2026 DFW Pinball League Standings

The League Championship is brought you by NELSON'S FIREWORKS.
As our sponsor, Nelson's Fireworks will have an annoucement about their sponsirship committment later in the year.

The championship will be hosted by:
ITS A SECRET - CHECK BACK LATER IN THE YEAR
(Doors will open at TBD for check in and warmup time.)

Detail Notes:
(1) INVITES TO THE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP: TBA (should be early December time frame)
You have 72 hours to respond to a league finals invitation -
If late but you still want to attend, please READ the rules/instructions near the bottom of this page for next steps!

(2) To play in the league finals, a player must play in FIVE (5) or more DFW Pinball League Tournaments this year.
If you are eligible, the 'Events' column will include a check mark next to the number of events played.
There is also a cutline that shows the top 32 people that have met eligibility requirements. 

Standings are updated as often as possible and also available on the 'CUSTOM' tab on the IFPA website.

For individual tournament results and/or the list of tournaments included in the current standings, please click here

THE DFW PINBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP rules/instructions:

This event is an Unsanctioned Invitational Championship event.

We intend to play this event in January every year, before the state championship is played (if possible).
The 2026 Championship, to be played in January 2027 is BROUGHT TO YOU BY NELSON'S FIREWORKS / https://www.nelsonsfireworks.com/ !

For the 2026 Championship (January 2027):
$35 per person to play.
$30 from every entry is going directly into the prize pool with the remainder covering expenses.

You are playing for a travelling perpetual trophy and MONEY!
What is a travelling perpetual trophy? It’s a trophy that the winner keeps for ONE YEAR and, then, at the next championship, passes it on to the next winner! Your name will be on the trophy forever!
To receive the trophy, the winner must sign a form indicating that they will return the trophy next year, in the same condition in which they received it.

THE WINNER IS RESPONSIBLE AND REQUIRED TO ADD THEIR PLAQUE WITH THE YEAR AND THEIR NAME TO THE TROPHY WHEN THEY WIN.
Doing this should cost the winner less than $20 and LOUIS has the contact who does the engraving - so its EASY.

Throughout the year, the league standings will automatically update on this page, showing where people stand at that time...
The league championship will be played by the top 32 players that accept the invite.

Eligibility Criteria (subject to change as needed):

• A player must play in 5 or more DFW League tournaments to be eligible for the League Championship. 

• Side events ARE counted as long as they are PART of the DFW League Event - for example - there were 2 side tournaments at the Abilene Showdown in February 2026. I (Louis) only ran the Main Event. Garrett Shahan ran the side tournaments. Since Garrett's tournaments were part of the DFW League event, The Abilene Showdown, all of the side tournaments, are "each" included in our count. So the Abilene Showdown Event included THREE (3) unique tournaments total.

• Only DFW Pinball League events count towards league standing.

• Our calendar shows a lot of events for other hosts as well (like Carpool Pinball). They do not count towards the league standings.

• Carpool Pinball events do not count unless specifically sponsored/co-run by the DFW League (as was the case for the weekend of WPPRs).

If / when a player ACCEPTS, Louis will provide them the address of the venue.

Invitations to the event may be sent out as early at the first day AFTER the final 2026 DFW Pinball League event.

Louis Marx or Ken Kemp will send out the invites via any or all of the following methods (in non-ranked order):
(1) Text Message
(2) Facebook Messenger
(3) Email
(4) Phone Call

They are only required to use ONE of these methods but may use ALL at their discretion.

If they do NOT have a valid contact method for you, then you cannot be invited. Please make sure they have your contact info.

ONCE INVITES ARE SENT OUT, POTENTIAL PLAYERS WILL HAVE 72 HOURS (3 DAYS) TO REPLY BEFORE THEIR SPOT WILL BE GIVEN TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE PLAYER.

If a player confirms intent AFTER 72 HOURS (3 DAYS) and their invite has already gone out to the next available player, then they must wait until that next available player replies:
--- If that next available player declines, then the original invitee can have the spot.
--- If that next available player accepts, then the spot is gone (so reply on time!!)

This wonderful event idea was conceived together by Ken Kemp and Louis Marx.