19th EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS' CUP

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19th EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS' CUP

Vitajte v Pezinku!

Pezinok, Slovakia ● 11 - 13 November, 2021

Dear Players, Officials and StaffOn my own behalf and on behalf of my colleagues on the Executive Committee, I take great pleasure in welcoming you to the 19th European Champions’ Cup in Pezinok/Slovakia.For many of you it will be the first international “facetoface” championship in a very long time, and I am certain you are excited to finally hold cards in your hand and engage with the other players at the table.I am looking very much forward to seeing you all as well - it has been way too long.We owe our sincere gratitude to the Slovak Bridge Federation and its president, Peter Belčák, for

organising this event in such beautiful surroundings. They have prepared everything for the participants to provide the greatest possible comfort, with the lowest possible risk of virus spread.I am certain that you will all help us to make this event a success by employing the highest ethical standards.Best of luck to you all, and I hope you will have a great time.

Jan Kamras - EBL President

Dear players, guests, officials, colleagues, friends,Fasting is over!We would like to thank the European Bridge League and its President, Mr. Jan Kamras, for the opportunity to co-operate in organizing this top competition in Slovakia. Slovak Bridge Association is proud and honoured to host the first live event organized by EBL in more than a year and half.Bridge is referred to as the king of all card games. With the support of the Palace Art Hotel in Pezinokwe’d like you to relive the atmosphere of nobility, respect and dignity of generations living in

this wonderful castle and demonstrate that you, players from the 12 best teams across Europe and members of EBL support staff - masters of the regal card game - are the perfect match for this charming environment. We hope you’ll enjoy the event and our absolute wish is that at the end of the week, when leaving the venue, the town, and the country, all of you, not just the winners, will keep us in your hearts and regard this edition of Champions’ Cup to be inspirational and exceptional in very many ways. Welcome to the table, the feast can start!

Peter Belčák - President, Slovak Bridge Association

19th European Champions' Cup

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After a year’s delay, the top ten bridge clubs of Europe can join once again for what used to be their annual reunion. This time, the venue is Pezinok, a small village in Slovakia, not far from its capital Bratislava.. The surroundings are beautiful and might well bring us back a little into the rural Central European atmosphere of past centuries – quite a contrast with modern-day Slovakia, a country that was founded as a fully independent state not so long ago. Still, the Slovaks have already treated the EBL to more events: a Small Federations Championship and a European Junior Championship. So we can look forward to their completion of what no doubt will be a successful hattrick for them. I wish you all, whether

you are new to European bridge or an old warrior on our scene, the best of luck and I am looking forward to reporting, once again, your many good bids and plays in our Bulletins.

Jos Jacobs - Daily Bulletin Editor

VUGRAPH MATCHES

Broadcast on Bridge Base Online

Thursday, 11 November

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

10:00 - 11:25

11:40 - 13:05

13:20 - 14:45

BC Onstein1 - BC Onstein 2

Israeli Champion - Bridge Contact Club

Israeli Champion - Bergen Akademiske

Legia Kosice - One Eyed Jacks

Bergen Akademiske - English Champion

Pescara Bridge - Bridge Contact Club

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

15:55 - 17:20

17:35 - 19:00

19:15 - 20:40

BK Lavec - Bergen Akademiske

BC Onstein 1 - Bridge Contact Club

Galim - English Champion

BC Onstein 1 - Israeli Champion

BC Onstein 2- One Eyed Jacks

Bulgarian Champion - Bridge Contact Club


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LIST OF TEAMS

BULGARIAN CHAMPIONSZahari Zahariev (pc), Diyan Danailov, Georgi Karakolev, Angel Vanchev

ENGLISH CHAMPIONSTom Townsend (pc), David Bakhshi, Janet De Botton, Espen Erichsen, Glyn Liggins, Artur Malinowski

ISRAELI CHAMPIONSIlan Herbst (pc), Ophir Herbst, Amir Levin, Josef Roll

BC'T ONSTEIN ISimon de Wijs (pc), Bob Drijver, Bauke Muller, Bart Nab, Ricco van Prooijen, Louk Verhees

BERGEN AKADEMISKE BKChristian Bakke (pc), Martin Andresen, Ole Berset, Thomas Charlsen, Bjorn Olav Ekren, Thor Erik Hoftaniska

BK LAVECPeter Fredin (pc), Alon Apteker, Mårten Gustawsson, Johan Sylvan

ONE-EYED JACKSKasper Konow (pc), Michael Askgaard, Anders Hagen, Jonas Houmoller, Lars Lund Madsen, Mikkel Bensby Nohr

GALIMPeter Gal (pc), Csaba Czimer, Gergely Dombi, Peter Marjai, Csaba Szabo, Tamas Szalka

PESCARA BRIDGEAlberto Forcucci (npc), Verino Caldarelli, Tiziano Di Febo, Kristian Dimitrov Zdravkov, Sergio Freddio, Berardino Mancini, Lanfranco Vecchi

BC ’T ONSTEIN 2Tim Verbeek (pc), Guy Mendes De Leon, Danny Molenaar, Thibo Sprinkhuizen, Berend van den Bos, Joris van Lankveld

LÉGIA KOŠICEJuraj Kvoček (pc), Marián Henc, Karol Lohay, Eduard Velecký, Martin Vodička

BRIDGE CONTACT CLUBKrzysztof Martens (npc), Sjoert Brink, Bas Drijver, Piotr Gawrys, Michal Klukowski, Fernando Piedra, Pierre Zimmermann


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PROGRAMME AND SCHEDULE OF PLAY


Friday, 12 November

Saturday, 13 November

9.30

10:00 - 11:25

9:30 - 11:45

Captain's meeting

Round 7

Semi-Final 1

Round 3

Round 10

Final 2

Round 1

Lunch

Lunch

Round 4

Opening

Round 8

Semi-Final 2

Lunch

Round 11

Prize-Giving, Closing Ceremony & Cocktails

Round 2

Round 9

Final 1

Round 5

Round 6

10:00 - 11:25

13:05 - 14:15

14:15 - 15:15

13:20 - 14:45

15:55 - 17:20

17:45 - 20:00

15:55 - 17:20

11:40 - 13:05

14:15 - 15:40

15:15 - 17:30

14:45 - 15:55

17:35 - 19:00

20:30

17:35 - 19:00

19:15 - 20:40

9.50

11:40 - 13:05

12:00 - 14:15


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PLAYERS' CONTACTS ON-SITE

Championship ChairmanJosef Harsanyi

Facility Venue ManagerRadúz Dula

Head Tournament DirectorDenis Dobrin

ReviewerEitan Levy

Hospitality deskCatherine Vitry

ScoringFotis Skoularikis

Daily BulletinJos Jacobs

EUROPEAN MASTERPOINT AWARDS

EMPs will be awarded according to the following scale:

• To qualify for EMP awards a player must have played at least half of the boards in the Round-Robin stage and at least half of the boards in the last KO-match won by his team.

• Teams may concede after the first stanza of a KO-match and the opponent will be declared winner of the match.

• Teams ranked 5th or below may withdraw before the start of the first stanza and the opponent will be declared winner of the match.

• Teams ranked 5th or below may mutually agree not to play a KO-match and will both be considered losers of that match. If this is the “Semifinal” within that group (5th-8th resp. 9th-12th) the other “Semifinalists” will be considered playing the “Final” in that group.

1st 5th 9th3rd 7th 11th2nd 6th 10th4th 8th 12th

100 40 20 880 30 15 550 25 10 2


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These notes are for the convenience of players and captains. They do not substitute for the obligation to know and follow the Conditions, Regulations and Policies of the EBL covering this event.

GENERAL• Smoking is prohibited anywhere in the venue building, including in the toilets.• Mobile phones and electronic devices capable of communication must be switched off in the playing

area and be visible at the table at all times, i.e. they may not be brought to the toilets.• All participants at the Championship venue must visibly wear their official identification badge.• Players are requested to be seated 5 minutes before the scheduled start of play. Any team or pair that

is not seated and ready to play at the start of a period of play will be subject to penalties.• At the table, whether play is actually taking place at the moment or not, players (and NPCs) may

converse only in English unless both pairs (and/or captains) agree to use some other common language at their own risk. TD adjudication will be in English only.

• During the period of play players should avoid discussions or arguments with partner or opponents. In case of a dispute a player’s proper recourse is to a TD (or to the Captain of the team).

BIDDING, ALERTS AND EXPLANATIONS• It is the responsibility of the alerting player to ensure that his screen-mate is aware of the Alert.

Requests for explanations, and the responses thereto, shall be made in writing.• A player’s first call should touch the extreme left of his own segment of the bidding tray, with

subsequent calls overlapping neatly and evenly to the right.• Only Dummy or Declarer may remove the bidding tray from the table, and only Dummy or Declarer may

put the board back in the centre of the table.

DURING AND AFTER PLAY• The opening lead must be made before the screen aperture is opened and only Declarer or Dummy

may open the aperture or call for it to be opened.• Each card should be played towards partner in a consistent manner and placed on the table in the

same position each time. Once played, the player should not vary the orientation of the card.• Quitted tricks should be placed consistently in a neat row in front of the player, evenly overlapping and

at an equal distance from the previous card.• If a player finds an opponent not following any of these rules, even after a warning, the proper recourse

is to call a TD.• If a pair should claim that the responsibility for the slow play is with their opponents, they will do so by

calling a TD. TDs are authorized to remove boards when play has not finished in the allotted time or when slow play may lead to play not being finished in time.

• If a player on the side of the screen receiving the tray considers there has been a break in tempo and consequently there may be unauthorised information he should call a TD. He may do so at any time before the opening lead is made.

• Players are strictly forbidden to watch play at any other table.• In respect of scores the protest time for all matches in the Round Robin ends 30 minutes after the end

of match 11, and in the Knockout stage 15 minutes after the end of the match.• The time for a request for a TD ruling, or a review of a ruling already received, ends 30 minutes after the

end of the match.

NOTES FOR PLAYERS


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DRAW


Friday, 12 November

Round 1

Round 7

LÉGIA KOŠICEBULGARIAN CHAMPIONSBRIDGE CONTACT CLUBBC ’T ONSTEIN 1PESCARA BRIDGEENGLISH CHAMPIONS

ENGLISH CHAMPIONSBK LAVECBERGEN AKADEMISKE BKBC ’T ONSTEIN 2GALIMISRAELI CHAMPIONS

ONE-EYED JACKSISRAELI CHAMPIONS

GALIMBC ’T ONSTEIN 2

BERGEN AKADEMISKE BKBK LAVEC

ONE-EYED JACKSPESCARA BRIDGEBC ’T ONSTEIN 1

BRIDGE CONTACT CLUBBULGARIAN CHAMPIONS

LÉGIA KOŠICE

10:00 - 11:25

10:00 - 11:25

Round 2

Round 8

BK LAVECBERGEN AKADEMISKE BKBC ’T ONSTEIN 2GALIMISRAELI CHAMPIONSLÉGIA KOŠICE

GALIMISRAELI CHAMPIONSLÉGIA KOŠICEBULGARIAN CHAMPIONSBRIDGE CONTACT CLUBBC ’T ONSTEIN 1

ONE-EYED JACKSENGLISH CHAMPIONS

PESCARA BRIDGEBC ’T ONSTEIN 1


ONE-EYED JACKSBC ’T ONSTEIN 2

BERGEN AKADEMISKE BKBK LAVEC

ENGLISH CHAMPIONSPESCARA BRIDGE

11:40 - 13:05

11:40 - 13:05

Round 3

Round 9

ONE-EYED JACKSPESCARA BRIDGEENGLISH CHAMPIONSBK LAVECBERGEN AKADEMISKE BKBC ’T ONSTEIN 2

ONE-EYED JACKSENGLISH CHAMPIONSBK LAVECBERGEN AKADEMISKE BKBC ’T ONSTEIN 2GALIM

BC ’T ONSTEIN 1BRIDGE CONTACT CLUB

BULGARIAN CHAMPIONSLÉGIA KOŠICE

ISRAELI CHAMPIONSGALIM



LÉGIA KOŠICEISRAELI CHAMPIONS

13:20 - 14:45

14:15 - 15:40

Round 4

Round 10

ONE-EYED JACKSBRIDGE CONTACT CLUBBC ’T ONSTEIN 1PESCARA BRIDGEENGLISH CHAMPIONSBK LAVEC

BRIDGE CONTACT CLUBBC ’T ONSTEIN 1PESCARA BRIDGEENGLISH CHAMPIONSBK LAVECBERGEN AKADEMISKE BK

BULGARIAN CHAMPIONSLÉGIA KOŠICE


BC ’T ONSTEIN 2BERGEN AKADEMISKE BK

ONE-EYED JACKSBULGARIAN CHAMPIONS

LÉGIA KOŠICEISRAELI CHAMPIONS

GALIMBC ’T ONSTEIN 2

15:55 - 17:20

15:55 - 17:20

Round 5

Round 11

BC ’T ONSTEIN 2GALIMISRAELI CHAMPIONSLÉGIA KOŠICEBULGARIAN CHAMPIONSBRIDGE CONTACT CLUB

ONE-EYED JACKSLÉGIA KOŠICEBULGARIAN CHAMPIONSBRIDGE CONTACT CLUBBC ’T ONSTEIN 1PESCARA BRIDGE

ONE-EYED JACKSBERGEN AKADEMISKE BK

BK LAVECENGLISH CHAMPIONS



BC ’T ONSTEIN 2BERGEN AKADEMISKE BK

BK LAVECENGLISH CHAMPIONS

17:35 - 19:00

17:35 - 19:00

Round 6

BERGEN AKADEMISKE BKBC ’T ONSTEIN 2GALIMISRAELI CHAMPIONSLÉGIA KOŠICEBULGARIAN CHAMPIONS

ONE-EYED JACKSBK LAVEC

ENGLISH CHAMPIONSPESCARA BRIDGEBC ’T ONSTEIN 1

BRIDGE CONTACT CLUB

19:15 - 20:40

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WINNING TEAM 2019

From left to right: Bob Drijver, Bauke Muller, Simon de Wijs, Bart Nab, Louk Verhees and Ricco van Prooijen

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