IPA Finals (2025-2026) Recap


Overview


The IPA 2025-2026 tournament concludes with the IPA Finals on April 11.


SeedTeamLocationPointsAvg FinishStatus
6CambridgeCambridge, England, UK301.2th2026 IPA Champion
7PennPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA152.8nd2nd
9WaterlooWaterloo, Ontario, CA132.8nd3rd
4New YorkNew York, New York, USA123rd4th

Average: 3.5 points, Standard deviation: 8.35 points



Cambridge wins the IPA Finals and is crowned the 2025-2026 IPA champion. Penn, Waterloo, and New York follow, respectively. Cambridge entered the playoffs as the 6 seed. Waterloo wins four of the five tables in a blowout. This is Cambridge’s first IPA title.


Congratulations to Bobby Luo, Cedric Khua, Dan Heathcote, Ethan Yeo, Harrison Emery, Hongwoo Choi, Jas Kang, Matthew Zhang, Nicholas Land, Patrick Thomas, Seyane Sivarakulan, and Zhang Chenxi.

IPA Finals Table Results

Table 1

TeamNamePlacementPoints
PennKyle Zhou1st7
WaterlooBrandon Kwan2nd4
CambridgeHarrison Emery3rd2
New YorkPatrick Zhang4th1

Table 2

TeamNamePlacementPoints
CambridgeEthan Yeo1st7
New YorkAndy Xu2nd4
WaterlooKaiwen Xu3rd2
PennLeo Li4th1

Table 3

TeamNamePlacementPoints
CambridgeHongwoo Choi1st7
WaterlooJoshua Zheng2nd4
New YorkBenjamin Fredrickson3rd2
PennCheng How Koh4th1

Table 4

TeamNamePlacementPoints
CambridgeJas Kang1st7
PennKerry Zhao2nd4
WaterlooMatthew Wang3rd2
New YorkNicholas Nakamura4th1

Table 5

TeamNamePlacementPoints
CambridgeMatthew Zhang1st7
New YorkAlexander Huang2nd4
PennSunny Wang3rd2
WaterlooEhsan Syed4th1


Challenger

SeedTeamLocationPointsAverage FinishStatus
2TorontoToronto, Ontario, Canada601.2th2026 IPA Challenger Winner
1IllinoisChampaign, Illinois, USA151.8th

Toronto wins the inaugural IPA Challenger playoffs, taking four tables to Illinois’ one.


Congratulations to Amogh Manivannan, Edric Zhou, Eric Liao, Jump Pratumsuwan, Kenneth Luo, Larry Li, Shaanveer Sandhu, Suyash Shivhare, Tymon Cui, and Zhenghao Wang.


IPA Challenger Finals Table Results

Table 1

TeamNamePlacementPoints
TorontoSuyash Shivare1st15
IllinoisZhenglun Gavin Wu2nd0

Table 2

TeamNamePlacementPoints
TorontoShaanveer Sandhu1st15
IllinoisEric Song2nd0

Table 3

TeamNamePlacementPoints
TorontoEdric Zhou1st15
IllinoisDylan Wu2nd0

Table 4

TeamNamePlacementPoints
TorontoLarry Li1st15
IllinoisNathan Natoli2nd0

Table 5

TeamNamePlacementPoints
IllinoisPatrick Smith1st15
TorontoEric Liao2nd0