1 – OPEN – WOMEN – SENIOR TEAMS
EMP awards according to the scale displayed on Table 1.
To see Table 1, click here.
The maximum number of EMPs to be received by the winner of the Women and Seniors Teams is 200 also if there are more than 30 teams participating. In that case the 10th-ranked team receives 33 points and the rest according to the table.
2 – MIXED TEAMS
EMPs are awarded according to Table 2.
TABLE 2
| RANKING | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4rh | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th |
| >100 | 75 | 50 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 80-99 | 60 | 40 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| <80 | 50 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
If there is no playoff for 3rd place, both teams share the EMP awards for 3rd and 4th place.
3- OPEN TEAMS (Open Championships)
EMPs are awarded according to Table 3.
TABLE 3
| RANKING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4rh | 5th-8th | 9th-16th |
| >100 | 125 | 100 | 75 | 50 | 20 | 10 |
| 80-99 | 100 | 75 | 50 | 35 | 15 | 7 |
| <80 | 75 | 50 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 5 |
If there is no playoff for 3rd place, both teams share the EMP awards for 3rd and 4th place.
4 – WOMEN AND SENIOR TEAMS (Open Championships)
EMPs are awarded according to Table 4.
| RANKING | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4rh | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th |
| >50 | 75 | 50 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 30-49 | 60 | 40 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| <30 | 50 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
If there is no playoff for 3rd place, both teams share the EMP awards for 3rd and 4th place.
5 – JUNIOR TEAMS
EMP awards equal the number of beaten teams plus a bonus according to the scale displayed on Table 5.
• To see Table 5, click here.
6 – YOUNGSTERS AND GIRLS TEAMS
EMP awards equal the number of beaten teams plus a bonus according to the scale displayed on Table 6.
• To see Table 6, click here.
7 – CHAMPIONS’ CUP
EMPs are awarded according to Table 7.
TABLE 7
| RANKING | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| 100 | 75 | 50 | 25 |
8 – OPEN PAIRS
EMPs awarded to the winners are equal to half the number of paticipating pairs, with a maximum of 125 EMPs. The rest of the awards depend on the EMPs awarded according to the immediate higher-ranked pair, as follows: 2nd, winners award-15; 3rd, runners-up award-10; 4th to 10th pair, higher-ranked pair-5; 11th to 20th pair, higher-ranked pair-3; 21st to 35th pair, higher-ranked pair-2. 3 EMPs are awarded to each pair ranked 36th and below in the final, if there is one.
Decimals are rounded-up.
Example: Awards in a 250-pair Championship
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th |
| 125 | 110 | 105 | 100 | 95 | 90 | 85 | 80 | 75 | 70 | 65 | 62 |
| 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th |
| 59 | 56 | 53 | 50 | 47 | 44 | 41 | 38 | 35 | 33 | 31 | 29 |
| 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th | 31st | 32nd | 33rd | 34th | 35th | 36th |
| 27 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
If there competition continues for the non-qualifiers, EMPs are awarded as in Table 8.
TABLE 8
| RANKING | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4rh | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |
| Final B | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
9 – WOMEN PAIRS
EMPs are awarded according to Table 9.
TABLE 9
| RANKING | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| 65 | 55 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 16 |
| 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | ||||
| 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | ||||
One point is given for reaching Final A.
10 – MIXED & SENIOR PAIRS
EMPs are awarded according to Table 10.
TABLE 10
| RANKING | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
| 75 | 65 | 55 | 50 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 22 | |
| 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | |||
| 19 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | |||
Two points are given for reaching Final A.
11 – JUNIOR PAIRS
EMPs are awarded according to Table 11.
TABLE 11
| RANKING | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th |
| 30 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
12 – YOUNGSTERS, GIRLS, AND JUNIOR MIXED PAIRS
EMPs are awarded according to Table 12.
TABLE 12
| RANKING | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th |
| 25 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
13 – INDIVIDUAL
EMPs are awarded according to Table 13.
TABLE 13
| RANKING | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # of Players | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| >48 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 30-47 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| >30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
14 – OTHER EUROPEAN EVENTS OR FESTIVALS
EMPs are awarded according to Table 14.
TABLE 14
| RANKING | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |
| 2-day event | 20 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 1-day event | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
European Master Points (EMPs) in WBF Event
EMPs can be earned in WBF events by European players only (see §1.1). The awards are as follows:
TABLE 21. OPEN TEAMS
| RANKING | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4rh | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
| World Bridge Games | 300 | 250 | 200 | 120 | 100 | 80 | 70 | 50 | 20 | 10 |
| World Teams (Bermuda Bowl) | 275 | 225 | 175 | 100 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 40 | 30 | 20 |
| World Bridge Series (Rosenblum Cup) | 175 | 150 | 125 | 80 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 |
| World Transnational Open | 150 | 125 | 90 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 5 |
TABLE 22. WOMEN AND SENIOR TEAMS
| RANKING | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4rh | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
| World Bridge Games | 250 | 200 | 150 | 100 | 75 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 35 | 30 |
| World Teams (Venice Cup) | 225 | 175 | 125 | 85 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 35 | 30 |
| World Bridge Series (McConnell Cup) | 150 | 100 | 75 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 | ||
TABLE 23. MIXED TEAMS
| RANKING | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4rh | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |
| World Mixed Team Championship | 100 | 75 | 50 | 40 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
TABLE 24. YOUTH TEAMS
| RANKING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4rh | 5th | 6th | |
| World Youth Championships | 75 | 50 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 5 |
| Youngsters Teams | 50 | 40 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 5 |
| Girls Teams | 50 | 40 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 5 |
TABLE 25. PAIRS
EMP awards are in accordance with the corresponding tables of the European Championships.
(0.5 is rounded up)
TABLE 26. INDIVIDUAL
EMP awards are in accordance with the Table 13.
TABLE 27. JUNIOR (MASTERS) INDIVIDUAL
| RANKING | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # of Players | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| >48 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 30-47 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| >30 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
TABLE 28. YOUNGSTERS AND GIRLS INDIVIDUAL
| RANKING | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
| any number of players | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
