Congratulations!
Italy and Israel the New Champions


Italy Juniors, npc Gianpaolo Rinaldi, coach Andrea Pagani, Furio di Bello, Stelio di Bello, Ruggiero Guariglia, Francesco Mazzadi, Fabio lo Presti, Stefano Uccello
 
Israel, npc Yaniv Zack, Eliran Argelasi, Eran Assaraf, Ory Assaraf, Lotan Fisher, Idan Grunbaum, Gilad Ofir

Italy won the Junior Euopean Team Championship today. Early in their final match against Norway the Italians trailed by 25 IMPs but they held their collective nerve to come back to win by 41-32 IMPs, 17-13 VPs, to assure the gold medal, irrespective of results in other matches.

In a dramatic finish, Denmark snatched the silver medal thanks to a 23-7 victory over Russia, with Norway taking the bronze. France lost their last match 11-19 against Sweden to finish just half-a-VP behind Norway. If a fifth European team gets a place in next year's World Championships in Beijing, it will be Poland, who took fourth place ahead of England.

In the Schools, Israel's morning maximum against England put them in a strong position going into the final round. Thought they trailed Poland by 5 VPs, Israel had to play near-bottom-placed Scotland in the final round, while Poland faced third-placed Netherlands. Sure enough, Netherlands held the Poles, losing only by 13-17, and Israel's 25-4 win over Scotland earned them the Schools European Team Championship and the gold medal. Norway took the bronze, overtaking Netherlands thanks to a 24-6 last round victory over Germany. Scotland's 4 VPs against Israel just held off Wales so that the Welsh had to take last place.


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Sunday 7 July 20:30 Juniors Round 1 But1    
Monday 8 July 10:00
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Juniors Round 2
Juniors Round 3
Juniors Round 4
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Tuesday 9 July 14:30
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Juniors Round 5
Juniors Round 6
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Wednesday 10 July 10:00
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Juniors Round 7
Juniors Round 8
Juniors Round 9
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Thursday 11 July 20:00 Juniors Round 10 But10 Schools Round 1
Friday 12 July 10:00
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Juniors Round 11
Juniors Round 12
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Schools Round 2
Schools Round 3
Schools Round 4
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Saturday 13 July 10:00
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Juniors Round 13
Juniors Round 14
Juniors Round 15
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Schools Round 5
Schools Round 6
Schools Round 7
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Sunday 14 July 10:00 Juniors Round 16   Schools Round 8 But8
Monday 15 July 10:00
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Juniors Round 17
Juniors Round 18
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Schools Round 9
Schools Round 10
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Tuesday 16 July 10:00
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Juniors Round 19
Juniors Round 20
Juniors Round 21

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Schools Round 11
Schools Round 12
Schools Round 13
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Wednesday 17 July 10:00
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Juniors Round 22
Juniors Round 23

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Schools Round 14
Schools Round 15
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Wednesday Evening 17 July 20:30
21:00
Prizegiving Ceremony
Victory Banquet

The 18th European Youth Team Championships is held in Torquay, England, from 7 to 17 July 2002.

The event comprises a Junior series (for players born in 1977 or later) and a Schools series (for players born in 1982 or later). It is open to national teams of the EBL member countries and is organized by the European Bridge League in cooperation with the English Bridge Union.

The Championship is the flagship of the EBL youth programme. It was inaugurated in 1968 in Prague (Juniors only), and since then has been held regularly every two years. The Schools series was added in 1994 to accommodate younger players coming out of national bridge programmes for school children.

The 17th event of the series was organized in July 2000 in Antalya, Turkey. The reigning champions are Norway in the Junior series and Poland in the Schools. Thus, the list of past winners reads:

Year
Venue
Junior winner
Schools winner
1968
Prague, Czech Republic Sweden
no competition held
1970
Dublin, Ireland Denmark
1972
Delft, The Netherlands Poland
1974
Copenhagen, Denmark Sweden
1976
Lund, Sweden Austria
1978
Stirling, Scotland Great Britain
1980
Tel Aviv, Israel Norway
1982
Salsomaggiore, Italy Poland
1984
Hasselt, Belgium France
1986
Budapest, Hungary The Netherlands
1988
Plovdiv, Bulgaria France
1990
Neumünster, Germany Norway
1992
Palaiseau, France Italy
1994
Papendal, The Netherlands Great Britain France
1996
Cardiff, Wales Norway Germany
1998
Vienna, Austria Italy Italy
2000
Antalya, Turkey Norway Poland

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