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 96 pinball machines and up to 240 players competing over three consecutive days to determine the champion.
There are a three distinct skill divisions (A, B, Novice) in the event, with beautiful customized trophies going to all of the winners in each division.
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 official Stern Pro Circuit event and on schedule to be a IFPA certified event.

Entry Fees

$300 or $450 tournament fee.
Includes a custom sublimated YEGPIN lanyard and a tournament pass created by local artist Jackson Gee.
4 Day weekend pass for full access to the show all weekend long
20 Knockout Cancer Pinball Tournament entries and registration

Schedule

Thursday, July 20 – Day 1

Time	Event
8:00AM – 9:30AM	Registration
8:45AM – 9:30AM	Practice Session (Registered Players Only)
9:30AM – 10:00AM	Waitlist Additions, Final Repairs/Adjustments, Brackets Created, Orientation
10:00AM – 12:00PM	Round 1 – YEGPIN Match Play Championship
12:00PM – 2:00PM	Round 2 – YEGPIN Match Play Championship
2:00PM – 4:00PM	Round 3 – YEGPIN Match Play Championship
4:00PM – 6:00PM	Dinner Break
6:00PM – 8:00PM	Round 4 – YEGPIN Match Play Championship
8:00PM – 10:00PM	Round 5 – YEGPIN Match Play Championship

Friday, July 21 – Day 2

Time	Event
10:00AM – 12:00AM	Round 6 – YEGPIN Match Play Championship
12:00PM – 2:00PM	Round 7 – YEGPIN Match Play Championship
2:00PM – 4:00PM	Round 8 – YEGPIN Match Play Championship
4:00PM – 6:00PM	Dinner Break
6:00PM – 8:00PM	Round 9 – YEGPIN Match Play Championship
8:00PM – 10:00PM*	Round 10 – YEGPIN Match Play Championship

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

Playoff Schedule

Saturday, July 22 – Day 3

Time	Playoff Rounds	Banks	Stream
8:00 AM	Main / B / Novice Round of 28	Main MP1-MP4 B MP5-MP8 Novice MP9 -MP12	Main – Group 1
10:00 PM	Main / B / Novice Quarter Finals	Main MP1-MP4 B MP5-MP8 Novice MP9 -MP12	Main – Group 1
12:00 PM	Main / B / Novice Semi Finals	Main MP1-MP4 B MP5-MP8 Novice MP9-MP12	Main – Group 1
2:00 PM	Main / B / Novice Finals	Main MP1-MP4 B MP5-MP8 Novice MP9-MP12	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).
Games can start up to 30 minutes before estimated start time

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. 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 28 in each skill division will move on to the playoff round the next day.

On Saturday, the top 28 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 past IFPA major winner from 2010 – 2022

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 1000 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.
Finals start at 8:00 am sharp on Saturday, players must show up to be registered by 7:45 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 28 in Main, B Division, Novice Division.
Over $42,000 in cash and prizes to be given away to the winners
Beautiful custom trophies will be given to the winners in all divisions, 2-4 places will receive plaques in each division of play.
If you do not show up or abandon your playoff position YEGPIN reserves the right to hold your tournament payout.

Division	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th-8th	9th – 16th	17th-28th
Main	$7,500	$5,000	$2,500	$1,500	$750	$500	$250
B Division	$1,500	$1,000	$750	$500	$375	$250	$175
Novice	$500	$400	$300	$200	$175	$150	$125

*Guaranteed cash prizes are based on a full sellout of tickets (240 players) and will be adjusted if the tournament does not sellout.

Past Winners

Year	Name
2022	Eric Stone
2019	Germain Mariolle
2018	Raymond Davidson
2017	Derek Thomson
2016	Doug Teale

SEE YOU AT THE SHOW!

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