Tournament Date: June 27-29, 2025
- Friday, June 27th: Doors open at 6:00 pm. Qualifying 6:30 pm - 11:30 pm. Qualifying continues Saturday.
- Saturday, June 28th: Doors open at 9:00am. Qualifying 9:30 am - 11:30 pm. Qualifying continues Sunday.
- Sunday, June 29th: Doors open at 9:00am. Qualifying is 9:00 am - 1:00 pm. Finals start at 2:00 pm.
While open to everyone, this is in my opinion one of the most "hard core" tournaments of the year due to the challenging format.
About the format:
PAPA (The Professional & Amateur Pinball Association) previously held an annual championship tournament where the best players in the world competed for the title, World Pinball Champion. In support of that goal, PAPA designed a very challenging format that allows the best of the best to rise to the top.
The format for our "PAPA-Style" Tournament calls for each player to put together their best single entry or scorecard during qualifying. An entry consists of five (5) games chosen by the player from a bank of ten (10) available machines. All games in each entry count equally toward a player’s qualifying total, meaning the system is intended to reward consistently good play, rather than a mixture of good and poor play.
The player selects what games each card consists of in an attempt to get the best composite score on those five (5) machines. Players may play as many entries in any combination of the five (5) qualifying games as they like, but each scorecard stands alone and cannot be combined with any other entries.
Scores from each game in each qualifying attempt are ranked against all other players, yielding a qualifying point total. Only a player’s single best multi-game qualifying total will determine his or her qualifying position for the final rounds.
With this format it is virtually impossible for a player to buy his or her way into the final rounds.
Advanced pricing for the tournament is as follows:
-- Admission, and Six (6) Tournament Entry Tickets/Cards Included (30 Plays Total, 5 plays each ticket/card)— $50.00
-- Admission Only, Non-Tournament Players: $20 for 1 Day or $30.00 for both Saturday and Sunday.
-- Each Additional Entry Ticket (5 plays): $10.00
(PLEASE NOTE: Pre-Purchase Discounts for additional entry tickets are available when you pre-register on-line directly with the Asylum - see below for how to participate)
Tournaments at The Pinball Asylum requires PRE-REGISTRATION and may be limited.
ABOUT THE PINBALL ASYLUM
The Pinball Asylum is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) private space to play pinball-- open to pinball enthusiasts, collectors, tournament and casual players. We currently host sanctioned IFPA (International Flipper Pinball Association) tournaments, and a monthly Pinball League.
The Pinball Asylum is proud to have been the venue for IFPA17, The World Pinball Championship that was held May 26-29, 2022.
