The European Youth Teams Championships or "Team"?
The Youth Teams championships are "the flagship competition of the EBL youth programme". Every member of the EBL may enter one national team in each of three flights: Juniors (under 26), Youngsters (under 21), and Girls (u-26 female).
The biennial Junior Teams tournament was established in 1968 by the EBL Youth Committee, Chair Andre Boekhurst. Youngsters joined the program in 1994 and Girls in 2004. All three competitions are qualify some number of leading teams to represent Europe (zone 1) in the World Youth Teams Championships. Beginning 2005 the European event is conducted in odd years, a full year before the World event.[1]
2011 rendition
editIn the "Girls" tournament for under-26 female teams, Danuta Kazmucha and Justyna Zmuda of Poland played in the first 8 of 9 matches and were the highest-scoring pair (+256 IMPs).[2] Poland had clinched the championship in Round 8 of 9 with a convincing win over the runner-up Netherlands.[3]
At that point Poland led Latvia and England by 6 and 11 VPs, after 7 of 17 rounds in the Youngsters tournament.[4] Zmuda played in 9 of the last 10 matches, having missed the first 7, and finished as the fourth-high scoring player in that tournament (+255 IMPs).[5]
Zmuda & Krysa scored the highest average 1.42 IMP per deal in the Youngsters (followed by Krysa & Lonski 1.24 and the English pair 0.94). The ENglish were one of eight pairs to play all 340 deals. Four pairs played all 420 deals in the Juniors.
Zmuda & scored the highest average 1.07 IMP per deal in the Girls. They played 240 of 288 deals. (15 of 18 sets of 15). Poland's second pair was second-high scoring, followed by two Dutch pairs.
Poland won by 26.5 VPs, slightly more than the maximum score of 25 in each match. Poland scored 13 wins, with 3 losses and one tie; 20 VP per match. [20.0, namely 19.0 before Zmuda and 20.7 afterward]
While they did not "romp" to victory as in the Girls field, the 18-VP lead after 14 matches was prohibitive. With three rounds to go, second-place Israel had not yet faced any of the other three leaders. Israel beat Netherlands 53-29 (not a big margin), eked Poland 40-39, and lost to Sweden 40-60.
In the Juniors, the two Israel pairs were second- and third- high scoring per deal behind Agustin Madala and partner for Israel.
Girls: Italy 4, Sweden 5
Pres Yves Aubry, Girls closing ceremony [6]
- This Girls competition is a qualification step for the World Championship. In 2010, the girls participated for the first time in a World Championship with only four teams, of which two came from Europe. In 2012, the World Championship for the Girls will be held at the end of July and probably in Cuba. There will be eight teams and I have the great pleasure to announce to you that the first four teams in Albena will be qualified for this World Championship.
Year, Venue | Juniors | Youngsters | Girls | |
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2011[7] | gold | Israel | Poland | Poland |
Alon BIRMAN |
Wojciech KAZMIERCZAK |
Magdalena HOLEKSA | ||
silver | Italy | Israel | Netherlands | |
bronze | Denmark | Sweden | France | |
qualified | Bulgaria | England | Italy | |
qualified | France | Norway | ||
qualified | Netherlands | |||
Entries | 22 teams under-26 | 18 teams under-21 | 10 teams u-26 female | |
21 matches at 20 deals | 17 matches at 20 deals | 9 matches at 32 deals | ||
10 days, 420 deals | 7 days, 340 deals | 6 days, 288 deals |
Europe is represented by six, five, and four teams in the World Youth Teams Championships, contested in even years, so all the medalists and some also-rans qualify from the European championships.
Juniors
editE.
Year, Host | Entries | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
1968 Prague[8] | 11 teams | Sweden Olle BERGGREN, Martin ERIKSSON, Sune FAGER, Tommy GULLBERG, Anders MORATH, Pontus SVINHUFVUD | Portugal | Great Britain |
1970 Dublin[9] | 10 | Denmark Knud-Aage BOESGAARD, Flemming DAHL, Per ESKESEN, Gert KRISTENSEN, Peter SCHALTZ, Kirsten SERUP | Italy | Sweden |
1972 Delft[10] | 17 | Poland Marek BOREWICZ, Roman KRZEMIEN, Leszek LIPKA, Aleksander SWATLER, Henryk WOLNY, Jerzy ZAREMBA | Israel | France |
D.
Year, Host | Entries | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th | 5th |
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1968 Prague[8] | 11 teams | Sweden | POR | GBR | POL | NED |
1970 Dublin[9] | 10 | Denmark | ITA | SWE | FIN | ISR |
1972 Delft[10] | 17 | Poland | ISR | FRA | DEN | HUN |
C.
Year, Host | Entries | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|---|
1968 Prague[8] | 11 teams | Sweden | Portugal | Great Britain |
1970 Dublin[9] | 10 | Denmark | Italy | Sweden |
1972 Delft[10] | 17 |
B.
Year, Host | Entries | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1968 Prague[8] | 11 teams | Sweden | Portugal | Great Britain |
1970 Dublin[9] | 10 | Denmark | Italy | Sweden |
1972 Delft[10] | 17 | Poland | Israel | France |
A.
O.
Year, Host, Entries | Gold | Silver | Bronze | (other) World Teams participants | |
1986 Budapest[17] | 19 | Netherlands | France | Denmark | top two participated including Euro champion NED host |
1988 | GBR (first and 7th) participated, GBR as host | ||||
1990 | top three participated | ||||
1992 | DEN (top three and 15th) participated, DEN as host | ||||
1994 | ITA (top two and 5th) participated in Bali (why?) | ||||
1996 | ISR (top four) participated | ||||
1998 | NOR (top four) participated | ||||
2000 | FRA DEN (top five) participated | ||||
2002 | FRA POL ENG (top six) participated | ||||
2004 | NOR FRA ENG (top six) participated | ||||
2005 | NOR HUN ISR (top six) participated | ||||
2007 Jesolo[28] | 22 | Netherlands | Italy | Poland | NOR GER DEN (top six) participated |
2009 Brașov[29] | 23 | France | Israel | Norway | NED ITA GER SWE RUS (top eight) participated |
2011 Albena[7] | 22 | Israel | Italy | Denmark | BUL FRA NED (top six) have qualified |
Youngsters
editYear, Entries | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1994[21] 13 teams | Papendal, NED | France | Norway | Israel |
1996[22] 14 | Cardiff, WAL | Germany | Israel | Great Britain |
1998[23] 14 | Vienna, AUS | Italy | Netherlands | Poland |
2000[24] 12 | Antalya, TUR | Poland | Norway | France |
2002[25] 15 | Torquay, ENG | Israel | Poland | Norway |
2004[26] 15 | Prague, CZE | Poland | Israel | Netherlands |
2005[27] 14 | Riccione, ITA | Poland | Israel | Norway |
2007[28] 16 | Jesolo, ITA | Poland | Bulgaria | France |
2009[29] 14 | Brașov, ROM | Poland | Israel | France |
2011 [7] 18 | Albena, BUL | Poland | Israel | Sweden |
England and Norway also qualified for the 2012 World Youngsters Teams (5 teams from Europe).
Girls
editwith Victory Points, or final scores of this round-robin tournament
Year, Entries | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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2004[26] 11 teams | Prague, CZE | Austria | Sweden | Poland | |||
2005[27] 10 | Riccione, ITA | Netherlands | Sweden | Austria | |||
2007[28] 12 | Jesolo, ITA | Poland | Netherlands | Sweden | |||
2009[29] 14 | Brașov, ROM | Poland | France | Netherlands | |||
2011 [7] 10 | Albena, BUL | Poland | 202[30] | Netherlands | 175 | France | 154 |
Italy also qualified for the 2012 World Girls Teams (4 teams from Europe in a field of 8).
complete record
edit- This section illustrates some ways to present complete standings in wikitables that cover only a selection of years. It provides a complete record in plain text format suitable for input to some computer programs, which must be destined for Talk or User space.
Europe at the Worlds
editEurope at the World Youth Teams Championships
Juniors EBL/WBF: Field 1986/87: 5 2 ; 1 2 1988/89: 8 2 ; 1 gbr(7 host 1990/91: 12 3 ; 1 2 3 1992/93: 15 4 ; 1 2 3 den(15 host 1994/95: 12 3 ; 1 2 ita(5 ??? 1996/97: 18 4 ; 1 2 3 isr(4 1998/99: 16 4 ; 1 2 3 nor(4 2000/01: 17 5 ; 1 2 3 den fra(5 4 2002/03: 16 6 ; 1 2 3 eng fra pol(6 4 5 2004/05: 18 6 ; 1 2 3 eng fra nor(6 5 4 2005/06: 18 6 ; 1 2 3 hun isr nor(5 6 4 2007/08: 18 6 ; 1 2 3 den ger nor(6 5 4 2009/10: 17 8 ; 1 2 3 ger ita ned rus swe(6 5 4 8 7 2011/12: 6 qualify Youngsters 2004 : 6 3 ; 1 2 3[2002] 1 2 nor[2004](4 2005/06: 16 6 ; 1 2 3 ita lat swe(6 5 4 2007/08: 18 6 ; 1 2 3 eng ned nor(4 6 5 2009/10: 16 9 ; 1 2 3 eng ger hun ned nor swe(9 6 7 8 4 5 2011/12: 5 qualify Girls 2009/10: 4 2 ; 1 2 2010/11: 4 ; 1 2 3 4 qualify
row-year tables
editF.
Year, Host, Entries | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
2011 Jul 13–23[7]
Albena, Bulgaria |
22 | Isr | Ita | Den | Bul | Fra | Ned | Cro | Pol | Swe | Nor | Eng | Tur | Ger | Sco | Hun | Gre | Fin | Rom | Aus | Ire | Belgium | Ser | ||||
18 | Pol | Isr | Swe | Eng | Nor | Ita | Fra | Lat | Ned | Den | Hun | Tur | Bul | Cze | Sco | Ger | Rus | Aus | |||||||||
10 | Pol | Ned | Fra | Ita | Swe | Hun | Ger | Cze | Tur | Bul | |||||||||||||||||
2009 Jul 8-18[29]
Brasov, Romania |
23 | Fra | Isr | Nor | Ned | Ita | Ger | Swe | Rus | Pol | Aus | Rom | Bul | Cze | Den | Eng | Lat | Hun | Gre | Cro | Fin | Tur | Bel | Ire | |||
14 | Pol | Isr | Fra | Nor | Swe | Ger | Hun | Ned | Eng | Ita | Tur | Den | Cze | Rom | |||||||||||||
14 | Pol | Fra | Ned | Swe | Den | Est | Cze | Hun | Ger | Nor | Ita | Eng | Tur | Rom | |||||||||||||
gap 1974–2006 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | |||||||||||||||||
1972[10]
Delft, Netherlands |
17 | Pol | Isr | Fra | DEN | HUN | GBR | NED | ITA | GER | SWE | YUG | NOR | IRE | TUR | FIN | SPA | BEL | |||||||||
1970[9]
Dublin, Ireland |
10 | Den | Ita | Swe | FIN | ISR | FRA | NED | IRE | SPA | GBR | ||||||||||||||||
1968[8]
Prague, Czechoslovakia |
11 | Swe | Por | GBr | POL | NED | FIN | DEN | AUS | HUN | CZE | IRE | |||||||||||||||
Year, Host, Entries | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 |
G.
Year, Host, Entries | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
2011 Jul 13–23[7]
Albena, Bulgaria |
22 | Israel | Italy |
Denmark | BUL | FRA | NED | CRO | POL | SWE | NOR | ENG | TUR | GER | SCO | HUN | GRE | FIN | ROM | AUS | IRE | BEL | SER | ||||
gap 1998–2009 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | |||||||||||||||||
1996 Jul 19-28[22]
Cardiff, Wales |
26 | Norway | Russia | Denmark | ISR | NED | SWE | ICE | HUN | POL | ITA | LIT | TUR | GER | GBR | FRA | AUS | IRE | FIN | ROM | POR | CZE | BEL | SPA | YUG | GRE | SWI |
14 | Germany | Israel | Great Britain | Swe | Den | Aus | Ita | Fra | Ned | Pol | Yug | Rus | Ire | Gre | |||||||||||||
1994 Jul 15-24[21]
Papendal, Netherlands |
22 | Great Britain | Denmark | Poland | NOR | ITA | RUS | ICE | ISR | SWE | FRA | NED | IRE | GER | TUR | HUN | GRE | BEL | FIN | CRO | SWI | CZE | AUS | ||||
13 | France | Norway | Israel | pol | belarus | ita | gbr | ned | swe | ger | aus | belgium | ire | ||||||||||||||
gap 1974–1992 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | |||||||||||||||||
1972[10]
Delft, Netherlands |
17 | Poland | Israel | France | DEN | HUN | GBR | NED | ITA | GER | SWE | YUG | NOR | IRE | TUR | FIN | SPA | BEL | |||||||||
1970[9]
Dublin, Ireland |
10 | Denmark | Italy |
Sweden | FIN | ISR | FRA | NED | IRE | SPA | GBR | ||||||||||||||||
1968[8]
Prague, Czechoslovakia |
11 | Sweden | Portugal | Great Britain | POL | NED | FIN | DEN | AUS | HUN | CZE | IRE | |||||||||||||||
Year, Host, Entries | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 |
column-year data
editEUROPEAN YOUTH TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIPS[1]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 1968 70 72 74 76 78 1980 82 84 86 88 1990 92 94 96 98 2000 02 04 05 07 09 2011 11 10 17 20 18 19 15 18 19 19 21 22 23 22 26 22 25 22 26 22 22 23 22 SWE DEN POL SWE AUS GBR NOR POL FRA NED FRA NOR ITA GBR NOR ITA NOR ITA POL POL NED FRA ISR POR ITA ISR IRE SWE SWE SPA GBR ITA FRA ITA ISR GER DEN RUS DEN NED DEN ISR ITA ITA ISR ITA GBR SWE FRA GBR NED AUS FRA NOR NOR DEN NOR DEN NOR POL DEN ISR ISR NOR HUN FRA POL NOR DEN POL FIN DEN NOR POL ger GER DEN DEN GBR SWE GER GBR NOR ISR NOR FRA FRA NOR NOR NOR NED BUL NED ISR HUN NED NOR POL SWE SWE SWE NOR GRE POL SWE ITA NED RUS DEN POL FRA HUN GER ITA FRA FIN FRA GBR ISR HUN NOR ICE SPA HUN ITA POL SWE POL RUS SWE SWE TUR ENG ENG ISR DEN GER NED DEN NED NED DEN GBR BEL AUS FIN POL SWE GBR NED AUS ICE ICE TUR SWE ISR NED ENG FRA SWE CRO AUS IRE ITA FRA GER FRA GRE NED NED POL GER FIN CIS ISR HUN AUS RUS NED BEL DEN RUS RUS POL HUN SPA GER ITA ITA ITA ISR ITA BEL FIN IRE ICE ISR SWE POL POL GER SWE ITA NED LAT POL SWE CZE GBR SWE POL BEL GRE DEN BEL ISR GER NED GBR NED FRA ITA NED ITA RUS SWE BEL ENG AUS NOR IRE YUG HUN FRA SPA GBR FRA GRE ISR DEN SOV FIN NED LIT HUN AUS EST RUS SWE CZE ROM ENG NOR ICE POR DEN ITA ISR GER ICE FIN HUN HUN IRE TUR blr POL CZE TUR TUR HUN BUL TUR IRE FIN ICE IRE BEL GER GBR SPA BEL ITA FRA GER GER GBR ENG CRO GER POR SWE CZE GER TUR GER ISR ICE IRE AUS AUS HUN ISR AUS GRE TUR GBR ICE FIN GER CRO GRE BEL DEN SCO FIN BEL FIN NED NED HUN SPA GRE BUL IRE DEN HUN FRA FIN ICE TUR DEN LAT TUR ENG HUN SPA AUS DEN FIN ICE ICE AUS TUR FRA BEL GRE AUS CRO CRO AUS AUS AUS CRO LAT GRE BEL POR SPA HUN YUG YUG SWI ICE BEL ICE BEL IRE GER HUN HUN POR ROM GRE HUN FIN SPA IRE POR IRE FIN BEL AUS SWI POR FIN FIN FRA POR BEL ROM SPA SCO GRE ROM GRE ISR IRE IRE SWI TUR IRE CRO ROM CZE BEL FIN FIN CZE POR CRO AUS SWI HUN POR ROM SWI POR YUG EST GRE CZE LIT ROM FIN IRE SPA SPA LIT CZE CAE GRE SPA SPA SCO SCO AUS TUR BEL CZE TUR AUS BEL SPA SCO SCO GRE CRO svk BEL SER EST SPA WAL SPA IRE YUG SWI SER GRE IRE LIT SWI svk 11 10 17 20 18 19 15 18 19 19 21 22 23 22 26 22 25 22 26 22 22 23 22 1968 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 1980 82 '84 '86 '88 1990 92 '94 '96 '98 2000 02 '04 '05 '07 '09 2011
from 1976(?), with members of all teams
Youngsters
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 1994 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 '05 '07 '09 2011 FRA GER ITA POL ISR POL POL POL POL POL NOR ISR NED NOR POL ISR ISR BUL ISR ISR ISR GBR POL FRA NOR NED NOR FRA FRA SWE POL SWE SWE HUN NED NOR SWE ENG NOR ENG blr DEN NOR ENG SWE ITA LAT NOR SWE NOR ITA AUS ISR SWE GER SWE ITA NED GER ITA GBR ITA GER AUS DEN DEN DEN SWE HUN FRA NED FRA FRA NED FRA LAT GER ISR NED LAT SWE NED HUN ISR ITA FRA FRA GER ENG NED GER POL GBR ITA AUS ENG NED DEN ITA DEN AUS YUG RUS GER ENG GER ENG ITA TUR HUN BEL RUS YUG LAT CZE CZE HUN LAT DEN TUR IRE IRE AUS IRE SCO TUR TUR CZE BUL GRE IRE SCO HUN AUS CZE ROM CZE WAL aus HUN SCO WAL GER RUS AUS 13 14 14 12 15 15 14 16 14 18
Girls
19 20 21 22 23 2004 '05 '07 '09 2011 AUS NED POL POL POL SWE SWE NED FRA NED POL AUS SWE NED FRA NED POL ISR SWE ITA ITA RUS GER DEN SWE CZE GER NOR EST HUN ISR DEN ITA CZE GER HUN ENG ENG HUN CZE GER ITA EST GER TUR BEL IRE DEN NOR BUL LAT LAT ITA TUR ENG TUR ROM 11 10 12 14 10
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editLIST OF EUROPEAN YOUTH TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS TO DATE[1]
Year Event Venue Winners Juniors Youngsters Girls 2011 23 Albena, Bulgaria ISRAEL POLAND POLAND 2009 22 Brasov, Romania FRANCE POLAND POLAND 2007 21 Jesolo, Italy NETHERLANDS POLAND POLAND 2005 20 Riccione, Italy POLAND POLAND NETHERLANDS 2004 19 Prague, Czech Republic POLAND POLAND AUSTRIA 2002 18 Torquay, England ITALY ISRAEL 2000 17 Antalya, Turkey NORWAY POLAND 1998 16 Vienna, Austria ITALY ITALY 1996 15 Cardiff, Wales NORWAY GERMANY 1994 14 Papendal, Netherlands GREAT BRITAIN FRANCE 1992 13 Paris, France ITALY 1990 12 Neumunster, Germany NORWAY 1988 11 Plovdiv, Bulgaria FRANCE 1986 10 Budapest, Hungary NETHERLANDS 1984 9 Hasselt, Belgium FRANCE 1982 8 Salsomaggiore, Italy POLAND 1980 7 Kfar Hamaccabiah, Israel NORWAY 1978 6 Stirling, Great Britain GREAT BRITAIN 1976 5 Lund, Sweden AUSTRIA 1974 4 Copenhagen, Denmark SWEDEN 1972 3 Delft, Netherlands POLAND 1970 2 Dublin, Ireland DENMARK 1968 1 Prague, Czech Republic SWEDEN
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c European Youth Teams Championships. EBL.
- ^ [1] Player scoreboard, Girls.
- ^ [2] Poland 89, Netherlands 48. Poland clinch the Girls gold with one round to go.
- ^ [3] Poland lead the Youngsters after 7 of 17 rounds.
- ^ [4] Player scoreboard, Youngsters. Zmuda outscored all but her evident partner Adam Krysa, 379 IMPs in 14 matches, and the pair Letts & Shah of England, 321 in 17 matches.
- ^ "Daily Bulletin, 23rd European Youth ..." #7 (2011-07-20), WBF, page 7.
- ^ a b c d e f g 23rd European Youth Team Championships, 2011. EBL.
- ^ a b c d e f g 1st European Youth Team Championship, 1968. European Bridge League.
- ^ a b c d e f g 2nd European Youth Team Championship, 1970. EBL.
- ^ a b c d e f g 3rd European Youth Team Championship, 1972. EBL.
- ^ 4th European Youth Team Championship, 1974. EBL.
- ^ 5th European Youth Team Championship, 1976. EBL.
- ^ 6th European Youth Team Championship, 1978. EBL.
- ^ 7th European Youth Team Championship, 1980. EBL.
- ^ 8th European Youth Team Championship, 1982. EBL.
- ^ 9th European Youth Team Championship, 1984. EBL.
- ^ a b 10th European Youth Team Championship, 1986. EBL.
- ^ 11th European Youth Team Championship, 1988. EBL.
- ^ 12th European Youth Team Championship, 1990. EBL.
- ^ 13th European Youth Team Championship, 1992. EBL.
- ^ a b c 14th European Youth Team Championships, 1994. EBL.
- ^ a b c 15th European Youth Team Championships, 1996. EBL.
- ^ a b 16th European Youth Team Championships, 1998. EBL.
- ^ a b 17th European Youth Team Championships, 2000. EBL.
- ^ a b 18th European Youth Team Championships, 2002. EBL.
- ^ a b c 19th European Youth Team Championships, 2004. EBL.
- ^ a b c 20th European Youth Team Championships, 2005. EBL.
- ^ a b c d 21st European Youth Team Championships, 2007. EBL.
- ^ a b c d e 22nd European Youth Team Championships, 2009. EBL.
- ^ ... 2011 final standings ... —
External links
edit- "championships" at European Bridge League
- European Youth Teams Championships at EBL
- European Universities Championship at EBL —inaugurated 2009, odd years