Kurze 5630 1371.15 2.89
30 Philipp Segler 4114 1443.95 2.81
31 Carsten Wieske 1088 1476.56 2.73
32 Dirk Dröden 1125 1478.85 2.66
33 Sascha Klenke 353 1520.99 2.58
34 Dirk Nicklaus 4437 1391.41 2.51
35 Heiko Hagedorn 4228 1352.75 2.43
36 Jörg Merker 7102 1241.47 2.35
37 Yuna Rohde 6682 1193.89 2.28
38 Nicole Billy 7587 1145.16 2.20
39 Eckhard Zahs 3867 1438.55 2.13
40 Fabian Kretschmer 13959 1270.12 2.05
41 Gordon Billy 4110 1355.65 1.98
42 Sven Lathwesen 3569 1438.13 1.90
43 Dirk Witteweg 5006 1393.76 1.82
44 Christoph Granzow 2123 1466.36 1.75
45 Sascha Elsner 4590 1268.84 1.67
46 Stefanie Tesch 8545 1308.73 1.60
47 Gabi Schmeichel 4295 1264.54 1.52
48 Andrea Ehrmann 4894 1342.33 1.44
49 Christian Gerckens 7550 1404.55 1.37
50 Nils Langemann 4256 1410.79 1.29
51 Lale Güler 8163 1232.51 1.22
52 Thomas Ferocino 6425 1271.93 1.14
53 Rüdiger Hartmann 13522 1161.11 1.06
54 Marion Überschaer 10846 1298.66 0.99
55 Sascha Schäufler 27233 1343.29 0.91
56 Timm Tesch 8185 1225.85 0.84
57 Marc David Leipold 20326 984.48 0.76
58 Achim Lüttgen 39626 Not Rated 0.68
59 Dylan Klaver 15084 1266.74 0.61
60 Harald Wiegand 39626 Not Rated 0.53
61 Timo Dräger 4057 1319.59 0.46
62 Helge Zörner 3133 1357.34 0.38
63 Holger Petersen 4916 1400.10 0.30
64 Steven Schmidt 15203 912.23 0.23
65 Robin Eberhardt 25479 1139.37 0.15
66 Louisa Eberhardt 37065 924.29 0.08
Highlighted players are not applied to strength calculations due to lack of played tournaments.

Location


Daimlerstraße 41 Bünde, Nor Germany

Format Details


Event Name : Main Tournament
Qualifying Format : Matchplay Qualifying
Finals Format : Single Elimination
Player Limit : 50
Unlimited Qualifying? : No

Tournament Overview


Tournament Date: January 13, 2024

At our bi-monthly tournament we currently play the following mode:

Main round: We play from 11 am to 7 pm in (strict) Swiss system head-to-head (approx. 21 games) (incl. 1h lunch break).
Quarter-finals: The best 8 players of the main round qualify (play-off in case of a tie) and play a best-of-5 head-to-head (1 vs 8, 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6, 4 vs 5).
Semi-finals: The winners of the quarter-finals play a best-of-5 head-to-head.
Final: The winners of the semi-finals play a best-of-5 head-to-head.

The losers of the quarter-finals will play a best-of-four match for 5th to 8th place.
The losers of the semi-finals play a best-of-3 head-to-head for 3rd and 4th place.

Other events related to this Tournament

Event Date Ranking System Winner
Main Tournament January 24, 2026 MAIN
Main Tournament November 15, 2025 MAIN
Main Tournament September 20, 2025 MAIN
Main Tournament January 18, 2025 MAIN Julian Zahs
Main Tournament November 16, 2024 MAIN Dirk Elzholz
Main Tournament September 14, 2024 MAIN Mark van der Gugten
Main Tournament July 20, 2024 MAIN Dirk Klaver
Main Tournament May 25, 2024 MAIN Dirk Klaver
Main Tournament March 09, 2024 MAIN Philippe Craul
Main Tournament November 11, 2023 MAIN Julian Zahs
Main Tournament September 16, 2023 MAIN Dirk Elzholz
Main Tournament July 08, 2023 MAIN Dirk Klaver
Main Tournament May 13, 2023 MAIN Marc Steinmeier
Main Tournament March 11, 2023 MAIN Marc Steinmeier
Main Tournament January 21, 2023 MAIN Kirsten Adam
Main Tournament November 05, 2022 MAIN Dirk Elzholz
Main Tournament September 24, 2022 MAIN Dirk Elzholz
Main Tournament July 23, 2022 MAIN Kirsten Adam

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