The 14th World Youth Team Championships

8th Playing Day Video

Taicang, China to welcome world Juniors Source Daily Bulletins

Last Playing Day

Gold Medals

Netherlands Juniors Gold Medal: coach Agnes Snellers, Aarnout Helmich, Joris van Lankveld, Gerbrand Hop, Chris Westerbeek, Ernst Wackwitz, Berend van den Bos, npp Bob Drijver	Poland Youngsters Gold Medal: Lukasz Witkowski, Michal Klukowski, Michal Gulczynski, Andrzej Terszak, Wojciech Kazmierczak, Igor Losiewicz, npc Wlodzimierz Krzysztofczyk, coach Stanislaw ‘Bubu’ Golebiowski sneaked in on both photos	Poland Girls Gold Medal: coach Miroslaw Cichocki, Justyna Zmuda, Natalia Sakowska, Kamila Wesolowska, Magdalena Holeksa, Katarzyna Dufrat, Danuta Kazmucha, npc Leszek Nowak

Plate Medals

Israel Juniors: Lotan Fisher, Gal Gerstner, Moshe Meyuchas, npc Gilad Ofir, Dror Padon, Lee Rosenthal, Eyal Erez	USA1 Youngsters: Adam Kaplan, Andrew Jeng, Richard Jeng, Zachary Brescoll, Zachary Grossack, Adam Grossack	Netherlands Girls: Janneke Wackwitz, Sigrid Spangenberg, Natalia Banas, Magie Ticha, Jamilla Spangenberg, Judith Nab

Bronze Medals

China Juniors: Ku Lai, Shen Jianqiu, Shao Yinpei, Chen Yichao, Hu Junjie,Jiang Yujie, npc Wang Xiaofeng	France Youngsters: Baptiste Combescure, npc Christophe Oursel, Fabrice Charignon, Julien Bernard, Clement Laboureyre, Grégoire Lafont, Ivan Caillau.	Italy Girls: Giorgia Botta, Margherita Costa, Michela Salvato, Flavia Lanzuisi, npc Emanuela Capriata, Margherita Chavarria, Federica Butto

Penultimate Playing Day

Two latinamericans in Taicang: Gerardo Zummel Argentina NPC  y Veronica Chediak Norway coach.

With 32 boards to end this are the last standings en each category:

The Transnational Teams Final Ranking, these are the first 10 positions:

All the positions: Click Aqui

In the matches for the gold medals, the most exciting is the Junior final, which got closer following an Israeli charge late in the third session. The Netherlands leads Israel
by 126 IMPs to 110.3. In the Youngsters, Poland leads USA1 by 145 IMPs to 100.3.
And in the Girls, Poland has a 32-IMP advantage over the Netherlands, being
ahead by 150-118. The trailing teams will be hoping for some exciting deals in the last two sessions. Congratulations to the three bronze medal winners. In the Open, China defeated Australia by 137 IMPs to 126.5. Their team is Yichao Chen, Junjie Hu, Yujie Jiang, Kai Lu, Yinpei Shao and Jianqiu Shen, with Xiaofeng Wang the non-playing captain and Xueming Fu the coach. In the Youngsters, the medals go to France: Julian Bernard, Ivan Cailliau, Fabrice Charignon, Baptiste Combescure, Gregoire Lafont and Clement Laloubeyre, with Christophe Oursel the npc. They defeated Israel by 125 IMPs to 107. And in the Girls, Italy were third, defeating France by 127.3 IMPs to 103. The Italian team is Giorgia Botta, Federica Butto, Margherita Chavarria, Margherita Costa, Flavia Lanzuisi and Michela Salvato, with Emanuela Capriata the npc. The winners of the Transnational Teams were Che Shen, Hongji Wei, Jia Shen Yin and Yichen Yin, with Xiaofeng Wang as the npc and Jichao Hu the coach. They were two-thirds of the China Youngsters team, playing under the name China RDFZ.

8th Playing Day: The Semifinals Ended

Final Juniors: Netherlands vs. Israel.

Final Youngsters: Poland vs USA1

Final Girls: Netherland vs Poland

Transnational teams first 10 positions after 4 rounds

All Positions Click Here

7th Playing Day: In the Juniors, three quarterfinal matches were won comfortably. The Netherlands beat Singapore by 84 IMPs,

Australia defeated USA1 by 61, and China won over France by 110. The fourth match between Israel and Italy was close throughout. Italy started the last session up by 25 IMPs. After six boards, though, Israel were in front. Italy regained the lead two boards later. But Israel immediately gained 12 IMPs to take a lead they never lost, winning by 23 IMPs. In the Youngsters, France won by 72.5 IMPs over Italy, despite losing a few points in the first quarter. And USA1 won well over Australia, although the Antipodeans made the score closer in the last session, losing by 24.3 IMPs. In contrast, Israel beat Sweden by only 7 IMPs after being 30 ahead at halftime. And England won the first set against Poland by 57 IMPs, but Poland took the next three sessions, including an emphatic fourth quarter, to win by 60. The 56-board semifinals are Netherlands-Australia and Israel-China in the Juniors. Poland-France and USA1-Israel in the Youngsters. And Netherlands-Italy and Poland-France in the Girls.

Semifinal Line-Up – Juniors: Jaime Ortiz-Patiño Trophy

Semifinal Line-Up – Youngsters: José Damiani Cup

Semifinal Line-Up – Girls: Gianarrigo Rona Trophy

NETHERLANDS (+10)   VS         ITALY
POLAND (+10)                  VS        FRANCE 

Matches on BBO:  Thursday 2 August (all times GMT+8)

VG NETHERLANDS AUSTRALIA J                           13:00 & 15:30 & 17:55 TO BE DECIDED
B2 POLAND FRANCE Y
B3 USA1 ISRAEL Y
B4 POLAND FRANCE G
OG ISRAEL CHINA J

Juniors Quaterfinals KOs

Youngsters Quaterfinals KOs

6th Playing Day: What an exciting last day in all three divisions. The Girls event looked settled, with China 32 VPs behind fourth-placed Italy. But China gave Italian supporters some nervous moments by winning 25-5, 25-0 and 22-8 to finish only 4 VPs adrift. In the Youngsters, China looked well set with three rounds to go, but then lost 23-7 to Poland and 25-1 to Sweden. England had a middling day, with 18 from a bye and two 15-15 ties. Italy beat Singapore 25-4, but then lost to Canada by 17-13.Before the last round, the scores were England 251, Italy 249, China 239, with two to qualify. In the last round, China was not catching up. But then on boards 10-15 China scored 66 unanswered IMPs against Canada to move ahead of Italy into eighth place. Then Italy retaliated, gaining 28 IMPs over the last four boards to regain the last quarterfinal berth. England and Italy ended with 266, with China 2 points behind. The eighth spot in the Juniors was between Denmark and Singapore. Before the day began, Denmark led Singapore by 6 VPs. This margin widened to 11 after Round 17. But then Singapore crushed Argentina 25-0 to move within 3. In the last round, Singapore scored another maximum, this time over Egypt. And when Denmark defeated France by only 19-11, Singapore had made it. Now in the knockout stage we have 56-board quarterfinals and semifinals, and 80-board finals.

In bold are the countries that continue to play the championships

Juniors First 10 Butler Positions: All Positions Click Here

Juniors Quaterfinals and C/O:

Youngsters First 10 Butler Positions: All Positions Click Here

Youngsters Quaterfinals and C/O:

Girls First 10 Butler Positions: All Positions Click Here

Girls SemiFinals and C/O:

The players that didnt classify can participate in the: TRANSNATIONAL TEAMS

A seven-session Swiss Teams will be held on Thursday 2nd August and Friday 3rd August 2012. There is NO entry fee for the event.
If you have been knocked out in the qualifying event, then you will have Wednesday off for relaxing and sightseeing before this event begins. The event is open to all participants in the Juniors, Youngsters and Girls who have not qualified for the semifinals.

5th playing Day:  Situations in the three divisions are becoming clearer, with only three more rounds to be played on Tuesday. In the juniors, the top seven teams – Netherlands, Australia, Israel, France, USA1, China and Italy – look safe. The battle for the eighth quarterfinal berth will be between Denmark, Singapore, Bulgaria, Argentina and China Hong Kong. The same applies in the youngsters event, where Poland, France, Australia, Israel, Sweden, USA1 and China will probably qualify. England and Italy will fight for the eighth place. The four girls semifinalists are almost certain to be Netherlands, Poland, France and Italy. China, fifth, is 31 victory points behind Italy. But in bridge the unexpected can happen; perhaps a team will win three blitzes and leap up the field.

4th Playing Day: In the Juniors Netherlands leads with 279 VP,  Israel in second place 22 VP below, followed by France, Australia, USA 1, China, Italy and Singapore… the qualifying countries.

En Youngsters: Poland first with 216 VP, 8 VP below France and Australia…

Girls: The Dutch girls continue with a considerable lead, 37 victory points,  second Poland, and Italy third.

  Ultimos Resultados:

3rd Playing Day: In Juniors Netherlands leades with 187 VP, only 4 VP less France is tied with Israel, the rest of the countries in the qualifying area: China, USA1, Australia, Singapur y Bulgaria. Only 1 VP less in the 9th position Argentina and Italy… 2VP less USA2, all of them waiting for their opportunity to access to the qualifying area. 

En Youngsters: France is first with 181 VP, 6 VP less Poland, and Australia third with 171 VP.

Girls:  The Dutch girls have opened up a considerable lead, being 22 victory points ahead of second placed Italy, with Poland another 10 VPs behind in third. 

Results after 9 Rounds

2nd Playing Day: The championships are nearly one-third of the way through the qualifying stage in the junior event six rounds out of nineteen, just over one-third through in the youngsters competition six of seventeen, and exactly one-third into the double round-robin in the girls tournament. In the juniors, with eight teams to qualify, the top six have slightly separated themselves from the rest of the field. Israel is only one victory point ahead of the Netherlands in first, but is 33 in front of ninth. The youngsters division is even closer at the top, with France and Poland tied. They enjoy an 11-point lead over Australia. The Dutch girls have opened up a considerable lead, being 26 victory points ahead of secondplaced Italy, with Poland another 8 VPs behind in third.

Ranking After 6 Rounds:

1st Playing Day: After last night’s enjoyable opening ceremony and dinner with musical ccompaniment, now we have got down to the serious business of trying to decide three world championships with the first of six qualifying days.

In the Junior event, two of the pretournament favourites, the Netherlands and Israel, are in the lead, just ahead of the host country, China. The two American teams are tied in seventh. In the Youngsters division, Australia and France are tied for first, five victory points ahead of England. In these tournaments, the top eight will qualify for the quarterfinals starting next Wednesday. In the Girls competition, the Netherlands leads from Italy. Then there is a 13 victory point gap to third-placed Indonesia. The surprise so far is that Poland, often the team to beat in this event, is fifth. Here, only four teams move into the semifinals.

Ranking after round 3: 

The 14th World Youth Team Championships is being held in Taicang, a historic port city near Shanghai, China, from 25 July to 4 August 2012. It is the opinion of  csbnews  that  the World Bridge Federation, has made its biggest and best efforts to make this  14th World Youth Team Championship has a brightness never before achieved and we hope that all this dedication is rewarded.

This is the world’s flagship bridge competition for young people, played among qualified teams representing the eight geographical zones of the WBF. It comprises three series – for Juniors (up to 25), Youngsters (up to 20) andGirls (up to 25). For detailed information click here 

The Championships comprise three series – for Junior, Youngsters and Girls teams. Systems for the teams can be found by clicking the Links here: Junior Teams Systems   Youngsters Teams Systems   Girls Teams Systems

Junior Draw    Youngsters Draw    Girls Draw

The 14th World Youth Bridge Team Championships is being held in Taicang, a historic port city near Shanghai, in China, from 25 July to 4 August 2012. A quarter of a century since its original launch, the flagship competition of the WBF youth programme is expanded to accommodate a total of 20 zone-representative teams in each of the Junior and Youngsters series, and 14 teams in the Girls series. Another piece of good news is that with this edition the World Youth Team Championships returns to being again independently organized – the first time since 2006.

All Zones of the World Bridge Federation are invited to participate in this prestigious tournament with representative teams in each series. The host country is entitled to field one team in each series. Players in the Junior and Girls series may be up to 25 years old, while in the Youngsters series up to 20 years old.

The Championships consist of a qualifying stage, semifinals, a final and a playoff for third place in each series. The winners of the Junior series final will be the new World Junior Champions; they will receive the Ortiz-Patiño Trophy and silver replicas for each player and the non-playing captain. For the winners of the Youngsters series final there is the José Damiani Cup and replicas, in ad­di­tion to the World Youngsters Champions title. Finally, the World Girls Champions will receive the Gianarrigo Rona Cup.

Israel, 2011 Ortiz Patino Winners	Poland, 2011 Damiani Cup Winners	Poland Girls 2011 winners

This is the 14th event of the (Junior) series which was inaugurated in 1987 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. As a biennial com­petition, it was held in 1989 in Nottingham, Great Britain; in 1991 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; in 1993 in Århus, Denmark; in 1995 in Bali, Indonesia; in 1997 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; in 1999 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, in 2001 in Mangaratiba, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2003 in St.Cloud-Paris, France, in 2005 in Sydney, Australia; in 2006 in Bangkok, Thailand; in 2008 in Beijing, China and in 2010 in Philadelphia, USA.

The host country – The Netherlands, Great Britain & USA – won the Championship on the first three occasions, but this tradition was broken in 1993 by Germany. In 1995, Great Britain became the first country to win the title twice. Denmark won the title in 1997 and Italy in 1999. In 2001, USA be­came champions for the second time; Italy followed suit in 2003, but USA took the lead in 2005 and conquered the world title for the fourth time in 2006! 2008 marked Denmark’s second victory, while in 2010 a new winner emerged: Israel.

The World Youngsters Team Championship is held this year for the fifth time. In 2004, in New York, only Europe and North America took part, and the first winners were Poland. Israel won the 2006 edition and France in 2008, but Poland came back in 2010 winning the title for the second time.

Finally, following an experimental launch in 2010, won by Poland, this year the World Girls Team Championship will be contested by representatives of all WBF zones, having at stake the Gianarrigo Rona Cup, donated by the WBF President.

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