The IFPA is pleased to announce the 7th annual IFPA World Pinball Championship. It will be held May 21-23, 2010 in Cokato, Minnesota. You can find complete details and rules for IFPA 7 here.

Utilizing its World Pinball Player Rankings, the IFPA is using the January 1st, 2010 rankings to determine 61 of the 64 qualifiers for IFPA 7. The top 2 avaliable ranked players from each country as of 1/1/2010 will receive an automatic qualifying spot into the tournament via a "Country Exemption". Should either of the top 2 players not be able to attend, that country exemption will move down the country ranking list until it is filled. The rest of the field will be made up of the most highly ranked players from the WPPR list. For players that cannot attend, spots will be filled by going down the rankings list. Should a country not fill the 2 spots awarded to it, additional at-Large spots will be available.

Registration is now open and will close on Feburary 15th at 6pm EST. Last year we went to rankings position 138 to fill the field of 64, so we've included the top 150 on this initial invite list. We will go deeper if necessary, but there is a chance that not everyone on this list will be eligible to participate.

If you have any questions or know that you will not be attending, please email the IFPA at ifpapinball@gmail.com.

Registration Rules

• Registration closes on Feburary 15th at 6pm EST.
• The IFPA must receive a player's payment in order for that player to be officially registered.
• Players must send their payment by mail, paypal or give the money to Josh Sharpe directly.
• Once registration closes, any player on this list that hasn't paid will be ineligible to participate.
• After fulfilling the Country Exemptions, the IFPA will confirm the additional At-Large bids for the tournament based on the highest ranked players that have paid their registration fee and committed to playing.
• Once the entry spots have been filled, those who had paid registration fees but did not make the cut will have their fee refunded, but kept on a list (in order of rank) to be eligible as backups in case someone drops out.

Reserved Spots

The following spots are reserved for the top 2 players in eligible countries.

Remaining spots