47th World Bridge Teams Championships

The 47th World Teams Championships is underway in Herning, Denmark.

There are four main events taking place, the Bermuda Bowl (Open Teams), Venice Cup (Women's Teams), D'Orsi Trophy (Seniors Teams) and Wuhan Cup (Mixed Teams). England have qualified for all four categories. Full details of each team are listed below.

All 4 categories start with a round robin of 23 rounds. The teams need to finish in the top 8 places after the round robin stage in order to progress to the Quarter Final stage.

UPDATE (27/08): The Open Team and the Seniors Team both played the respective USA1 teams in the Quarter Finals. After 8 rounds, the USA1 team for both events progressed to the Semi-Finals.

Congratulations to the Open and Seniors Teams who have progressed to the Quarter Final stage.

Patrick Shields, member of the Senior Team has been writing a blog during the event. You can read all the details here.

UPDATE (29/08): In the World Transnational Teams, Team Black (Andrew Black, Peter Bertheau, Simon Hult, Andrew McIntosh, Tom Paske & Frederic Wrang) reached the Quarter Final stage where they played the Norweigan Open team, in a very close match Team Black lost by a single IMP.

UPDATE (31/08): EBU member Matt Brown (who represents New Zealand) was part of Team Shourie who won the silver medal in the World Transnational Teams, congratulations to him! In the Board-a-Match Teams A final EBU members Rune Hauge (of Norway), Daniel McIntosh, Erik Sælensminde (of Norway) and Jan Petter Svendsen (of Norway) won the silver medal, congratulations to them!

Full results can be found on the WBF Results page.

		Open Teams		Women's Teams		Seniors Teams		Mixed Teams
Current VP Total & Position		272.58 - 7th		255.14 - 11th		269.01 - 6th		244.75 - 12th
Tuesday 26th & Wednesday 27th	QF	v USA1 217 - 246	-	-	QF	v USA1 213 - 274	-	-
	R23	v Belgium 17.91 - 2.09	R23	v Sweden 9.34 - 10.66	R23	v Japan 18.98 - 1.02	R23	v Italy 16.72 - 3.28
	R22	v Canada 13.96 - 6.04	R22	v Norway 8.42 - 11.58	R22	v China 18.76 - 1.24	R22	v Poland 9.67 - 10.33
Monday 25th August	R21	v USA2 17.04 - 2.96	R21	v Canada 12.44 - 7.56	R21	v Morocco 17.04 - 2.46	R21	v France 9.03 - 10.97
	R20	v Israel 16.72 - 3.28	R20	v Italy 13.48 - 6.52	R20	v Poland 5.81 - 14.19	R20	v USA1 3.79 - 16.21
	R19	v Italy 10.33 - 9.67	R19	v France 10.97 - 9.03	R19	v Austria 8.13 - 11.87	R19	v Sweden 12.16 - 7.84
	R18	v Sweden 7.29 - 12.71	R18	v Pakistan 18.29 - 1.71	R18	v Sweden 15.26 - 4.74	R18	v United Arab Emirates 12.71 - 7.29
Sunday 24th August	R17	v Chinese Taipei 9.03 - 10.97	R17	v Turkiye 3.12 - 16.88	R17	v Hong Kong China 15.06 - 4.94	R17	v Bermuda 20.00 - 0.00
	R16	v Denmark 1.96 - 18.04	R16	v South Africa 17.19 - 2.81	R16	v Australia 0.53 - 19.47	R16	v Israel 6.04 - 12.46
	R15	v Korea 18.04 - 1.96	R15	v Poland 10.97 - 9.03	R15	v Egypt 16.21 - 3.79	R15	v USA2 11.28 - 8.72
	R14	v New Zealand 16.72 - 3.28	R14	v Tunisia 15.26 - 4.74	R14	v France 14.42 - 5.58	R14	v India 11.87 - 8.13
Saturday 23rd August	R13	v Norway 6.52 - 13.48	R13	v USA2 5.58 - 14.42	R13	v India 10.33 - 9.67	R13	v Brazil 4.94 - 14.56
	R12	v Bangladesh 17.34 - 2.66	R12	v Denmark 4.74 - 15.26	R12	v Italy 3.62 - 16.38	R12	v Serbia 10.66 - 9.34
	R11	v Australia 5.81 - 14.19	R11	v Netherlands 1.24 - 18.76	R11	v New Zealand 11.58 - 8.42	R11	v Romania 13.23 - 6.77
	R10	v China 4.54 - 15.46	R10	v India 14.85 - 5.15	R10	v Argentina 3.79 - 16.21	R10	v Japan 16.03 - 3.97
Friday 22nd August	R9	v Switzerland 15.26 - 4.74	R9	v Brazil 16.03 - 3.97	R9	v Norway 17.34 - 2.66	R9	v Australia 8.42 - 11.58
	R8	v Guadeloupe 20.00 - 0.00	R8	v New Zealand 8.72 - 11.28	R8	v Denmark 7.56 - 12.44	R8	v China 0.00 - 20.00
	R7	v France 4.74 - 15.26	R7	v Australia 3.97 - 16.03	R7	v Canada 17.63 - 2.37	R7	v Denmark 0.72 - 19.28
	R6	v Argentina 16.03 - 3.97	R6	v Hungary 18.87 - 1.13	R6	v Chinese Taipei 7.84 - 12.16	R6	v Hong Kong China 7.84 - 12.16
Thursday 21st August	R5	v Brazil 14.85 - 5.15	R5	v Hong Kong China 15.46 - 4.54	R5	v USA1 10.33 - 9.67	R5	v Reunion 16.88 - 3.12
	R4	v Tunisia 3.62 - 16.38	R4	v China 5.58 - 14.42	R4	v Bangladesh 13.48 - 6.52	R4	v New Zealand 12.97 - 7.03
	R3	v India 18.04 - 1.96	R3	v Belgium 19.08 - 0.92	R3	vUSA2 17.19 - 2.81	R3	v Canada 9.67 - 10.33
	R2	v USA1 10.98 - 8.02	R2	v Argentina 6.28 - 13.72	R2	v Netherlands 10.66 - 9.34	R2	v Hungary 17.91 - 2.09
Wednesday 20th August	R1	v South Africa 4.15 - 15.85	R1	v USA1 15.26 - 4.74	R1	v Germany 2.66 - 17.34	R1	v South Africa 12.71 - 7.29