One of the biggest and most renowned pinball tournaments in Europe is back!

After the great successes of the PU-Battle in 2017, 2018 and 2019, PU-Battle 2025 will finally celebrate its comeback at Pinball Universe.

As with previous editions, it will once again be an all-inclusive premium experience for ambitious tournament players and pinball fans from across Europe.

In addition to a top selection of excellently maintained pinball machines, plenty of space and seating in the specially set up tournament area, numerous technicians & referees, we also offer the perfect setting around PU-Battle 2025.

The ticket price includes not only the main meals and drinks, but also fruit, sweets, … in between.

Our long-standing streaming partner JDL_Pinball will broadcast the tournament action live on Twitch – for all those who can’t be on site or simply want to follow along.

We won’t reveal all the details in advance, but you certainly won’t be disappointed on site.

After further consultation with the IFPA, the registration process has been changed as follows:
Sales Phase 1 (from May 23, 2025 – from 10:00 PM): 90 tickets – open sale (first come, first serve)
Sales Phase 2 (from June 16, 2025 – from 1:00 PM): 60 tickets – open sale (first come, first serve)
Sales Phase 3 (from November 1, 2025 – from 1:00 PM): 21 tickets – country start spots for players not yet registered (one start spot per country for the strongest player not yet registered; any remaining tickets will be allocated to the strongest players on this registration list based on IFPA rankings from November 18, 2025).

Quick essential overview:

📍 Location: Pinball Universe, Boschstr. 51, 32257 Bünde, Germany

📅 Date: Sun 28 – Tue 30/12/2025

🕒 Entry: Sun 3:00pm / Mon + Tue 8:00am

👥 Number of players: 180 (5% of spots are reserved for organisers/crew)

Number of tournament pinballs: approx. 100 (DMD generation and newer only)

Main round format: Swiss Mode (balanced pairing) – 40 rounds
Finals format: IFPA Style – Best of 5 head-to-head (24 finalists)

Tournament value: 200% TGP * 150% "IFPA Certified+" Event Booster = 300%

🕒 Tournament times: Sun 5:00pm–11:00pm / Mon 9:00am–11:00pm / Tue 9:00am–11:00pm (finals of Top 24 from approx. 12:00pm)
🕒 Break times: Mon 1hr lunch break + 1hr dinner / Tue 1hr lunch break

🎥Streaming: JDL_Pinball on Twitch

🍽️ Catering: Food and non-alcoholic drinks are included in the ticket price and are always sufficiently available during the event (Sun: snack buffet, Mon: 2x buffet, Tue: snack buffet), fruit, sweets, … Beer/beer-mixed drinks are also included (on Monday only from 4:00pm)

💶Ticket price: Standard €199 (all-inclusive), or €179 for Early Bird tickets (bookable until 01/07/25)

👫 Companions: Unfortunately not possible/allowed in general.
– For underage participants, please get in touch with us individually before booking.

Free play area: Our showrooms are open before the tournament begins, during break times and after the end of the main round (and therefore closed during tournament rounds). A few pinballs will be available for free play near the specially arranged tournament area between rounds.

🏨Hotels nearby, that are open between Christmas an New Year's:

Van der Valk (Melle) (approx. 15 min. by car)
https://melle.vandervalk.de/

Hotel Waldecker Hof (Hiddenhausen) (approx 10 min. by car)
http://www.hotel-waldecker-hof.de/

Truck Inn Bünde (approx 5 min. by car)
http://truck-inn-buende.de/

Hotel Handelshof Bünde (approx. 5 min. by car)
http://www.hotel-handelshof-buende.de/

Link to the IFPA tournament registration: https://www.ifpapinball.com/tournaments/view.php?t=97819

Are you strong enough for PU-Battle 2025?
Then save your ticket, mark the date boldly in your calendar and get ready for the tournament of the year – live at PINBALL UNIVERSE!

Link to the list of registered players: https://app.matchplay.events/tournaments/193790/players
If more players register than there are available spots, the players with the highest IFPA ranking (as of 17 November 2025) will be accepted.

This information is continuously updated and supplemented – last update: 13/06/25 – 09:00