REIMS – Team Poland has won its third World University Bridge Championship, after 2004 and 2010. For Piotr Zatorski, it is the second time he’s won University gold, since he was also on the winning team in Kaohsiung. He also has a European gold medal from 2009. Silver went to the Czech Republic, and Bronze to […]
REIMS – On the 223rd anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, the World University Bridge Championship carried on as usual. Poland 1 took a lead of 16 VP over their nearest rivals, their countrymen.Czech Republic is one VP behind in the third place, but they still have both leaders (and Botswana) to face. Continuing […]
REIMS – Thursday was the longest day of the championships, the only one with four matches. Of the top five,Poland 2 had the best day, with two 25’s, but all five teams kept more or less together in the front group. Three “poursuivants”, as they say in the Tour de France, have detached themselves from […]
REIMS – The second day’s play saw no major upsets. The four overnight leaders were joined by Poland 2, which is a team worth looking out for, considering that it contains three previous University medallists, who have earned six medals in total: five silver and one gold for Jan Sikora at the 2010 Worlds. Germany […]
REIMS – Yesterday Tuesday, the sixth World University Bridge Championship started in earnest and 17 teams of 13 countries and regions entered the friendly competitions: 1) Belgium 2) Botswana 3) China 4) Croatia 5) Czech Republic 6) France 7) Germany 8) Netherlands 9) Poland 10) Serbia 11) Chinese Taipei 12) Thailand 13) Turkey For […]
REIMS – On Monday evening, competitors, organisers and guests gathered in the city hall of Reims to celebrate the opening ceremony of the 6th World University Bridge Championship which will be staged in Reims from July 10th to 15th. Patrick Bogacki, vice-president of the French Bridge Federation and Chairman of the Organising Committee welcomed all […]
BRUSSELS – The 3rd edition of the Online World University Team Bridge Championships organized by FISU and WBF are a huge success. No less than 61 university bridge teams representing 327 athletes from around the world have entered this competition. As a result, this competition is the biggest World Championships competition in any FISU sport […]
BRUSSELS – After 2007 and 2009, FISU and the World Bridge Federation have launched the registration for the 3rd World Online University Team Championships. The registration will be open until December 15th, 2011 and the teams must be composed of 4 to 6 players from the same country. With more than 35 teams already registered, […]