{"id":7204,"date":"2016-05-29T17:47:42","date_gmt":"2016-05-29T16:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/?p=7204"},"modified":"2017-08-24T21:37:22","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T20:37:22","slug":"dutch-pinball-masters-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/2016\/05\/29\/dutch-pinball-masters-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"DUTCH PINBALL MASTERS 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NFV (the Nederlandse Flipper Vereniging, or Dutch Pinball Association) has been<br \/>\nrunning since 1992 and operates a donation scheme where members can gift a machine to the association. That machine then becomes part of the association&#8217;s collection which is used to allow shows such as the Dutch Pinball Open to take place each year.<\/p>\n<p>Those machines are housed in the NFV&#8217;s clubhouse where they are restored and made available for members to play on select dates. The location of that clubhouse has changed a few times over the years, but is currently located on a light industrial estate in the city of Veenendaal in the centre of the country.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/3.jpg\" alt=\"Turbinestraat in Veenendaal\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Turbinestraat in Veenendaal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The NFV clubhouse building is about as nondescript as you could find.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/1.jpg\" alt=\"The NFV clubhouse\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The NFV clubhouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are very few clues that this is the NFV building. For the Dutch Pinball Masters there was an advisory sign regarding parking arrangements which, other than the sound of flippers flipping and some familiar faces in the &#8216;smoking area&#8217; by the door, was the only indication.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/2.jpg\" alt=\"You've found the right building\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">You&#8217;ve found the right building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Once you opened the door though, there were no more doubts.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/5.jpg\" alt=\"The table in the lobby had copies of the NFV magazine, 'Spinner'\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The table in the lobby had copies of the NFV magazine, &#8216;Spinner&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/6.jpg\" alt=\"The opposite wall featured individuals and companies who support the NFV\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The opposite wall featured individuals and companies who support the NFV<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then it&#8217;s into the main building which is a large unit with a high ceiling and a mass of pinballs.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/13.jpg\" alt=\"Inside the main building\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside the main building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For this event, the machines were split into three distinct groups. Those on the left of the picture above were used in the Dutch Pinball Masters (DPM). The machines on the right were free play machines for practice and casual play, while those on the back wall were either part of the Classics tournament or reserve machines for the DPM.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/14.jpg\" alt=\"Dutch Pinball Masters machines\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dutch Pinball Masters machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/15.jpg\" alt=\"Free play machines\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Free play machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the front of the room was a kitchen and bar area which served freshly-cooked food through out the weekend as well as tea, coffee, soft drinks, wine and Heineken beer.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/16.jpg\" alt=\"The kitchen\/bar area\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The kitchen\/bar area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although there was a reasonably captive audience, prices were very reasonable. A hamburger cost \u20ac2 ($2.24\/\u00a31.55), as did other kinds of meat-in-a-bread-roll snacks. Sandwiches were \u20ac1.50, while \u20ac6.50 would get you a big meal with fries and salad. Non-alcoholic drinks were all \u20ac1, with beer and wine costing double that. We especially enjoyed the homemade chicken soup which cost just \u20ac1.50 for a bowl and tasted delicious.<\/p>\n<p>For those enjoying the refreshments or just needing a place to sit and rest, several sets of tables and chairs were set up next to the kitchen\/bar.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/17.jpg\" alt=\"A chance to relax between games\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A chance to relax between games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the very front of the building were several small rooms, one of which was the repair centre for any tournament games which couldn&#8217;t be quickly fixed in the tournament area.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/4.jpg\" alt=\"Machines in the repair centre\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Machines in the repair centre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So that&#8217;s the setting, now on to the tournaments themselves.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/7.jpg\" alt=\"Apart from the glory, WPPR points and prize money, this is what awaited the winners\" width=\"550\" height=\"398\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apart from the glory, WPPR points and prize money, these are what the competitors were playing for<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The first competitive event was the Team Tournament which began at 6:30pm on Friday. Unfortunately we were negotiating the Antwerp ring road on our way to our hotel in Ede, so missed the Team Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>However, there were eight teams taking part.<\/p>\n<table style=\"margin: auto; width: 300px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"BodyCentreBold\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#DDDDDD\" width=\"300\"><strong>DPM Team Tournament Teams<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\" width=\"300\">Dutch Pinball Team<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\" width=\"300\">Pinball DNA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\" width=\"300\">Pinball Universe Competition Team<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\" width=\"300\">Team Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\" width=\"300\">Spain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\" width=\"300\">Steel-CLAD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\" width=\"300\">Team Utrecht-Torhout<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\" width=\"300\">Team Archiball<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The teams were divided into two groups of four, and played a match against each of the other three teams in their group.<\/p>\n<p>A match was a mix of pairs games where one member of a team plays another member of the opposing team to win one match point, and split-flipper games in which two members of the team take one flipper button each and play against their opponents doing the same to win two match points.<\/p>\n<p>When all matches were over, the two teams with the most match points from each group went into the two semi-final matches, with the winner of the first group playing the runner-up in the second group, and vice-versa.<\/p>\n<p>The semi-final matches were played in the same way as the first round, and the winners of the semi-finals then played another such match for the final.<\/p>\n<p>When all the games had been played, the winners were Team Switzerland who beat the Dutch Pinball Team into second place, with Spain in third.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/31.jpg\" alt=\"Winners of the DPM Team Tournament, Team Switzerland\" width=\"550\" height=\"394\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winners of the DPM Team Tournament, Team Switzerland: Ramon Richard, Robert Sutter, Levente Tregova &amp; Michael Trepp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/30.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/30.jpg\" alt=\"Second place, Dutch Pinball Team\" width=\"550\" height=\"432\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Second place, Dutch Pinball Team: Paul Jongma and Albert Nomden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/29.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/29.jpg\" alt=\"Third place, Spain\" width=\"550\" height=\"382\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Third place, Spain: Julio Vicario Soriano &amp; Gabriel Ortiz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"PicCap\">While the Team Tournament was taking place, the remaining non-tournament machines in the NFV clubhouse were available for practice in preparation for the start of the main DPM on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Entry to the DPM was limited to 144 competitors. This was an increase from the 104 permitted in 2015 and resulted in qualifying being split into three sessions rather than the previous two.<\/p>\n<p>In each session, four groups of twelve players competed in a match-play format, where everyone played a single three-ball game against every other member of their group. Machines for the qualifying round were preassigned from the 24 used for the DPM. They were:<\/p>\n<table style=\"margin: auto; width: 560px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"BodyCentreBold\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#DDDDDD\" width=\"560\"><strong>DPM Machines<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"560\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"560\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\" width=\"280\">1 &#8211; Tommy, The Who&#8217;s<br \/>\n2 &#8211; Junkyard<br \/>\n3 &#8211; Fish Tales<br \/>\n4 &#8211; Demolition Man<br \/>\n5 &#8211; Scared Stiff<br \/>\n6 &#8211; Indianapolis 500<br \/>\n7 &#8211; Monster Bash<br \/>\n8 &#8211; Roadshow<br \/>\n9 &#8211; Attack from Mars<br \/>\n10 &#8211; Frankenstein, Mary Shelley&#8217;s<br \/>\n11 &#8211; Tales from the Crypt<br \/>\n12 &#8211; World Cup Soccer<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\" width=\"280\">13 &#8211; Dirty Harry<br \/>\n14 &#8211; Medieval Madness<br \/>\n15 &#8211; Jurassic Park<br \/>\n16 &#8211; High Speed 2: The Getaway<br \/>\n17 &#8211; Pirates of the Caribbean<br \/>\n18 &#8211; Monopoly<br \/>\n19 &#8211; Spider-Man<br \/>\n20 &#8211; Avatar<br \/>\n21 &#8211; Star Trek: The Next Generation<br \/>\n22 &#8211; Congo<br \/>\n23 &#8211; Creature from the Black Lagoon<br \/>\n24 &#8211; Hoops<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>If a DPM machine developed a fault which couldn&#8217;t be quickly fixed, the machine was wheeled out of the area to the repair centre and one of the nominated reserve machines took its place. So the list of machines above would change from time to time.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/35.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/35.jpg\" alt=\"The right bank of DPM machines\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The right bank of DPM machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/36.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/36.jpg\" alt=\"The left bank of DPM machines\" width=\"550\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The left bank of DPM machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/9.jpg\" alt=\"Players inspect the machines before the first round begins\" width=\"550\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Players inspect the machines before the first round begins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The first qualifying groups (A-D) began at 10am on Saturday, with the second session (E-H) at 1:45pm and the third (J-M)at 5:30pm. All were allocated 3.5 hours to play their 11 matches, and although there were a few which took longer, the timings were about right.<\/p>\n<p>Every player was given a score card which showed the machines and opponents they would play in each round, and whether they would be player one or player two in each game.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/8.jpg\" alt=\"Rules for the tournament were posted in the DPM area\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rules for the tournament were posted in the DPM area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/10.jpg\" alt=\"The first matches begin\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first matches begin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The score cards also had space to record whether you won or lost a round, but the winner of each round also recorded their win at the main tournament desk.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/23.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/23.jpg\" alt=\"Results were recorded on your score card\" width=\"400\" height=\"594\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Results were recorded on your score card<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/22.jpg\" alt=\"The winners of each round were recorded on paper\" width=\"400\" height=\"562\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The winners of each round were recorded on paper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These results were shown on a projector screen using a spreadsheet created by tournaments maestro, Ad Jonker.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/11.jpg\" alt=\"The DPM results system\" width=\"550\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The DPM results system<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/12.jpg\" alt=\"Results system designer and inputter, Ad Jonker\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Results system designer and inputter, Ad Jonker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the end of each qualifying session competitors could see if they were amongst the top four players with the most wins and so needed to come back the next day for the start of play-offs at 10am, or if they could have a lazy Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>While the DPM was underway, the Classics Tournament was also running at the back of the hall.<\/p>\n<p>Eight machines were used and players had ten qualifying games which they could spread across any or all of the eight, with the restriction that they couldn&#8217;t play any one machine more than twice.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/18.jpg\" alt=\"The Classics Tournament machines\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Classics Tournament machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The machines were:<\/p>\n<table style=\"margin: auto; width: 560px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"BodyCentreBold\" style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#DDDDDD\" width=\"560\"><strong>DPM Classics Tournament Machines<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"560\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"560\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\" width=\"280\">1 &#8211; Nitro Groundshaker<br \/>\n2 &#8211; Flash Gordon<br \/>\n3 &#8211; Eight Ball<br \/>\n4 &#8211; Wizard!<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\" width=\"280\">5 &#8211; Kiss<br \/>\n6 &#8211; Mata Hari<br \/>\n7 &#8211; Harlem Globetrotters<br \/>\n8 &#8211; Charlie&#8217;s Angels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/19.jpg\" alt=\"Play in the Classics Tournament\" width=\"550\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Play in the Classics Tournament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Scores were recorded on tablets and fed into a central scoring system which ranked all the scores and showed the results on a terminal.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/20.jpg\" alt=\"Players check their standings on a terminal\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Players check their standings on a terminal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Players had until 8pm to complete their ten games, at which time the qualifying round ended and the sixteen top-ranked qualified for the play-offs which were scheduled for 9pm that night but actually ended up starting nearer 9:45pm. Those sixteen qualifiers were:<\/p>\n<table style=\"margin: auto; width: 360px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"BodyCentreBold\" bgcolor=\"#DDDDDD\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"360\"><strong>Classics Tournament Qualifiers<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\" width=\"360\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"360\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">1<br \/>\n2<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n4<br \/>\n5<br \/>\n6<br \/>\n7<br \/>\n8<br \/>\n9<br \/>\n10<br \/>\n11<br \/>\n12<br \/>\n13<br \/>\n14<br \/>\n15<br \/>\n16<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Julio Vicario Soriano<br \/>\nDaniele Baldan<br \/>\nRobert Sutter<br \/>\nRoy Wils<br \/>\nJorian Engelbrektsson<br \/>\nPhilippe Bocquet<br \/>\nCarlos Javier Parra<br \/>\nKevin Roelants<br \/>\nGabriel Ortiz<br \/>\nDavid Mainwaring<br \/>\nAlbert Nomden<br \/>\nTobias Wagemann<br \/>\nMartin Ayub<br \/>\nJohn van der Wulp<br \/>\nDirk Elzholz<br \/>\nDevis Pierantozzi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The top four qualifiers received two byes to get straight into the quarter-finals, while the next four got a single bye. All play-off matches were best-of-three games on machines drawn at random.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/45.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/45.jpg\" alt=\"Classics Tournament organiser Paul Jongma keeps track of the results\" width=\"550\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Classics Tournament organiser Paul Jongma keeps track of the results<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The four semi-finalists were Kevin Roelants, Robert Sutter, Jorian Engelbrektsson and Carlos Javier Parra. Jorian played Kevin in one semi-final, while Robert played Carlos in the other.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/46.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/46.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Sutter playing Wizard! in the final rounds\" width=\"550\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Sutter playing Wizard! in the final rounds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Robert and Jorian then played the final, in which Robert was triumphant. Kevin and Carlos played for third place, with Kevin taking the win. Albert Nomden presented the awards.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/34.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/34.jpg\" alt=\"DPM Classics Tournament winner, Robert Sutter\" width=\"550\" height=\"444\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">DPM Classics Tournament winner, Robert Sutter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/33.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/33.jpg\" alt=\"Second place, Jorian Engelbrektsson\" width=\"400\" height=\"502\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Second place, Jorian Engelbrektsson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/32.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/32.jpg\" alt=\"Third place, Kevin Roelants\" width=\"400\" height=\"492\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Third place, Kevin Roelants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here are the full results of the DPM Classics Tournament:<\/p>\n<table style=\"margin: auto; width: 360px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"BodyCentreBold\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#DDDDDD\" width=\"360\"><strong>DPM Classics Tournament<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\" width=\"360\">\n<table width=\"360\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"54\" \/>\n<col width=\"180\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\"><strong>1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"300\"><strong>Robert Sutter<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Jorian Engelbrektsson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Kevin Roelants<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">4<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Carlos Javier Parra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">6<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Roy Wils<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">6<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Albert Nomden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">6<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Daniele Baldan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">6<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Julio Vicario Soriano<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">10<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Martin Ayub<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">10<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Philippe Bocquet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">10<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Dirk Elzholz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">10<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Devis Pierantozzi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">14<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Tobias Wagemann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">14<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">John van der Wulp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">14<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">David Mainwaring<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">14<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Gabriel Ortiz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">17<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Daniele Celestino Acciari<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">18<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Alain Boulieu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">19<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Jonas Valstr\u00f6m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">20<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Norbert Broman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">21<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Robert Lau<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">22<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Ergun Erdemir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">23<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Vincent Chardome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">24<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Matt Vince<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">25<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Jean Philippe Congnard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">26<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Paul Jongma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">27<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Kelly Lembrechts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">28<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Arjan Neet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">28<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">David Dutton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">30<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Olli-Mikko Ojamies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">31<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Ralf de Kleine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">32<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Joel Wozniak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">33<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Kirsten Adam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">33<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Anthony Rorive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">35<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Jan Anders Nilsson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">36<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Thomas van Clapdorp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">37<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">C\u00e9sar Dub\u00f3n Martinez<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">37<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Archibald Lefevre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">39<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Lieven Engelbeen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">39<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Levente Tregova<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">41<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Michael Trepp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">42<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Taco Wouters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">43<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Edwin Nijs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">44<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Ad Jonker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">45<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Evert Brochez<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">46<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Aki Seuranen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">47<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Karl Weber<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">48<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Jonas Johansson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">49<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Christophe Wozniak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">49<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Clara Boulieu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">51<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Jochen Ludwig<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">52<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Sebastien Puertas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">53<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Fredrik Mellberg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">53<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Mattias Jeppsson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">55<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Eric Buysen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">55<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Benjamin Gr\u00e4beldinger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">57<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Jean Philippe Passarieu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">57<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Jules Reivers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">59<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">J\u00fcrgen G\u00e4rtner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">60<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Arthur de Jong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">61<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Cayle George<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">62<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Rafael Masedo Rodr\u00edguez<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">63<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Norman Heikamp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">64<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Alex Duin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">64<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Bjorn Brand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">66<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Mark van der Gugten<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">67<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Didier Dujardin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">68<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Nils de Kleine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">68<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Artur Natorski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">70<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">J\u00fcrgen Schmitz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">70<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Mario Kertels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">72<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Kevin Sultana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">73<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Heinz Baumann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">73<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Adrian Barp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">75<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Cezary Glowala<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">76<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Olivier Renders<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">77<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Ern\u00f6 Rotter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">78<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Glenn Verhoosele<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">79<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Rob Overdijk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">80<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Peter Blakemore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">81<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Jasmijn de Jong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">81<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">S\u00e9bastien Muller<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">83<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Ivan Geentjens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">84<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Michel Rorive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">85<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Ramon Richard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">86<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Helen de Haan-Verbeek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">87<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Craig Pullen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">88<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Frank Wolthers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">89<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Johan Sm\u00e5ros<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">90<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Bart Bartholomeus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">91<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Ralph Beckers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">92<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Jim Lindsay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">93<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Rob Breyne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">94<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Hinnerk Helbrecht<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">95<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Morten S\u00f8byskogen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">96<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Magnus Lindstr\u00f6m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">97<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Laurent Mahe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">98<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Neil Fellender<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">98<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Pontus Qvarfordh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">100<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Ollivier Francq<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">100<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Matteo Filippin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">102<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Marc Steinmeier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">103<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Karin Weilenmann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">104<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Marco Suvanto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">105<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Evelyne Desot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">106<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">William Dutton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">107<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Pascal Leroy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">108<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Christoph Korrodi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">109<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Florian Thomas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">110<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Fred van den Bosch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">111<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Tobias L\u00f6fstedt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">112<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Tom Andre Andersen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">113<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Laurence Boulieu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">114<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Gerard Vos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">115<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Frank Goeltl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">116<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Daniela Oymann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">117<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Greg Mott<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">118<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Vin Jauhal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">119<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Joeri Stroobants<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">120<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Dirk Klaver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">121<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Sandra S\u00f8byskogen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">122<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Kyoo Barbaix<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">123<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Sjoerd Schouwstra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">124<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Dina Fukson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">124<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Gema Lopez Torralba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">126<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Eko Elens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">127<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Ruben Vrouwe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">128<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Carlo Vijn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">129<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Thomas Doepelheuer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The 48 qualifiers (the top four in the twelve qualifying groups) for the DPM had to register at the tournament desk by 10am on Sunday to start the play-off rounds. They were then split into four groups of twelve to play head-to-head match play games in exactly the same way as in qualifying.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/24.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/24.jpg\" alt=\"Sunday's DPM play-offs begin\" width=\"550\" height=\"369\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunday&#8217;s DPM play-offs begin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/25.jpg\" alt=\"More play-off games\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">More play-off games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The four players with the most wins in each group would progress to the quarter-finals. They were:<\/p>\n<table style=\"margin: auto; width: 360px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"BodyCentreBold\" bgcolor=\"#DDDDDD\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"360\"><strong>DPM Play-Off First Round Qualifiers<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\" width=\"360\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"360\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">1<br \/>\n2<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n41<br \/>\n2<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n41<br \/>\n2<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n41<br \/>\n2<br \/>\n3<br \/>\n4<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Daniele Celestino Acciari<br \/>\nIvan Geentjens<br \/>\nWill Dutton<br \/>\nJochen LudwigKrisztian Szalai<br \/>\nAlbert Nomden<br \/>\nArchibald Lef\u00e8vre<br \/>\nRobert SutterJorian Engelbrektsson<br \/>\nJulio Vicario Soriano<br \/>\nCraig Pullen<br \/>\nMichael TreppTaco Wouters<br \/>\nErn\u00f6 Rotter<br \/>\nRoy Wils<br \/>\nSylvain Gr\u00e9vin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/28.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/28.jpg\" alt=\"Many pictures of the results were taken\" width=\"550\" height=\"368\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many pictures of the results were taken<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These sixteen were then paired to play best-of-five matches on randomly-selected machines. Cards with machines numbers were laid out on the tournament desk and players chose an available machine for their next game.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/37.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/37.jpg\" alt=\"The next machine is chosen\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The next machine is chosen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Half the eight pairings needed all five games to decide the 3-2 winner, with three more needing four games.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/38.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/38.jpg\" alt=\"Quarter-final matches\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quarter-final matches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That round left just eight players to compete the semi-finals. They were:<\/p>\n<table style=\"margin: auto; width: 300px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"BodyCentreBold\" bgcolor=\"#DDDDDD\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"300\"><strong>DPM Semi-Finalists<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\" width=\"300\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"300\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"300\">Daniele Celestino Acciari<br \/>\nRoy Wils<br \/>\nErn\u00f6 Rotter<br \/>\nJochen Ludwig<br \/>\nJorian Engelbrektsson<br \/>\nIvan Geentjens<br \/>\nWill Dutton<br \/>\nMichael Trepp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>After the semi-finals, the last four who would compete in the final of the DPM 2016 were decided.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/39.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/39.jpg\" alt=\"Daniele Celestino Acciari, Ern\u00f6 Rotter, Michael Trepp &amp; Ivan Geentjens\" width=\"550\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniele Celestino Acciari, Ern\u00f6 Rotter, Michael Trepp &amp; Ivan Geentjens (picture: Ad Jonker)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So it would be a truly international field of an Italian, a German, a Swiss and a Belgian who would compete for the Dutch Pinball Masters title. Four games would be played, all chosen by the players. Points would be awarded for finishing position in each game, with 9 points for a win, 5 points for second, 2 points for third, and no points for ending in fourth place.<\/p>\n<p>Each player drew a numbered card. Ern\u00f6 picked #1 and so chose the first machine to play. He also had to take the player one position on that game, and he chose Creature from the Black Lagoon.<\/p>\n<p>After the first ball it looked like a good choice, as Ern\u00f6 led with 34.4M. Daniele was closest on 12.8M, while Michael and Ivan had 5M scores. When Ern\u00f6 bumped his score up to 182M on his second ball it was looking good, but Daniele scored 560M to take the lead.<\/p>\n<p>Ern\u00f6 made a push on his last ball but could only reach 342,554,260. Michael ended on 31,243,830, but Daniele&#8217;s total of 574,116,430 made him the clear winner with Ivan in fourth on 16,815,710.<\/p>\n<p>So after one game Daniele had 9 points, Ern\u00f6 5 points and Michael 2 points.<\/p>\n<p>Michael chose Indianapolis 500 for his game but struggled to put up a big first ball score, earning 64.2M. Ern\u00f6 was in the lead with 225M, with Ivan on 93.3M and Daniele on just 3.5M.<\/p>\n<p>The second ball changed nothing, but the third and final ball saw Daniele stage a great recovery, leaping from 10.2M to 320,278,870 which was enough to give him the win. Ern\u00f6 was then in second with his total of 284,504,320, while Ivan was third on 134,858,130 and Michael rued his choice of machine with 118,441,550.<\/p>\n<p>With two wins, Daniele was looking good to take the title on 18 points. Two second places put Ern\u00f6 in with a chance as well with his 10 points, but with Michael and Ivan on 2 points each, they both desperately needed a win on the next game to remain in contention.<\/p>\n<p>Game three was Daniele&#8217;s choice of Demolition Man and after two balls it didn&#8217;t seem like a wise selection as his 37.4M score was the lowest of the four. Ern\u00f6 was way ahead of the pack with 474.4M, while Michael had 54.8M and Ivan 43.3M.<\/p>\n<p>The final ball saw Daniele make a real charge to end on 516,117,560. Ivan brought his score up to 77,128,360 to put him in third place. Ern\u00f6 needed to score 42M to regain the lead which he did, although only just, finishing on 524,291,360. Michael&#8217;s 72,271,020 wasn&#8217;t quite enough to steal third.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/40.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/40.jpg\" alt=\"Ern\u00f6 takes the win on Demolition Man\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ern\u00f6 takes the win on Demolition Man (picture: Ad Jonker)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So far, the top two places in each game had been shared by Daniele and Ern\u00f6. If Ern\u00f6 won the fourth and final game and Daniele came second there would be a tie with two wins and two second places each. Ivan and Michael couldn&#8217;t win at this point, so were playing for third place.<\/p>\n<p>That final game was Tommy, chosen by Ivan who started.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, it didn&#8217;t appear Ivan had chosen wisely when his first ball ended with 26.4M on the board. Ern\u00f6 did worse with his 11.7M, but it was Michael who took charge, scoring 231M with his ball one. Daniele was in second place with his 77.2M.<\/p>\n<p>Ball two changed everything and set up an exciting finale. Ivan raised his score to 160.9M, but Ern\u00f6 stormed ahead with a 773.9M second ball total. Very close behind was Michael who consolidated his good start with a 716.2M ball two score. Daniele was also moving up the board by making a total of 354.9M going into each player&#8217;s final ball.<\/p>\n<p>If Daniele could win the game he would win the DPM. Second would give him a tie. Ern\u00f6 needed to win and then hope Daniele didn&#8217;t take second if he was to take the title.<\/p>\n<p>On that last ball Ivan improved a little to 270,858,700 but was still firmly in fourth place. Ern\u00f6 improved by a similar amount to end in the lead on 857,045,840. Michael wasn&#8217;t able to improve his score by much. His 735,047,200 total put him in second place, with just Daniele to play.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/47.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/47.jpg\" alt=\"Daniele plays the last ball of the last game of the final\" width=\"550\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniele plays the last ball of the last game of the final (picture: Ad Jonker)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Daniele needed nearly 400M to take second and more than 500M to win, but in the end it was not to be. He could only add 90M before the ball drained and his total of 447,947,230 put him in third place.<\/p>\n<p>That meant, with two wins and two second places, Ern\u00f6 Rotter was the winner with 28 points. Daniele Celestino Acciari was second on 23 points, his second place on Tommy gave Michael Trepp third on 7 points, while Ivan Geentjens was fourth on 4 points.<\/p>\n<p>The awards were then made, with all four finalists winning cash prizes.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/44.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/44.jpg\" alt=\"Dutch Pinball Masters 2016 winner, Ern\u00f6 Rotter\" width=\"550\" height=\"439\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dutch Pinball Masters 2016 winner, Ern\u00f6 Rotter (picture: Ad Jonker)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/43.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/43.jpg\" alt=\"Second place, Daniele Celestino Acciari\" width=\"550\" height=\"417\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Second place, Daniele Celestino Acciari (picture: Ad Jonker)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/42.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/42.jpg\" alt=\"Third place, Michael Trepp\" width=\"550\" height=\"395\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Third place, Michael Trepp (picture: Ad Jonker)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ImageBorder\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/shows\/dpm-2016\/41.jpg\" alt=\"Fourth place, Ivan Geentjens\" width=\"550\" height=\"398\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fourth place, Ivan Geentjens (picture: Ad Jonker)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here are the full results. Lower places were decided by the number of wins in the last group in which they played.<\/p>\n<table style=\"margin: auto; width: 360px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"BodyCentreBold\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" bgcolor=\"#DDDDDD\" width=\"360\"><strong>Dutch Pinball Masters 2016<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\" width=\"360\">\n<table width=\"360\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col span=\"2\" width=\"64\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Ern\u00f6 Rotter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Daniele Celestino Acciari<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Michael Trepp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">4<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Ivan Geentjens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">6<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Roy Wils<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">6<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Jochen Ludwig<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">6<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Jorian Engelbrektsson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">6<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Wil Dutton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">12<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Robert Sutter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">12<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Julio Vicario Soriano<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">12<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Craig Pullen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">12<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Krisztian Szalai<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">12<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Sylvain Gr\u00e9vin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">12<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Archibald Lef\u00e8vre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">12<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Albert Nomden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">12<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Taco Wouters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">17<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">S\u00e9bastien Puertas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">17<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Cayle George<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">21<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Thomas van Clapdorp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">21<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">John van der Wulp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">21<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Dirk Elzholz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">21<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Martijn van Aken<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">21<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Edwin Nijs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">27<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Tom Vis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">27<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Paul Jongma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">27<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Olivier Renders<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">27<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Martijn van Amsterdam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">27<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Levente Tregova<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">27<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Jasmijn de Jong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">27<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Arjan Neet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">27<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Johan Sm\u00e5ros<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">37<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Martin Ayub<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">37<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">J\u00fcrgen Schmitz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">37<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Stanislas Chabior<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">37<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Matt Vince<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">37<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Greg Mott<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">37<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Olli-Mikko Ojamies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">37<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Dirk Klaver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">37<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Gabriel Ortiz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">37<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Jules Reivers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">37<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Glenn Verhoosele<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">37<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Bart Volman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">37<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Eko Elens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">45<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">David Mainwaring<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">45<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Heinz Baumann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">45<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Devis Pierantozzi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">45<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Pascal Leroy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">48<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Jonas Johansson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">49<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Nils de Kleine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">49<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Fred van den Bosch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">57<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Lieven Engelbeen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">57<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Jerome Constenoble<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">57<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Cezary Glowala<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">57<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Joel Wozniak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">57<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Cesar Dubon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">57<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Rob Breyne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">57<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Laurent Mah\u00e9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">57<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Thomas Doepelheuer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">57<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">J\u00fcrgen G\u00e4rtner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">57<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Robert Lau<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">57<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Alain Boulieu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">57<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Vincent Chardome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">57<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Frank Goetl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">65<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">S\u00e9bastien Muller<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">65<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Ollivier Francq<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">65<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Evert Brochez<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">80<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Wilbert der Kinderen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">80<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Philippe Bocquet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">80<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Vin Jauhal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">80<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Dina Fukson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">80<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Kirsten Adam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">80<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Jean Philippe Congnard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">80<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Helen de Haan-Verbeek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">80<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Matteo Filippin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">80<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Mark van der Gugten<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">80<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Jonas Valstr\u00f6m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">80<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Michel Rorive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">80<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Gerard Vos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">80<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Christoph Korrodi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">80<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Eric Buysen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">80<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Justin van Schooneveld<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">80<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Jan Anders Nilsson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">80<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Barry Driessen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">80<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Ramon Richard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">80<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Roger Wijnands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td 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align=\"center\" width=\"60\">109<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Peter Blakemore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">109<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Aki Seuranen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">109<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Ergun Erdemir<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">109<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Carlo Vijn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">109<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Kevin Sultana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">109<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Mattias Jeppson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">109<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Pontus Qvarfordh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">109<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Hinnerk Helbrecht<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">109<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Bart Bartholomeus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">109<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Jasper van Embden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">109<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">David Dutton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">109<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Florian Thomas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">109<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Bas van Embden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">109<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Didier Dujardin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">109<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Tobias L\u00f6fstedt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">109<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Marco Suvanto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">109<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Artur Natorski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">109<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Norbert Broman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">109<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Anthony Rorive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">109<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Daniela Oymann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td 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width=\"60\">131<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Evelyne Desot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">131<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Neil Fellender<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">131<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Tobias Wagemann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">131<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Karl Weber<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">131<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Mario Kertels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">131<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Rafael Masedo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">131<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Morten S\u00f8byskogen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">131<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Christophe Wozniak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">131<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Kelly Lembrechts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">131<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Norman Heikamp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">131<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Joeri Stroobants<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">138<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Karin Weilenmann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">138<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Frank Wolters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">138<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Lars Buge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">138<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Carlos Javier Parra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">142<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Tom Andre Andersen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">142<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Sandra S\u00f8byskogen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"60\">142<\/td>\n<td width=\"300\">Gema Lopez Torralba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>So once again the Dutch Pinball Masters has proved itself to be one of Europe&#8217;s major tournaments with many of the top players. The match play format seems to be enjoyed by everyone who took part, giving a guaranteed number of games against different opponents on assorted machines.<\/p>\n<p>The increased field only resulted in one fewer game per group while allowing a third qualifying session to be fitted into Saturday&#8217;s schedule. Any rulings which were needed were made by Albert and Paul jointly and seemed to be fair to all players. This no doubt contributed to the overall good conduct by all the players, and the generally friendly and laid-back atmosphere in the building.<\/p>\n<p>The schedule of matches and the scoring system all seemed to work well, with only a short delay between recording scores on paper and them appearing in the spreadsheet on the projector screen.<\/p>\n<p>We liked the new Classics Tournament format. Limiting the number of games to ten made it much fairer for everyone and meant all the players got to play all their games in the time available.<\/p>\n<p>The only real issue was with the restricted space in the DPM tournament area. This was the same last year and at times is was impossible to get to your next machine due to spectators and fellow players blocking the way. It got pretty warm in the hall on Saturday, but opening the side loading doors helped keep temperatures down while also providing an alternative entrance\/exit.<\/p>\n<p>The team at the bar provided swift, friendly service with a good selection of snacks, full meals and drinks at reasonable prices. Our only suggestion here is for a better beer choice than just Heineken when the Netherlands has so many great beers available. We&#8217;re sure Ad Jonker would have some good suggestions.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re already looking forward to next year&#8217;s DPM and the chance to get just that little bit closer to the final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NFV (the Nederlandse Flipper Vereniging, or Dutch Pinball Association) has been running since 1992 and operates a donation scheme where members can gift a machine to the association. That machine then becomes part of the association&#8217;s collection which is used to allow shows such as the Dutch Pinball Open to take place each year. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[309,75,310,77],"class_list":["post-7204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shows","tag-dpm","tag-dutch-pinball-masters","tag-netherlands","tag-veenendaal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7204"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7233,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7204\/revisions\/7233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}