The 2001 World Bridge Championships comprises the Bermuda Bowl, Venice Cup and Transnational Open Teams competitions and takes place in Paris, France.

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2001 WORLD BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS

BERMUDA BOWL

USA 2 WINS THE BERMUDA BOWL - Norway takes the Silver

Congratulations to USA 2: Rose Meltzer; Kyle Larsen; Peter Weichsel; Alan Sontag; Lew Stansby; Chip Martel; NPC: Jan Martel; Coach: Fred Gitelman and a great round of applause too to Norway: Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, Boye Brogeland, Erik Sælensminde, Glenn Grøtheim, Terje Aa, NPC: Einar Asbjørn Brenne, Coach: Rolf E Olsen Click here for story and pics.

Norway vs USA II S7 - With 32 boards to play in the Bermuda Bowl final, USA II and Norway were tied at 195. Few could have envisioned this score when the Norwegians were ahead 164-85. The Americans mounted a strong charge in the fifth and sixth sessions to pull even. Thus it was, in essence, a 32-board match starting with the seventh session. Click Here for HTML page from Daily Bulletin site.

VENICE CUP

GERMANY WINS GOLD - FRANCE WINS SILVER
They trailed through 5 sets then a strong effort on Germany's part in the final segment of the finals of the Venice Cup brings home the gold. A great effort on behalf of Germany - a disappointing finish for France after a fantastic championship. Both teams should be extremely proud of themselves. Pictures and stuff here ...

Making it Count The dramatic conclusion to the Venice Cup Final is brought to you by Linda Lee of Masterpoint Press. In the Daily Bulletin, Issue 14

POLAND SUCCEEDS OVER ITALY TO WIN THE BRONZE IN BERMUDA BOWL USA II WINS BRONZE in VENICE CUP



From left: K.Martens, C.Balicki, M.Kwiecien, W.Siwiec (coach), J.Pszczola, A.Zmudzinski, R.Kielbasinski (President of PBU), M.Lesniewski

DAILY BULLETIN 12 - Poland gained a small measure of revenge for their defeat in Maastricht by outscoring Italy 86-74.3 while in the Venice Cup the USA II and Austria traded no less than 275 IMPs over the same 48 deals, the final score being 165-110.5.

The bridge newsgroup, rec.games.bridge has enjoyed some great postings, thoughts, and insight during these championships. Many thanks to Giovanni Bobbio and others for keeping newsgroup readers updated.

USA 2 wins the 1st Senior Bowl.

Qualifying in 4th place from the round robin, USA 2 defeated USA 1 in the semis and Poland in the finals

Grant BAZE, Gene FREED, Garey HAYDEN, Joseph KIVEL, Chris LARSEN, John ONSTOTT

Poland wins the Silver, France the Bronze.

SEE THE PLAYING SITE AND PLAYERS ON VIDEO! France's Federation Français de Bridge has video clips featuring interviews and more (all in French) - very cool!

Press Conference with the WBF, Oct 25. Spain "off the hook". Drug testing continues. And it's 8 open, 8 women, and 4 junior teams for the Salt Lake City Olympics. Click Here...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROSE
Rose Meltzer becomes the first woman to win a Bermuda Bowl - and on her birthday. Click Here for "A Shining Rose" from ACBL site (PHOTO: Marc Smith)

Bermuda Bowl
Quarter Final Results here
Semi Final Results here
Final Results here
Playoff Results here

Venice Cup
Quarter Final Results here
Semi Final Results here
Final Results here
Playoff Results here

Seniors Bowl
Semi-Final Results here
Final Results here
Playoff Results here

Transnational Teams
Semi-Final Results here
Final Results here

International Bridge
Press Awards
Daminai and Robson honored.
Click Here ...

Bermuda Bowl semifinal deals available at U Oregon - I have put the bidding and play records from the Bermuda Bowl semifinal, in .pbn format, in my archive at the University of Oregon. Click here for zip file. As always, anyone who wants to is welcome to use this data for whatever purposes they wish. ... Matt Ginsberg

I added "Room" designations to these files, so BridgeVu gets it right. Click Here Best regards, Vincent van Gelderen

BridgeVU is a free program by Fred Gitelman courtesy of BridgeBase Inc.

1 NORWAY 311 more pics
1 POLAND 311 more pics
3 USA 2 310
4 USA 1 306
5 ITALY 300 more pics
6 FRANCE 269
7 INDIA 263
8 INDONESIA 259

9 EGYPT 248
10 RUSSIA 245.6
11 ISRAEL 243.5
12 AUSTRALIA 238.9
13 NEW ZEALAND 228
14 JAPAN 226
15 ARGENTINA 217.5
16 BRAZIL 215
17 GUADELOUPE 192
18 HONG KONG 174

Venice Cup
Round Robin Final

1 FRANCE 342
2 USA 1 309
3 CHINA 307
3 ENGLAND 307 more pics
5 GERMANY 287
6 AUSTRIA 280
7 SOUTH AFRICA 275
8 USA 2 268

9 NETHERLANDS 263
10 ITALY 247
11 JAPAN 244
12 ISRAEL 240
13 CANADA 235.6
14 BRAZIL 221.5
15 AUSTRALIA 215
16 INDONESIA 197
17 VENEZUELA 169.5
18 INDIA 144.4

Seniors Bowl
Ranking after Round 5B

1 USA 1 274
2 FRANCE 250
3 POLAND 236
4 USA 2 229

5 ITALY 223
6 GUADELOUPE 200
7 EGY - SAF 160
8 BAHRAIN 74

OFFICIAL WBF CHAMPIONSHIP SITE Click Here

LINKS TO VUGRAPHS OF THE BERMUDA BOWL Click Here

DAILY BULLETIN
PDF FILES TIP: Click and hold on the link and choose "Download Link to Disk" to place a copy of the PDF bulletin on your hard drive for viewing at your leisure.

Bulletin 01 | Bulletin 02
Bulletin 03 | Bulletin 04
Bulletin 05 | Bulletin 06
Bulletin 07 | Bulletin 08
Bulletin 09 | Bulletin 10
Bulletin 11 | Bulletin 12
Bulletin 13 | Bulletin 14

VENICE CUP
DRAW Click Here
ROSTERS Click Here
RESULTS Click Here

SENIORS BOWL
DRAW Click Here
ROSTERS Click Here
RESULTS Click Here

DAILY CHAMPIONSHIP DIARY Click Here
The Championship Diary entries are taken from the Daily Bulletins, Co-ordinator: Jean Paul Meyer - Editor: Mark Horton - Assistant Editors: Brent Manley & Brian Senior French Editor: Guy Dupont - Layout Editor: Stelios Hatzidakis

Zone by Zone
Information and links regarding Zone playoffs for the 2001 World Championship Click Here