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42nd World Bridge Teams Championships

Chennai, India • 26 September – 10 October 2015

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September 25, 2015

The 42nd World Bridge Teams Championships and the 10th World Transnational Open Teams Championship will be held at the ITC Grand Chola Hotel, Chennai (former Madras), India.

First Pics:

Diego Parramon Brenner & Luc Soudan
Diego Parramon Brenner & Luc Soudan

Miguel Villas-Boas y Fernando Lema
Miguel Villas-Boas y Fernando Lema

The Bermuda Bowl, Venice Cup and d’Orsi Trophy will be played as a single complete round-robin with all teams playing each other.  At the end of the round-robin the first best ranked teams will be admitted to the knock-out stages.  Quarter-final, Semifinal and Final KO matches will be played.

The 10th World Transnational Open Teams will take place during the second week, starting at 10.00 in the morning on Sunday 4th October.  The format will be Swiss Teams.  It is normally played as 10-board matches (5 per day) for 15 qualifying rounds (150 boards).

The Quarter Final will be played on Wednesday 7th October, the Semi Final on Thursday 8th October, the Final on Friday 9th and Saturday10th October.  If 120 teams or more enter the Championship, the KO stage (phase) will commence with a round of 16.

Players eliminated from the Round Robin of the Bermuda Bowl, Venice Cup & d’Orsi Trophy will be able to enter the World Transnational Open Teams Championship free of charge provided they enter as a complete team.  Players eliminated from the Quarter-final can drop in the WTOTC free of charge provided they enter as a complete team.

Programme

This is the provisional programme.

Date Time  
Saturday 26th September 10.00 Teams Registration
Saturday 26th September 17.00 Captains’ Meeting
Saturday 26th September 20.00 Opening Ceremony
Sunday 27th September 11.00 Round Robin 1st Match
Saturday 3rd October 17.10 Round Robin Last Match
Saturday 3rd October 19.45 Captains Meeting (Qualified Teams)
Sunday 4th –  Monday 5th October   Quarterfinals
Tuesday 6th –  Wednesday 7th October   Semifinals
Thursday 8th – Friday 9th – Saturday 10th October   Finals & PlayOff
Saturday 10th October 19.45 Prize-giving & Closing ceremony