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Format Details
| Event Name : | Main Tournament |
| Qualifying Format : | Matchplay Qualifying |
| Finals Format : | Match Play |
| Player Limit : | 100 |
| Unlimited Qualifying? : | No |
Tournament Overview
Registration for this tournament opens on April 05, 2025
Start Date: August 15, 2025
End Date: August 17, 2025
Registration Opens April 5th
100 Player Cap
See website for Full Details on all tournaments for this event
You are registering and paying for 4 tournaments at one time
$290 Total Cost if paid by June 21st
$320 Total Cost if paid after June 21st
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I have comfortably scheduled 4 tournaments in 4 days. 2 IFPA Certified Events and 2 Knockouts. One of the knockouts overlaps with IFPA certified classics finals on Friday.
Everyone makes finals on Sunday in either A/B or C division with no restrictions based on IFPA rank.
You also get to play as much pinball as you want at practice times and in-between rounds, as all the games are on free play the whole weekend.
Thursday afternoon-evening Certified Classics Qualify (10 Rounds 2 Games per round) with finals Friday Morning
Friday Morning also has a 3 strike knockout at the same time as the Finals for Certified Classics
Friday Night we play the 1st half (5 Rounds) of the qualifying for the Certified Main Event
Saturday Morning-Afternoon we complete the 2nd half (5 more Rounds) of qualifying for main event. (10 Round 2 Game Banks with 1 modern & 1 classic game per round in total)
Saturday Night has an 8 Strike Fair Strike Knockout (All Games)
Sunday Morning-Afternoon has A/B/C Finals for Main Event - Everyone makes it to finals in one of the divisions
Event 3: Certified Main Event Qualifying Day 1; 5 Rounds of 2 Game Banks
We are going to play 5 Rounds On Friday Night, then 5 Rounds Saturday Morning for a total of 10 rounds.
Friday Aug 15th, 2025
4:30PM Tournament Starts
11:30PM Estimated End Time
Tournament will use all 100+ Pinball Machines inside District 82 Pinball. Each Bank will consist of 1 Modern Game ( roughly 1992 & newer) and 1 classic game (see list above).
The Group Match Play Qualifier will be played in groups of 4 (3 when necessary).
Random Seeding to start, Rotating Order, then Tiered Swiss Style Pairings thereafter. If Tiered Swiss not available then Swiss will be used.
MatchPlay Software will most likely be used for the tournaments.
Each Round will consist of a 2 game banks consisting of 1 Modern (roughly 1992 & newer) and 1 Classic (see list above)
You will receive 7/5/3/1 scoring on each game
Automatic Tiebreakers will be turned on
Points will carry to Day 2 of qualifying
Event 3: Certified Main Event Qualifying Day 2; 5 Rounds of 2 Game Banks
Saturday August 16th, 2025
8AM Doors Open Practice
9AM Tournament Starts with round 6
We are continuing with rounds 6-10 in the manner listed above and your points have carried over from day 1.
Once 10 rounds are played (20 Games Total) the top 24 players make it to the A division finals, 25th-40th make it to B division finals. 41st and higher make it to C division Finals
8th, 24th, & 40th place will not use the Automatic Tiebreakers. All players tied with the same amount of accumulated points for the 8th,24th & 40th position will have a 1 GAME tiebreaker to determine who gets into the A/B finals and who doesn't. This 1 GAME tiebreaker is significant and will result who gets into which division of finals, byes, & 1st round bank selections.
Examples- We have 5 players tied with 7th-11th. They all get a 1 game tiebreaker. Based on that one game the finishers at 7th & 8th get a first round bye. 9th, 10th, 11th will get a pick of bank in 1st round of finals based on that one game tiebreaker score. We have 8 players tied with 22nd- 29th place. We have one game tiebreaker for them. Based on the score of that one game 22nd-24th make it into A division finals, 25th-28th make it to top of B division finals and get 1st round pick of bank. 29th also makes it into B division with no bank selection in 1st round in this example. We have 11 players with the same amount of points who finish from 35th-45th in qualifying. They all get to play a 1 GAME tiebreaker. 35th-40th make it into B division finals. 41st-45th place get into C division finals.
IFPA Rank Restrictions - This tournament will not have any IFPA rank restrictions. Anyone can play in any division based on how well you do in qualifying.
Main Event Finals - Everyone Qualifies for Finals!
Sunday August 17th, 2025
8AM Doors Open Practice
9:00AM Start Time for C division in Rows 1-4
9:15AM Start Time for A Division in Rows 5-8
9:30AM Start time for B Division in Rows 5-8
5PM Projected End Time
We are basically breaking up District 82 in halves for the finals. A & B get a half and C division get the other half. Everyone makes finals in one division. C division will run the finals tournament at its own pace. While A & B division will wait until everyone group is finished before moving on to the next round.
No practicing on the games in Rows 5-8 or & AC2 at all on Sunday. This includes people whom are not in the playoffs as well.
We will start the finals for C division 1st in Rows 1-4, then we will start finals for A Division Round 1, and finally B Division Round 1 both in Rows 5-8 & AC2 rooms. All the finals will be running at the same time.
A Division
Top 24 Players from the Main Event Qualifying will play in the Finals. No points carry over from qualifying. If someone doesn't show up the 25th or next highest person from qualifying available will take there place. The format will consist of 4 rounds of 3 game banks. Top 8 qualifiers get a 1st round bye. Groupings for first round will be (9th, 16th, 17th, 24th), (10th, 15th, 18th, 23rd), (11th, 14th, 19th, 22nd), (12th, 13th, 20th, 21st) Games will be played one at a time. High seed in each group will get choice of Bank and Order on 1st game. Subsequent games the order choice is reversed with 4th place getting to pick first, then 3rd place next, etc. The games that are in the banks will be chosen by tournament director ahead of time. They will be different from round to round. Once a bank is selected it is out for that round so other players may not choose that same bank that round. If a game goes down during finals and cannot be fixed or a tiebreaker game is needed for that group then the 'alternate' game that is listed on the sheet will be used. If there is tie that needs to be broken the higher seed involved gets to choose order first. Scoring will be 4/2/1/0 for each of the 3 games. Top 2 advance bottom 2 are eliminated.
The 8 Eliminated players from 1st round will ranked 17th-24th according to how many points they accumulated in this round. Ties will not be broken.
In the Quarterfinal Round, the players advancing from the previous round will be reseeded according to their original ranks and divided into four groups as follows.
16 Players
Group 1: 1 8 9 16
Group 2: 2 7 10 15
Group 3: 3 6 11 14
Group 4: 4 5 12 13
The 8 eliminated players will be ranked 9th-16th according to the accumulated points in this round. Ties will not be broken.
For the Semifinal Round, the 8 players advancing will be divided into two groups of four. The groups will be organized according to the original qualifying rank as shown here:
8 Players
Group 1: 1 4 5 8
Group 2: 2 3 6 7
The 4 eliminated players from this round will be ranked from 5th-8th based on the accumulated points from this round. Ties will not be broken.
The four remaining players advance to the final round. The final round is conducted in the same manner as the Semifinal Round. The total scores for this round will determine the ordering of the winners. All ties in the final round are considered significant and will be broken with a 1 game playoff. The final reporting of points to IFPA will show 1st-4th place with no ties.
Top 4 Trophies/Plaques and Top 16 Cash Prizes
B Division
B Division will be conducted the same as above except only 3 rounds in total as no one has a bye. They will start at the quarterfinals section above and continue on to the end.
Top 4 Trophies/Plaques and Top 8 Cash Prizes
C Division
C division will be a 10 strike progressive knockout tournament played in Rows 1-4
Nothing carries over from qualifying.
You will play in groups of 4 players (3 when necessary), random seeding to start, then swiss style pairing thereafter. You will get 0/1/2/3 strikes per round (1 game per round). Once you receive 10 strikes you are out of the tournament. Once eliminated, you may stay and play all the games on free play the rest of the night. We alternate between A (1992 & newer DMD/LCD) & B (1985 & older Classics) Groups each round. The tournament continues until 1 player is remaining. Your final position will be determined by the round and number of strikes you have. Example if you go into a round with 8 strikes and someone else in a different group goes into a round with 7 strikes; you both get 4th place adding 3 strikes to your total. You would have 11 strikes and finish behind the person who ended the same round with only 10 strikes.
Ties between 1st-8th position will be broken with a 1 GAME game tie breaker for the affected players to determine the trophy and/or cash received. Game will be selected by tournament director and the game itself will be either classic or modern based on what the next game choice would be been. When reporting this to IFPA for points those ties will be reported as such.
Cash Prizes for 1st-8th
Trophies or Plaques for 1-4
Overall IFPA Position in Tournament (Assuming 100 Players)
You overall position in the tournament will be dependent on your finals performance too.
A Division: You are playing for 1st-24th in the overall tournament
B Division: You are playing for 25th-40th in the overall tournament
C Division: You are playing for 41st-100th in the overall tournament
100 Player Cap
See website for Full Details on all tournaments for this event
You are registering and paying for 4 tournaments at one time
$290 Total Cost if paid by June 21st
$320 Total Cost if paid after June 21st
Play More Pinball!
I have comfortably scheduled 4 tournaments in 4 days. 2 IFPA Certified Events and 2 Knockouts. One of the knockouts overlaps with IFPA certified classics finals on Friday.
Everyone makes finals on Sunday in either A/B or C division with no restrictions based on IFPA rank.
You also get to play as much pinball as you want at practice times and in-between rounds, as all the games are on free play the whole weekend.
Thursday afternoon-evening Certified Classics Qualify (10 Rounds 2 Games per round) with finals Friday Morning
Friday Morning also has a 3 strike knockout at the same time as the Finals for Certified Classics
Friday Night we play the 1st half (5 Rounds) of the qualifying for the Certified Main Event
Saturday Morning-Afternoon we complete the 2nd half (5 more Rounds) of qualifying for main event. (10 Round 2 Game Banks with 1 modern & 1 classic game per round in total)
Saturday Night has an 8 Strike Fair Strike Knockout (All Games)
Sunday Morning-Afternoon has A/B/C Finals for Main Event - Everyone makes it to finals in one of the divisions
Event 3: Certified Main Event Qualifying Day 1; 5 Rounds of 2 Game Banks
We are going to play 5 Rounds On Friday Night, then 5 Rounds Saturday Morning for a total of 10 rounds.
Friday Aug 15th, 2025
4:30PM Tournament Starts
11:30PM Estimated End Time
Tournament will use all 100+ Pinball Machines inside District 82 Pinball. Each Bank will consist of 1 Modern Game ( roughly 1992 & newer) and 1 classic game (see list above).
The Group Match Play Qualifier will be played in groups of 4 (3 when necessary).
Random Seeding to start, Rotating Order, then Tiered Swiss Style Pairings thereafter. If Tiered Swiss not available then Swiss will be used.
MatchPlay Software will most likely be used for the tournaments.
Each Round will consist of a 2 game banks consisting of 1 Modern (roughly 1992 & newer) and 1 Classic (see list above)
You will receive 7/5/3/1 scoring on each game
Automatic Tiebreakers will be turned on
Points will carry to Day 2 of qualifying
Event 3: Certified Main Event Qualifying Day 2; 5 Rounds of 2 Game Banks
Saturday August 16th, 2025
8AM Doors Open Practice
9AM Tournament Starts with round 6
We are continuing with rounds 6-10 in the manner listed above and your points have carried over from day 1.
Once 10 rounds are played (20 Games Total) the top 24 players make it to the A division finals, 25th-40th make it to B division finals. 41st and higher make it to C division Finals
8th, 24th, & 40th place will not use the Automatic Tiebreakers. All players tied with the same amount of accumulated points for the 8th,24th & 40th position will have a 1 GAME tiebreaker to determine who gets into the A/B finals and who doesn't. This 1 GAME tiebreaker is significant and will result who gets into which division of finals, byes, & 1st round bank selections.
Examples- We have 5 players tied with 7th-11th. They all get a 1 game tiebreaker. Based on that one game the finishers at 7th & 8th get a first round bye. 9th, 10th, 11th will get a pick of bank in 1st round of finals based on that one game tiebreaker score. We have 8 players tied with 22nd- 29th place. We have one game tiebreaker for them. Based on the score of that one game 22nd-24th make it into A division finals, 25th-28th make it to top of B division finals and get 1st round pick of bank. 29th also makes it into B division with no bank selection in 1st round in this example. We have 11 players with the same amount of points who finish from 35th-45th in qualifying. They all get to play a 1 GAME tiebreaker. 35th-40th make it into B division finals. 41st-45th place get into C division finals.
IFPA Rank Restrictions - This tournament will not have any IFPA rank restrictions. Anyone can play in any division based on how well you do in qualifying.
Main Event Finals - Everyone Qualifies for Finals!
Sunday August 17th, 2025
8AM Doors Open Practice
9:00AM Start Time for C division in Rows 1-4
9:15AM Start Time for A Division in Rows 5-8
9:30AM Start time for B Division in Rows 5-8
5PM Projected End Time
We are basically breaking up District 82 in halves for the finals. A & B get a half and C division get the other half. Everyone makes finals in one division. C division will run the finals tournament at its own pace. While A & B division will wait until everyone group is finished before moving on to the next round.
No practicing on the games in Rows 5-8 or & AC2 at all on Sunday. This includes people whom are not in the playoffs as well.
We will start the finals for C division 1st in Rows 1-4, then we will start finals for A Division Round 1, and finally B Division Round 1 both in Rows 5-8 & AC2 rooms. All the finals will be running at the same time.
A Division
Top 24 Players from the Main Event Qualifying will play in the Finals. No points carry over from qualifying. If someone doesn't show up the 25th or next highest person from qualifying available will take there place. The format will consist of 4 rounds of 3 game banks. Top 8 qualifiers get a 1st round bye. Groupings for first round will be (9th, 16th, 17th, 24th), (10th, 15th, 18th, 23rd), (11th, 14th, 19th, 22nd), (12th, 13th, 20th, 21st) Games will be played one at a time. High seed in each group will get choice of Bank and Order on 1st game. Subsequent games the order choice is reversed with 4th place getting to pick first, then 3rd place next, etc. The games that are in the banks will be chosen by tournament director ahead of time. They will be different from round to round. Once a bank is selected it is out for that round so other players may not choose that same bank that round. If a game goes down during finals and cannot be fixed or a tiebreaker game is needed for that group then the 'alternate' game that is listed on the sheet will be used. If there is tie that needs to be broken the higher seed involved gets to choose order first. Scoring will be 4/2/1/0 for each of the 3 games. Top 2 advance bottom 2 are eliminated.
The 8 Eliminated players from 1st round will ranked 17th-24th according to how many points they accumulated in this round. Ties will not be broken.
In the Quarterfinal Round, the players advancing from the previous round will be reseeded according to their original ranks and divided into four groups as follows.
16 Players
Group 1: 1 8 9 16
Group 2: 2 7 10 15
Group 3: 3 6 11 14
Group 4: 4 5 12 13
The 8 eliminated players will be ranked 9th-16th according to the accumulated points in this round. Ties will not be broken.
For the Semifinal Round, the 8 players advancing will be divided into two groups of four. The groups will be organized according to the original qualifying rank as shown here:
8 Players
Group 1: 1 4 5 8
Group 2: 2 3 6 7
The 4 eliminated players from this round will be ranked from 5th-8th based on the accumulated points from this round. Ties will not be broken.
The four remaining players advance to the final round. The final round is conducted in the same manner as the Semifinal Round. The total scores for this round will determine the ordering of the winners. All ties in the final round are considered significant and will be broken with a 1 game playoff. The final reporting of points to IFPA will show 1st-4th place with no ties.
Top 4 Trophies/Plaques and Top 16 Cash Prizes
B Division
B Division will be conducted the same as above except only 3 rounds in total as no one has a bye. They will start at the quarterfinals section above and continue on to the end.
Top 4 Trophies/Plaques and Top 8 Cash Prizes
C Division
C division will be a 10 strike progressive knockout tournament played in Rows 1-4
Nothing carries over from qualifying.
You will play in groups of 4 players (3 when necessary), random seeding to start, then swiss style pairing thereafter. You will get 0/1/2/3 strikes per round (1 game per round). Once you receive 10 strikes you are out of the tournament. Once eliminated, you may stay and play all the games on free play the rest of the night. We alternate between A (1992 & newer DMD/LCD) & B (1985 & older Classics) Groups each round. The tournament continues until 1 player is remaining. Your final position will be determined by the round and number of strikes you have. Example if you go into a round with 8 strikes and someone else in a different group goes into a round with 7 strikes; you both get 4th place adding 3 strikes to your total. You would have 11 strikes and finish behind the person who ended the same round with only 10 strikes.
Ties between 1st-8th position will be broken with a 1 GAME game tie breaker for the affected players to determine the trophy and/or cash received. Game will be selected by tournament director and the game itself will be either classic or modern based on what the next game choice would be been. When reporting this to IFPA for points those ties will be reported as such.
Cash Prizes for 1st-8th
Trophies or Plaques for 1-4
Overall IFPA Position in Tournament (Assuming 100 Players)
You overall position in the tournament will be dependent on your finals performance too.
A Division: You are playing for 1st-24th in the overall tournament
B Division: You are playing for 25th-40th in the overall tournament
C Division: You are playing for 41st-100th in the overall tournament