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IPA Finals (2024-2025) Recap

May 25, 2025
IPA 2024 - 2025

Overview


The IPA 2024-2025 tournament concludes with the IPA Finals on May 25th.


SeedTeamLocationPointsAvg FinishStatus
10WaterlooWaterloo, Ontario, CA271.6th2025 IPA Champion
5Georgia TechAtlanta, Georgia, USA212.2nd2nd
9Carnegie MellonPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA132.8th3rd
6OxfordOxford, England, UK93.4th4th

Average: 3.5 points, Standard deviation: 2.29 points



Waterloo wins the IPA Finals and is crowned the 2024-2025 IPA champion. Georgia Tech, Carnegie Mellon, and Oxford follows, respectively. Waterloo entered the playoffs as the 10 seed. Waterloo sweeps three of the five tables while Georgia Tech sweep two.


This is Waterloo’s first IPA Finals appearance and first IPA title. The team first competed in the 2021-2022 IPA season and placed out during the regular season. The team placed out during the IPA Playoffs in the 2022-2023 IPA season. The team now adds a championship to their collection.


Congratulations to Rahul Bangre, Gene Brand, Eric Jiang, Brandon Kwan, James Lu, Matthew Wang, Kaiwen Xu, and Joshua Zheng. This is the first year of IPA competition for all Waterloo players.




IPA Finals Table Results

Table 1

TeamNamePlacementPoints
Georgia TechBrian Li1st7
Carnegie MellonSoo Hyun Lee2nd4
WaterlooMatthew Wang3rd2
OxfordYunke Zhao4th1

Table 2

TeamNamePlacementPoints
WaterlooRahul Bangre1st7
Georgia TechDavid Peeler2nd4
OxfordKervin Tsai3rd2
Carnegie MellonHari Desikan4th1

Table 3

TeamNamePlacementPoints
WaterlooKevin Xu1st7
OxfordHugo Cox2nd4
Carnegie MellonGil Shteyman3rd2
Georgia TechZachary Weissman4th1

Table 4

TeamNamePlacementPoints
WaterlooEric Jiang1st7
Carnegie MellonTiannan Zhang2nd4
Georgia TechJustin Shiao3rd2
OxfordMatthew Lim4th1

Table 5

TeamNamePlacementPoints
Georgia TechAmrit Kohli1st7
WaterlooBrandon Kwan2nd4
Carnegie MellonMason Stark3rd2
OxfordHugo Saint4th1


Updates

The IPA tournament will resume with the 2025-2026 season in September.