16th World Bridge Games Buenos Aires!

From the 21st of October to the 3rd of November, Buenos Aires welcomed more than 1000 Bridge players from more than 40 countries.

Here is the Roll of Honour Buenos Aires 2024
Open Teams
Gold: Poland:
Krzysztof Buras, Wojciech Gaweł, Rafal Jagniewski, Przemyslaw Janiszewski, Kamil Nowak, Wojciech Strzemecki, Marek Pietraszek, non-playing captain
Silver: Italy
Massimiliano Di Franco, Giovanni Donati, Andrea Manno, Giacomo Percario, Antonio Sementa, Alfredo Versace, Pierfrancesco Parolaro, non-playing captain
Bronze: Switzerland
Sjoert Brink, Bas Drijver, Jacek Kalita, Michał Klukowski, Michał Nowosadzki, Pierre Zimmermann, Fernando Piedra, non-playing captain
Women Teams
Gold: Türkiye
Berrak Erkan, Aslı Acar, İrem Özbay, Dilek Yavaş, Olgu Şeker, Pınar Tekir Doğan, Mehmet Gökhan Yılmaz, non-playing captain, Zeynep Yılmaz coach
Silver: Sweden
Kathrine Bertheau, Sanna Clementsson, Linnea Edlund, Jenny Evelius-Nohren, Ida Grönkvist, Emma Övelius, Linnea Edlund, playing captain, Jenny Evelius-Nohren, coach
Bronze: United States of America
Lynn Baker, Cecilia Dwyer Rimstedt, Jill Meyers, Sandra Rimstedt, Kerri Sanborn, Olivia Schireson, Joe Stokes, non-playing captain, Sam Dinkin, coach
Senior Teams
Gold: United States of America
Hemant Lall, Bobby Levin, Zia Mahmood, Reese Milner, Eric Rodwell, Michael Rosenberg, Jacek Pszczoła, non-playing captain, Joyjit Sensarma, coach
Silver: India
Arun Bapat, Pranab Kumar Bardhan, Badal Chandra Das, Ravi Goenka, Kamal Krishna Mukherjee, Vibhas Todi, Girish Bijoor, non-playing captain, Girish Bijoor, coach
Bronze: France
Michel Abécassis, Marc Bompis, Philippe Chottin, Dominique Pilon, Philippe Soulet, Hervé Vinciguerra, Hervé Fleury, Wilfried Libbrecht, coach
Mixed Teams
Gold: Poland
Katarzyna Dufrat, Maciej Hutyra, Danuta Kazmucha, Piotr Marcinowski, Piotr Zatorski, Justyna Żmuda, Piotr Koluda, non-playing captain
Silver: China
Chen Yichao, Fu Bo, Kuang Yuegang, Liu Yinghao, Lu Yan, Sun Yanhui, Xu Jianguo, non-playing captain, Wang Xiaojing, coach
Bronze: Germany
Sabine Auken, Christian Fröhner, Anne Gladiator, Michael Gromöller, Pony Beate Nehmert, Roy Welland, Max Weiss, non-playing captain
Transnational Open Teams – Pablo Lambardi Trophy
Gold: Shourie
Vincent Demuy, Tor Eivind Grude, Geir Helgemo, John Kranyak, Rajath Shourie, Gavin Wolpert
Silver: Pero Bueno
Matthew Brown, James Coutts, Liam Milne, Michael Whibley
Bronze: USA Mix
Geoff Hampson, Daniel Korbel, Janice Seamon-Molson, Sylvia Shi, Eddie Wold, Susan Zhang

Open Pairs
Gold: Joel Wooldridge – Kent Mignocchi (USA)
Silver: Nikos Delimpatadakis – Vassilis Vroustis (GRE)
Bronze: Shun Sum Alan Sze – Wai Lap Abby Chiu (HKG)
Senior Pairs
Gold: Dan Jacob – Piotr Klimowicz (CAN)
Silver: Malcolm Pryor – Ed Scerri (ENG)
Bronze: Barnet J Shenkin – Brian Spears (SCO)
Women Pairs
Gold: Gianna Arrigoni – Gabriella Olivieri (ITA)
Silver: Elisabeth Grasholt Sjødal – Sofie Grasholt Sjødal (NOR)
Bronze: Anja Alberti – Beatrix Wodniansky (GER)
Mixed Pairs
Gold: Süleyman Kolata – Hatice Özgür (TUR)
Silver: Dubravko Diklić – Marina Pilipović (CRO)
Bronze: Mike Capelletti Jr. – Allison Howard (USA)

Open Pairs

Since 1958, the World Bridge Federation promotes, fosters, promulgates, develops and governs the sport of Bridge internationally, to support and encourage the development of youth bridge, in particular by encouraging and assisting the National Bridge Organizations in promoting bridge in schools, universities and other educational and youth organisations.

The 16th World Bridge Games offered an exciting Grand Final with one of the most remarkable finals’ days in the history of World Championships.
The third session of the finals offered up a collection of potential swing deals. In the Mixed Teams China won the session 52-0 against Poland while in the Open series Poland outscored Italy 62-0. Those remarkable results were eclipsed in the Women’s bronze medal playoff match between China and the USA, in which the Americans, trailing 43-101, turned the match around with a stunning 88-0 scoreline!