USA: 2013 Open Trials

Source: [ilink url=»http://www.usbf.org/»]USBF[/ilink]

  2013 Open Trials: The 2013 USBC will select the USA teams for the 2013 Bermuda Bowl, to be held in Bali, Indonesia, Sept. 16-30, 2013.

 The 2013 USBC will be held at the Buena Vista Palace, in Orlando, FL, starting on Friday, May 31st and probably ending on Monday, June 10th.  Entries have now closed and there are 16 teams in the event, two of which have byes to the Quarterfinal stage. Base on the Conditions of Contest, the ITTC Technical & Advisory Committee has determined that the event will start with a 1.5 day 6 team Round Robin. Four of the teams in the Round Robin will advance to the Round of 16; the other two will be entitled to play in the USA2 bracket starting after the Round of 16. The Round of 16 will be 1.5 days long. The Quarterfinals, Semifinals & Finals will each be 2 days long. The teams in the USBC are seeded based on a combination of Individual Positioning Points, Masterpoints & ACBL Performance Points.  For information about seeding points click here.

These are the 16 teams, (includes their seeding position): (Click in the team name to read about the players)

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