1998 World Bridge Championships


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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:

1998 Rosenblum Cup Winners 1998 McConnell Winners
Rosenblum Cup: Italy - Massimo Lanzarotti, Alfredo Versace, Antonio Sementa, Francesco Angelini, Lorenzo Lauriaand Andrea Buratti. McConnell Cup: USA - Sylvia Terraneo, Doris Fischer, Maria Erhart and Terri Weigkricht.


1998 World Open Pairs Champions 1998 World Women Pairs Champions
World Open Pairs Championship: Michal Kwiecien, and Jacek Pszcola(Poland). 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).
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Days and Rounds
Daily Bulletins Team
Events
Pair
Events
Other
Events
Internet Edition PDF
Friday
21 August
PDF file 240 K
M/Q1 Par1 + Booklet
Par2 + Booklet
Saturday
22 August
PDF file 284 K
M/Q2
M/Q3
Par3 + Booklet
Par4 + Booklet
Continuous
Pairs
Sunday
23 August
PDF file 317 K
M/F1, M/F2
ZM/1, ZM/2
Continuous
Pairs
Monday
24 August
PDF file 311 K O/RR
W/RR
J1, J2, J3, J4, J5

Continuous
Pairs
Tuesday
25 August
PDF file 337 K O/RR
W/RR
J6, J7, J8, J9, J10

Continuous
Pairs
Wednesday
26 August
PDF file 287 K O/RR
W/RR
J1, J2 Continuous
Pairs
Thursday
27 August
PDF file 323 K 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
J3, J4 Continuous
Pairs
Friday
28 August
PDF file 373 K 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

Junior
Individual

1st, 2nd, 3rd
Triathlon
Results

Continuous
Pairs
Saturday
29 August
PDF file 373 K O/KO16
W/QF
S9, S10, S11, S12
O/Q1, O/Q2
W/Q1, W/Q2
Continuous
Pairs
Sunday
30 August
PDF file 373 K 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
PDF file 373 K O/SF
W/F
O/SF1, O/SF2
W/SF1, W/SF2
S/Q1, S/Q2

ZO/1, ZO/2
Continuous
Pairs
Tuesday
1 September
PDF file 373 K O/F O/SF3, O/SF4
W/SF3, W/SF4
S/Q3

ZO/3, ZO/4
Continuous
Pairs
Wednesday
2 September
PDF file 373 K
O/F1, O/F2
W/F1, W/F2
S/F1, S/F2

IMP/1, IMP/2

Thursday
3 September
PDF file 373 K
O/F3, O/F4
W/F3, W/F4
S/F3, S/F4

IMP/3, IMP/4


Friday
4 September
PDF file 216 K
O/F5
W/F5


Abbreviations
O: Open
RR: Round Robbin
W: Women KO: Knockout
M: Mixed F: Final
J: Juniors PO: 3rd place Play-Off
S: Seniors SF: Semifinal
Z: Zonal QF: Quarterfinal
Q: Qualifying session

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