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• Format
The Championship consists of a qualifying stage,
semifinals, a final and a playoff for third
place.
The qualifier is a round robin where each
team meets all other competing teams in matches of 16, 20, 24 or 32 boards,
depending on the number of entries.
The four top teams will advance to the 64-board semifinals.
The two semifinal winners will play in the 96-board final
from which the new World Junior Champions will emerge; the losers will
participate in a 64-board playoff to determine third
place.
A special Swiss Pairs tournament
will be arranged for those failing to qualify. Any other Junior
player may also participate in this event, which proved so popular on
previous occasions. No nationality restrictions will be imposed on the
composition of the competing pairs.
• Program
| Day |
Time |
Function |
Place |
| Sunday, 17 |
11.00 - 13.00 |
Registration |
Hotel |
| 16.00 - 19.00 |
| Monday, 18 |
11.00 - 16.00 |
Registration |
Hotel |
| 16:30 |
Captains’ meeting |
Hotel |
| 18:30 |
Opening Ceremony (Buses leave
from Hotel at 17.30 hrs) |
SG |
| 21.00 |
Dinner |
Hotel |
| Tuesday, 19 |
09:00 |
Breakfast |
Hotel |
| 10:00 - 12:50 |
RR Round 1 |
FFB |
| 13:00 |
Lunch (buffet) |
FFB |
| 14:00 - 16:50 |
RR Round 2 |
FFB |
| 17:20 - 20:10 |
RR Round 3 |
FFB |
| 21:00 |
Dinner |
Hotel |
| Wednesday, 20 |
09:00 |
Breakfast |
Hotel |
| 13:00 |
Lunch (buffet) |
FFB |
| 14:00 - 16:50 |
RR Round 4 |
FFB |
| 17:20 - 20:10 |
RR Round 5 |
FFB |
| 21:00 |
Dinner |
Hotel |
| Thursday, 21 |
09:00 |
Breakfast |
Hotel |
| 10:00 - 12:50 |
RR Round 6 |
FFB |
| 13:00 |
Lunch (buffet) |
FFB |
| 14:00 - 16:50 |
RR Round 7 |
FFB |
| 19:00 |
Dinner |
Hotel |
| Friday, 22 |
09:00 |
Breakfast |
Hotel |
| 10:00 - 12:50 |
RR Round 8 |
FFB |
| 13:00 |
Lunch (buffet) |
FFB |
| 14:00 - 16:50 |
RR Round 9 |
FFB |
| 17:20 - 20:10 |
RR Round 10 |
FFB |
| 21:00 |
Dinner |
Hotel |
| Saturday, 23 |
09:00
|
Breakfast |
Hotel |
| Outing (basket lunch) |
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| Sunday, 24 |
09:00 |
Breakfast |
Hotel |
| 10:00 - 12:50 |
RR Round 11 |
FFB |
| 13:00 |
Lunch (buffet) |
FFB |
| 14:00 - 16:50 |
RR Round 12 |
FFB |
| 17:20 - 20:10 |
RR Round 13 |
FFB |
| 21:00 |
Dinner |
Hotel |
| Monday, 25 |
09:00 |
Breakfast |
Hotel |
| 10:00 - 12:50 |
RR Round 14 |
FFB |
| 13:00 |
Lunch (buffet) |
FFB |
| 14:00 - 16:50 |
RR Round 15 |
FFB |
| 19:00 |
Dinner & Players’
party |
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| Tuesday, 26 |
08:00 |
Breakfast |
Hotel |
| 09:00 - 11:20 |
Semifinals - Segment
1 |
FFB |
| 10:30 - 11:30 |
Swiss Pairs - Round 1 |
FFB |
| 11:45 - 12:45 |
Swiss Pairs - Round 2 |
FFB |
| 11:50 - 14:10 |
Semifinals - Segment
2 |
FFB |
| 13:00 - 14:00 |
Swiss Pairs - Round 3 |
FFB |
| 14:15 |
Lunch |
FFB |
| 15:20 - 17:40 |
Semifinals - Segment
3 |
FFB |
| 15:30 - 16:30 |
Swiss Pairs - Round 4 |
FFB |
| 16:45 - 17:45 |
Swiss Pairs - Round 5 |
FFB |
| 18:00 - 19:00 |
Swiss Pairs - Round 6 |
FFB |
| 18:10 - 20:30 |
Semifinals - Segment
4 |
FFB |
| 21:00 |
Dinner |
Hotel |
| Wednesday, 27 |
08:00 |
Breakfast |
Hotel |
| 09:00 - 11:20 |
Final/Playoff - Segment
1 |
FFB |
| 10:30 - 11:30 |
Swiss Pairs - Round 7 |
FFB |
| 11:45 - 12:45 |
Swiss Pairs - Round 8 |
FFB |
| 11:50 - 14:10 |
Final/Playoff - Segment
2 |
FFB |
| 13:00 - 14:00 |
Swiss Pairs - Round 9 |
FFB |
| 14:15 |
Lunch |
FFB |
| 15:20 - 17:40 |
Final/Playoff - Segment
3 |
FFB |
| 15:30 - 16:30 |
Swiss Pairs -
Round 10 |
FFB |
| 16:45 - 17:45 |
Swiss Pairs -
Round 11 |
FFB |
| 18:00 - 19:00 |
Swiss Pairs -
Round 12 |
FFB |
| 18:10 - 20:30 |
Final/Playoff - Segment
4 |
FFB |
| 19:15 |
Prizegiving |
FFB |
| 21:00 |
Dinner |
Hotel |
| Thursday, 28 |
09:30 |
Breakfast |
Hotel |
| 13:00 - 15:20 |
Final - Segment
5 |
FFB |
| 15:40 - 18:00 |
Final - Segment
6 |
FFB |
| 18:15 |
Prizegiving Ceremony |
FFB |
| 19:15 |
Departure of
buses to Victory Dinner, on a boat during a cruise on river Seine,
seeing Paris by night. |
| Friday, 29 |
Breakfast - Departure
(Transfer to airport, etc.) |
Hotel |
• Conditions of Entry
The Championship is open to all Zones of the World
Bridge Federation. Zone 1 may enter up to five teams, including the team
of the host country; Zones 2 & 6 up to three teams each; Zones 3 &
7 up to two teams each; and Zones 4, 5 & 8 one team each. At the discretion
of the Youth Committee, Zone 1 may be allowed a sixth team, provided the
total number of teams does not exceed 18. Each team consists of 4-6 players,
a non-playing captain and, possibly, other officials.
Age
limit - All players must have been
born on or after 1 January 1977.
Participation is by invitation only.
When applying, NBOs are required to submit, for consideration by
the WBF Credentials Committee, the full name of each team
member (player, captain, etc.), as well as the exact date of birth
of each player. Upon arrival, captains will be requested to present
the passports of their players for verification of age eligibility.
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• Entries
The Entry Fee to the tournament is US
$500 per team, payable by July 15, 2003. No
additional fee will be charged for participation in the Swiss Pairs.
All Zones are requested to announce their representative
teams by May 31, 2003. The Conditions of Contest
will be sent to participating NBOs immediately afterwards. The names of
the players must be submitted by June 30, 2003.
| Registration has been terminated |
• Entry Fees
Payment of the entry fee (US $500 per team) is due
before the tournament.
| Entry Fee to: |
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Christine Francin
World Bridge Federation
40 rue Francois 1er
F-75008 Paris
France |
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by July 15, 2003 |
• Conditions of Contest
9th World Youth Team
Championship's Conditions of Contest
• Systems
All systems of bidding and card play must comply with
the WBF Systems Policy (www.worldbridge.org/dept/systems/policy.htm).
The championship is a category 3 event; therefore HUM
systems and brown sticker conventions may not be used. Each
pair is required to complete an official Convention Card and lodge it
with the Appeals Committee by July 31, 2003. Cards must
be filled in using the WBF Convention Card Editor (freely available for
downloading from www.worldbridge.org/dept/systems/cce.htm).
| CCE file attached to email to joanandron@worldnet.att.net by
July 31, 2003 |
• Vugraph Transmition
There will be Vugraph transmition on the internet during
the Championship on http://www.bridgebase.com
• Prizes
The winners of the Championship will receive the Ortiz-Patiño
Trophy, to be kept for two years, and also silver
replicas for each player and the non-playing captain. Souvenir
gifts will be given to the first three teams.
Prizes and souvenir gifts will be given to the leading
competitors of the Swiss Pairs.
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