2014 European Teams Championships by EBL

European Bridge League

The 52nd European Team Championships will be held in Opatija, Croatia from Saturday 21st June to Tuesday 1st July it will be held at:  Sport Hall MARINO CVETKOVIĆ.

Format:  The Championships consist of 3 Series:  Open, Women and Seniors

The Open Series will be played as two round-robins:  In the first round-robin the teams will be divided into two groups in accordance with their ranking in the preceding 3 European Team Championships and will play a complete round-robin within their group with 3 matches a day of 16 boards (New – in place of 20).

 At the end of the first round-robin the 9 best ranked teams from each group will qualify for the second round-robin. The other teams finish the Championship at that stage. Each team qualified for the second (final) round-robin will play a 16 board match against each of the 9 teams from the other group.

The Women’s Series will be played as a single complete round-robin with all teams playing each other. The matches  will be of 16 boards (New – in place of 20). The round-robin will be played over 10 days with 2 or 3 matches a day.

The Seniors Series will be played on 7 days. The matches will be of 16 boards(New – in place of 20).

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