Three times the Swedish players in the Open Room gave their supporters a reason for standing ovations.

A lot of IMPs were at stake, when Sweden reached a slam on board 3. In the Closed Room Portugal had stopped in 4© making five, in the other matches many declarers had gone down in 6©, when they did not find the queen of trumps:

Board 3. Dealer South. EW Game ª 10 8 2 © 8 ¨ J 10 5 3 § J 10 9 8 4 ª 5 3 ª A K Q 7 6 4 © A 10 6 4 3 © K J 7 2 ¨ 6 2 ¨ K 9 § A 7 6 3 § K ª J 9 © Q 9 5 ¨ A Q 8 7 4 § Q 5 2 Open Room West North East South Andersson Monteiro Gullberg Santos 1© Pass 2NT(1) Pass 3ª Pass 3¨ Pass 3© Pass 3§ Pass 3NT Pass 4ª Pass 5ª Pass 6NT All Pass (1) heart support

Sweden's East player, Tommy Gullberg, did not like the idea of an unprotected ¨K in dummy and went for another denomination:

After a couple of inquiries, East found out, that his partner was semi-balanced, he therefore knew that the spades would probably bring in six tricks, so he bid 6NT. North decided to lead the §J and the Swedish supporters were already taking bets that Gullberg would finesse in hearts now, analyzing, that there must a be reason for South not to lead a heart if he only had three small ones but a much more risky doubleton jack instead. Gullberg took §A and cashed five more rounds in that suit. After throwing three diamonds it took South a little long to let go a club. Maybe that was another hint, that he possessed a valuable holding in hearts. Whatever his reasons were in the end, Gullberg did not let his fans down. He cashed the ªK, played the ©K and let the ©J run. That was +1470 and 13 IMPs to Sweden.

Then it needed very good defense to tie a board:

Board 6. Dealer East. EW Game ª 9 7 4 © A J 8 6 ¨ Q J 4 3 § Q 3 ª K 5 2 ª A Q J 10 3 © Q 10 4 2 © K 7 5 ¨ 9 8 7 5 ¨ 10 6 § 7 4 § A J 8 ª 8 6 © 9 3 ¨ A K 2 § K 10 9 6 5 2 Open Room West North East South Andersson Monteiro Gullberg Santos 1ª 2ª Pass Pass 2§ Pass Pass 3ª All Pass

In the Closed Room the Portuguese defenders played spade to the ace, spade to the king and heart to the jack and king. When the declarer misguessed the trump suit, he was one down, +50 to Portugal.

In the Open Room East/West started with three rounds of spades. Declarer ruffed and misguessed the clubs as well. Had East not found the heart switch now, South's heart loser would have gone on dummy's fourth diamond.

But Gullberg did the right thing again. He tabled the ©K! Santos had to lose a heart and another trump now, the board being a push instead of a 4 IMP-pick up for Portugal. And Swedish defense shone once more:

Board 10. Dealer East. Game All ª J 9 6 5 © K 9 6 ¨ A 9 7 4 3 § Q ª Q 7 ª 10 4 3 © A 7 3 2 © 10 5 4 ¨ K J 6 2 ¨ 5 § A J 10 § 8 6 5 4 3 2 ª A K 8 2 © Q J 8 ¨ Q 10 8 § K 9 7 Open Room West North East South Andersson Monteiro Gullberg Santos Pass 1NT Pass 3ª(1) Pass 3§ Pass 4§ All Pass (1) three-suiter with short clubs

Portugal bid up to the normal 4§-game:

Lars Andersson (and quite a couple of other West players) led the §7, which proved to be an awkward trap for the declarer, who now assumed to find the §Q on his right. He played small from dummy, took East's 10 with the king and crossed to dummy in diamonds to take the spade finesse. To his surprise he lost that trick to West, who cashed ªA, ©A and ¨K and gave his partner a diamond ruff for two down.

In the Closed Room West led the §Q. Declarer won and played a club. West took the trick and returned another spade. South drew trumps in two rounds, played the queen of diamonds to the king and ace and was home only losing a diamond and two aces. Sweden collected another 13 IMPs and held on to win a rather one-sided match by 53-6, 24-6 VPs