Tournaments and Formats

Thursday 25-May-2023 from 16:00 Warm-up Tournament (ca. 200 players, 140% TGP)


Qualification: 12 hole PINGOLF in 4 groups, top 6 per group qualify, top 2 per group receive a bye.

Tie break: Most Hole-in-One, Hole-in-Two etc.

Final: Top 24 play 4 rounds, 3 games per round PINGOLF scoring on allocated machines.


Friday 26-May- 2023 – Sunday 28-May-2023 EPC 23


EPC Main (256 players, 392% TGP)

Qualification: Friday and Saturday, 16 groups (based on IFPA ranking) of 16 players in Round Robin format. Top 4 per group advance, number two qualifiers in each group get one bye and top qualifiers get two byes. The lower IFPA ranked player always starts the game. 

Tie break: Direct result of the head-to-head game. If direct result doesn´t break a tie, a quick tie break game will be played.

Finals: Sunday, Top 64 players play a best-of-7 single elimination until the final (players have the choice of machines).


EPC Classic (256 players, 148% TGP) 

Qualification: Friday and Saturday, 64 players play 8 rounds Group Matchplay, (same grouping as EPC Main). Top 8 from each group qualify, number three and four in each group receive one bye, top 2 qualifiers receive two byes. 

Tie break: Number of 1st and 2nd finishes.

Finals: Saturday, Top 32 players play a best-of-5 single elimination on allocated machines until the final.


EPC Ladies Tournament (no player maximum)

Qualification: 3 hours max match play, top 4 qualify. 

Tie break: Strength of opponents / Head-to-Head result.

Finals: 4-player match on 3 allocated machines (4-2-1-0)


EPC Team Tournament

Qualification: Friday, four players per team, max. 16 teams (one per country), best-of-5 games (4 single matches and 1 split flipper) until the final on allocated machines. 

Team players are ranked by the combined IFPA rank (player 1+2+3+4).

The lower ranked team will allocated their players for each position first, the higher ranked team allocates the players second. The first 3 games have to feature all 4 players. Any two players can play game 4 and 5:

1.   Single match (game 1)

2.   Single match (game 2)

3.   Double match (game 3)

4.   Single match (game 4)

5.   Single match (game 5)


Sunday 28-May-2023 Fair-Strike Knock-out (max. 128 players, 100% TGP)

Qualification: Group matchplay in 8 fair-strike knockout format. Strikes given are 0-1-1-2 (4 player) and 0-1-2 (3 player groups) until only 1 player left,

Finals: No final


Registration (first come first serve) at the venue on Saturday (17:30 – 19:30), 10€ cash with registration.

Note: Players qualified for the EPC Main Finals are not allowed to enter this tournament.

Group Matchplay in 8 fair-strike knockout format. Strikes given are 0-1-1-2 (4 player) and 0-1-2 (3 player groups) until only 1 player left. No Finals.