Bergen Pinball Open

General Information                                             

The tournaments will be hosted by and at the Bergen Pinball Club , Strandgaten 201 in the center of Bergen 5th to 8th of October 2023.

Bergen Pinball Club was founded in 2016 and has evolved from a small club to a club that offers a great number of well-maintained games in a wide range, from all ages. The Club is run by volunteers and offers different memberships and all kind of arrangements to spread the magic of pinball.

We welcome You to Bergen!

To make a registration: Fill out the Google form HERE!

Note: for the Classic Unlimited Qualification there will also be tickets. 

To buy tickets for this event only You can book your ticket on Eventbrite 

We will for the 4 days of Bergen Pinball Open host 7 tournaments, mostly on Matchplay or max Matchplay, but for the Classical Unlimited Qualification that is an continuously ongoing event,  there will be a scoresheet and you will have 2 attempts on each of the 8 games included. You will then have the possibility to make unlimited buy-ins to improve your score. Buy-ins are sold as tokens and you pay NOK 100, - for 3 attempts on any machine(s).

Accomodation

We have agreements with several hotels in walking distance from the club. If you choose to stay where we have an agreement, there is a good deal on room prices for players that will attend at the tournament. Send an e-mail to:

Comfort Hotel:   co.bergen@strawberry.no (150m). Confirmed. 60 rooms reserved. 

Prices from NOK 779,/night inc. breakfast, please reference:  #12263 BPO2023, call 47 55 30 42 98 if you need help.

Klosterhagen Hotell:    post@klosterhagenhotell.no  (+47) 53 00 22 00 (200m). NOK 1226,-/night. inc breakfast.  Confirmed. 

With your information and how many nights you wish to stay. 

Travelling to Bergen

The airport is just 20 min away from the Club (Strandgaten 201)  by taxi or a little longer by tram (bybanen) or shuttle bus. There is also train connections and buses to Bergen at walking distance to the club. From Kristiansand, Stavanger and Denmark you can travel by boat if you plan a vacation in connection with Bergen Open. There is plenty of street parking around the club. 

About the location

The tournament will be hosted at the Bergen Pinball Club in the centre of Bergen.  We will offer you minor meals and snacks at any time. There will also be a bar there for alcohol beverages and sodas. We will have our own liquor licence for this event so it will not be allowed to bring your own alcohol into the area.Quality Draft Beer will be served from tap!

Rules and format

We follow the IFPA/PAPA ruleset, you will find it HERE

Note that there may be changes before the tournament. We strive for a format that gives the highest possible TGP.

For the format, please see the The Tournaments! section below for more information.

Payment

Please note that any registered player needs to complete payment two weeks before the tournament starts.

200NOK per tournament or 700 NOK for the full event.

We accept following payment methods.

Vipps: #90451. Please add your name and content in payment field.

Paypal: Click here. Add your e-mail and full name as message concerning payment.

Bank transfer: IBAN: NO9432082674046 BIC/SWIFT: SPRONO22

Again: Mark the payment with your full name on all payments!

In the event of your cancellation before 21st of September a fee of 100 NOK will be charged.

Cancellations after  21st of September will be charged in full according to your registration. 

Registration

The event has a maximum attendee of 64 participants, and if the event is full, you will be put on a waiting list. There is still a good chance for you to get a spot, cancellation happens all the time.

Your spot cannot be guaranteed until payment is complete for the event.

See the payment section for payment information.

To make a registration: Fill out the Google form HERE

 

The Tournaments!

Schedule and Content

Classic Unlimited Qualifications (CUQ)

Scoresheets. You will have 2 attempts on 8 games included in the fee. You will then have the possibility to make unlimited buy-ins to improve your score. Buy-ins are sold as tokens and you pay additional NOK 100,- for 3 tokens/attempts on any machine(s).

Deadline for registering late scores is Saturday at 20:45! Please hand in you initial sheet well before. Playoff/Semifinal is Saturday at 21. Final is on Sunday 14:00.

 

Thursday: Warmup Tournament

• Thursday, October 5th, 2023.
• 7:00 pm -11:00 pm
• Bergen Pinball Club, Strandgaten 201, Bergen, Norway (map)

18:00-18:45 Club opens, registration.

18:50-19:00 Welcome and information.

19:00-23:59 Warmup tournament.

Qualification: Max Matchplay of 20 rounds. Top 8 qualify for the semifinals.

Semi-finals: 8 players in 2 groups of 4 play one round on 3 machines, top 2 in each group advance to the final. Scoring 7-5-3-1.

Finals: 4 players play one round on 3 machines. Winner is the player with most points. Scoring 7-5-3-1. TGP Warmup:

23:59 The Club closes.

Friday: Strikes and Classic (Inc. 80s) Tournament.

• Friday, October 6th, 2023
• 10:00 am to 11:15 pm
• Bergen Pinball Club, Strandgaten 201, Bergen, Norway (map)

09:00-09:45 Club opens, registration.

09:45-09:55 Welcome and information

10:00-16:30 Strikes Tournament

16:30-17:30 Dinner break. 

17:45-17:55 Welcome, registration and information

18:00-23:15 Classic (Inc. 80s) Tournament

Strikes Tournament:

Progressive strikes, you are in until you have 13 strikes. Top 16 advance to the playoffs. Playoff: Group Matchplay.

Quarter finals: 16 players in 4 groups of 4 play 3 machines. Top 2 advance to semifinals. Scoring 7-5-3-1

Semifinals: 8 players in 2 groups of 4, play one round on 3 machines, top 2 in each group advance to the final. Scoring 7-5-3-1.

Finals: 4 players play one round on 4 machines. Each player chooses one, the highest seeded players machine is played last. Winner is the player with most points. Scoring 7-5-3-1. TGP Strikes:

Classic (Inc. 80s) Tournament:

Target Matchplay, first 16 players to reach 50 points or when time is up at 21:00, no more rounds 20:55. 16 players advance to the playoffs, scoring 7-5-3-1.

Semifinals: 16 players in 4 groups of 4 play one round on 3 machines, the winner in each group advance to the final. Scoring 7-5-3-1.

Finals: 4 players play one round on 4 machines. Each player chooses one game, the highest seeded player´s machine is played last,  the player that have chosen the game plays first, otherwise the player order of seeding from the previous round. Winner is the player with most points. Scoring: 7-5-3-1. TGP Classic (Up to 80s):

23:59 The Club closes.

 

Saturday: Qualification BPO Main, CUQ playoff and FastFunFrenzy.

• Saturday, October 7th, 2023
• 09:00 am to 10:00 pm
• Bergen Pinball Club, Strandgaten 201, Bergen, Norway (map)

08:30 Doors open, registration.

08:45-08:55 Welcome and Information. Award ceremony Warmup, Strikes, Classic                    (Inc. 80s) Tournament.

BPO Main:

09:00-20:00:

18 rounds with group-matchplay of 4 players in each group. 24 advances to playoffs on Sunday and top 1-8 qualifiers goes directly to round 2 in the playoffs.

09:00-12:00 Round 1-6

12:30-16:00 Round 7-12

16:00-17:00 Dinner break

17:00-20:00 Round 13-18

Playoff Classical Unlimited Qualification:

20:45 Deadline for submitting late scores.

21:00-23:00:

Playoff; 8 players in 2 groups of 4 play 2 rounds on the 8 machines, top 2 in each group advance to the final. Scoring: 5-2-1-0.

FastFunFrenzy

Parallell to CUQ: 20:30.23:30 (So the top 8 in CUQ cannot attend this).:  

Three hours of FastFunFrenzy. The winner is the player with most points when timer hits 0!

23:59 The Club closes

Sunday: Playoff on  Finals Main, Finals CUQ and Leftovers Tournament.

 

• Sunday, October 8th, 2023
• 9:00 AM-4:40 PM
• Bergen Pinball Club, Strandgaten 201, Bergen, Norway (map)

08:30 The Club opens, registration.

08:45-09:55 Welcome and information

09:00-13:30 BPO Playoff Main

12:00-1400 Leftovers tournament

14:00-15:00 Finals Classic unlimited Qualifications

15:00-16:40 Finals BPO Main.

Playoff BPO Main

09:00-10:30 - Round1, qualified players 9-24, Head-to-Head in best of 5 games. 8 winners advance.
10:30-12:00 - (1-8 qualifiers + winners from round 1) 16 Players, Head-to Head in best of 5 games, 8 winners advance.
12:30-14:00 - 8 Players, Head-to-Head in best of 5 games, 4 winners advance to the final.

Finals Classic Unlimited Qualification

14:00-15:00. Finals: 4 players play one round on 4 machines (Each Chooses one from the 8, the highest seeded player´s machine is played last, the highest seeded player´s machine is played last, the player that have chosen the game plays first, otherwise the player order of seeding from the previous round). Winner is the player with most points. Scoring: 5-2-1-0. TGP CUQ:

Finals BPO Main

15:00-16:40 4 Players, Group-Matchplay play 4 games. Each player chooses one, the highest seeded player´s machine is played last. The player that have chosen the game plays first, otherwise the player order of seeding from the previous round.  Winner is the player with most points. Scoring: 7-5-3-1. TGP Main:

Leftovers tournament

12:00-14:00 Group-matchplay for 2 hours no more rounds after 14:00, the winner is the player with the most points when the time is up. Scoring: 7-5-3-1. TGP Leftovers:

16:45 Award ceremony Main, CUQ and Leftovers.

17:00 The club closes.

Tournament Gamelist  (Alphabetical)    as per  16.09.23

• AC/DC Limited
• Addams Family
• Adventures of Rocky, Bullwinkle and Friends
• Alien (PB)
• Avatar
• Baywatch
• Big Guns
• Big Indian
• Big Valley
• Blackbelt
• Black Hole
• Captain Fantastic
• Casino Royale
• Champion Pub
• Cleopatra
• Congo
• Comet
• Creature from the Black Lagoon
• Darling
• Demoliton Man
• Diner
• Dirty Harry
• Dracula Bram Stoker´s Dracula
• Dr. Dude
• Elektra
• Elvira's House of Horrors (Premium Edition)
• F-14 Tomcat
• Fan*Tas*Tic
• Fireball
• Fish Tales
• Flash Gordon
• Flight 2000
• Frankenstein (Mary Shelley´s)
• Gladiators
• Gorgar
• Guns N Roses
• High Speed
• Iron Man
• Jack in the Box
• Jack*Bot
• Johnny Mnemonic
• Joker Poker
• Jurassic Park (Data East) 
• Kick Off
• Laser War
• Led Zeppelin Premuim
• Lost World
• Magic Castle
• Medieval Madness
• Metallica Pro
• Mousin Around
• Mr. and Ms. Pacman
• Mystic
• Nemesis
• No Fear
• Old Chicago
• Pinball Champ 82
• Pool Sharks
• Popeye
• Primus
• Radical
• Ripleys Believe it or Not
• Road Show
• Robocop
• Robo-War
• Roller Games
• Rolling Stones
• Rush Premium
• Sea Ray
• Scared Stiff
• Shadow
• Shangri-La
• Silverball Mania
• Solar Ride
• Sopranos
• Space Station
• Stardust
• Strange Science
• Stop n Go
• Swords of Fury
• Taxi
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Premium)
• Terminator 2
• The Fierey 30´s
• Time Fantasy
• Time Machine (Data East)
• Totem
• TX Sector
• Twilight Zone
• Walkyria
• Wizard
• Xenon
• X-Files

 

NOTE: The game list is subject to change  prior to the tournament and will be updated.

Game bank lists will be published before the tournament.