• Venues

Open and Mixed Teams will be played in the Casino da Madeira, Av.do Infante, 9004-513 Funchal
Women’s & Seniors’ Pairs and Teams will be played in the Savoy Palace Hotel, Av. do Infante 25, 9004-542 Funchal

 • Format

The 55th European National Team Championships consist of four Series: Open (11 days), Women’s, Seniors’ and Mixed (all 7 days).
All four Championships will be played as a single complete round robin. The number of boards played in each match will be determined and published when the number of participants is known.

The 11th European Women’s Pairs Championship and the 9th European Seniors’ Pairs Championship are National Pairs competitions.
It is anticipated that each Pairs Championship will consist of two stages: a Qualifying Stage, and a Final Stage (Final A and Final B). However, should the number of participants permit, there will be a one stage all-play-all (Endless Howell) competition. Details of the competitions may be changed according to the final registration of participants.

 • Programme

 • Conditions of Contest

Attention is drawn to the Competitor's Commitment Form that must be signed by each participant. Details and a copy of the form can be found in the links below.

• General Conditions of Contest
• Supplementary Conditions of Contest
• Supplementary Conditions of Contest Women/Senior Pairs
• Commitment Form

 • Entries - Registration

Entries to the team events should be submitted electronically via the EBL Website (not by email) latest by the 15th of April, 2020. Payment of Entry Fees (see below) should be done latest by the 15th of May 2020. Player names should be registered latest by the 24th of May 2020 and all System Cards should be submitted latest by the 24th of May 2020, to anna@ecats.com.

Entries to the Pairs Events should be submitted electronically via the EBL website (not by email) latest by the 3rd of June 2020, which is also the deadline for the payment of the Entry Fees.

Each EBL member NBO is authorised to enter one Team in each of the Team Series. Each EBL member NBO is authorised to enter multiple Pairs in each of the Pairs Series.

NBOs must have paid the entry fee and be up to date with the payment of the annual dues (including for 2020) to the EBL before they can participate in the Championships. Each participant must play against all other participants which they are scheduled to meet. Entry and subsequent refusal to play will result in disqualification, as well as possible further sanctions against the NBO in question.

Every participant must, along with other criteria, satisfy the EBL Eligibility rules and be accepted for invitation by the EBL Credentials Committee.

To participate in the senior series a player must have been born in 1958 or earlier.

 • Entry Fees

Event Entry fees

A discount will be given to NBOs that did not participate in either of the last two EBL Team Championships held in Budapest 2016 and Ostend 2018. This discount applies separately for each Series. Such discounted Fees are € 1,750 for the Open Teams and € 1,250 for the Women & Senior Teams. In addition to the above, any NBO sending teams to all four Series will receive an additional 10% discount.

Entry Fees shall be paid by bank transfer to:

Important Note:

The payment instructions must include, as reference, the Registration Code you received by email when the registration was accepted. If you do not have that code you must state as reference the NBO name and Series (for Teams) respectively both player’s names (for Pairs). N.B.: If a payment is a lumpsum including fees for several Series/Pairs, all separate Registration Codes must be mentioned.