| The 1998
World Bridge Championships have been concluded in Lille,
France.
The Championships comprised the prestigious Vivendi Rosenblum Cup, the knockout open team
event, the Louis Vuitton McConnell
Cup (the equivalent for women), the Société Générale World Open
Pairs Championship, the Louis
Vuitton World Women Pairs Championship, the J.M Weston World Mixed Pairs, the Lipton Ice Tea Junior Triathlon, the Elf World Senior Pairs and Teams
Championships, as well as many other important side
tournaments.
In the Mixed Pairs Championship 598 pairs competed, while 233
teams took part in the Vivendi Rosenblum Cup together with 56
teams in the Louis Vuitton McConnell Cup and 29 teams in the
Lipton Ice Tea Junior Triathlon.
In the Société Générale Open
Pairs, the Elf Senior Pairs and the Louis Vuitton
Women Pairs competitions which are now being played, a total of more
than 850 pairs have competed. 66 Junior Pairs took part in Lipton Ice Tea
Junior Triathlon, while some 300 children played in a demonstration
Minibridge tournament.
The 1998 tournament is the 10th event of the series and the reigning
champions - the 1994 winners - are:
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| Rosenblum Cup: Italy - Massimo Lanzarotti, Alfredo
Versace, Antonio Sementa,
Francesco Angelini, Lorenzo Lauriaand Andrea
Buratti. |
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McConnell Cup: USA - Sylvia Terraneo, Doris
Fischer, Maria Erhart and
Terri Weigkricht. |
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| World Open Pairs Championship: Michal Kwiecien, and Jacek
Pszcola(Poland). |
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Women Pairs Championship: Jill Meyers, and Shawn
Quinn(USA). |
World Mixed Pairs Championship: Enza Rossano, and Antonio
Vivaldi of Italy.
Senior Pairs: Boris
Schapiro, and Irvin
Gordon(Great Britain). Senior Teams: Nissan Rand & Moshe Katz (Israel),
Christo Drumev(Bulgaria), and
Karl Rohan & Franz Barata
Austria.
Junior Triathlon: Paolo
Marino, and Daniele
Pagani(Italy).
| Days and Rounds |
| Daily Bulletins |
Team
Events |
Pair
Events |
Other
Events |
| Internet Edition |
PDF |
Friday
21 August |
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M/Q1 |
Par1 +
Booklet
Par2 + Booklet |
Saturday
22 August |
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M/Q2
M/Q3 |
Par3 +
Booklet
Par4 + Booklet
Continuous
Pairs |
Sunday
23 August |
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M/F1, M/F2
ZM/1,
ZM/2 |
Continuous
Pairs |
Monday
24 August |
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O/RR
W/RR
J1,
J2,
J3,
J4,
J5
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Continuous
Pairs |
Tuesday
25 August |
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O/RR
W/RR
J6,
J7,
J8,
J9,
J10
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Continuous
Pairs |
Wednesday
26 August |
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O/RR
W/RR |
J1, J2 |
Continuous
Pairs |
Thursday
27 August |
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O/KO64
W/KO32
S1,
S2,
S3,
S4
Z/1A, Z/1B
Z/2A, Z/2B
Z/3A, Z/3B
Z/4A, Z/4B
Z/5A, Z/5B
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J3, J4 |
Continuous
Pairs |
Friday
28 August |
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O/KO32
W/KO16
S5,
S6,
S7,
S8
Z/6A, Z/6B
Z/7A, Z/7B
Z/8A, Z/8B
Z/9A, Z/9B
Z/10A, Z/10B
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Junior
Individual
1st,
2nd, 3rd
Triathlon
Results
Continuous
Pairs |
Saturday
29 August |
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O/KO16
W/QF
S9,
S10,
S11,
S12 |
O/Q1, O/Q2
W/Q1, W/Q2 |
Continuous
Pairs |
Sunday
30 August |
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O/QF
W/SF
S/SF, S/F, S/PO, S/Z |
O/Q3, O/Q4
W/Q3, W/Q4 |
Continuous
Pairs |
Monday
31 August |
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O/SF
W/F |
O/SF1, O/SF2
W/SF1, W/SF2
S/Q1, S/Q2
ZO/1,
ZO/2
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Continuous
Pairs |
Tuesday
1 September |
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O/F |
O/SF3, O/SF4
W/SF3, W/SF4
S/Q3
ZO/3,
ZO/4
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Continuous
Pairs |
Wednesday
2 September |
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O/F1, O/F2
W/F1, W/F2
S/F1, S/F2
IMP/1, IMP/2 |
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Thursday
3 September |
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O/F3, O/F4
W/F3, W/F4
S/F3, S/F4
IMP/3, IMP/4
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Friday
4 September |
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O/F5
W/F5 |
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| Abbreviations |
| O: |
Open |
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RR: |
Round Robbin
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| W: |
Women |
KO: |
Knockout |
| M: |
Mixed |
F: |
Final |
| J: |
Juniors |
PO: |
3rd place
Play-Off |
| S: |
Seniors |
SF: |
Semifinal |
| Z: |
Zonal |
QF: |
Quarterfinal
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Q: |
Qualifying
session |
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