Start Date: Thursday, February 6th, 2024
End Date: Sunday, February 9th, 2024

DSP 250% Certified 2024 with 48 players
Location: The Hidden Spot

Match Play Tournament. IFPA sanctioned & certified for 250% WPPR boost.
The tournament will feature a main tournament with an A division and B division. 32 players to make playoffs. Prizes for top 8 Div A and Top 4 Div B. Subject to change if there is a low turnout.
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QUALIFYING
Match Play Sessions -
Match play sessions involve 5 single-game rounds of match play. Eight (8) Sessions are scheduled for 2.5 hour time slots, and each player may choose to sign up for whatever sessions works with their schedule.
Best 4 of 8 sessions count towards your final ranking.
Require 8 registered players to have a round
Game scoring IFPA 7/5/3/1 or 7/4/1 for 3 player groups.
Five rounds per session. The first round will have random groups, and the following rounds will use swiss-pairing.
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Entry fees per session (no refunds) -
A division players (ranked 1 – 1,500) cost $10 per session.
B division players (ranked 1,501 - new players) cost $5 per session
Players IFPA rank as of the first day of the event will be used
Players are encouraged to pre-register for qualifying sessions.
No refunds
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Registration -
Players will register at the tournament desk for whatever session(s) they choose.
Players may register for a session before the day begins or between rounds for a following session in the 4 day event. Pre-registration is encouraged, but not required, however registration for a session will cut off 5-10 minutes before it begins (or if the session sells out).
Lists of registered players will not be available until their respective rounds begin.
Ranking -
Rankings will be determined by the total pointage of a player’s best four sessions combined together.
Any additional sessions that aren’t being used in a player’s ranking will be used for tie-breaking purposes.
B division tickets do not restrict upward movement, so, for example, a player who’s B eligible can still qualify for A division if their scores are high enough.
Top 24 players qualify for main division playoffs with 48 players. Top 16 32 – 47 players.
Top 8 B eligible players who did not qualify A division will instead qualify for B division prizing.
Players can check qualifying standings on the MatchPlay Series page, or to see with tie breakers and B division.
Schedule -
Qualifying rounds start times -
Thursday: (1) 7:00 PM
Friday: (2) 6:45pm, and (3) 9:30pm
Saturday: (4) 11:00am, (5) 2:00pm, (6) 5:00pm, (7) 8:00pm
Sunday: 11:30am
If for some reason a qualifying session runs past its allocated time slot and beyond the start time of another session, the next session will be delayed until the first one finishes.
If a round ends unusually early or does not occur due to low participation, another round may be added to fill a time slot.

A finals start on Sunday at 3:00pm.
B finals start on Sunday at 3:30pm.
Ties -
Significant ties (to make it into finals) will be played off on a randomly selected EM or SS game, with the winner of that game being the winner of the tie breaker at the conclusion of the last session Sunday.
Ties for other positions in main division will be determined by whichever player has the higher ranking on their next highest ranking session that is not contributing to their standings. (ex. Both players in the tie have 60 total points from their best four rounds. Player one played a fifth round in which they got 14, player two played a fifth round in which they got 12. Player one would win the tiebreaker. If a player does not have results for an additional session it will be as if that player’s additional session was a 0.
If the tied players also tie in their additional sessions, then whichever player had the single highest scoring session will win the tiebreaker.
In the extremely rare case that both players have the exact same scores across all qualifying attempts, the tie will be broken by a one ball playoff on an EM.
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FINALS
General information -
A and B Division finals begin Sunday at 3:00pm and 3:30pm respectively.
A and B Finals are played in 4-player PAPA scoring (4, 2, 1, 0)
Four player games are scored with 1st earning 4 points, 2nd earning 2 points, 3rd earning 1 point, and 4th receiving 0 points.
The top two players from each group will advance to the next round.
If there is a tie in point totals for the top two players in a group, the tied players will play off on a randomly selected game. Play order selection will be based on seeding.
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Playoff Game Selection: Banks and can not repeat the same bank.

Final Standings -
Final standings for people who were eliminated in the same round as each other will be determined by the points players earned in the round they were eliminated in.
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Prize Pool (subject to change if low entries occur):
Prize pool pays out 100% of the entry less IFPA fees and $75 to go towards NACS and WNACS Provincials winner.

Pot to be split 75% to A and 25% to B.

Division A top 8 players: 1st 35%, 2nd 20% 3rd 15% 4th 10% and 5th – 8th 5% each.

Division B top 4 players: 1st 40%, 2nd 25%, 3rd 20% and 4th 15%.

All other rules and procedures for anything gameplay related are based on IFPA PAPA rules found here https://www.ifpapinball.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/PAPA_IFPA-Complete-Competition-Rules-2024.02.pdf

All or any Rules, procedures, and regulations can be changed before tournament start time on Thursday.

Tournament timing -
This tournament operates on a tight schedule and although we build in tolerances for rounds going long, extreme cases may arise that cause a round to run overtime. If time is becoming a concern the tournament directors have the right to declare a mercy rule.

For other questions and information please contact info@deathsavepinball.ca