Information in English at the end of this post.

Det andra slutspelet i Swedish Championship Series (SweCS 2023) kommer hållas hos Uncle Sam´s Pinball i Karlskrona OCH hos Blekinge Pinball i Vieryd utanför Ronneby helgen 26-28/1 2024. De 64 högst placerade spelarna, dvs de som oavsett nationalitet har samlat flest rankingpoäng på svenska tävlingarna under 2023 är kvalificerade. Vid eventuella avhopp fyller vi på från plats 65 och nedåt. Slutställningen i kvalet blir när IFPA ”låser” tävlingsåret 2023 i början på januari 2024. Denna tävling kommer ge ca 300% TGP!
Kvalet är två omgångar round robin med 16 spelare i fyra grupper. De totalt 32 bästa går till slutspel där placering 9-16 har en gräddfil och 1-8 har två. Slutspelet är man-mot-man, enkel eliminering, bäst av fem maskiner.

Mer detaljerat spelformat/regler i inlägg svar #2 nedan.

Den högst placerade spelaren i slutspelet som inte redan har en plats kvalificerar sig till ECS-slutspelet i Borås i mars 2024.
Dessutom finns där en VM-plats (går i Los Angeles). Tackar någon nej går den längre ner i listan tills någon tar den.
ECS och VM platsen går till en svensk spelare.

I ECS-slutspelet finns förutom fina priser även där en VM-plats.

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

Förutom SweCS-finalen kommer det arrangeras ytterligare två tävlingar den här helgen som är öppna tävlingar. De beskrivs kortfattat här nedan men i detalj i separata tävlingstrådar.
Det är viktigt att man anmäler sig resp. avbokar sig vid förhinder så vi ger intresserade reserver från 65+ en rimlig chans att kunna planera in sitt deltagande och garantera att vi får ihop en full tävling med 64 deltagare.

SAMMANFATTNING

26/1 Uncle Sam´s Frenzy Bonanza hos Uncle Sam´s Pinball Karlskrona TGP ? %
27-28/1 SweCS Final, Uncle Sam´s Pinball Karlskrona TGP 300%, 64 deltagare
28/1 Blekinge Pinball Månadstävling, Blekinge Pinball Vieryd TGP ca 130%,

Var: Uncle Sam´s Pinball – Ronnebygatan 9, Karlskrona
Blekinge Pinball – Vierydsvägen 262, Ronneby
Kostnad: För SweCS Finalisterna – står IFPA för kostnaderna inkl. fredags och söndagstävlingarna (anmälan krävs dock på sedvanligt vis till dessa tävlingar. För söndagens tävling är det ok med sen anmälan för dem som inte kvalificerat sig för slutspel i SweCS-finalen)
Övriga som anmäler sig till de öppna tävlingarna:
USP-Frenzy Bonanza  200 kr betalas på plats
Blekinge Pinball månadstävling  200 kr betalas på plats

PREL TIDSSCHEMA

Fredag 26/1
16:30 Dörrarna öppnas och registrering
17:30-20:30 Kval 3h Frenzy
20:30-23 Slutspel

Lördag 27/1
8:00 A&D buss avgår till Blekinge Pinball (Vieryd). Bussen går från Uncle Sam´s Pinball i Karlskrona, Ronnebygatan 9
8:30 B&C USP öppnar
8:30 A&D BP (Vieryd) öppnar buss anländer ca 8:45

9:30 Grupp A-D start kval båda lokaler
13:30 A&D buss går från BP (Vieryd)
13:30 B&C lunch karlskrona
14:00 A&D lunch karlskrona
14:30 B&C buss avgår till BP (Vieryd), Buss avgår från Uncle Sam´s Pinball i Karlskrona, Ronnebygatan 9.
15:00-15:30 reservtid
15:30 A-D fortsatt kval båda lokaler
19:30 A-D kval klara särspel o sånt
20:00 B&C buss till Karlskrona
21:00 Slutspelsrunda 1 för spelare 17-32 (USP)
Lokalen stänger ca 00:00


Söndag 28/1
9:00 lokalen öppnar Uncle Sams
9:30 slutspel fortsätter i Karlskrona runda 2 (vinnarna runda 1 + 9-16)
11:00 runda 3 (vinnarna runda 2 + 1-8 åttondelsfinaler)
12:30 runda 4 (kvartsfinaler)
14:00 runda 5 (semifinaler)
15:30 runda 6 (final och bronsmatch)
17:00 reservtid
18:00 prisutdelning

Samtidigt för övriga:
9:00 buss avgår till Blekinge Pinball (Vieryd) för second chance tillika Blekinge Månadstävling, avgår från Ronnebygatan 9, Karlskrona (Uncle Sam´s Pinball)
10:00 ca 3,5h kval (14-15 games 1vs1)
13:30 slutspel ca 3,5h (4+4 games 4-player games 16 meaningful games)
17:00 buss till Karlskrona

ANMÄLAN

De 64 högst rankade i SweCS 2023-kvalet är kvalificerade till SweCS finalen. Exakt vilka de är publiceras här när IFPA har ”låst” rankingen för år 2023 i början på januari 2024.
Du måste dock anmäla dig som till vilken tävling som helst för att vi skall veta att du har för avsikt att delta. Det görs i kommentarsfältet i denna tråd under perioden fram till 12 januari. Även intresserade utanför topp 64 kan anmäla sig under denna tiden. För fredagstävling och söndagstävling anmäler man sig i separata trådar. Anmälningsavgift i sidotävlingar ingår dock för de tävlande i SweCS-finalen.
De från topp 64 som meddelar oss att de inte kommer delta ersätts av spelare rankad 65 etc...
Ange också din t-shirtstorlek vid anmälan då det ingår en minnes-souvenir-tisha.

Kontakt: robin.kullberg@rokku.se
0734-417189

Vissa ändringar till ovan info kan komma att behöva göras utifrån ändrade förutsättningar och kloka förbättringsförslag

In English (Google Translate):

Information in English will be published in the near future

The second play-off in the Swedish Championship Series (SweCS 2023) will be held at Uncle Sam's Pinball in Karlskrona AND at Blekinge Pinball in Vieryd outside Ronneby on the weekend 26-28/1 2024. The 64 highest placed players, i.e. those who, regardless of nationality, have collected most ranking points at the Swedish competitions in 2023 are qualified. In the event of any cancellations, we fill up from place 65 and below. The final position in the qualifiers will be when the IFPA "locks" the competition year 2023 at the beginning of January 2024. This competition will give approx. 300% TGP!
The qualifier is a two-round round robin with 16 players in four groups. The top 32 in total go to the playoffs, where positions 9-16 have one bye and 1-8 have two. The playoffs are head-to-head, single elimination, best of five machines.

Detailed rules/format in post #2 below.

The highest placed player in the playoffs who does not already have a place qualifies for the ECS playoffs in Borås in March 2024.
In addition, there is a WC venue (held in Los Angeles). If someone says no, it goes further down the list until someone takes it.
The ECS and WC place goes to a Swedish player.

In the ECS playoffs, in addition to great prizes, there is also a WC place there.

For the current position in SweCS see here
https://www.ifpapinball.com/rankings/custom_view.php?id=277

In addition to the SweCS final, two more competitions will be arranged this weekend, which are open competitions. They are described briefly here below but in detail in separate contest threads.
This thread will be locked and open for registration on 12/22 at 18:00.
It is important that you register or cancels in case of obstacles, so we give interested reserves from 65+ a reasonable chance to be able to plan their participation and guarantee that we get a full competition with 64 participants.

SUMMARY

26/1 Uncle Sam's Frenzy Bonanza at Uncle Sam's Pinball Karlskrona TGP %
27-28/1 SweCS Final, Uncle Sam's Pinball Karlskrona TGP 300%, 64 participants
28/1 Blekinge Pinball Monthly competition, Blekinge Pinball Vieryd TGP approx 130%,

Where: Uncle Sam's Pinball – Ronnebygatan 9, Karlskrona
Blekinge Pinball – Vierydsvägen 262, Ronneby
Cost: For the SweCS Finalists - IFPA covers the costs incl. the Friday and Sunday competitions (registration is required in the usual way for these competitions, however. For Sunday's competition, late registration is ok for those who did not qualify for the finals in the SweCS final)
Others who register for the open competitions:
USP-Frenzy Bonanza SEK 200 paid on site
Blekinge Pinball monthly competition SEK 200 paid on site

PREL SCHEDULE

Friday 26/1
16:30 Doors open and registration
17:30-20:30 Qualifier 3h Frenzy
20:30-23 Playoffs

Saturday 27/1
8:00 A&D bus leaves for BP (Vieryd)
8:30 B&C USP opens
8:30 A&D BP (Vieryd) opens bus arrives

9:30 Group A-D start qualifiers both premises
13:30 A&D bus leaves from BP (Vieryd)
13:30 B&C lunch karlskrona
14:00 A&D lunch Karlskrona
14:30 B&C bus leaves for BP (Vieryd)
15:00-15:30 reserve time
15:30 A-D continued qualification both premises
19:30 A-D qualifier clear special games and such
20:00 B&C bus to Karlskrona
21:00 Playoff round 1 for players 17-32 (USP)
The venue closes around 00:00


Sunday 28/1
9:00 the venue opens Uncle Sam's
9:30 playoffs continue in Karlskrona round 2 (winners round 1 + 9-16)
11:00 round 3 (winners round 2 + 1-8 round of 16)
12:30 round 4 (quarterfinals)
14:00 Round 5 (Semifinals)
15:30 round 6 (final and bronze match)
17:00 reserve time
18:00 award ceremony

At the same time for others:
9:00 bus leaves for Blekinge Pinball (Vieryd) for second chance also Blekinge Monthly competition
10:00 approx. 3.5h qualifier (14-15 games 1vs1)
13:30 playoffs approx. 3.5h (4+4 games 4-player games 16 meaningful games)
17:00 bus to Karlskrona

REGISTRATION

The 64 highest ranked in the SweCS 2023 qualifier are qualified for the SweCS final. Exactly who they are will be published here when the IFPA has "locked" the rankings for the year 2023 at the beginning of January 2024.
You must, however, register as for any competition in order for us to know that you intend to participate. It is done in the comment field in this thread as soon as possible but no later than January 12. Those interested outside the top 64 can also register during this time. For the Friday competition and the Sunday competition, you register in separate threads. Registration fee in side competitions is included for the competitors in the SweCS final, however.


Contact: robin.kullberg@rokku.se
0734-417189

Some changes to the above information may need to be made based on changed conditions and sensible suggestions for improvement

Spelformat, spel i lokalerna, grupper,

Spelformat: (På engelska då jag utgått ifrån det som står på IFPA-sidan vilket jag tror är förra årets regler men jag har uppdaterat för vår tävling)

1. Seeding of finalists

Once all participants are finalized, the 64 players will be seeded based on their SweCS rankings position at the end of the calendar year.
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.

2. Machines Used
The games chosen will be based on what is available at the SweCS Final host sites.
Games will be labeled "new", "mid", "old".
There will be 12 games used by each qualifying group. We will try to balance the games of each label i every machine bank.
If a game breaks during the tournament and the TD decides it will take too long to fix the malfunction,
a new arena will be chosen from the four games not used in that round and first and foremost from the same labeled games.
If they already are assigned to other matches in that round a broken game labeled "old" or "new" will be replaced by a game labeled "mid".
A game labeled "mid" will be replaced by an "old" or "new" game.

"new" - Games produced after 2010 (excl. remakes)
"mid" - Games produced 1991-2010
"old" - Games produced before 1991

All machines are set to 3-ball games. Exceptions may occur for certain ”old” machines and will then be noted on those particular machines.

Machine Banks Blekinge Pinball, Vieryd

Bank 1:
"new" Jurassic Park Premium, Avengers Infinity Quest Premium, The Walking Dead, Tron
"mid" Monday Night Football, Corvette, Attack from Mars, Cyclone
"old" Jacks Open, Eightball, Time Warp, Strikes & Spares

Bank 2:
"new" Iron Maiden Premium, Foo Fighters Premium, Metallica, AC/DC
"mid" Twilight Zone, No Fear, Guns'n Roses, TX-Sector
"old" Kiss, Playboy, Dragon, Cannes

Machine Banks Uncle Sam´s Pinball, Karlskrona

Bank 3:
"new" Deadpool, Foo Fighters Premium, Rush, Iron Maiden
"mid" Scared Stiff, Creature from the Black Lagoon, No Fear, Demolition Man
"old" Harlem Globetrotters on Tour, Fathom, Barracora, Whirlwind

Bank 4:
"new" Stranger Things Premium, Guardians of the Galaxy, Godzilla, Jurassic Park Premium
"mid" Dirty Harry, Fish Tales, Monster Bash, Terminator 2
"old" Mystic, Eightball, Gorgar, Taxi

2. 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. The groups will play two sets of round Robin. One in each location. The groups will not change. Total number of matches in qualification is 30.

Top 8 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 designated machines in each group when it’s for a bye or qualification.
Lowest seeded player chooses starting order first in the tie breakers.

3 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)

Grupp A: (Bank 1 & 3)
1. Viggo Löwgren     
8. Pontus Qvarfordh
9. Jörgen Holm     
16. Tim Klaesson     
17. Mikael Stockhaus   
24. Mats Holmqvist     
25. Kim Green                   
32. Mikael Lindström   
33. Kristoffer Pålsson 
40. Johan Lööv             
41. Mats Barkestam     
48. Mats Grehn replacing Kurt Louwie             
49. Ian Thomas Hawkesworth 
56. Edvard Kummel   
57. Marcus Jeppsson 
64. Hugo Kullberg

Grupp B: (Bank 3 & 1)
2. Arvid Flygare     
7. David Dahl-Hansson
10. Anders Carlsson           
15. Christian Holmsten   
18. Helena Walter Higgins
23. Fredrik Abrahamsson
26. Karyn Kiser       
31. Krister Skoglund   
34. Patrik Nilsson     
39. Tobias Kummel     
42. Christer Holm     
47. Magnus Lorentzon   
50. Aron Singh             
55. Mats Sahlberg     
58. Johan Karlsson   
63. Håkan Bengtsson

Grupp C: (Bank 4 & 2)
3. Marcus Hugosson   
6. Thomas Mästerman 
11. Henrik Johansson   
14. Emil ED Dreiborg   
19. Jonas Valström     
22. Mattias Jeppsson   
27. Johan Genberg     
30. Fredrik Kaloinen           
35. John Sagerholm     
38. Fredrik Andersson 
43. Martin Arenlind     
46. Erik Persson       
51. Adam Higgins     
54. Per Holknekt       
59. Daniel Gustafsson
62. Pia Nokkanen   

Grupp D: (Bank 2 & 4)
4. Johnny Mårtensson
5. Andreas Frid     
12. Roger Karlsson     
13. Jan Anders Nilsson
20. Thomas Näslund     
21. Peter Franck     
28. Fredrik Löwgren           
29. Oscar Gorajewski   
36. Rune Andersson     
37. Mattias Borgström 
44. Mikael Juusola     
45. Per Gunnarsson     
52. Joakim Sjöblom     
53. Kim Larsson       
60. Robin Kullberg
61. Jonas Molander


4. Finals Format
Players will be placed in a single elimination bracket. Top 2 qualifiers from each group will receive 2 byes.
Players placed 3 and 4 in each group will recieve one bye.

First round pairings are as follows:
A5 vs. D8, A6 vs. D7, A7 vs. D6, A8 vs. D5
B5 vs. C8, B6 vs. C7, B7 vs. C6, B8 vs. C5

Second round pairings are as follows:

A5/D8 winner vs. C4
A6/D7 winner vs. C3
A7/D6 winner vs. B3
A8/D5 winner vs. B4

B5/C8 winner vs. D4
B6/C7 winner vs. D3
B7/C6 winner vs. A3
B8/C5 winner vs. A4

Third round pairings are as follows:

A3/C6/B7 winner vs. D2
B4/D5/A8 winner vs. C1
B3/D6/A7 winner vs. C2
A4/C5/B8 winner vs. D1
C3/A6/D7 winner vs. B2
D4/B5/C8 winner vs. A1
D3/B6/C7 winner vs. A2
C4/A5/D8 winner vs. B1

Fourth round pairings are as follows:

A1/D4/C5/B8 winner vs. B2/C3/D6/A7 winner,
B1/C4/D5/A8 winner vs. A2/D3/C6/B7 winner,
C1/B4/A5/D8 winner vs. D2/A3/B6/C7 winner,
D1/A4/B5/C8 winner vs. C2/B3/A6/D7 winner,

Semi final (fifth) round pairings are as follows:

A1/B2/C3/D4/C5/D6/A7/B8 winner vs. D1/C2/B3/A4/B5/A6/D7/C8 winner
B1/A2/D3/C4/D5/C6/B7/A8 winner vs. C1/D2/A3/B4/A5/B6/C7/D8 winner

Two winners of round 5 play for the IFPA Swedish Championship Series Pinball Championship.
Two losers of round 5 play in the consolation Final for 3rd/4th place.

Each match will be a best-of-five. The higher qualified player will have choice of machine and start order for the 1st, 3rd and 5th game.
In semi finals and finals if the players have same qualification position from their groups. The SweCS-rank will decide who will have choice of machine and start order on 1st, 3rd and 5th game.
The match will alternate between machines chosen by each player, until someone has won 3 times.
A machine may not be chosen by each player 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.
A player has to choose a game labeled "old" in their first or second game of choice.
If a game is already in play in another match, that game is not available to choose from.
All 24 games (if not malfunctioned) are available to choose from in the final rounds.

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-three instead of a best-of-five like all other rounds, using the same rules.

Malfunctions and Rulings
All rulings and malfunctions will be based on the rules for the IFPA World Pinball Championship.
Those are available on the IFPA website. Please ignore any sections above this as that relates to the format of the World Championship.
The IFPA Swedish Championship Series was devised by IFPA Sweden.

The rules and format above can be changed when wise readers have found potential flaws and unclear information

Machines potential for the different banks: (banks will be presented shortly) machines can change
Blekinge Pinball, Vieryd:
Jurassic Park Premium, Iron Maiden Premium, AIQ premium, Foo Fighters Premium, MET, TWD, KISS-Stern, AC/DC, X-MEN, TRON, AFM, TZ, NF, TZ, GnR, COR, NBA, Xenon, Cannes, Sharpshooter, Playboy Bally, Strikes n' Spares, 8-ball, Dragon, Jacks Open, Kiss-Bally, Cyclone, Time Warp, Monday Night Football, Dealers Choice, Cleopatra

Uncle Sam´s Pinball:
Rush Pro, Iron Maiden Pro, Jurassic Park Premium, The Mandalorian Pro, Foo Fighters Premium, Deadpool Pro, Godzilla Pro, Stranger Things Premium, T2, WPT, DH, Taxi, 8-ball, Mystic, Barracora, Whirlwind, Spider-Man, DM, Tommy, COR, Hurricane, SS, IJ, CftBL, MM, MB, NF, WCS94, Dialed In, Pool Sharks, HGOT, Alien-PB, Full Throttle, Halloween CE,

Resultat
1,Andreas Frid,2805
2,Viggo Löwgren,16004
3,Jonas Valström,9125
4,Patrik Nilsson,4328
6,Jörgen Holm,11
6,Emil ED Dreiborg,42532
6,Johan Genberg,378
6,Kristoffer Pålsson,88294
12,Mats Barkestam,31087
12,Arvid Flygare,49549
12,Marcus Hugosson,880
12,Magnus Lorentzon,56545
12,Joakim Sjöblom,48158
12,Tobias Kummel,28968
12,Edvard Kummel,82437
12,Helena Walter Higgins,103
20,Peter Franck (Jocke S),11291
20,Fredrik Abrahamsson,82409
20,Thomas Näslund,53028
20,Pontus Qvarfordh,7842
20,Johan Karlsson,38166
20,Kim Larsson,82446
20,Krister Skoglund,16476
20,Jan Anders Nilsson,4335
26,Marcus Jeppsson,26599
26,Daniel Gustafsson SWE,98626
26,Mattias Borgström,56356
29,Johan Lööv,9041
29,Fredrik Kaloinen,39834
29,Jonas Molander,60237
31,John Sagerholm,19462
32,Thomas Mästerman,392
35,Mats Holmqvist,1869
35,Håkan Bengtsson,2136
35,Mattias Jeppsson,21490
35,Oscar Gorajewski,23377
35,Mikael Juusola,11310
38,Erik Persson,74361
38,Mikael Stockhaus,42329
41,Christian Holmsten,882
41,Mats Sahlberg,12496
41,Karyn Kiser,8677
43,Per Holknekt,33
45,Rune Andersson,46817
45,Roger Karlsson,65395
45,Johnny Mårtensson,46471
48,Ian Thomas Hawkesworth,65241
48,Mats Grehn,1858
48,Mikael Lindström,55708
50,Pia Nokkanen,46568
50,Henrik Johansson,44033
52,David Dahl-Hansson,7309
52,Aron Singh,56537
54,Tim Klaesson,19432
54,Per Gunnarsson,58932
56,Fredrik Andersson (OGM),17364
57,Hugo Kullberg,33103
57,Kim Green,41300
59,Christer Holm,1870
60,Robin Kullberg,21207
61,Adam Higgins,1456
62,Fredrik Löwgren,4327
63,Martin Arenlind,32900
64,Anders Carlsson,123

Joakim Sjöblom, kommer, XL

Mikael Stockhaus kommer XXL😘

THO, Thomas Näslund ,Medium

Thomas Mästerman, kommer. 3XL

Daniel Gustafsson, kommer, L