Swedish Championship Series 2022 Final - LPA 27-29/1 2023

English below

Det första slutspelet i Swedish Championship Series (SweCS 2022) kommer hållas hos LPA i Lund under helgen 27-29/1 2023. De 64 högst placerade spelarna, dvs de som oavsett nationalitet har samlat flest rankingpoäng på svenska tävlingarna under 2022 är kvalificerade. Vid eventuella avhopp fyller vi på från plats 65 och nedåt. Slutställningen i kvalet blir när IFPA ”låser” tävlingsåret 2022 i början på januari 2023. Denna tävling kommer ge hela 225% TGP!

Kvalet är round robin med 16 spelare i varje grupp. De sex bästa från varje grupp går till slutspel där placering 1-2 har en gräddfil. Slutspelet är man-mot-man, enkel eliminering, bäst av sju maskiner. Den högst placerade spelaren i slutspelet som inte redan har en plats kvalificerar sig till ECS-slutspelet i Finland.

För aktuell ställning i SweCS se här
https://www.ifpapinball.com/rankings/cu ... php?id=277

Förutom SweCS-finalen kommer det arrangeras ytterligare två tävlingar den här helgen där vi bjuder in fler deltagare vilket beskrivs nedan. SweCS-finalisterna är automatiskt anmälda till alla tre tävlingarna.

Anmälan till sidotävlingarna öppnar den 30/11 kl. 18:00. Det kommer finnas minst 20 extra platser till LPA Matchplay som börjar på fredagen liksom 20 platser till söndagens tävling. Det går att välja att vara med i bara en av dessa eller båda vid anmälan.

SAMMANFATTNING

27-28/1 LPA Matchplay, TGP 134%, 84 deltagare
28-29/1 SweCS Final, TGP 225%, 64 deltagare
29/1 LPA Progressive Strike, TGP ca 120%, 64 deltagare

Var: LPA – Vårvädersvägen 4i, Lund. Endast ca 35 minuter med tåg från Köpenhamns flygplats.

Kostnad:
SweCS 650 kr (för alla tre tävlingarna)
LPA Matchplay 200 kr
LPA Progressive strike 200 kr

Kontakt: jananders66@gmail.com

TIDSSCHEMA

Fredag 27/1
17:00 Dörrarna öppnas
17:30-18.00 Registrering
18-22:30 Kval LPA Matchplay
22:30-24 Slutspel kvartsfinal

Lördag 28/1
08:30 Dörrarna öppnas
08:45 Check-in topp 8
09-12 Semifinal och final LPA Matchplay
13-18 SweCS-kval
18-19.30 Mat
19:30 – 22:30 Extra tävling utan WPPR
20-22 Slutspel SweCs runda 1

Söndag 29/1
08:30 Dörrarna öppnas
08:45-9:00 Registrering LPA Progressive strike
9-15 Kval LPA Progressive strike (ingen start av ny runda efter kl. 14:30)
09:15 Check-in Topp 16 SweCS
09:30-17:30 Slutspel SweCS fortsättning
15-18 Slutspel LPA Progressive strike

ANMÄLAN

De 64 högst rankade i SweCS 2022-kvalet är automatiskt anmälda till SweCS finalen och de två övriga tävlingarna. Exakt vilka de är publiceras här https://www.svenskaflippersallskapet.co ... icseen#new när IFPA har ”låst” rankingen för år 2022 i början på januari 2023. Du måste därefter bekräfta och behålla din plats genom att betala 650 kr senast den 12/1 via paypal till jan.anders.nilsson@tele2.se. När betalningen erhållits kommer det stå "bet" efter namnet i anmälningslistan. Uteblir betalningen kommer deltagaren efter detta datum ersättas av en betalande person på den upprättade reservlistan. Viktigt! Ni som befinner er på reservlistan måste också betala senast den 12/1 för att kunna ha en möjlighet att ta en ordinarie plats. Givetvis återbetalas startavgiften om du inte får en plats i tävlingen. Återbetalning vid avhopp efter den 22/1 görs endast om en reserv tar platsen.

Anmälan till sidotävlingarna LPA Matchplay och LPA Progressive Strike öppnar här den 30/11 kl. 18:00 i denna länk
https://www.svenskaflippersallskapet.co ... icseen#new
Ange TAG, namn och IFPA ID samt vilka av tävlingarna det gäller. Det är samma princip och datum som SweCS gällande betalning, dvs betala senast den 12/1 för att ha en garanterad plats. Efter detta datum flyttas du till en ev. reservlista (betalinfo se ovan). Ingen återbetalning vid avhopp efter den 22/1.

Har du några frågor eller funderingar är det bara att maila till jananders66@gmail.com


OVERVIEW

The finals for Swedish Championship Series 2022 (SweCS) will be held at Lund Pinball Academy (LPA) in the city of Lund January 27-29, 2023. The 64 players from all countries with highest rank, i.e., earned most ranking points in Swedish tournaments during year 2022 will be qualified. If necessary, we will fill up the field with alternate players from spot 65 and downwards. Final qualification standing is when IFPA has “locked” the player ranking of year 2022 which is expected to be due beginning of January 2023. This final will give amazingly 225% TGP!
The qualification part is round robin with 16 players in each group. Top six players from each group advance to playoff where player 1-2 receive a bye. Playoff is Head-to-Head, single elimination, best out of seven games. The player with highest position in final standings, who not already has a spot, will automatically be given a spot in the ECS-final in Finland.

For current SweCS standing please see the link below
https://www.ifpapinball.com/rankings/cu ... php?id=277

There will also be arranged two additional tournaments this weekend where other players are invited to attend. There are at least 20 extra spots available each. The registration for these two tournaments, LPA Matchplay and LPA Progressive Strike open 30th November 06:00 pm (CET). Please note, players qualified to the SweCS-final are automatically registered to all three tournaments. Details for these three tournaments will be presented in a separate post later.

SUMMARY

27-28/1 LPA Matchplay, TGP 134%, 84 players
28-29/1 SweCS Final, TGP 225%, 64 players
29/1 LPA Progressive Strike, TGP app. 120%, 64 players

How to get here: The city of Lund is located just 35 minutes by train from Copenhagen airport.

Address: Vårvädersvägen 4i, Lund, Sweden

Costs:
SweCS-final (all three tournaments) 60€
LPA Matchplay 18€
LPA Progressive Strike 18€

Contact: jananders66@gmail.com



SCHEDULE

Friday 27/1
17:00 Venue opens
17:30-18.00 Registration LPA Matchplay
18-22:30 Qualification LPA Matchplay
22:30-24 Playoff Quarterfinal

Saturday 28/1
08:30 Venue opens
08:45 Check-in top 8 players
09-12 Semifinal and Final LPA Matchplay
13-18 SweCS-qualification
18-19.30 Food break
19:30 – 22:30 Extra tournament without WPPR
20-22 Playoff SweCS Round 1

Sunday 29/1
08:30 Venue opens
08:45-9:00 Registration LPA Progressive strike
9-15 Qualification LPA Progressive strike (No start of new round after 2:30 pm)
09:15 Check-in Top 16 players SweCS
09:30-17:30 Playoff SweCS continued
15-18 Playoff LPA Progressive strike

REGISTRATION

The 64 highest ranked players in the Swedish Championship Series 2022 (SweCS) are automatically registered to the SweCS-final together with two additional tournaments that weekend. Final qualification standing is determined in beginning of January 2023 when IFPA has “locked in” ranking of pinball year 2022 and is published here https://www.svenskaflippersallskapet.co ... icseen#new Important! You must confirm your spot by paying the registration fee no later than January 12th. Otherwise, your spot will be replaced by a player from the alternate player list. Payment (60€) is via Paypal to jan.anders.nilsson@tele2.se. No refund after 22th January.

If you are not qualified but find your name on the Alternate player list and want to have a chance to attend, you must also pay the registration fee by 12th January. Of course, money will be refunded if no spot is available in tournament.

Registration for the extra tournaments, LPA Matchplay and LPA Progressive Strike, opens 30th November 06:00 pm (CET) in this link.
https://www.svenskaflippersallskapet.co ... icseen#new

Please let us know if you plan to attend both or just one of them. Write TAG, Name, IFPA ID and which tournament. You must pay the fee no later than January 12th to keep your spot. For payment details please see above. No refund after 22th January.

If any questions, please send an e-mail to jananders66@gmail.com.

TOURNAMENT FORMATS

LPA MATCHPLAY

Qualification

Eight rounds of 4-player groups on one game. Points awarded 7-5-3-1. Top 16 players advance to playoff. If players end up on the same number of points, a tie breaker will be played on a random machine when it’s for qualification.

Playoff

4-player groups on four games. Highest seed in the group choose position first on the first game, then next seed etc. Start order on next game is the same as finish position on the previous game. Best two players advance to next round. Tiebreaker to advance if same points.


SweCS FINAL

Qualification

Seeding of finalists

Once all participants are finalized, the 64 players will be seeded based on their SweCS rankings position (In the event that any players are tied with the same amount of SweCS WPPR points, we will look at the overall WPPR rank of those players as of the end of that calendar year).

Machines Used

The games in each machine bank will consist of six modern and two classic games. The four machine banks will be official 1-2 weeks before start of tournament. However, the paring of player groups and machine banks will be disclosed on the morning of the qualification rounds.

Qualifying Format

Head-to-head, Round Robin in four groups of 16. We will use Matchplay. The software chooses the starting position of the players. Top 6 per group advance, decided by number of wins. All other players will be ranked based on the number of wins in their group.

If players end up on the same number of points, a tie breaker will be played on a random machine when it’s for a bye or qualification. The starting position in the tie break will be chosen by coin toss.

Group pairings

Group A (1,8,9,16,17,24,25,32,33,40,41,48,49,56,57,64)
Group B (2,7,10,15,18,23,26,31,34,39,42,47,50,55,58,63)
Group C (3,6,11,14,19,22,27,30,35,38,43,46,51,54,59,62)
Group D (4,5,12,13,20,21,28,29,36,37,44,45,52,53,60,61)

Playoff

Players will be placed in a single elimination bracket. Top 2 qualifiers from each group will receive 1 bye.

First round pairings are as follows:
A3 vs. D6, A4 vs. D5, A5 vs. D4, A6 vs. D3
B3 vs. C6, B4 vs. C5, B5 vs. C4, B6 vs. C3

Second round pairings are as follows:
A3/D6 winner vs. C2
A4/D5 winner vs. C1
A5/D4 winner vs. B1
A6/D3 winner vs. B2
B3/C6 winner vs. D2
B4/C5 winner vs. D1
B5/C4 winner vs. A1
B6/C3 winner vs. A2

Third round pairings are as follows:
A1/C4/B5 winner vs. B2/D3/A6 winner,
B1/D4/A5 winner vs. A2/C3/B6 winner,
C1/A4/D5 winner vs. D2/B3/C6 winner,
D1/B4/C5 winner vs. C2/A3/D6 winner,

Fourth round pairings are as follows:
A1/B2/D3/C4/B5/A6 winner vs. D1/C2/A3/B4/C5/D6 winner
B1/A2/C3/D4/A5/B6 winner vs. C1/D2/B3/A4/D5/C6 winner

Two winners of round 4 play for the IFPA Swedish Championship Series Pinball Championship.

Two losers of round 4 play in the consolation Final for 3rd/4th place.

Each match will be a best-of-seven games. The higher qualified player will have choice of machine for the 1st game out of available machines, i.e., no one is playing on that machine. If players have the same seed (from different groups) the highest rank in SweCs standing has first choice. Important, each player must choose one classic machine out of the two first choices and not more than one classic machine/player/match. The match will alternate between machines chosen by each player, until someone has won 4 times. A machine may not be played more than once in the same match. Once a player verbally announces their game choice, that decision will be locked in and cannot be changed.
The winner of the match advances to the next round, while the loser is eliminated.

The 3rd/4th place Consolation Final will be played as a best-of-five instead of a best-of-seven like all other rounds, using the same rules.


LPA PROGRESSIVE STRIKE KNOCKOUT

Qualification

10 strikes or 6 hours (which happens first) Progressive Strike Knockout in 4-player groups. Top 16 players advance to Playoff. No new round after 2:30 pm. Play tiebreaker if necessary.

Playoff

Head-2-Head, best out of three on randomly chosen games. Highest seed choose position on game 1 and 3.

Just a reminder that the registration for LPA Matchplay and LPA Progressive Strikes Knockout opens on Wednesday 30/11. Note! No need for registration if you are qualified to the SweCS final.

Current standing SweCS
https://www.ifpapinball.com/rankings/cu ... php?id=277


Register here
https://www.svenskaflippersallskapet.co ... #msg186120

Ranking of IFPA year 2022 in now locked in. Please find the official qualified and alternate player lists for the SweCS final here https://www.svenskaflippersallskapet.co ... -291-2023/

Important! Players both on the qualified and alternate list must confirm their spot by paying the registration fee no later than 12/1. After that date, qualified players who has not paid will be replaced by players on the alternate list who has paid the fee. When we have received payment, your name will be marked “bold” followed by “paid”.

Pay 650 sek via Paypal to jan.anders.nilsson@tele2.se

If you won´t get the opportunity to play the final you can register to side tournaments, LPA Matchplay and LPA Progressive Strike Knockout. For more information see above.

Just a reminder to pay the registration fee. Players on the alternate player list has a good chance to get a spot. However, you also need to pay no later than 12/1.