Table of Contents Page Who is going to play Italians in the final tonight? 1 Bridge Club Tofas v Bridge House Barcelona 2 BC Modalfa v. BC Allegra Round Robin, Round 3 3 Round Robin, Round 4 4

Early in the day it had already become clear that in both sections, the Italian teams would easily make it to the semis. And so it proved. According to the Rules and Regulations, this also means that Allegra and Parioli, the two eventual section winners, will have to meet in the semis today. Tonight, we will know which of the strong Italian teams here did best. Will Parioli hold on to go through or will Allegra take over the Italian supremacy?

With Italian victories pretty certain long before the last matches, the more interesting issue was the battle for the second qualification berth in both sections. In section B, the Polish team from Wroclaw went through easily enough by beating Parioli 21-9 in the last match. In section A, the fight was much closer. Herkules Stockholm and Modalfa Amsterdam had met in the 4th match, the Dutch emerging winners by 20-10, so a Dutch win would see them through for sure. As it happened, the Dutch lost 12-18 to Denmark but the Swedes could not capitalise the advantage built up by them early in the match against, who else, Allegra. They eventually beat the Italians 19-11, but as a result, just stranded 3 V.P. short of their target. But would it have been a just result, keeping in mind the score in the direct encounter?

Anyway, our congratulations to Modalfa and AZS on playing for the right to meet any strong Italian Team tonight and tomorrow. We will keep you in touch in our next issue.