AGENDA, BULLETINS, PHOTOS  |   ROUND-ROBIN  |   SEMIFINALS  |   FINALS 

Following to the results of the European Open Teams Championship held in Warsaw, and in accordance with the Rules and Regulations, the National Team Champions (the teams which won the main national Open Team Championship in 2006) of the following NBOs are invited to participate:
ENGLAND ENGLAND NATIONAL CHAMPION 
FRANCE FRANCE NATIONAL CHAMPION 
GERMANY BAMBERGER REITER defending Champion
HUNGARY GAMAX 
ICELAND BRIDGEFÉLAG REYKJAVÍKUR 
IRELAND KELVIN AND MALONE CLUB 
ITALY TENNIS CLUB PARIOLI ANGELINI 
NETHERLANDS MODALFA 
NORWAY BERGEN AKADEMISKE BK 
POLAND SYGNITY AZS POLITECHNIKA WROCŁAW host club, Champion of Poland
POLAND EKO-AL POZNAŃ vice Champion of Poland
SWEDEN ÖRERBRIDGEN 

Venue

The Championship will be held at Radisson SAS Hotel in Wroclaw, Poland, starting on Thursday, November 8th at 1530 and ending on Sunday, November 11th with the Prize-giving and Closing Ceremony at 2000.

Format

The teams are divided into two groups of six and in each group a complete round-robin of 20 boards will be played. At the end of the round-robin the first two ranked teams will play a KO match of 48 boards (4 sessions of 12: 1st A v. 2nd B - 1st B v. 2nd A) in Semi-final A, the third and fourth in Semi-final B (3rd A v. 4th B - 3rd B v. 4th A) and the fifth and sixth in Semi-final C (5th A v. 6th B - 5th B v, 6th A). The winners of Semi-final A will play a KO match of 48 boards (4 sessions of 12) for the title; the losers will play a KO Match of 36 boards (3 sessions of 12) for the third place; the winners of the Semi-finals B and C will play a KO match of 36 boards (3 sessions of 12), respectively, for fifth and ninth places; the losers of these Semifinals will not play.

Prizes:
1st Team5,000 €EBL Gold Medal - Trophy
2nd Team3,000 €EBL Silver Medal
3rd Team2,000 €EBL Bronze Medal
4th Team1,500 € 
5th Team1,000 € 
9th Team600 € 

The winning Team will receive the title of the European Champion for Clubs as well as the right to participate in the next edition.

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