Each competitive tournament will count towards 2 rankings in Victoria.

IFPA ranking – Click here!

Playing in local competition earns you WPPRs (World Pinball Player Ranking) points. Your IFPA ranking counts towards 3 things:

• Your Victorian Ranking
• Your Australian Ranking
• Your World Ranking

The IFPA Australian Championship Series (ACS) is an annual pinball competition with players qualifying throughout the entire calendar year. Included in the ACS are the IFPA State/Territory Championships. At the end of each calendar year, the top 16 or 24 ranked players with the most WPPR points from each state/territory will qualify for the playoffs, where they will play for the title of IFPA State/Territory Champion within that area.

The top 4 or 6 players in each IFPA State/Territory Championship will be invited to compete in the IFPA Australian Pinball Championship. The remaining places in the field of 64 for the IFPA Australian Pinball Championship will be filled using the ACS standings, where players are ranked according to the WPPR points earned in all tournaments played in Australia during the calendar year.  A player’s best 20 results will count towards their standing.

All IFPA State/Territory Championships will be held on a date TBC at various locations around the country to be determined closer to the date.  With all of the Championships being held on the same day, no player will be eligible to compete for multiple titles, however it is possible for someone to qualify for a Championship in a State/Territory in which they do not live in.

VFPA ranking – Rankings here!

We created a new ranking system in 2021 during the pandemic when Victoria opened up and the IFPA was still closed. It was successful enough that we have continued to run the format parallel to IFPA points.

Every monthly IFPA tournament counts towards your VFPA ranking regardless of format. Non monthly tournaments count as long as there are at least 16 players, and the TGP is 50% or over.

The top 32 players from January 1st to November 30th will be invited to the finals which will determine the VFPA State champ. It will be held sometime in December, usually the 1st or 2nd Saturday.

Every monthly comp is worth 50 VPPRs for the winner regardless of attendance or TGP or format. Everyone else in the competition will receive VPPRs using a formula that takes into consideration how many people are playing. The VFPA ranking system is close to the IFPA rankings, however it encourages more play as every tournament counts towards your ranking (not just your top 20 results like IFPA)

Format of finals:

Invite only for top 32 players. Positions do not slide down or adjust for those who cannot make it. No exceptions, ever.

Swiss Fair Strikes – Fair Strikes means you play in groups (usually 4 players). If you come first you get 0 strikes, if you come last you get 2. If you come anywhere in the middle of that (2nd or 3rd, or just 2nd in a 3 player group) you get 1.
The amount of starting strikes AVAILABLE you have depends on your finishing position on the VFPA rankings. 14 strikes and you are out.
Pairings will be SWISS, which means the top 4 will play each other, and everyone will be grouped depending on how many strikes they have left at every round.

Available strikes at the start of the tournament:

1st – 14
2nd – 13
3rd-4th – 12
5th-8th – 11
9th-12th – 10
13th-16th – 9
17th-24th – 8
25th-32nd – 7

Winner gets name engraved on a 4 year belt (As well as most VPPRs, and top Belle). Winner gets to keep the belt for 1 year, and the belt cannot leave the state. After 4 years, the person who has won the most titles gets to keep the belt forever. If there is a tie for most wins, there will be a play off for the belt.

Previous winners:

2024
Winner: Matthew Owen
Most VPPRs: Matthew Owen
Top Belle: Jessica De Mercurio

2023
Winner: Stacey Borg
Most VPPRs: Matthew Owen
Top Belle: Jessica De Mercurio

2022
Winner: Stuart Thornton
Most VPPRs: Ryan Cee
Top Belle: Ashleigh Dixon

2021
Winner: Stuart Thornton
Most VPPRs: Simon Peel
Top Belle: Jessy Jay