Thursday 01-June-2023 from 16:00 Warm-up Tournament (80 players, 100% TGP)

Qualification: 13 rounds Head-to-Head match play, top 8 players qualify. 

Tie break: Strength of opponents.

Final: Top 8 play 4-player matches on 3 allocated machines (4-2-1-0) – semi-final and final.

Friday 02-June-2023 – Sunday 04-June-2023 Bulls & Balls IFPA18½ (250% TGP)

Qualification: Friday (sessions 1-6) and Saturday (sessions 7-8) 20 groups of 4 players (ranked according to IFPA standings on the 01.06.2023) play 8 sessions consisting of 3 games per session (old-mid-new) assigned at random. Top 32 qualify, top 8 receive 2 byes, qualifiers 9-16 receive 1 bye.  

Tie break: Strength of opponents (tiered Swiss)

Finals: Top 32 play head-to-head single elimination straight best-of-7, 3 rounds on Saturday, Top 8 matches on Sunday. Consolation final best-of-3. Placed 5th to 8th will be submitted as shared 6th. Players in the final rounds will have choice of machines.

Saturday 03-June-2023 – Sunday 04-June-2023 Head-to-head Swiss Mode (250% TGP)

Qualification: starts after the qualification of the main tournament. Saturday and Sunday 40 rounds Swiss system, head to head, top 24 qualify, top 8 receive 1 bye.

Tie break: Strength of opponents.

Finals: 3 x 4-player games (4-2-1-0) per round (quarterfinal, semi-final, final), top 2 from every round progress. Players will have a choice of machines.