All smiles from the newly crowned Champions

It is Team Lavazza, predominantly Italian with a dash of Austrian that is crowned as the new European Bridge Mixed Team Champions. Congratulations to Maria Teresa Lavazza, Giorgio Duboin, Alfredo Versace, Monica Cuzzi, , Guido Ferraro & Maria Erhart. They breezed past the French squad Stoppa, Danielle Avon, Marianne Serf, Jean-Louis Stoppa, François Stretz by 81 IMPs.

Third place went to Popova, a tripartite alliance of Bulgaria, Israel & Turkey, Dessy Popova, Rossen Gunev, Ahu Zobu, Ofer Haramati (the latter playing in only his second ever tournament!). They overpowered Mali's Norwegian/Polish combination of Artur Malinowski, Anna Sarniak, Siv Thoresen & Tomasz Winciorek by 41 IMPs.