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The competition is reserved for the national champion teams of the 10 countries which ranked best in the Open Series of the 47th European Bridge Teams Championship, held in Malmö, June 2004, and in addition the defending champions, Angelini Tennis Club Parioli of Rome, Italy, and the host team.
The winner of the competition will be named 'European Champion Club'. They will earn the right to participate in the next edition of the tournament in 2006.
The top 10 countries of the Open Series of the 47th European Bridge Teams Championship are:
- ITALY, SWEDEN, POLAND, RUSSIA, ENGLAND, THE NETHERLANDS, TURKEY, GERMANY, DENMARK and FRANCE
The teams are divided into two groups of six and in each group a complete round-robin of 20 boards will be played.
At the end of the round-robin the first two ranked teams will play a knockout match of 48 boards (4 sessions of 12 boards) in semifinal A, the third and fourth in semifinal B and the fifth and sixth in semifinal C.
The winners of semifinal A will play a knockout match of 48 boards (4 sessions of 12 boards) for the title; the losers will play a knockout match of 36 boards (3 sessions of 12 boards) for third place. The winners of the semifinals B and C will play knockout matches of 36 boards (3 sessions of 12 boards), respectively, for fifth and ninth places; the losers of these semifinals will not play.
Teams from the same country will have to meet in the semifinals.
Date |
Time |
Event |
Group A and B |
| Thursday, 13 October |
15:30
15:45
16:00
19:30
20:30 |
Captains' Meeting
Opening Ceremony
Round Robin 1
Dinner
Round Robin 2 |
| Friday, 14 October |
09:45
12:45
13:20
16:20
20:00 |
Round Robin 3
Lunch
Round Robin 4
Round Robin 5
Dinner |
| Saturday, 15 October |
10:00
12:00
13:00
15:15
17:30 |
Semifinal 1
Lunch
Semifinal 2
Semifinal 3
Semifinal 4 |
| Sunday, 16 October |
10:00
12:00
13:00
15:00
17:00
20:30 |
Final 1 - Playoff 1
Lunch
Final 2 - Playoff 2
Final 3 - Playoff 3
Final 4
Prize Giving & Victory Banquet |
Honour Prizes |
Cash Prizes |
The EBL Champions' Cup will be awarded to the winning team and replicas will be given to the players.
EBL gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded to the players of the top 3 teams.
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1st Team € 6,000 |
2nd Team € 3,600 |
3rd Team € 2,200 |
4th Team € 1,600 |
5th Team € 1,000 |
6th Team € 600 |
The NBOs of the teams entitled to participate will receive all useful information from the EBL Secretariat.
For further information, please contact: |
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Marina Madia
EBL Secretariat
Via Ciro Menotti 11/C
I-20129 Milan
Italy.
 39-02-7000 0022
 39-02-7000 1398
 ebl@federbridge.it
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