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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 :0.91
Ratings Strength :4.23
Base Value : 26.5
Rated Players :53
Total (before TGP) : 31.64
TGP :140.00%
Event Booster :100%
Tour Value :44.3
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Results for the Main Tournament event on September 14, 2024

Pos Player Rank Rating Points
1 Mark van der Gugten 412 1586.13 44.30
2 Maximilian Marx 3527 1545.55 33.34
3 Fabio Villanueva 817 1523.10 27.59
4 Chris Dröden 3951 1458.72 23.30
6 Dirk Dröden 1285 1481.29 17.09
6 Jan Feth 1049 1515.16 17.09
6 Micky Schröder 12387 1337.86 17.09
6 Sascha Klenke 471 1402.94 17.09
9 Sven Märting 4393 1426.52 11.13
10 Guido Christiansen 902 1542.51 9.72
11 Guido Ehrmann 1601 1498.83 8.51
12 Gordon Billy 4628 1336.39 7.49
13 Patrick Pehrs 869 1566.06 6.62
14 Jens Knobloch 2333 1333.36 5.88
15 Dirk Klaver 421 1682.69 5.26
16 Eckhard Zahs 2812 1451.51 4.73
17 Christian Gerckens 6690 1383.53 4.30
18 Burkhard Nagel 10649 1428.87 3.93
19 Jan Hop 1144 1576.69 3.63
20 Michael Nau 4105 1385.89 3.39
21 Matthias Flügge 2019 1505.28 3.18
22 Dirk Elzholz 255 1761.54 3.02
23 Helen de Haan-Verbeek 924 1462.08 2.88
24 Helge Zörner 3497 1340.97 2.76
25 Jens Schmidt 2918 1455.48 2.67
26 Michael von Vopelius 8155 1355.56 2.58
27 Julius Wittke 8660 1370.17 2.51
28 Julian Zahs 1206 1657.66 2.44
29 Dirk Rohde 2120 1453.40 2.36
30 Timm Tesch 4585 1370.21 2.29
31 Jan Gröppel 982 1533.08 2.21
32 Björn Geyer 5514 1347.01 2.14
33 Alexander Wittke 5769 1382.02 2.07
34 Stefanie Tesch 5851 1398.22 1.99
35 Dirk Wittke 6589 1337.59 1.92
36 Nils Alef 5184 1405.99 1.85
37 Frank Linden 9327 1516.78 1.77
38 Michael Wahn 49855 Not Rated 1.70
39 Thomas Ferocino 8036 1204.44 1.62
40 Berk Güler 14447 1212.21 1.55
41 Karl Weber 8241 1369.77 1.48
42 André Buchhalla 4526 1412.97 1.40
43 Nicole Billy 5324 1239.37 1.33
44 Stefan Leroudier 18136 1170.53 1.26
45 Marcel Langner 8299 1425.44 1.18
46 Dirk Nicklaus 1837 1518.51 1.11
47 Simon Metz 3020 1590.91 1.03
48 Andrea Ehrmann 4810 1382.67 0.96
49 Udo Luzay 8025 1183.10 0.89
50 Melanie Beyers 49855 Not Rated 0.81
51 Gabi Schmeichel 4587 1364.99 0.74
52 Gerrit Metz 9305 1335.85 0.66
53 Amu Ehrich 15089 1196.70 0.59
54 Steven Schmidt 13411 1025.61 0.52
55 Andreas Guenther 16826 1324.85 0.44
56 Carsten Wieske 1495 1410.69 0.37
57 Christoph Scholten 49855 Not Rated 0.30
58 Heike Flügge 49855 877.51 0.22
59 Sebastian Wessel 49855 Not Rated 0.15
60 Anette Scholten 49855 Not Rated 0.07
Highlighted players are not applied to strength calculations due to lack of played tournaments.

Location


Daimlerstraße 41 Bünde, Nor

Format Details


Event Name : Main Tournament
Qualifying Format : Matchplay Qualifying
Finals Format : Single Elimination
Player Limit : 64
Unlimited Qualifying? : No

Tournament Overview


Tournament Date: September 14, 2024

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

Main round: We play from 11 am to 7.30 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 be ranked equal on the 6th rank.
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 July 20, 2024 MAIN Dirk Klaver
Main Tournament May 25, 2024 MAIN Dirk Klaver
Main Tournament March 09, 2024 MAIN Philippe Craul
Main Tournament January 13, 2024 MAIN Dirk Klaver
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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