The qualification phase has just ended and the Knockout stage is now set:
🎯 Quarter-final bracket:
BELGIUM (carryover: 0.1) 🆚 BUCHAREST SENIORS
AUSTRIA (carryover: 0.1) 🆚 ZAKRZES
LALL 🆚 SWEDEN 1 (carryover: 0.1)
BALTIC EXPRESS (carryover: 0.1) 🆚 SWITZERLAND
Final ranking – Qualification stage
BELGIUM – 108.39
BALTIC EXPRESS – 100.34
SWEDEN 1 – 99.00
AUSTRIA – 93.00
SWITZERLAND – 91.54
ZAKRZES – 87.65
LALL – 87.61
BUCHAREST SENIORS – 84.01
BULGARIA – 82.47
GERMAN JUNIORS – 81.58
MARKOWICZ – 81.44
SCOTCH LOVERS – 79.61
THE SENIORS – 79.33
NORSE VIKINGS – 77.59
CROATIA – 76.45
CANADIAN OLDIES – 73.22
BOCHENSKI – 71.54
YE OLDE ENGLISH – 69.44
SCOTTISH SENIORS – 63.06
TEAM IRELAND – 62.80
REASON – 55.09
IMPRESSIONISTS – 54.84
The top eight teams advance to the Knockout stage, while the others will continue playing in a Swiss event.
Yesterday’s play also delivered a moment that made everyone smile:
Player: “Director, the system doesn’t work, I can’t play a card!”
Opponent: “He’s been tapping for a few minutes, no reaction.”
Director: “Please refresh your screen, it may help.”
Player: “I’ve refreshed twice. No difference. I’m tapping on a card and it’s not played.”
Director: “OK, I’ll play the card for you. Which card do you want to play?”
Player: “9 of clubs.”
Director: “But it’s a spade trick…”
Player: “Oh, I tapped on 9 of clubs. The system didn’t allow me to revoke.”
(Then played a spade without issue.)