Tournaments

12 round qualifiers on machines made after 1990, in groups of 3-4.

The qualifiers will be held in 4 separate timeslots.

The qualification time slots are selectable, therefore there may be differences in both group strength and group size. However, the number of qualified competitors will be proportional to the number of players in a group (e.g. in a group of 36 competitors, 9 advance with 3 byes; in a group of 48 competitors, 12 advance with 4 byes; in a group of 60 competitors, 15 advance with 5 byes).

To help us create fair and balanced groups, we kindly ask competitors to select a preferred time slot only if the other time slots are not suitable for them.

Qualifier timeslots:

2026. October 22. (Thursday) 10:00-17:00

2026. October 22. (Thursday) 17:00-24:00

2026. October 23. (Friday) 10:00-17:00

2026. October 23. (Friday) 17:00-24:00 (Only select this, if you don’t anticipate that you’ll advance in the top 24 players of the High Score 1 tournament)

48 players will advance in total, with 16 byes.

Elimination rounds:

2026. October 24. (Saturday) 09:30-18:30

4 player groups, 3 machines, 2 player advances (48-32-16-8-final)

PAPA Style Qualifying (Card Based)

From the 14 tournament machines, players must select 6 different tables; the results achieved on these machines count as one completed attempt.

The prepaid tournament entry fee allows unlimited attempts throughout the entire qualification period.

As the knockout stage begins on Friday at 5:00 PM, players who qualify for the Top 24 and choose the afternoon session for the main tournament will not be able to play both touurnaments simultaneously.

IMPORTANT: Once a 6-machine card has been started, it cannot be voided or restarted midway through. A new card may only be issued after all 6 games have been completed.

Qualifier timeslots:

2026. October 22. (Thursday) 10:00-24:00
2026. October 23. (Friday) 10:00-16:00

The best 24 players will advance, with 8 byes.

Elimination rounds:

2026. October 23. (Friday) 17:00-01:00

4 players/group, 3 machines, 2 player advances (24-16-8-final)

Unlimited Best Game Style Qualifying

Players may play any of the 14 tournament pinball machines any number of times. A player’s best 12 results count toward the overall standings, with a maximum of 2 scores per machine.

The prepaid tournament entry fee grants unlimited attempts throughout the entire qualification period.

Qualifier timeslots:

2026. October 22. (Thursday) 10:00-24:00

2026. October 23. (Friday) 10:00-23:00

2026. October 24. (Saturday) 10:00-18:00

The best 24 competitors advance, 8 of them are byes.

Elimination rounds:

2025. October 24. (Saturday ) 19:00-01:00

4 competitors per group, 3 machines, 2 of them advance (24-16-8-final)

2025. October 24. (Saturday) 19:00-23:30

Anyone can sign up, even without signing up to the rest of the HPO, details, formats TBD..

Location: Game Galaxy 1092 Budapest, Ráday street 38.

Entry fee: 12.000 forint or 35 EUR (with pizza for lunch)

10:00-21:00 (no breaks!)

Qualifier:

3 * 5 round on the different eras of pinball machines, with the same players (pre- 1990 machines, dmd B/W, Stern)

16 players advance

Elimination rounds:

4 people/group, 3 machines, 2 advances, (16-8-final)

21:00-00:30 Party + Freeplay!

Location: Mabra 1221 Budapest, Fejedelem utca 4

Entry fee: 12.000 forint (With lunch)

Up to 80 competitors

09:00-23:30

Qualifiers:

4 people per group, up to 13 rounds

Best 32 advances

Elimination rounds:

4 players/group, 4 machines, 2 advances (32-16-8-final)

Entry fee: 10.000 forint or 28 EUR

Up to 100 players

Qualifiers:

2 * 8 rounds (pre- 1993 machines, and post 1993 machines)

Lunch break at the half of the qualifiers

16 people will advance

Elimination rounds:

4 people per group, 3 machines, 2 will advance (16-8-final)