47th European Bridge Team Championships Page 5 Bulletin 2 - Monday, 21 June  2004


Herman’s Bridge Team Ratings

For a few years already, Herman De Wael of Belgium has been calculating bridge team ratings. Do contact Herman by e-mail (hermandw@hdw.be) or visit his website (www.hdw.be) for further information.
Just prior to the Europeans, the ratings for the Open series have become:

(The first number is the rating (in VP); the second is the number of (16-board) matches that are taken into account for the rating.)

No

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111

Team Name

Italy
United States
Norway
Poland
Indonesia
Netherlands
France
Sweden
Bulgaria
Israel
Spain
England
Russia
Denmark
Iceland
China
Canada
Germany
Austria
Greece
Turkey
Hungary
Australia
Brazil
Japan
Chinese Taipei
Lebanon
Belgium
Wales
Egypt
Czech Republic
New Zealand
Portugal
India
Finland
Ireland
Scotland
Argentina
Romania
Monaco
Croatia
Northern Ireland
Estonia
Faroe Islands
Thailand
South Africa
Belarus
Uruguay
Morocco
Slovenia
Ukraine
Switzerland
Pakistan
Chile
China Macao
Mexico
China Hong Kong
Serbia & Montenegro
Guadeloupe
Philippines
Lithuania
Colombia
Cote d'Ivoire
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Bahrain
Venezuela
Liechtenstein
San Marino
Tunisia
Bermuda
Syria
Peru
New Caledonia
Singapore
Bangladesh
Latvia
Trinidad and Tobago
Reunion
Jordan
French Guyana
Zimbabwe
Martinique
Cyprus
Sri Lanka
Guyana
Bolivia
Paraguay
Tonga
Guernsey
Jamaica
Kenya
Isle of Man
Uganda
Ecuador
French Polynesia
Mauritius
Malta
Jersey
Barbados
Botswana
Palestine
Saint Lucia
Tanzania
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Antigua and Barbuda
Dominica
Costa Rica
Anguilla
Grenada
Saint Vincent

VPs

22,17
20,82
20,24
20,12
19,36
19,29
18,97
18,82
18,79
18,59
18,54
18,50
18,14
17,81
17,53
17,50
17,45
17,44
17,29
17,21
17,15
17,11
16,82
16,62
16,51
16,45
16,21
16,20
15,83
15,83
15,78
15,65
15,53
15,51
15,45
15,39
15,30
15,20
14,70
14,70
14,29
14,10
13,98
13,96
13,95
13,90
13,50
13,48
13,41
13,40
13,35
13,23
13,13
13,07
12,96
12,92
12,70
12,62
12,30
11,91
11,88
11,54
11,44
11,22
11,02
10,92
10,72
10,63
10,50
10,27
10,26
10,22
10,07
9,82
9,52
9,46
9,37
8,90
8,79
8,79
8,42
8,31
8,29
8,05
7,99
7,96
7,86
7,86
7,79
7,74
7,63
7,27
7,24
7,18
6,99
6,69
6,56
6,14
5,70
5,65
4,59
4,47
4,13
3,93
3,18
2,73
0,16
-4,99
-5,89
-9,88
10,33

Matches

183
179
205
170
106
86
113
154
113
95
107
139
93
121
120
129
77
81
86
81
81
81
183
112
101
133
81
82
133
77
81
137
81
114
116
140
131
62
81
80
81
42
20
64
78
84
6
70
25
81
70
81
95
36
68
19
90
60
53
79
20
40
7
43
88
12
40
81
81
20
69
32
24
7
88
33
64
35
34
28
9
25
26
54
37
16
7
24
7
10
21
39
10
10
24
19
39
29
10
27
23
26
27
25
8
17
7
6
6
7
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