The World Bridge Federation has been invited to the Olympic E-Sports Week in Singapore, 19-25 June, organised by the International Olympic Committee.
Bridge will be one of the games available to play at one of many pavilions in the Free-To-Play Zone, set up by the IOC. The Zone will be a large exhibition at the Suntec Convention Centre, with tens of thousands of visitors expected over the week. At the WBF pavilion, they will be live-streaming tournaments from both BBO and Funbridge.
To play in some of these live-streamed events, the WBF are arranging qualification events on both BBO and Funbridge.
As part of the lead up to the week, the WBF are holding events on BBO and Funbridge. The winners from the tournaments will also be invited (travel and accommodation) to the Transnational week (August 28 - September 2) during the World Championships in Marrakech.
Programme for Online Bridge Olympic E-sports Week, 19-25 June
Qualification phase
- Monday 19th, Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st
- Tournaments of 6 boards (100 tournaments available)
- 0.50 BB$ on BBO or 25 diamonds on Funbridge, per tournament
- Best five tournaments to qualify with a minimum average of 55%
Final
- Friday 23rd, Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th
- free of charge, 8 Tournaments of 6 boards (50 tournaments available)
- Ranking according to the average of the best five.
Registration
For each event, please register on the relevant sites (BBO or Funbridge) and may play on either one or both. There will be online instructions, asking you to confirm which federation you belong to, for EBU members this will be the EBU. Registration implies complete acceptance of the BBO, Funbridge and WBF rules.
More Information
- Additional information about this event will be available on the BBO and Funbridge websites.
- WBF website
June 7, 2023