match play championship

OVERVIEW

Schedule | General Information | Prize Pools | Past Winners

This is the showcase pinball event at YEGPIN, to showcase the talents of pinball players in North America.

YEGPIN Match Play Championship is the one of largest pinball tournaments in the world, featuring 112 pinball machines and 300 players competing over three consecutive days to determine the champion.
There are three distinct skill divisions in the event, with beautiful customized trophies going to all of the winners in each division.
The event has grown each year and we had 223 entrants in the tournament last year. With the new format change we have expanded to be able to include up to 300 participants this year. This event continues to grow so don’t miss out, show your stuff and compete against some of the best pinball players in the world.
This is an IFPA certified event and was a Stern Pro Event, status of that designation is pending

Entry Fees

$150 tournament fee.
Includes a custom sublimated YEGPIN 2022 lanyard and a tournament pass created by local artist Jackson Gee.

Schedule

Thursday, July 21 – Day 1

Time	Event
8:00 AM – 9:30AM	Registration
9:00AM – 10:00AM	Practice Session (Registered Players Only)
10:00AM – 10:30AM	Waitlist Additions, Final Repairs/Adjustments, Brackets Created, Orientation
10:30AM – 12:15PM	Round 1 – YEGPIN Match Play Championship
12:15PM – 2:00PM	Round 2 – YEGPIN Match Play Championship
2:00PM – 3:45PM	Round 3 – YEGPIN Match Play Championship
3:45PM – 5:45PM	Dinner Break
5:45PM – 7:30PM	Round 4 – YEGPIN Match Play Championship
7:30PM – 9:15PM	Round 5 – YEGPIN Match Play Championship

Friday, July 22 – Day 2

Time	Event
10:30AM – 12:15PM	Round 6 – YEGPIN Match Play Championship
12:15PM – 2:00PM	Round 7 – YEGPIN Match Play Championship
2:00PM – 3:45PM	Round 8 – YEGPIN Match Play Championship
3:45PM – 5:45PM	Dinner Break
5:45PM – 7:30PM	Round 9 – YEGPIN Match Play Championship
7:30PM – 9:15PM	Round 10 – YEGPIN Match Play Championship

If necessary, tiebreaker will happen once the last round has concluded.

Playoff Schedule

Saturday, July 23 – Day 3

Time	Playoff Rounds	Banks	Stream
9:00 AM	Main / B / Novice Round of 40 (17th – 40th)	Main T1-T4 B T5-T8 Novice T9 -T12	Main – Group 1
10:45 AM	Main / B / Novice Round of 28	Main T1-T4 B T5-T8 Novice T9 -T12	Main – Group 1
12:30 PM	Main / B / Novice Quarter Finals	Main T1-T4 B T5-T8 Novice T9 -T12	Main – Group 1
2:00 PM	Main / B / Novice Semi Finals	Main T1-T4 B T5-T8 Novice T9-T12	Main – Group 1
3:45 PM	Main / B / Novice Finals	Main T1-T4 B T5-T8 Novice T9-T12	Main – Final Group

Main – Banks 1 – 4, B – Banks 5 – 8, Novice – Banks 9 – 12
The stream will be focused on group 1 in each round (highest seeded player).

General Information

On Thursday, each participant will compete in a total of five rounds. Each of the rounds consisting of four (4) machine, four-player matches to determine the skill division for all competitors. Divisions will then be divided into Main / B / Novice, with the main being most highly skilled players in the tournament for play the next day.

On Friday, players will be put into their specific divisions based on their placement in the previous round and compete against other competitors that are solely within their own skill division, the top 40 in each skill division will move on to the playoff round the next day.

On Saturday, the top 40 placements in each division will compete in a separate division final in an exciting four (4) machine, four-player matches where only the top 2 will advance until we reach the finals. All playoff finalist will receive cash prizing, and the top 4 will also take home trophies or plaques.

The Main division is restricted to players;

with a IFPA rank 250 or less.
any current Stern Circuit winners 2019 – 2022
any past IFPA major winner from 2010 – 2019

The B division is restricted to players with a IFPA rank of 251 to 1000
Novice division is restricted to players with a IFPA rank of 1,000 or greater
Byes will be provided in the ‘Main’ division to the top 1-4 qualifiers in each division they will advance immediately into the quarter-final bracket. The 5-16 seeds will have a bye to through to the second round.
Finals start at 9:00 am sharp on Saturday, players must show up to be registered by 8:45 am sharp, please check the standings in each division if you qualified and be prepared to play on Sunday. No substitutes will be allowed in the playoff rounds, and any prize money is forfeited for no shows. If you have a bye then you must show up before your round starts, the schedule is only a guideline and we will start the rounds as soon as the round before has been completed.
Each elimination (playoff) round will be a four (4) game, four-player scoring format (3,2,1,0 scoring) knockout round with two players advancing until the final 4 grouping.
Top seed will get choice of bank (can defer) or position. After first game, position will be determine in descending order of rank on the previous machine.
A person cannot pick the same bank twice throughout the competition unless they have exhausted all bank choices.

General Rules

All rules, malfunctions, machine settings and player conduct to be based on PAPA rules.
Extra Balls will be turned off or a sign posted to ‘Play Extra Balls’ on particular games if needed.
A detailed listing of all the rules being used for this event can be found here.

Prize Pools

Prizing will be provided to the top 40 in Main, B Division, Novice Division.
Over $40,000 in cash and prizes to be given away to the winners (Based on 300 tickets sold, prize pool subject to change will be prorated based on number of participants).
Beautiful custom trophies will be given to the winners in all divisions, 2-4 places will receive plaques in each division of play.

Division	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th-8th	9th – 16th	17th-28th	29th – 40th
Main	$5,000	$3,000	$2,000	$1,000	$500	$400	$300	$200
B Division	$1,000	$750	$550	$350	$250	$225	$200	$175
Novice	$500	$400	$300	$250	$225	$200	$175	$150

Past Winners

Year	Name
2019	Germain Mariolle
2018	Raymond Davidson
2017	Derek Thomson
2016	Doug Teale

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