World Junior Teams Championship
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covers all of the Pairs and Individuals events.
The World Junior Teams Championship is a bridge
Contract bridge
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competition for zonal teams of players up to about 25 years old.Now "under-26" (u-26, U26) means that players must be under 26 at the end of the calendar year. So they may celebrate their 25th birthdays during the year; Junior competition during calendar 2011 is restricted to players born 1986 and later. Most world championship tournaments are played during summer and fall seasons; more than half but not all players are eligible to compete once after their 25th birthdays. The European Bridge League demarcations are u-26 (junior) and u-21 (youngster). It appears that the WBF plans to use the same restrictions universally after the first World Bridge Games (2008).
Zonal signifies both organization by the World Bridge Federation
World Bridge Federation
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(WBF) and qualification in eight WBF zones; for example (2006, 2008), six teams qualify from 'Europe' defined by European Bridge League
European Bridge League
The European Bridge League is a confederation of National Bridge Federations that organize the card game of contract bridge in European nations. In turn the EBL organizes bridge competition at the European level...
membership. Zones may require national representation; for example, the six European teams must represent six member nations of the EBL.
The oldest event, sometimes called the Junior Teams without qualification, dates from 1987 with some changes in definition. Today that is the "open" u-26 tournament (Juniors) in contrast to the u-26 for women (Girls) and the open u-21 (Youngsters). It has been held every two years, odd-number years to 2005 and even years from 2006. Competitors vie for the Ortiz-Patiño Trophy, presented by WBF President Emeritus Jaime Ortiz-Patiño who conceived the idea while serving as WBF President in 1985. The even-year tournaments officially constitute the World Youth Teams Championships for so-called juniors, girls, and youngsters. The entries are national teams, representing countries affiliated with the WBF via membership in the eight geographical "zonal organizations". Moreover, they must qualify within their zones, usually by high standing in a zonal championship tournament that is limited to one team per member nation.
The 2008 junior teams championships were part of the inaugural World Mind Sports Games
World Mind Sports Games
The first World Mind Sports Games were held in Beijing, China from October 3 to 18, 2008, about two months after the Olympic Games. They were sponsored and organised by the International Mind Sports Association with the General Administration of Sport of China and the Beijing Municipal Bureau of...
in Beijing
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, China
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. Denmark won its second gold medal, beating Poland in the final, while Norway won the bronze. The 1st Games also included under-28 and under-21 team championships won by Norway and France. Under-21 and u-26 are part of the WBF youth program (namely, two of the three World Youth Teams Championships) but u-28 is not.For three years WBF has called the under-28 bridge tournaments at the first Games exceptional, and said that the quadrennial Games would henceforth feature the u-26 and u-21 categories that are now standard in bridge.
According to a July 2011 announcement, however, the World Youth Teams will not be part of the 2nd Games (August 2012). Rather, the Mind Sports Games will again feature u-28 teams and the now-three flights of World Youth Teams will be held July/August in Cuba. Youth Bridge Schedule Changes. Central America & Caribbean Bridge Federation. Quoting the ACBL Daily Bulletin, Summer 2012 NABC. Confirmed 2011-10-04.
In 2010 Israel defeated France in the Juniors final while China won the bronze medal. The event was part of the newly christened World Bridge Series
World Bridge Championships
The World Bridge Championships consists of several sets of championships organized under the auspices of the World Bridge Federation.-World Bridge Series Championships:...
that also included World Young Ladies Teams and under-21 World Youngsters Teams, both won by Poland.
2011. At the 2nd World Youth Congress, "Ned Juniors" comprising four players from the Netherlands won the main teams event, a six-day tournament with 27 entries. Ned Juniors won the full-day 56-deal final by 131 to 60 IMPs against "Arg Uru" from Argentina and Uruguay. Meanwhile "Ned Rum", with one Dutch pair and one transnational pair from Romania and the United States, won third place against "France".(Board 1, Session 3) Here is the information online for every single deal, available by linking down via the "Results (linked schedule)". Bidding and play are not available for this match or event.
Arg Uru led the preliminary round-robin from which eight teams advanced to full-day knockout matches, and its second-place finish matched that by Argentina in 1989, the best finish for any youth players from outside Europe and North America.
The Youth Congress in odd-number years is transnational: pairs and teams comprising players from different bridge nations are eligible to enter. Transnational teams finished second and third in the main event, but 23 of 27 entries have team names which imply nationality. Medal ceremonies raise the national flag and play the national anthem is the gold medal winner is national in composition.
Scope
The Junior Teams event (or tournamentTournament
A tournament is a competition involving a relatively large number of competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses:...
in a narrow sense) officially became part of the plural "World Youth Teams Championships" when a tournament for under-21 players was initiated. Beginning 2009, teams events were added to the WBF youth program for odd-number years, contested immediately prior to the older events for pairs in the newly-christened "World Youth Congress".
Odd-year teams events are distinct from the older series of teams championships (now biennial in even years) and even-year pairs events are distinct from the older series of pairs championships (now biennial in odd years). Some conditions differ.
This article covers all "world championships" for youth teams while World Junior Pairs Championship
World Junior Pairs Championship
The World Junior Pairs Championship is a bridge competition organized by the World Bridge Federation. It was inaugurated 1995 in Ghent, Belgium, when it incorporated the European Junior Pairs Championship inaugurated 1991...
covers all "world championships" for youth pairs or individuals.
Location
The Youth Teams series has moved around the world, with only one of the last 10 renditions in Europe. Meanwhile all eight renditions (to 30 August 2011) now counted in the Youth Pairs seriesWorld Junior Pairs Championship
The World Junior Pairs Championship is a bridge competition organized by the World Bridge Federation. It was inaugurated 1995 in Ghent, Belgium, when it incorporated the European Junior Pairs Championship inaugurated 1991...
have been in Europe.
The distinct Youth Congress has been held 2009 in Turkey and 2011 in Croatia.
Results
The World Youth Teams Championships now comprise three concurrent events or flights: the original Juniors, the Youngsters from 2004, and the Girls from 2010. The latter are sometimes called "Schools" and "Young Ladies", as they were christened in Europe before adoption at the world level.The Juniors format has evolved. Currently all three flights determine three medalists. They end with a knockout stage and a playoff between losing semifinalists; that is, two concluding matches determine first and third places.
Juniors
The Netherlands won the inaugural world championship for junior teams in 1987 and won the Bermuda Bowl in 1993 with three of the recent junior players: Boer, Leufkens, and Westra. No other junior teams champions have so quickly won the Bermuda Bowl.| Year, Site, Entries | Juniors Medalists |
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 Netherlands Wubbo de Boer, Jan Jansma, Enri Leufkens, Marcel Nooijen, Rob van Wel, Berry Westra Berry Westra Berry Westra is a Dutch bridge professional. At age of 18 Westra made his debut with former bridge world champion Hans Kreijns in the meesterklasse . In 1986 Westra became European champion youth bridge. The world championship in the same category followed a year later... |
 France Bénédicte Cronier, Alexis Damamme, Christian Desrousseaux, Franck Multon, Jean-Christophe Quantin, (François Crozet)* |
 USA Guy Doherty, Jon Heller, Billy Hsieh, Asya Kamsky, Aaron Silverstein |
 Great Britain John Hobson, Derrick Patterson, John Pottage, Andrew Robson, Gerald Tredinnick, Stuart Tredinnick |
 Argentina Alejandro Bianchedi, Marcelo Cloppet, Juan Quitegui, Claudio Varela, (Alexis Pejacsevich, Leonardo Rizzo)* |
| France Alexis Damamme, Christian Desrousseaux, Pierre-Jean Louchart, Franck Multon, Jean-Christophe Quantin |
| USA 2 'USA 1' and 'USA 2' were the first and second qualifying teams from the US. Except in the World Mind Sports Games (2008), the United States has been represented by two national teams in the Juniors flight from 1991 and in all renditions of the Youngsters flight. They have been designated '1' and '2' except 'red' and 'blue' in the first two Youngsters. See World Youth Team Championships and its subpages. Martha Benson, John Diamond, Jeff Ferro, Brian Platnick, Wayne Stuart, Debbie Zuckerberg |
 Canada Mark Caplan, Fred Gitelman Fred Gitelman Fred Gitelman is a leading American bridge player, as well as the founder and manager of , a bridge playing site.... , Bronia Gmach, Geoff Hampson, Michael Roberts, Eric Sutherland |
 Australia Robert Fruewirth, Matthew Mullamphy, Peter Newman, John Spooner, Ben Thompson, Jim Wallis |
 Germany Guido Hopfenheit, Marcus Joest, Klaus Reps, Roland Rohowsky, (Rolf Kühn, Frank Pioch)** |
 Norway Lasse Aaseng, Geir Helgemo Geir Helgemo Geir Helgemo is a Norwegian professional bridge player. As of April 2011 he ranks number 11 among Open World Grand Masters.... , Svein Gunnar Karlberg, Espen Kvam, Jørgen Molberg, Kurt-Ove Thomassen |
| USA 1 Jeff Ferro, Eric Greco, Leni Holtz, Rich Pavlicek Jr., Kevin Wilson, Debbie Zuckerberg |
| Great Britain Jeffrey Allerton, Danny Davies, Jason Hackett, Justin Hackett, Phil Souter, Tom Townsend |
 New Zealand David Ackerley, Ashley Bach, Ishmael Del'Monte, Nigel Kearney, Charles Ker, Scott Smith |
 Denmark Freddy Brøndum, Mathias Bruun, Nicolai Kampmann, Lars Lund Madsen, Morten Lund Madsen, Jacob Røn |
| Denmark Freddy Brøndum, Mik Kristensen, Lars Lund Madsen, Morten Lund Madsen, Mikkel Bensby Nøhr, Jacob Røn |
| Norway Boye Brogeland, Thomas Charlsen, Espen Erichsen, Christer Kristoffersen, Bjørn Morten Mathisen, Øyvind Saur |
 Russia Arseni Chour, Youri Khiouppenen, Jouri Khokhlov, Dmitri Lobov, Alexander Petrunin, Boris Sazonov |
 Italy Bernardo Biondo, Mario D'Avossa, Riccardo Intonti, Matteo Mallardi, (Furio Di Bello, Stelio Di Bello)** |
| USA 2 Tom Carmichael, Eric Greco, Chris Willenken, Joel Wooldridge, (Chris Carmichael, David Wiegand)* |
| Denmark Gregers Bjarnarson, Anders Hagen, Kasper Konow, Mik Kristensen, Morten Lund Madsen, Mikkel Bensby Nøhr |
| USA 1 Brad Campbell, Joe Grue, John Hurd, John Kranyak, Kent Mignocchi, Joel Wooldridge |
 Israel Asaf Amit, Inon Liran, Yossi Roll, Ranny Schneider, Yaniv Vax, Aran Warzawsky |
| Denmark Michael Askgaard, Gregers Bjarnarson, Kåre Gjaldbæk, Jonas Houmøller, Andreas Marquardsen, Martin Schaltz |
| Italy Furio Di Bello, Stelio Di Bello, Ruggiero Guariglia, Fabio Lo Presti, Francesco Mazzadi, Stefano Uccello |
| Denmark Kåre Gjaldbæk, Boje Henriksen, Bjørg Houmøller, Jonas Houmøller, Andreas Marquardsen, Martin Schaltz |
| USA 2 Kevin Bathurst, Joe Grue, John Hurd, John Kranyak, Kent Mignocchi, Joel Wooldridge |
| USA 1 Ari Greenberg Jr., Joe Grue, John Hurd, John Kranyak, Justin Lall, Joel Wooldridge |
 Poland Konrad Araszkiewicz, Krzysztof Buras, Jacek Kalita, Krzysztof Kotorowicz, Piotr Mądry, Wojciech Strzemecki |
| Canada Tim Capes, Vincent Demuy, David Grainger, Charles Halasi, Daniel Lavee, Gavin Wolpert |
| USA 1 Josh Donn, Jason Feldman, Ari Greenberg Jr., Joe Grue, John Kranyak, Justin Lall |
| Italy Andrea Boldrini, Stelio Di Bello, Francesco Ferrari, Fabio Lo Presti, Alberto Sangiorgio, Matteo Sbarigia |
 Singapore Alex Loh, Choon Chou Loo, Kelvin Ng, Hua Poon, Fabian Tan, Li Yu Tan |
| Denmark Dennis BILDE, Anne-Sofie HOULBERG, Jonas HOUMOLLER, Emil JEPSEN, Lars Kirkegaard NIELSEN, Martin SCHALTZ |
| Poland Piotr NAWROCKI, Michal NOWOSADZKI, Przemyslaw PIOTROWSKI, Jan SIKORA, Artur WASIAK, Piotr WIANKOWSKI |
| Norway Erik BERG, Ivar BERG, Petter EIDE, Espen LINDQVIST, Allan LIVGARD, Tor Ove REISTAD |
| Israel Eliran Argelazi, Alon Birman, Lotan Fisher, Ron Schwartz, Bar Tarnovski |
| France Thomas Bessis, Christophe Grosset, Nicolas Lhuissier, Cedric Lorenzini, Quentin Robert, Frederic Volcker |
 China Yichao Chen, Junjie Hu, Zisu Lin, Yinghao Liu, Yinpei Shao, Di Zhuo |
* Crozet in 1987, Pejacsevich–Rizzo in 1989, and C. Carmichael–Wiegand in 1999 did not play enough boards in order to qualify for second place** Kühn–Pioch in 1993 and F. Di Bello–S. Di Bello in 1999 did not play enough boards in order to qualify for the title of World Champion
Youngsters
| Year, Site, Entries | Youngsters Medalists |
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| Poland Pawel Jassem, Tomasz Maciej Jochymski, Wojciech Kazmierczak, Mateusz Mroczkowski, Adam Smieszkol, Piotr Tuczynski |
 England MCINTOSH, PASKE, PAUL, RAINFORTH, ROBERTSON, SHAH |
| Netherlands Leeuwen, Leufkens, Nab, Philipsen, Verbeek, Wackwitz |
| France Marion CANONNE, Pierre FRANCESCHETTI, Alexandre KILANI, Aymeric LEBATTEUX, Nicolas LHUISSIER, Cedric LORENZINI |
| England |
| China |
| Israel |
 Latvia |
| Poland |
| Poland Marcin MALESA, Piotr NAWROCKI, Filip NIZIOL, Michal NOWOSADZKI, Przemyslaw PIOTROWSKI, Jan SIKORA |
| Israel Argelazi, Assaraf, Birman, Ofir |
| Norway Eide, Lindqvist, Livgard, Simonsen |
Girls
| Year, Site, Entries | Girls Medalists |
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| Poland Grabowska, Holeksa, Kazmucha, Sakowska, Krawczyk, Zmuda, Borusiewicz |
| France |
| China |
Youth Congress
The World Youth Congress is a distinct meet in odd years with transnational entries permitted in all teams and pairs events. It was inaugurated 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey; reiterated 2011 in Opatija, Croatia.40 teams entered the main event at the 1st World Youth Congress in 2009. At least two-thirds of the team names, and more among the strong performers, suggest a single nationality. "Japan Czech" won the final against "Italy Red" while "USA 1" won third place against "Netherlands Red". Evidently 8 teams advanced from preliminary play to knockout matches and there were no playoffs to distinguish any of the quarterfinal losers, 5th to 8th places.
27 teams entered at the 2nd Congress in 2011, all but four having team names that suggest a single nationality.
| Year, Site, Entries | Medalists |
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| 1. |   Japan Czech Noriaki KOIKE (Jap), Michal KOPECKY (Cze), Milan MACURA (Cze), Hiroaki MIURA (Jap) |
| Italy Red Massimiliano DI FRANCO, Arrigo FRANCHI, Andrea MANNO, Aldo PAPARO |
| USA 1 Jason CHIU, Kevin DWYER, Kevin FAY, Jeremy FOURNIER, Justin LALL, Matthew MECKSTROTH |
| Netherlands Red Bob DRIJVER, Marion MICHIELSEN, Danny MOLENAAR, Tim VERBEEK |
| 1. | NED Juniors Berend van den BOS, Aarnout HELMICH, Gerbrand HOP, Joris van LANKVELD |
 ARG URU Maximo CRUSIZIO (Arg), Felipe Jose FERRO (Arg), Rodrigo GARCIA DA ROSA (Uru), Alejandro SCANAVINO (Arg) |
 NED RUM Marius AGICA (USA), Bob DRIJVER (Ned), Radu NISTOR (Rom), Ernst WACKWITZ (Ned) |
| France Edouard DU CORAIL, Nicolas GAYDIER, Aymeric LEBATTEUX, Simon POULAT |
- World Championships & Events (double overview). World Bridge Federation.
- World Youth Congress. World Bridge Federation.
The World Youth Congress (to conclude 29 August 2011) will include "world championships" for teams, pairs, and individuals, each with Juniors and Youngsters flights if the number of u-21 entries is sufficient. There will also be secondary contests with alternative forms of scoring, board-a-match teams and IMP pairs(*).
Some of these events may officially continue "world championships" for junior players contested before 2009: miscellaneous ones, not those now held in even-number years: biennial (zonal) World Youth Teams Championships and quadrennial World Bridge Games.
- For the World Bridge Games, among 96 junior pairs in the final and 30 in the consolation, the WBF lists 124 co-national pairs, one England–Wales (because the Olympic movement recognizes Great Britain teams?), and one Argentina–Chile (why?).http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/worldchampionships/pairschampRPperson.asp?qtournid=683
The 2011 events for teams and pairs will be transnational in that entries may comprise players from different countries and open in that there is no preliminary qualification at zonal level.
Here is a list of pertinent past championships.
Teams
- 2009 only(*), World Juniors Teams Championship to Date (Board-a-match), World Youth Congress. WBF.
- 2009 only, World Juniors Teams Championship to Date (Swiss), World Youth Congress. WBF.
- 2002 only, junior flight of the IOC Grand Prix
Pairs
- 2009 only(*), World Juniors IMP Pairs Championships to Date (IMPs), World Youth Congress. WBF.
- 2006 only, youngsters pairs World Youngsters Pairs Championship to Date, World Youth Congress. WBF.
- 1995-2009, every two/three years World Juniors MP Pairs Championships to Date (matchpoints), World Youth Congress. WBF.
Individuals
- 2000 only, junior flight of the World Masters Individual Championships, World Masters Individual. WBF.
- 2004 only, World Juniors Individual Championship to Date, World Youth Congress. WBF.
University students
"under the auspices of the FISU".World University Team Cup. WBF.Teams comprise university student players from one nation, not one university.(2010 conditions)
Europe 1993 to 2001 (worldwide in 2000 and 2001)
- 1992 Antwerp World University Chess Championship, Lode Lambeets attended and initiated the same for bridge (2002)
- 1993 Antwerp, EBL President Paul Magerman
- 1994 DEN (2002)
- 1995
- 1996 NED (2008)
- 1997 NED
- 1998 DEN
- 1999 NED
- Hagen of Denmark 2002 "He began in Palermo in 1997 and missed only the 1999 edition when he preferred to take part in the Junior World Championships being held in Florida at the same time." (2002)
- 2000
- 2001 NED
- 2005 NOR
2000 0826-0902 Maastricht, Netherlands
Bridge Olympiades (11th Olympiad)
1st World University Teams Bridge Cup (conditions): "Players must be students of a recognized University, between 17 and 28 years of age. Each country may enter one representative team."
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- 24 entries; Austria, Italy, Denmark
- Europe (16): 123456789 579 0234
- 21! rounds, first 7 of 14 days
- Romania and Turkey listed 23/24 at WBFdatabase did not participate
2002 08 04/13 Bruges, Belgium
EBL from 199x, worldwide 2000, FISU 2002
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- 13 entries: Denmark [1994, 1998], Italy, Netherlands [four recent]
- Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Poland
- Europe (11): 12345689 11 12 13
2004 1031/1106 Istanbul, Turkey
alongside 12th Olympiad
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- 15 entries; Poland, Belgium, USA
- VP 284 276 247
- Europe (12): 124689 012345
- 17 to 27 at beginning of year (may turn 28)
- Anti-Doping, Open and Women only
2006 10-21/26 Tianjin, China
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- 27 entries; China A, USA, Poland B;
- Europe (16): 2345678 123578 026
- champion, Tianjin Normal University
- contenders CHN 25:5 USA, USA 17:13 POL, POL 22:8 CHN
- VP 508 492 472
2008 09 03/08 Lodz, Poland
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- 21 entries; Netherlands A, Poland A, Norway A
first European (EUC) 1993 Antwerp, initiator Paul Magerman, son Geert M is now technical delegate FISU
- Netherlands EUC champion 1996,97,99,01
- Netherlands runaway Marion Michielsen–Meike Wortel [Marjon en Maaike], Bob Drijver–Merijn Groenenboom, Danny Molenaar–Tim Verbeek.
- three Bulletins only, evidently days 1 to 3
- Europe:
2010 08-02/09 Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- organized by FISU and the Chinese Taipei University Sports Federation (CTUSF); supervised and assisted by other Chinese Taipei bodies; conducted under WBF technical rules
- round-robin teams-of-four; as many as two teams per nation, six players per team
- citizens born 1982—1992 (up to 28 during calendar 2010)
- current student registered in degree program or completed degree program preceding year
- "For the purpose of opening and closing ceremonies, the participating delegations are requested to bring with them 2 national/regional flags (96 x 144cm) as duly registered with FISU."
- 14 entries; Poland, France, Israel
- Poland in a runaway (11-1-1, average 21.3+ VP!); by IMPs the three Poland pairs ranked 1-2, 3-4 and 15-16 among all 73 participating players
- USA B fourth but slaughtered by Poland, France, Israel (18 total; average 21 in other matches; 8-4-1)
- Poland winner +31 VP before final round!
- POL 276 FRA 238 ISR 232
- Europe (6): 12359 14
2012 07-10/15 Reims, France
| Year | n | Champion | Runners up |
|---|---|---|
| 24 teams |
 Austria Andreas GLOYER, Arno LINDERMANN, Bernd SAURER, Martin SCHIFKO |
Italy DEN NED |
| 13 | Denmark Michael Askgaard, Gregers Bjanarson, Anders Hagen, Kasper Konow, |
Italy NED POL |
| 15 | Poland Krzysztof BURAS, Jacek KALITA, Krzysztof KOTOROWICZ, Piotr MADRY, Grzegorz NARKIEWICZ, Wojciech STRZEMECKI |
 Belgium USA TUR |
| 27 | China A Jing JIN, Xin LI, Jing LIU, Shu LIU, Yan LIU, Yan WANG |
United States POLb SWE |
| 21 | Netherlands A Marion Michielsen–Meike Wortel [Marjon en Maaike], Bob Drijver–Merijn Groenenboom, Danny Molenaar–Tim Verbeek |
Polanda NORa POLb |
| 14 | Poland Wojciech GAWEL, Jacek KALITA, Michal NOWOSADZKI, Jan SIKORA, Piotr WIANKOWSKI, Piotr ZATORSKI |
 France ISR USA |
External links
- 1st World Mind Sport Games contemporary coverage, 2008. World Bridge Federation
- 13th World Bridge Series contemporary coverage, 2010. WBF
- Youth Bridge program overview at WBF
- Youth Bridge — WBF Youth Committee website
- University Bridge program overview at WBF
- University Bridge in the World by Kuba Kasprzak