> Master Points Plan

 Why is a new EBL Master Points Plan needed?
 
by Micke Melander

CONTENTS
1. Preliminaries 2. EBL Events
3. Titles 4. Changes in Regulations
5. EMPs Tables  
 

EBL MASTER POINTS PLAN

1 - PRELIMINARIES

1.1 European Master Points

European Master Points (EMP) can be obtained from EBL events only.

1.2 Season

The EMP season starts on January 1st of each year and follows the calendar year.

1.3 Categories

The categories where EMPs can be earned are:

1. EBL Championships in the following categories:
    • Open
• Women
• Senior
• Mixed
• Junior
• Schools
• Girls
2. EBL Festivals
3. EBL Simultaneous Pairs

An award will be given to the first 3 ranked players in each category every second year (the first occasion will be in Antalya 2007).

1.4 EMP ranking lists

All players will be in a common ranking list.

All EMPs will show the category in which they have been earned.

2 - EBL EVENTS

2.1 EMP for results in European Championship events are awarded automatically according to the scales of Tables 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
   
2.2 In addition, EMP may be awarded in EBL festivals and simultaneous tournaments according to the scales of Tables 6 and 7.
   
2.3 Neither EMPs nor titles will be awarded to those players who have not participated in at least one third of the number of boards played in the event.

In case of play offs or knockout, a player must have participated in at least one third of the sessions in all phases of the competition. (If the number of segments is not divisible by three, this quotient will be rounded upwards.) Round robin is to be considered one phase and all knockouts as one phase.

3 - TITLES

3.1 European Grand Master

The title of European Grand Master is given to players who have earned at least 1,000 EMPs or are already WBF Grand Masters.

3.2 European Grand Master

To qualify for European Master a player must have acquired 250 EMPs or more.

3.3 European Champion

The title of European Champion is given to a player who was awarded with an EBL gold medal.

EBL Master Points Committee
Micke Melander, Chairman
Berghemsvägen 36
S-863 36 Sundsbruk
Sweden

masterpoints@eurobridge.org

4 - CHANGES IN REGULATIONS

These Regulations may be amended and augmented without prior notice if circumstances so warrant so as to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the EBL MasterPoints Programme.

  

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