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SPF 2024 HAS
OFFICIALLY BEGUN!

Starfighters Pinball Festival 2024
5 Tournament Weekend – 2 Certified Tournaments!

February 1 – 4, 2024

Main Tournament – Certified!

Classics Tournament – Certified!

Women’s Tournament

Max Match Play

Fair Strikes

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SPF24 - Main Tournament (Certified)
February 2nd-4th

Registration for the main tournament opened September 2 at 9:00am Pacific/Arizona Time. Currently maintaining a wait list.

$100 entry fee per person. Cash prizes will be paid to all 40 finalists and trophies to the top 4 in each division.

Refund Policy: Refunds will be processed as 80% of entry fee through December 31, 2023. Processing fees are not refundable. Entry fee is not refundable after December 31, 2023.

The main tournament will be a certified event with a maximum of 132 players consisting of three phases of group match play:

SPF24 - Classics Tournament (Certified)
February 1st-3rd

PARTICIPATION IN THE MAIN TOURNAMENT NOT REQUIRED

The classics tournament will be a certified unlimited entry best game event and may be certified plus if the event reaches 128 rated players (maximum 200 players).

Entries will be $3 each, 4 for $10 or 10 for $20.

Players may purchase unlimited entries to use on 10 classic arenas with their best 7 arenas counted. 

Qualifying will be open Thursday evening, Friday, and Saturday, with finals Saturday evening for the top 24 players. Exact timing will be published in the rules.

Finals will be group elimination with 3 games per round and top 8 receiving a bye. Cash prizes will be paid to all 24 finalists and trophies to the top 4.

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SPF24 - Women's Tournament
Friday February 2nd

PARTICIPATION IN THE MAIN TOURNAMENT NOT REQUIRED

The women’s IFPA sanctioned tournament will be group matchplay with a top 8 finals. This tournament will be held on the SPF main tournament bank on Friday evening. Limited to 80 players. Participation in the SPF main tournament is not required.

The event will begin no sooner than 6:00pm but in the case of a delay in the main tournament, will begin as soon as Main Phase 1 Qualifying concludes.

All participants will play 7 rounds of group matchplay alternating between solid state and modern game rounds in tiered swiss pairings. 

Top 8 players after 7 rounds will play a 2-round finals of 2 games per round (one modern, one solid state), with Marburg scoring. 

$10 entry fee per person on the day of the event, cash and awards to the top 4 players.

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SPF24 - Max Match Play
Saturday February 3rd

PARTICIPATION IN THE MAIN TOURNAMENT NOT REQUIRED

The Max Match Play IFPA sanctioned tournament will be held on the SPF main bank concurrently with Classics finals.

The event will be 12 matches of Max Match Play qualifying. Finals for top 16 will be group elimination, one game per round. The event will begin no sooner than 6:00pm but in the case of a delay in the main tournament, will begin as soon as Main Phase 2 Tie-breakers conclude.

$15 entry fee per person on the day of the event, cash and trophies to the top 4 players. Participation in the SPF main tournament is not required - this event is open to the public and limited to 100 players.

Max Match Play tournament is sponsored by Player 1 Arcade in Surprise, Arizona

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SPF24 - Fair Strikes
Sunday February 4th

PARTICIPATION IN THE MAIN TOURNAMENT NOT REQUIRED

This IFPA sanctioned tournament will be 5 fair strikes held on the SPF classics bank concurrently with the Main finals. 

$15 entry fee per person on the day of the event, cash and medals to the top 3 players. Participation in the main tournament is not required - this event is open to the public and limited to 80 players.

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Special Thanks
Starfighters would like to thank all in the community for their hard work in making this an amazing pinball event !

Grumpy's Arcade

Skyline High School Football

Tracy & Mark Lindbergh

Jim & Diane Smith

Rov-N-Techs

Player 1 Arcade

Main Tournament Tournament Entries
132 Players, only one CHAMPION

Adam Abeyta

Adam Horton

Alex Cardwell

Amanda Kennedy

Amber Valdivia

Andreas Bernard

Andrew Kohtz

Andrew Roesch

Andy Olson

Angel Ramirez

Anna Neal

Ben Clement

Bennett Schatz

Bob Kennedy

Bob Matthews

Brad Vogus

Brad Myers

Bruce Artman

Cale Hernandez

Cara Eisinger

Cassie Begay

Chris Stoltenberg

Christine Cameron

Christy Kohtz

Cody McQuiston

Conrad Betti

Courtney Hall

Craig Bolton

Daryl Ray

Dave Stewart

David Gray Jr

David Marcis

David Oliver

Dawnda Durbin

Delbert Kyger

Derek Jordan

Dori Strom

Dustin Kober

Elaine Hecht

Eric Anderson

Eric Fryc

Gavin Bowman

Greg Davis

Greg Mohs

Gregory Drewes

Hadi Seyed-Ali

Hailey Buhrman

Ikeda Seizen

Jacob Shattuck

James Turner

Jane Verwys

Janel Valdez

Jard Cassell

Jason Barre

Jason Hecht

Jeff Barthold

Jeff Goad

Jeff Wegener

Jesse Munch

Jim Smith

Jobie Gilchrist

Jody Martin

Joe Ashley

John Delzoppo

John Finnegan

john kottmann

John Magyar

John Shopple

John Stein

Johnny Modica

Jon Soares

Jonathan Soon

Jose Chong

Josh Warren

Keegan Crandall

Kelly Mohs

Kevin Burns

Kevin Ehlers

Krisha Shufran

Larry McDonald

Larry Rosenthral

Larry Sampson

Leah Gosciejew

Lee Scardina

Loren Silverman

Louise Wagensonner

Mandy Peel

Marissa Toutoundjian

Mark Farina Jr

Mark Lindbergh

Mark Pearson

Marshall Hilgemann

Mary Lopez

Matt Wilson

Matthew Sommerfeld

Mayumi Roehm

Meghan Shattuck

Michael Cameron

Michael Mcclure

Michael Palero

Miguel Martinez

Mike Muggli

Mike Loftus

Mollie Stoltenberg

Nate Tornero

Nick Brannan

Nick Mckinney

Nick Schademann

Paul Blanco

Pete Durbin

Rachel Bess

Rick Deml

Rob Millar

Rodney Comegys

Roland Nadeau

Ruth Dove

Scott Ping

Serge Sicular

Shawn Barnett

Stephanie Traub

Stephanie Turner

Stephen Shufran

Steve Strom

Steve Ward

Terri Boyd

Tom Isaak

Tony Batti

Tracy Lindbergh

Walt Wood

Walter Dony

Wayne Saeger

Will McKinney

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