The European Bridge League warmly congratulates all the European NBOs and players who achieved outstanding results at the recent World Bridge Team Championships in Herning. Their remarkable performances brought pride not only to their Federations, but to the whole European bridge community.
Venice Cup
🥇 Netherlands — Gold Medal
Merel Bruijnsteen, Judith Duursma, Magdalena Ticha, Doris van Delft, Wietske van Zwol, Martine Verbeek, Jacco van Egdom (captain), Aarnout Helmich (coach)
🥉 Poland — Bronze Medal
Cathy Baldysz, Sophia Baldysz, Aleksandra Jarosz, Ewa Morawska, Anna Sarniak, Joanna Zalewska, Miroslaw Cichocki (captain), Piotr Koluda (coach)
Wuhan Cup
🥇 Italy — Gold Medal
Dario Attanasio, Leonardo Cima, Federica Dalpozzo, Barbara Dessi, Gabriella Manara, Federico Porta, Valerio Giubilo (captain)
🥉 Poland — Bronze Medal
Katarzyna Dufrat, Maciej Hutyra, Danuta Kazmucha, Piotr Marcinkowski, Piotr Zatorski, Justyna Zmuda, Piotr Koluda (captain), Miroslaw Cichocki (coach)
Bermuda Bowl
🥈 Denmark — Silver Medal
Michael Askgaard, Dennis Bilde, Kasper Konow, Christian Lahrmann, Andreas Plejdrup-Meister, Martin Schaltz, Morten Bilde (captain), Palle Reimann (coach)
🥉 Sweden — Bronze Medal
Per-Ola Cullin, Marion Michielsen, Fredrik Nystrom, Mikael Rimstedt, Ola Rimstedt, Johan Upmark, Fredrik Kronmarker (captain)
d’Orsi Trophy (Seniors)
🥈 France — Silver Medal
Michel Abecassis, Marc Bompis, Philippe Chottin, Dominique Pilon, Philippe Soulet, Herve Vinciguerra, Guy Lasserre (captain), Wilfried Libbrecht (coach)
Transnational Teams
🥇 SPS Construction (Poland) — Konrad Araszkiewicz, Krzysztof Buras, Krzysztof Kotorowicz, Kamil Nowak, with coach Grzegorz Głasek
🥈 Shourie — with Stefan Thorpe (Netherlands)
🥉 Da Vinci — with Simon de Wijs (Netherlands) and Bauke Muller (Netherlands)
BAM (Board-a-Match)
2nd place: Hauge — Rune Hauge (Norway), Daniel McIntosh (England), Erik Saelensminde (Norway), Jan Petter Svendsen (Norway)
3rd place: Poland Seniors — Piotr Bizon, Marek Blat, Apolinary Kowalski, Michał Kwiecień, Piotr Tuszyński, with coach Włodzimierz Starkowski
BAM Final B
1st place: Yoshka — Lotte de Wijs (Netherlands), Sarah de Wijs (Netherlands), Anne Gladiator (Germany), Kathrin Schwalbach (Germany), Daniela von Arnim (Germany)
The EBL is proud of the commitment, talent and spirit of all European players, and extends its heartfelt congratulations to every team and Federation represented in Herning.
