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2019–20 EBU Player of the Year Championship

The 2019–20 EBU Player of the Year Championship was the competition's sixth season. As per previous years, points were set to be accumulated over the EBU's ten most prestigious events from 1 October 2019 to 30 September 2020; However, COVID-19 led to the delay or cancellation of several events (as detailed below), leading to the season being declared incomplete. [1]

2019–20 EBU
Player of the Year Championship
Tournament information
SportBridge
DatesOctober 2019–September 2020
AdministratorEnglish Bridge Union

List of competitions

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Event [2][3] Format Dates Points
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
Gold Cup Single-Elimination Teams — 16 8 4 1
Spring Fours Double-Elimination Teams Cancelled due to COVID-19 14 8 4 1  –
Premier League (Division 1) Triple Round-Robin Teams 5 October – 10 November 2019 16 8 4 2  –
Crockfords Cup Single-Elimination Teams with Finals Finals delayed due to COVID-19 [4] 12 6 4 2 1 1 1 1
Four Star Teams Swiss Teams with Finals Cancelled due to COVID-19 8 4 2 1  –
National Point-a-Board Teams Round-Robin PaB Teams 25–26 January 2020 6 3 2 1  –
Summer Meeting Swiss Pairs Swiss Pairs Cancelled due to COVID-19 12 6 3 2 1  –
National Pairs Regional and National Matchpoint Pairs Final cancelled due to COVID-19 8 4 2 1  –
Guardian Trophy Matchpoint Pairs Cancelled due to COVID-19 6 3 2 1  –
Two Star Pairs Swiss Pairs with Matchpoint Finals 18–19 October 2019 6 3 2 1  –

Summary of results

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Standings after four events are shown below. Due to COVID-19, the season was declared incomplete with no winner. It is unknown as to whether the Crockfords Cup finals, set to take place in September 2021, will contribute to these unofficial results.

Place Name Event Total
GC SF PL CC FST PaB SMSP NP GT TSP
1 David Gold 16 NH 8 NH NH 1 NH NH NH 25
2 Espen Erichsen 8 NH 16 NH NH NH NH NH 24
2 Glynn Liggins 8 NH 16 NH NH NH NH NH 24
4 Graham Osborne 16 NH 2 NH NH NH NH NH 3 21
5 Mike Bell 16 NH NH NH NH NH NH 2 18
6 Alexander Allfrey 16 NH NH NH NH NH NH 16
6 Tony Forrester 16 NH NH NH NH NH NH 16
6 Andrew Robson 16 NH NH NH NH NH NH 16
6 David Bakhshi NH 16 NH NH NH NH NH 16
6 Janet de Botton NH 16 NH NH NH NH NH 16
6 Artur Malinowski NH 16 NH NH NH NH NH 16
6 Tom Townsend NH 16 NH NH NH NH NH 16

This list displays the top ten players (including ties); 74 players received points. Winners of each event are highlighted in bold. NH indicates Not Held.

References

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  1. ^ "Player of the Year Championship". Ebu.co.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  2. ^ "EBU Results 2019". Ebu.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  3. ^ "EBU Results 2020". Ebu.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Crockfords Cup". Ebu.co.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
 

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