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The World Junior Teams Championship is a bridge competition for zonal teams of players up to about 25 years old.[N 1][N 2]
Zonal signifies both organization by the World Bridge Federation (WBF) and qualification in eight WBF zones; for example (2006, 2008), six teams qualify from 'Europe' defined by European Bridge League membership. Zones may require national representation; for example, the six European teams must represent six member nations of the EBL.
The oldest event, sometimes called the Junior Teams without qualification, dates from 1987 with some changes in definition. Today that is the "open" u-26 tournament (Juniors) in contrast to the u-26 for women (Girls) and the open u-21 (Youngsters). It has been held every two years, odd-number years to 2005 and even years from 2006. Competitors vie for the Ortiz-Patiño Trophy, presented by WBF President Emeritus Jaime Ortiz-Patiño who conceived the idea while serving as WBF President in 1985. The even-year tournaments officially constitute the World Youth Teams Championships for so-called juniors, girls, and youngsters. The entries are national teams, representing countries affiliated with the WBF via membership in the eight geographical "zonal organizations". Moreover, they must qualify within their zones, usually by high standing in a zonal championship tournament that is limited to one team per member nation.
The 2008 junior teams championships were part of the inaugural World Mind Sports Games in Beijing, China. Denmark won its second gold medal, beating Poland in the final, while Norway won the bronze. The 1st Games also included under-28[N 1] and under-21 team championships won by Norway and France. Under-21 and u-26 are part of the WBF youth program (namely, two of the three World Youth Teams Championships) but u-28 is not.[N 2]
In 2010 Israel defeated France in the Juniors final while China won the bronze medal. The event was part of the newly christened World Bridge Series that also included World Young Ladies Teams and under-21 World Youngsters Teams, both won by Poland.[1]
2011. At the 2nd World Youth Congress, "Ned Juniors" comprising four players from the Netherlands won the main teams event, a six-day tournament with 27 entries. Ned Juniors won the full-day 56-deal final by 131 to 60 IMPs against "Arg Uru" from Argentina and Uruguay. Meanwhile "Ned Rum", with one Dutch pair and one transnational pair from Romania and the United States, won third place against "France".[2][N 3]
Arg Uru led the preliminary round-robin from which eight teams advanced to full-day knockout matches, and its second-place finish matched that by Argentina in 1989, the best finish for any youth players from outside Europe and North America.[3]
The Youth Congress in odd-number years is transnational: pairs and teams comprising players from different bridge nations are eligible to enter. Transnational teams finished second and third in the main event, but 23 of 27 entries have team names which imply nationality. Medal ceremonies raise the national flag and play the national anthem is the gold medal winner is national in composition.
The Junior Teams event (or tournament in a narrow sense) officially became part of the plural "World Youth Teams Championships" when a tournament for under-21 players was initiated. Beginning 2009, teams events were added to the WBF youth program for odd-number years, contested immediately prior to the older events for pairs in the newly-christened "World Youth Congress".
Odd-year teams events are distinct from the older series of teams championships (now biennial in even years) and even-year pairs events are distinct from the older series of pairs championships (now biennial in odd years). Some conditions differ.
This article covers all "world championships" for youth teams while World Junior Pairs Championship covers all "world championships" for youth pairs or individuals.
The Youth Teams series has moved around the world, with only one of the last 10 renditions in Europe. Meanwhile all eight renditions (to 30 August 2011) now counted in the Youth Pairs series have been in Europe.[4]
The distinct Youth Congress has been held 2009 in Turkey and 2011 in Croatia.
The World Youth Teams Championships now comprise three concurrent events or flights: the original Juniors, the Youngsters from 2004, and the Girls from 2010. The latter are sometimes called "Schools" and "Young Ladies", as they were christened in Europe before adoption at the world level.
The Juniors format has evolved. Currently all three flights determine three medalists. They end with a knockout stage and a playoff between losing semifinalists; that is, two concluding matches determine first and third places.
The Netherlands won the inaugural world championship for junior teams in 1987 and won the Bermuda Bowl in 1993 with three of the recent junior players: Boer, Leufkens, and Westra. No other junior teams champions have so quickly won the Bermuda Bowl.
Year, Site, Entries | Juniors Medalists | |
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1987 [5]
Amsterdam, Netherlands |
1. | Netherlands Wubbo de Boer, Jan Jansma, Enri Leufkens, Marcel Nooijen, Rob van Wel, Berry Westra |
2. | France Bénédicte Cronier, Alexis Damamme, Christian Desrousseaux, Franck Multon, Jean-Christophe Quantin, (François Crozet)* |
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3. | USA Guy Doherty, Jon Heller, Billy Hsieh, Asya Kamsky, Aaron Silverstein |
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1989 [6]
Nottingham, England |
1. | Great Britain John Hobson, Derrick Patterson, John Pottage, Andrew Robson, Gerald Tredinnick, Stuart Tredinnick |
2. | Argentina Alejandro Bianchedi, Marcelo Cloppet, Juan Quitegui, Claudio Varela, (Alexis Pejacsevich, Leonardo Rizzo)* |
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3. | France Alexis Damamme, Christian Desrousseaux, Pierre-Jean Louchart, Franck Multon, Jean-Christophe Quantin |
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1991 [7]
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA |
1. | USA 2 [N 4] Martha Benson, John Diamond, Jeff Ferro, Brian Platnick, Wayne Stuart, Debbie Zuckerberg |
2. | Canada Mark Caplan, Fred Gitelman, Bronia Gmach, Geoff Hampson, Michael Roberts, Eric Sutherland |
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3. | Australia Robert Fruewirth, Matthew Mullamphy, Peter Newman, John Spooner, Ben Thompson, Jim Wallis |
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1993 [8]
Aarhus, Denmark |
1. | Germany Guido Hopfenheit, Marcus Joest, Klaus Reps, Roland Rohowsky, (Rolf Kühn, Frank Pioch)** |
2. | Norway Lasse Aaseng, Geir Helgemo, Svein Gunnar Karlberg, Espen Kvam, Jørgen Molberg, Kurt-Ove Thomassen |
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3. | USA 1[N 4] Jeff Ferro, Eric Greco, Leni Holtz, Rich Pavlicek Jr., Kevin Wilson, Debbie Zuckerberg |
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1995 [9]
Bali, Indonesia |
1. | Great Britain Jeffrey Allerton, Danny Davies, Jason Hackett, Justin Hackett, Phil Souter, Tom Townsend |
2. | New Zealand David Ackerley, Ashley Bach, Ishmael Del'Monte, Nigel Kearney, Charles Ker, Scott Smith |
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3. | Denmark Freddy Brøndum, Mathias Bruun, Nicolai Kampmann, Lars Lund Madsen, Morten Lund Madsen, Jacob Røn |
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1997 [10]
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
1. | Denmark Freddy Brøndum, Mik Kristensen, Lars Lund Madsen, Morten Lund Madsen, Mikkel Bensby Nøhr, Jacob Røn |
2. | Norway Boye Brogeland, Thomas Charlsen, Espen Erichsen, Christer Kristoffersen, Bjørn Morten Mathisen, Øyvind Saur |
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3. | Russia Arseni Chour, Youri Khiouppenen, Jouri Khokhlov, Dmitri Lobov, Alexander Petrunin, Boris Sazonov |
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1999 [11]
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA |
1. | Italy Bernardo Biondo, Mario D'Avossa, Riccardo Intonti, Matteo Mallardi, (Furio Di Bello, Stelio Di Bello)** |
2. | USA 2 [N 4] Tom Carmichael, Eric Greco, Chris Willenken, Joel Wooldridge, (Chris Carmichael, David Wiegand)* |
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3. | Denmark Gregers Bjarnarson, Anders Hagen, Kasper Konow, Mik Kristensen, Morten Lund Madsen, Mikkel Bensby Nøhr |
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2001 [12]
Mangaratiba, Brazil |
1. | USA 1[N 4] Brad Campbell, Joe Grue, John Hurd, John Kranyak, Kent Mignocchi, Joel Wooldridge |
2. | Israel Asaf Amit, Inon Liran, Yossi Roll, Ranny Schneider, Yaniv Vax, Aran Warzawsky |
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3. | Denmark Michael Askgaard, Gregers Bjarnarson, Kåre Gjaldbæk, Jonas Houmøller, Andreas Marquardsen, Martin Schaltz |
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2003 [13]
Saint-Cloud, Paris, France |
1. | Italy Furio Di Bello, Stelio Di Bello, Ruggiero Guariglia, Fabio Lo Presti, Francesco Mazzadi, Stefano Uccello |
2. | Denmark Kåre Gjaldbæk, Boje Henriksen, Bjørg Houmøller, Jonas Houmøller, Andreas Marquardsen, Martin Schaltz |
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3. | USA 2[N 4] Kevin Bathurst, Joe Grue, John Hurd, John Kranyak, Kent Mignocchi, Joel Wooldridge |
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2005 [14] | 1. | USA 1[N 4] Ari Greenberg Jr., Joe Grue, John Hurd, John Kranyak, Justin Lall, Joel Wooldridge |
2. | Poland Konrad Araszkiewicz, Krzysztof Buras, Jacek Kalita, Krzysztof Kotorowicz, Piotr Mądry, Wojciech Strzemecki |
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3. | Canada Tim Capes, Vincent Demuy, David Grainger, Charles Halasi, Daniel Lavee, Gavin Wolpert |
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2006 [16]
Bangkok, Thailand |
1. | USA 1[N 4] Josh Donn, Jason Feldman, Ari Greenberg Jr., Joe Grue, John Kranyak, Justin Lall |
2. | Italy Andrea Boldrini, Stelio Di Bello, Francesco Ferrari, Fabio Lo Presti, Alberto Sangiorgio, Matteo Sbarigia |
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3. | Singapore Alex Loh, Choon Chou Loo, Kelvin Ng, Hua Poon, Fabian Tan, Li Yu Tan |
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2008 [17]
Beijing, China |
1. | Denmark Dennis BILDE, Anne-Sofie HOULBERG, Jonas HOUMOLLER, Emil JEPSEN, Lars Kirkegaard NIELSEN, Martin SCHALTZ |
2. | Poland Piotr NAWROCKI, Michal NOWOSADZKI, Przemyslaw PIOTROWSKI, Jan SIKORA, Artur WASIAK, Piotr WIANKOWSKI |
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3. | Norway Erik BERG, Ivar BERG, Petter EIDE, Espen LINDQVIST, Allan LIVGARD, Tor Ove REISTAD |
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2010 [18]
Philadelphia, USA |
1. | Israel Eliran Argelazi, Alon Birman, Lotan Fisher, Ron Schwartz, Bar Tarnovski |
2. | France Thomas Bessis, Christophe Grosset, Nicolas Lhuissier, Cedric Lorenzini, Quentin Robert, Frederic Volcker |
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3. | China Yichao Chen, Junjie Hu, Zisu Lin, Yinghao Liu, Yinpei Shao, Di Zhuo |
Year, Site, Entries | Youngsters Medalists | |
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2010 [18]
Philadelphia, USA |
1. | Poland Pawel Jassem, Tomasz Maciej Jochymski, Wojciech Kazmierczak, Mateusz Mroczkowski, Adam Smieszkol, Piotr Tuczynski |
2. | England MCINTOSH, PASKE, PAUL, RAINFORTH, ROBERTSON, SHAH |
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3. | Netherlands Leeuwen, Leufkens, Nab, Philipsen, Verbeek, Wackwitz |
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2008 [17]
Beijing, China |
1. | France Marion CANONNE, Pierre FRANCESCHETTI, Alexandre KILANI, Aymeric LEBATTEUX, Nicolas LHUISSIER, Cedric LORENZINI |
2. | England |
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3. | China |
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2006 [16]
Bangkok, Thailand |
1. | Israel |
2. | Latvia |
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3. | Poland |
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2004 [15]
New York City, USA |
1. | Poland Marcin MALESA, Piotr NAWROCKI, Filip NIZIOL, Michal NOWOSADZKI, Przemyslaw PIOTROWSKI, Jan SIKORA |
2. | Israel Argelazi, Assaraf, Birman, Ofir |
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3. | Norway Eide, Lindqvist, Livgard, Simonsen |
Year, Site, Entries | Girls Medalists | |
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2010 [18]
Philadelphia, USA |
1. | Poland Grabowska, Holeksa, Kazmucha, Sakowska, Krawczyk, Zmuda, Borusiewicz |
2. | France |
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3. | China |
The World Youth Congress is a distinct meet in odd years with transnational entries permitted in all teams and pairs events. It was inaugurated 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey; reiterated 2011 in Opatija, Croatia.
40 teams entered the main event at the 1st World Youth Congress in 2009. At least two-thirds of the team names, and more among the strong performers, suggest a single nationality. "Japan Czech" won the final against "Italy Red" while "USA 1" won third place against "Netherlands Red". Evidently 8 teams advanced from preliminary play to knockout matches and there were no playoffs to distinguish any of the quarterfinal losers, 5th to 8th places.[19]
27 teams entered at the 2nd Congress in 2011, all but four having team names that suggest a single nationality.[3]
Year, Site, Entries | Medalists | |
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2009 [19] | 1. | Japan Czech Noriaki KOIKE (Jap), Michal KOPECKY (Cze), Milan MACURA (Cze), Hiroaki MIURA (Jap) |
2. | Italy Red Massimiliano DI FRANCO, Arrigo FRANCHI, Andrea MANNO, Aldo PAPARO |
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3. | USA 1 Jason CHIU, Kevin DWYER, Kevin FAY, Jeremy FOURNIER, Justin LALL, Matthew MECKSTROTH |
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4. | Netherlands Red Bob DRIJVER, Marion MICHIELSEN, Danny MOLENAAR, Tim VERBEEK |
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2011 [3] | 1. | NED Juniors Berend van den BOS, Aarnout HELMICH, Gerbrand HOP, Joris van LANKVELD |
2. | ARG URU Maximo CRUSIZIO (Arg), Felipe Jose FERRO (Arg), Rodrigo GARCIA DA ROSA (Uru), Alejandro SCANAVINO (Arg) |
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3. | NED RUM Marius AGICA (USA), Bob DRIJVER (Ned), Radu NISTOR (Rom), Ernst WACKWITZ (Ned) |
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4. | France Edouard DU CORAIL, Nicolas GAYDIER, Aymeric LEBATTEUX, Simon POULAT |
The World Youth Congress (to conclude 29 August 2011) will include "world championships" for teams, pairs, and individuals, each with Juniors and Youngsters flights if the number of u-21 entries is sufficient. There will also be secondary contests with alternative forms of scoring, board-a-match teams and IMP pairs(*).
Some of these events may officially continue "world championships" for junior players contested before 2009: miscellaneous ones, not those now held in even-number years: biennial (zonal) World Youth Teams Championships and quadrennial World Bridge Games.
The 2011 events for teams and pairs will be transnational in that entries may comprise players from different countries and open in that there is no preliminary qualification at zonal level.
Here is a list of pertinent past championships.
Teams
Pairs
Individuals
"under the auspices of the FISU".World University Team Cup. WBF.
Teams comprise university student players from one nation, not one university.(2010 conditions[21])
Europe 1993 to 2001 (worldwide in 2000 and 2001)[22][23]
Bridge Olympiades (11th Olympiad)
1st World University Teams Bridge Cup (conditions)[25]: "Players must be students of a recognized University, between 17 and 28 years of age. Each country may enter one representative team."
EBL from 199x, worldwide 2000, FISU 2002
alongside 12th Olympiad
first European (EUC) 1993 Antwerp, initiator Paul Magerman, son Geert M is now technical delegate FISU
Year | n | Champion | Runners up |
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2000[34] | 24 teams |
Austria Andreas GLOYER, Arno LINDERMANN, Bernd SAURER, Martin SCHIFKO |
ITA DEN NED |
2002[22] | 13 | Denmark Michael Askgaard, Gregers Bjanarson, Anders Hagen, Kasper Konow, |
ITA NED POL |
2004[27][35] | 15 | Poland Krzysztof BURAS, Jacek KALITA, Krzysztof KOTOROWICZ, Piotr MADRY, Grzegorz NARKIEWICZ, Wojciech STRZEMECKI |
BEL USA TUR |
2006[24][36] | 27 | China A Jing JIN, Xin LI, Jing LIU, Shu LIU, Yan LIU, Yan WANG |
USA POLb SWE |
2008[23][37] | 21 | Netherlands A Marion Michielsen–Meike Wortel [Marjon en Maaike], Bob Drijver–Merijn Groenenboom, Danny Molenaar–Tim Verbeek |
POLa NORa POLb |
2010[31][21] | 14 | Poland Wojciech GAWEL, Jacek KALITA, Michal NOWOSADZKI, Jan SIKORA, Piotr WIANKOWSKI, Piotr ZATORSKI |
FRA ISR USA[32] |
2012[33] | July 10–15, Reims, France |