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THE SCISSORS COUP SUNDAY, JUNE 11 2017 ISSUE SS No 2 CLICK TO NAVIGATE Notes p. 2 A view of the Bridge p. 2 Round 6 p. 3 Championship Diary p. 4 Helgeness vs Darling p. 5 Failla vs Pszczola p. 8 Zimmermann vs Puillet p. 11 La pagina italiana p. 13 Team Rosters p. 14 Ranking p. 17 TODAY'S SCHEDULE 10.30 12.15 13.45 14.45 16.30 18.15

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Sometimes bridge is an endurance race, sometimes a sprint. With a two-day qualifying event, we are somewhere between the two, since it is possible to put yourself in position NOT to qualify but not to get your ticket stamped for the knockout stages. Amongst the teams who have put themselves in with a decent chance of advancing are the Russian Mnepo team, leading the Japanese Takk team, from the multinational Microchiroptera and Turkey's Major. From 5th to 8th are the Australasian Cornell team, the largely Polish Sakr squad, Norway's Helgeness, and citizens of the world Pszczola.

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CH A MP I ON S H I P D I A R Y Mark Horton When we arrived at the venue we discovered the office had tables - but no chairs, thereby giving added weight to the old adage - 'they also serve who only stand and wait'. In Virginibus Puerisque (published in 1881) Robert Louis Stevenson wrote: "Little do ye know your own blessedness; for to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour." That was certainly true for a number of the contestants: Janice Seamon-Molson arrived without her luggage; Karen McCallum decided to spend a day in Rome (perhaps planning to visit the Sistine Chapel?) before travelling to Montecatini, but she fell asleep and saw only the ceiling of her hotel room; Brian Senior was due to fly to Pisa from Leeds/Bradford airport with Sandra Penfold. He drove to her house to collect her. Meanwhile she had driven to the airport and by the time Brian realised his mistake their plane had taken off. Needing to visit the playing room in search of Dimitri Ballas I found him just before the start of Round 2. He was helping a lady to try and find her missing convention card. When their efforts proved to be fruitless and (distraught) she asked what she could do. I called to mind a poem by Dorothy Parker: Razors pain you; Rivers are damp; Acids stain you; And drugs cause cramp. Guns aren't lawful; Nooses give; Gas smells awful; You might as well live.

Dimitri Ballas You will readily understand that we kept an eye on the cricket match between England and Australia. The tradition is to clap when a wicket falls (provided it is Australian) or if a batsman reaches 50,100, 150 etc (provided it is an Englishman). Jos Jacobs (a keen follower of the game announced the fall of a wicket and mentioned the batsman's name. "Meckwell's out?" queried Brent Manley. "Maxwell" he was informed. For the Latin scholars amongst you (in the loosest possible sense) in Round 2 Vinci played Vicky. Where was Vidi? If you would like to comment on any aspect of the Championships please email the Editor at: [email protected]. Following the Championships is a dream for those who are au fait with advances in technology. The brilliant work of the EBL's Communications team enables you to follow the Championships not only via the EBL's main website (and the micro site) but also via Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube - and of course the Daily Bulletin and the Live Bulletin.

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H E LG E N E S S v s D A R L I N G David Bird The championship kicked off and I was happy to watch the match between Helgeness and the Darling team from Australia. The action on this deal depended solely on the opening lead chosen: Board 2 Dealer East N/S Vul. [Q87542 ]96 { 10 5 05 } J 10 [ 10 9 [J6 ]Q854 ] A K 10 {A872 {K964 }842 }AKQ7 [AK3 ]J732 {QJ3 }963 Open Room West North East South K.Anderson T.Helness L.Anderson G.Helness 2NT Pass 3} Pass 3{ Pass 3NT All Pass

Both sides reached 3NT by East and we were expecting a strike with the [A, which would yield a huge deposit of tricks. At this table Gunn Helness preferred to lead the {Q and nine tricks were scored. At the other table Rosalin Anderson led her fourthbest heart and it was a flat board. At 69 tables, a top spade was led against 3NT to defeat the game. The next board was a potential slam, which would require a close decision in the play: Board 3 Dealer South E/W Vul. [KQ3 ] A 10 8 5 2 { J 10 }K96 [ 10 8 5 2 [J764 ]64 ]K {K843 {Q7652 }QJ7 }853 [A9 ]QJ973 {A9 } A 10 4 2 Open Room West North K.Anderson T.Helness Pass Pass

North and South both had a bit to spare but they stopped in 4]. It was the same contract at the other table (1NT – 2{ – 2] – 3NT – 4]), where Marina Darling (South) might have broken the transfer or cue-bid 4} over 3NT to show a good fit for hearts. Anyway, the play is of interest. How would you tackle 6] on a diamond or a spade lead? You can discard the diamond loser on the third spade. One possible line is to rely on a trump finesse. The other (which seems better) is to lay down the ]A. If the ]K does not fall, you will eliminate spades and diamonds, planning to exit to the bare ]K and force that defender to open the club suit. 24 declarers bid and made 6]. Only two (we believe) were favored with a }Q lead, so it seems they must have chosen the elimination line, claiming when the ]K fell. 13 declarers went one down.

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8TH EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Board 4 Dealer West Both Vul. [ A 10 ]732 {Q2 }AKQ984 [KJ72 [643 ]K65 ] A J 10 9 8 { K 10 9 6 5 4 {A3 }}763 [Q985 ]Q4 {J87 } J 10 5 2 Open Room West K.Anderson 1{ 4]

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Declarer ruffed South’s fourth round of clubs and led a spade to the jack and ace. When North led a club, declarer ruffed with the ]J. South overruffed and gave North a spade ruff for one down. At the other table North overcalled 1NT, doubled by East and West’s removal to 2[ picked up +110 for a 5-IMP swing. Board 6 Dealer East E/W Vul. [ Q 10 ] 10 9 6 3 2 {97543 }J [J87653 [A ]J ]AK54 { A 10 {QJ2 }Q652 } A 10 9 4 3 [K942 ]Q87 {K86 }K87

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Game was reached on a combined 19-count, with Kenneth Anderson liking his void in the suit bid and raised by North/South. Lin Anderson ruffed the club lead, crossed to the {A and ruffed another club. As the cards lie, cashing the ]K next works well and will permit an overtrick. However, declarer cashed the {K and ruffed a diamond with the ]8, North discarding the [10. After ruffing her last club with the ]K, she called for a good diamond. North discarded a club (it is perhaps better to ruff). Declarer then threw a spade and South ruffed with the ]4.

Open Room West North K.Anderson T.Helness 1[ 3[

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The West hand looks good for a club contract, and the spades seem rather weak for a 3[ rebid. So, West might have rebid 3} instead. Anderson won the club lead with the ace and cashed the [A. The contract can be made by running the {Q, ruffing a heart, cashing the {A and exiting with a trump to the bare [Q. Declarer ruffs the diamond return, leaving himself with: [J8 }Q65 to South’s [K9 ]Q }K8 After the }Q to the }K, declarer ruffs the ]Q with the [8 and crosses to dummy’s }10 to promote his [J with a heart. Declarer actually played the ]A-K, ditching the {10 and there was then no way home. All 9 declarers in 4[ went one down. Two declarers bid and made 6}. 3NT and 5} were the popular contracts, making at all tables except one.

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Jessica Larsson made 12 tricks after a diamond lead to the queen. She ruffed hearts and a diamond in the dummy and lost one trick to the }K. We will end with another card-play problem: Board 7 Dealer South Both Vul. [7532 ] A 10 8 6 5 3 {AK }7 [A64 [KJ98 ]Q942 ]7 {J764 {532 }K6 }Q8542 [ Q 10 ]KJ { Q 10 9 8 } A J 10 9 3

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Lin Anderson led the ]7 to the jack, queen and ace. The contract can be made now by cashing the {A-K and crossing to dummy with the ]K, East showing out. Declarer discards one spade on the {Q and ruffs the {10. He then crosses to the }A and ruffs a club. With eight tricks already made, he exits with one of this three remaining spade losers and must make his ]10-8 to bring the total to ten. Not expecting the trump lead to be a singleton, Helness preferred to play a second trump to the king at trick 2. After this start the game should go down. Disappointingly, the play record stops short with “10 tricks claimed” in a position where only 9 tricks were available. It is possible that the defenders allowed a trump coup to be set up, by leading a club instead of a spade at a late stage. At the other table the defenders began with three rounds of spades. Declarer ruffed with the ]J and then played the ]K, going one down for 12 IMPs away. The Helgeness team won by 37 IMPs to 2, giving them a win by 18.58 VPs to 1.42.

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F A ILLA vs P S ZC ZOL A

ROUND 2 MIXED TEAMS

Barry Rigal I sat down to watch table six (not on VuGraph) featuring the largely Polish squad of Pszczola against Failla. The table I was focusing on saw Sabina Auken-Roy Welland take on Luigi Ligambi-Ornella Colonna. The former play natural with a potentially short club and transfer responses to one club, the latter Blue Club with weak no-trump. The first deal saw Welland coax an overtrick out of what in theory ought to have been a straightforward ten-trick four heart contract. On the next deal we saw what would be a trend in the match, namely Ligambi taking an aggressive position on a deal where his partner had taken a slightly cautious one. Board 12. Dealer West. N/S Vul. [865 ] 10 9 5 3 { 10 7 5 4 } Q 10 [ 10 9 74 [ ]KQ ] {A3 { }AKJ76 } [Q3 ] J 8 7 42 {K8 }8432 West Ligambi 1} 3} 3[ 5[ Pass

king to make 13 tricks. My first thoughts are that declarer might have been safer to cash both clubs before making the second diamond play. Then he plays the {J and ruffs a diamond, crosses to a heart, ruffs the fourth diamond, then leads a spade to the jack, which protects against 4-1 trumps long on his left -- but admittedly that wasn’t likely when his LHO had long diamonds. They reached slam in the other room but made only 12 tricks, so that made it 1-1 after two deals. The score stayed that way when Ligambi again took a solo trip to the five-level with: [ ] { }

KJ85 Q9872 Q74 8

He could respond with a semi-positive 1] to a strong club. His partner showed 23-24 with a jump to 2NT (perhaps promising enough controls to be interested in slam?) and he showed five hearts and four spades by transferring then bidding his second suit. His partner quietly raised to 4[ and now he moved on with 5} — without that much obvious in the way of extras? That got him to an excellent slam facing [AQ104 ]A4 {AKJ3 }AQ3 (and yes maybe his partner owed him a cuebid raise again). The score remained 1-1 when they also reached slam in the other room. A quiet 4[ game off the first two heart tricks saw no swing either, before the real action began.

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2} Five controls I’m not sure if East could have bid 4[ or 5] over 3[ but as it was, West really didn’t have anything in hand after the simple raise. Imagine the East hand without the {J and [J for example. Still faint heart never won fair lady, and Failla was rewarded when dummy came down with just the right set of values to make slam good. After a heart lead won in hand, he led a spade to the king, and the diamond queen was covered all round. He led a diamond to the jack, ruffed a diamond as Welland pitched a club, and now led a spade to the 8

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8TH EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Board 15. Dealer South. N/S Vul. [AKQ ]632 {QJ985 }Q7 [ J 10 7 5 4 2 [983 ] A J 10 5 4 ]K9 {— { A 10 6 3 }82 }J643 [6 ]Q87 {K742 } A K 10 9 5 West Ligambi

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1} 2+} The defenders accurately cashed out their spades and followed instructions to take their clubs before one of them went away on the diamond ace. +300 looked like a nice result given that 3NT looks hopeless even on a spade lead — assuming West can get his partner to shift to hearts at the first opportunity. Five diamonds looks closer to making; on a spade lead declarer can take his discards and may then be able to come home on some good views in the minors. Blass/Sarniak saved in 5[ over 5{ and the defence cashed out accurately to collect 500 for 5 IMPs, so Failla led 6-1.

On the next deal both declarers for Pszczola would not want their result examined in too much detail. Board 16. Dealer West. E/W Vul. [43 ]QJ7 { A K 10 9 8 2 }A7 [ A K 10 8 6 [J72 ] 10 6 4 ]AK9853 {63 {4 }K63 }852 [Q95 ]2 {QJ75 } Q J 10 9 4 Both 4[ and 4] make from the West seat; you can defeat the major suit games if East is declarer by leading clubs repeatedly. East ducks, but North wins the }A and underleads in diamonds for the ruff. The Pszczola team went down in 3] in one room while Auken stole the hand as North in the other room. West Ligambi Pass 2] All Pass

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Colonna’s low heart lead gave declarer an eighth trick but she was reluctant to take an early club finesse, and lose the next 11 tricks or so. So she cashed three diamonds and gleaned from the signals that the [AK rated to be wrong. Thus the club finesse also figured to be wrong, given West’s passivity in the auction. So she cashed out diamonds from the top then exited with ace and another club, for down one. That made it 10-1 to Failla.

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Failla took the lead when they were closed out of an auction where they could make 3NT after a nonvulnerable preempt from Welland, defending 3[ for 100. Meanwhile in the other room Sarniak had to struggle in a 4-3 heart fit at the four-level, down one with 3NT cold. But the last laugh went to Welland when in one room Sarniak opened a Polish Club and defended 1NT for -150. Things were far more exciting in the other room: West Ligambi 1NT All Pass *Take-out

Roy Welland TEAM PSZCZOLA On the next deal Ligumbi finally ventured ‘a bridge too far’. He heard his partner open 4], and he was looking at: [ KQ62 ]3 {AK1098 }A94 Yet again, he risked the five level, bidding 5]. When his partner raised to six he appeared to have caught his partner with as suitable a hand as possible – a 3-71-2 with solid hearts. Alas for him the defenders led clubs, and with the diamond honours not dropping in three, Colonna needed the spade ace onside; no luck there. In the other room Blass/Sarniak bid 1]-2{2]-2NT-4], suggesting solid hearts and a minimum, and Sarniak did well to pass. That made it 12-10 for Pszczola.

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Ligambi had an absolute maximum for his opening bid, but it wasn’t nearly enough. Colonna was forced to run to spades when Auken had values to spare for her double. Kudos to Welland for stretching to come into the auction. He also guessed well to lead a low diamond, and Colonna could hardly be blamed for the somewhat desperate manoeuvre of ducking in dummy at trick one. Auken cashed two diamonds and played a third, and declarer led a trump to the ten and queen, then advanced the heart queen, covered all round. She ruffed a heart to hand, then misguessed clubs, and Auken won her ace, drew trumps, and the defence had a diamond and club for the last two tricks. While declarer could have done a trick better, it would still have cost 8 IMPs to go for 500. As it was, Pszczola had 12 IMPs to win 22-14.

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Z IMM E R M A N N vs P U I L L E T Jos Jacobs For the first round of this mixed team event, I decided to make life easy for myself by simply choosing the first table in sight. This happened to be a match scheduled between two French teams: a pretty well-known one and one that is maybe not quite so well-known as far as the international circuit is concerned. Bridge, however, is not a game of reputations but of good bidding and play, as we shall see from (e.g.) board 3: Board 3. Dealer South. E/W Vul [KQ3 ] A 10 8 5 2 { J 10 }K96 [ 10 8 5 2 [J764 ]64 ]K {K843 {Q7652 }QJ7 }853 [A9 ]QJ973 {A9 } A 10 4 2 West

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Over 1], North started off with a general GF bid of 2}. Three Clubs was natural and 3] then set hearts as trumps. 3[ was a cuebid and 3NT showed a spade control as well. This enabled South to launch RKC. When he found his side had four keycards, he could bid the slam with some confidence. West at this table did not make the helpful }Q lead that we saw in the Open Room but she led a diamond instead. Declarer won, played off three round of spades to get rid of his losing diamond, ruffed himself back to hand with dummy’s last diamond and advanced the ] Q. When West did not cover this, declarer, after some thinking, put up dummy’s ace. When the king appeared, he claimed his contract, as he would lose no more than the now inevitable club loser. Puillet +980 and 11 IMPs to them. Now let’s consider the a priori chances to make 6]. Finessing the ]K gives you a straightforward 50% (but with the extra chance that having eliminated the pointed suits first, losing to a singleton king still leaves you with a theoretical hope) but cashing the ]A is the winning line not only if the king comes down but also if the player holding the doubleton king has at least one club honour. You would have to guess the club position correctly in that case so it is impossible to produce a precise percentage for this line of play. Assuming the defenders will win the ]K and shift to a club honour, you make game whenever the heart king drops (26%) or when hearts are 2-1 and the club

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In a sense, N/S were right to settle for 1NT as only eight tricks were made on the obvious spade lead. Declarer refrained from the safety-play in clubs for four tricks, going for all five tricks in the suit instead… Zimmermann +120. Not that it mattered very much as this was the auction in the Closed Room: West D'Ovidio

In the Closed Room, D’Ovidio had little trouble in bidding the slam after Cronier’s GF 2] rebid followed by 3NT which strongly suggested 1-4-3-5 distribution. On anything but a trump lead, declarer would have time to take a diamond finesse and ruff his three losers (two hearts and the last diamond) in dummy before turning his attention to trumps by leading dummy’s last trump, the queen. Robert as South followed up his fine performance on the previous board (No. 3) by another potentially winning action: he led a low 12

trump. Once declarer played low from dummy (the logical thing to do) the contract had become much harder to make. Still you would expect declarer to come to 12 tricks – perhaps by testing spades and falling back on the diamond ruffing finesse. Declarer lost his, way finishing two down in the end. Puillet another +200 and another 13 IMPs to them.

Things got worse for Zimmermann when they missed a good 3NT on the penultimate board, due to what looked very much like a systemic disagreement.

This time, it was E/W’s turn in the Open Room to show little ambition. On the normal diamond lead, declarer came to nine easy enough tricks by establishing the clubs. Puillet +600. West D'Ovidio

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LA PAGINA ITALIANA Francesca Canali Benvenuta, Europa (e non solo...)! Dopo i Campionati del Mondo a squadre under 26 dello scorso Agosto, il Bel Paese torna ad accogliere il bridge internazionale. Tanti dei nostri Campioni più rappresentativi sono già scesi in campo. E alcuni di loro ci hanno fatto una bellissima sorpresa! La connessione Torino-Roma della squadra Calandra evoca infatti alcuni dei momenti più gloriosi del Bridge Italiano: dagli appassionanti testa a testa fra le casate Lavazza e Angelini, ai Mondiali di Bali del 2013. Quella è stata anche l'ultima volta in cui Giorgino Duboin e Alfredo Versace hanno rappresentato l'Italia insieme, ovvero solcato da compagni di squadra un podio internazionale... sollevando la coppa della Bermuda Bowl! Proprio Alfredo ci regala la mano del giorno, tratta dall'incontro del terzo turno fra le squadre Calandra e Wilson. Board 22. Dichiarante Est. E/O [ J 10 9 3 2 ] 10 9 7 {A94 }75 [A5 ]62 { 10 8 5 }QJ9432 [Q8764 ]K5 {QJ732 }8

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L'avversario ha attaccato di piccola sotto l'{A e Monica Cuzzi ha passato il re, giocandosi la chance tecnica dell'attacco sotto asso piuttosto che sotto QJ. Brava Monica! Quattordici squadre hanno almeno una componente tricolore. In un campo di gara costellato da Campioni di internazionale prestigio, alcuni dei nostri connazionali hanno puntato sulla strategia "spaventativa", battezzando la loro squadra Godzilla. La squadra Vinci, invece, punta sul (Occidentali's) Karma con il motto impresso sulle divise: "Keep calm and play Bridge". Al termine della giornata di oggi, le prime classificate accederanno agli ottavi di finale.

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Montecatini, Italy

ACDC Brigitte AUBONNET Christophe CARDE Anne-Marie COLOMBARO Jean-Yves DANIC

AIREST Priit HALLER Maksim KARPOV Ines PIIBELEHT Aire TAUBE

AJ DIAMENT Cathy BALDYSZ Igor GRZEJDZIAK Sabina GRZEJDZIAK Andrzej JASZCZAK Anna KOWALSKA Piotr WALCZAK

ALERTPLUS Anja ALBERTI Nikolas BAUSBACK Berthold ENGEL Anne GLADIATOR Karin WENNING Ulrich WENNING Nikolas BAUSBACK cpt

APACHE Ferda CAKICI Frances DAVIS Brian McGUIRE Erdem OZTURK

BADGER Jeffrey ALLERTON Frances HINDEN Paula LESLIE Graham OSBORNE

BEIJING TRINERGY Fei GAO Yan HUANG Xiaoyi LI Dong LU Yanhong WANG Shaohong WU Dong LU cpt Yanhong WANG coach BREMNES Helge BREMNES Inge DYRKORN Ingeborg GRIMSMO Cecilie SANDVIK Helge BREMNES cpt

BELGIUM Valerie C.-LABAERE Steven DE DONDER Bernard DEHAYE Isabelle DEWASME Tine DOBBELS Alain LABAERE

BERKSMA Dana BERKOWITZ David BERKOWITZ Lisa BERKOWITZ Aida JANSMA Jan JANSMA

BINKIE Brian CALLAGHAN Catherine CURTIS Christine DUCKWORTH Paul FEGARTY

BRENO Cristina GOLIN Massimo LANZAROTTI Gabriella OLIVIERI Francesca PISCITELLI Stefano SABBATINI Romain ZALESKI Massimo LANZAROTTI cpt

BROGELAND Boye BROGELAND Tonje Aasand BROGELAND Espen ERICHSEN Helen ERICHSEN Kjell Gaute FYRUN Stine HOLMOY

CFSC Mao Yuan HU Ke JIN Yi Qian LIU Weimin WANG Yili ZHENG Ping ZHU Rong HUANG cpt Jihong HU coach CORNELL JACOB NZ Michael CORNELL Vivien CORNELL Stephanie JACOB Tom JACOB Jo SIMPSON Robert SIMPSON

CHARLSEN Thomas CHARLSEN Torild HESKJE Jo-Arne OVESEN Siv THORESEN Jo-Arne OVESEN cpt

COMPITALIA Michele CAMMARATA Carmela FRANCO Germana GAVAZZONI Paul LAMFORD Stefanie ROHAN Lorenzo STOPPINI

CALANDRA Emanuela CALANDRA Monica CUZZI Eleonora DUBOIN Giorgio DUBOIN Emanuela PRAMOTTON Alfredo VERSACE Emanuela CALANDRA cpt Massimo ORTENSI coach CONNECTOR Danuta KAZMUCHA Cezary SEREK Justyna STACHOWIAK-KLUZ Tomasz WINCIOREK

CORNEMUSE Jean-Baptiste FANTUN Nicolas LHUISSIER Sabine ROLLAND Veronique VENTOS

CREMIN Huub BERTENS Joan CREMIN Geoff HAMPSON Sandra RIMSTEDT Haig TCHAMITCH Martine VERBEEK Joan CREMIN cpt

CZECH REPULIC Sona HAJKOVA Milan MACURA Michaela MACUROVA Vit VOLHEJN

DARLING Kenneth ANDERSON Rosalind ANDERSON Marina DARLING Justin MILL

DE BOTTON Kathrine BERTHEAU Sally BROCK Janet DE BOTTON Thor Erik HOFTANISKA Artur MALINOWSKI Nicklas SANDQVIST

DJAWS TRIT Attila DAGDEVIREN Deniz DAGDEVIREN Marco GANDINI Serap KURANOGLU Stefania VINCIGUERRA Attila DAGDEVIREN cpt

EAV Andreas BABSCH Gabriele CAPPELLER Joachim CAPPELLER U. SCHRECKENBERGER Andreas BABSCH aptain

ELLEVI Antti ELSINEN Tiina ELSINEN Vesa LESKELA Kirsi VIRTANEN Vesa LESKELA cpt

EMMER Linda MOLLE Elly SCHIPPERSBOSKLOPPER Rene STIENEN Marco TER LAARE Marco TER LAARE cpt

ENZ Owen CAMP Kay PREDDY Norman SELWAY Anisia SHAMI

FAILLA Francesca CARNICELLI Ornella COLONNA Giuseppe FAILLA Luigi LIGAMBI Giuseppe FAILLA cpt

FLAVIA Christian FELDERER Annette SCHEINER) Otto SCHEINER Hannelore THOMASBERGER

FORNACIARI Irene BARONI Monica BURATTI Ezio FORNACIARI Lorenzo LAURIA Carlo MARIANI CRISTIANA MORGANTINI Ezio FORNACIARI cpt

FOX Sedat ALUF Tuna ALUF Namik KOKTEN Mehves PISAK Mehves PISAK cpt

GEELY AUTO Yunlong CHEN Jianming DAI Shengyue GUI Qi SHEN Liping WANG Wen Fei WANG Shengyue GUI cpt Wen Fei WANG coach

FERM Dennis BILDE Sjoert BRINK Barbara FERM Jacco HOP Christina Lund MADSEN Meike WORTEL Jacco HOP cpt Sjoert BRINK coach GILLIS Ann Karin FUGLESTAD Simon GILLIS Marianne HARDING Erik SAELENSMINDE

BLUE NOTE Grazyna BREWIAK Rafal JAGNIEWSKI Eric MAUBERQUEZ Emmanuelle MONOD Jerzy ROMANOWSKI Martine ROSSARD CANNAVALE Paola CANNAVALE Carlo MAGNANI Giacomo PERCARIO Michela SALVATO Francesco SCRIATTOLI Giulia SCRIATTOLI Paola CANNAVALE cpt CORALINE Dominique BOURDIN Blandine DELESTRE Daniel DELESTRE Francois JOLIGEON

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GINO Ronnie BARR Eldad GINOSSAR Clara HETZ Yossi ROLL Yossi ROLL cpt Eldad GINOSSAR coach

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GODZILLA Patrizia AZZONI Manuela BERTOGLIO Daniela BUQUICCHIO Alberto CESATI Andrea MANNO Daniele PAGANI

GOLD Marusa BASA Kevin CASTNER David GOLD Susanna GROSS

GOSSCHALK Willem GOSSCHALK Marie L. GOSSCHALK K. Inez VAN EIJCK Willem VAN EIJCK Willem GOSSCHALK cpt

HANLON Nadia BEKKOUCHE Fiona BROWN Tom HANLON Hugh McGANN

HELGENESS Geir HELGEMO Gunn HELNESS Tor HELNESS Jessica LARSSON

HELNESS Kristian ELLINGSEN Anne-Lill HELLEMANN Fredrik HELNESS Astrid Steen LYBAEK

INFERNO Gytis DANTA Elizabeth HAVAS David McLEISH Paula McLEISH

IRISH DUBEL Harold CURRAN Anne FITZPATRICK Brid KEMPLE Heidi LILLIS Michael McGLOUGHLIN Terry WALSH

ISOARD Nicole CURETTI Michelle ISOARD Jean Le PODER Michel ROMIEU

IVAR Ivar M. ANFINSEN Egil HOMME Marianne HOMME Eli SOLHEIM Egil HOMME cpt

JIANG Peer BACH Yong Kang JIANG Setsuko LICHTNECKER Jianyu ZHU

JING HANG Wangying GONG Xiao HU Hao LONG Jinghui YANG Hao LONG cpt Xiao HU coach

KANDEMIR Zeynep ALP Orhan EKINCI Ismail KANDEMIR Sevil NUHOGLU

KIBE Lale GUMRUKCUOGLU Omer KIZILOK Basak KUTUK Ayse OZGUNES Dogan UZUM Ayse OZGUNES cpt

LADY Claudia LUESSMANN Ingo LUESSMANN Michael SCHNEIDER Gisela SMYKALLA Michael SCHNEIDER cpt Roland MUELLER coach

LARA Thibault DELMAS-SIRVEN Daniele GAVIARD Maria Joao LARA Manuel d' OREY CAPUCHO Maria Joao LARA cpt

LE BOMASC Patrick BOGACKI Isabella CHILAUD Gilles MAAREK Valerie SAUVAGE H SCHIATTI M SCHIATTI Patrick BOGACKI cpt

LEBRON Candace GRIFFEY Larry GRIFFEY Dennis MCGARRY Linda MCGARRY Don SULGROVE Kathy SULGROVE

LEDGER Maureen HANNAH Jimmy LEDGER Dick RUTTER Jane RUTTER

LUND Helle Simon ELBRO Erik LUND Frank PAASKESEN Kate REITER

MAHAFFEY Piotr GAWRYS Sam LEV Irina LEVITINA Jim MAHAFFEY Judi RADIN Sylvia SHI Jim MAHAFFEY cpt

MAJOR Emine KONDAKCI SEN Funda OZBEY Tayfun OZBEY Tezcan SEN Tezcan SEN cpt

MAX Dietlind ANGEBRANDT Maximilian BUCHMAYR Susanne BUCHMAYR Bernard UTNER Dietlind ANGEBRANDT cpt Martin ANGEBRANDT coach

MIAMI HEAT Claire ALPERT Francisco BERNAL Cristal NELL Michael RANIS Igor SAVCHENKO Lindsey WEINGER Lindsey WEINGER cpt

MICROCHIROPTERA Marius IONITA Karen McCALLUM Andrew McINTOSH Jovanka SMEDEREVAC Sascha WERNLE

MIPIREDA Danielle AVON Pierre SAPORTA Renata SAPORTATWORZYDLO Jean-Michel VOLDOIRE

MNEPO Anna GULEVICH Georgi MATUSHKO Sergei ORLOV Olga PAVLUSHKO Evgeni RUDAKOV Elena RUDAKOVA Georgi MATUSHKO cpt

MORAWSKI Nathalie C.-PLUOT Minh Hieu LE Dariusz MORAWSKI Vanessa REESS Irmeli SALONEN Francois STRETZ

NATAF Marcel DADON Paula NATAF Romain TEMBOURET Aurelie THIZY

OLIVER Oliver CLARE Tiziana DI MARTINO Margaret P.-ENGLAND Gino ULIVAGNOLI

ONEILL Dennis CLERKIN Jerry CLERKIN Molly ONEILL Joanne WEINGOLD

ORG REIGNWOOD Junjie HU Linlin HU Shu LIU Yanhui SUN Jian WANG Jie ZHAO Yanhui SUN cpt Yuewu WANG coach PONDUS AND BLONDES Lise BLAAGESTAD Geir BREKKA Geir ENGEBRETSEN Mona LINDSTROEM Jan Petter SVENDSEN Geir ENGEBRETSENcpt Geir BREKKA coach

PBC GRAZ Judith FERLIC Gerhard HORNISCHER Astrid KERBL Helmut POLASCHEGG Gerhard HORNISCHER cpt

PENFOLD Sandra PENFOLD Brian SENIOR Nevena SENIOR Roumen TRENDAFILOV

PERSIANI Benito GAROZZO Isabella MARCEDDU Bogdan MARINA Maurizio PATTACINI Isabella PERSIANI Marina STEGAROIU Isabella PERSIANI cpt

PSZCZOLA Sabine AUKEN Josef BLASS Jacek PSZCZOLA Anna SARNIAK J. SEAMON-MOLSON Roy WELLAND Jacek PSZCZOLA cpt

PUILLET Pierre FRANCESCHETTI A.-L. HUBERSCHWILLER Carole PUILLET Quentin ROBERT

PUNCH Stephen PETERKIN Sam PUNCH Sarah TESHOME James THROWER

PIZZI E BOSCHETTI Claus LUND Niels LUND Nell RINDAHL Susanne THOMSEN

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Montecatini, Italy

REDROBOT Svetlana CHUBAROVA Igor KHAZANOV Maria LEBEDEVA Dmitri PROKHOROV Pavel VOROBEI Olga VOROBEYCHIKOVA Pavel VOROBEI cpt

RIDOLFO Claudine CYMERMAN Valerie POUJOL Jean RIDOLFO Marc THIVET

ROBERTSON Simon COPE Desislava MALAKOVA Marion ROBERTSON Stefan SKORCHEV

ROSE AND THE THORNS Nikolay DEMIREV Steve GARNER Christal HENNER Rose MELTZER Steve GARNER cpt

ROSENTHAL Marion MICHIELSEN Andrew ROSENTHAL Johan UPMARK Chris WILLENKEN Migry ZUR-CAMPANILE

SAGIV Adi ASULIN Gilad OFIR Etan ORENSTEIN Marina PILIPOVIC Stella SAGIV Yehuda SAGIV Yehuda SAGIV cpt

SAKR Katarzyna DUFRAT Michal KLUKOWSKI Krzysztof MARTENS Michal NOWOSADZKI May SAKR Justyna ZMUDA

SCRAPS Sybil BRAGADIR Thierry DE MENDEZ Karim HEJJAJ Lise HOWARD

SEMERCI Berk BASARAN Can BERKTAS Sukriye MERZE Umran SEMERCI Berk BASARAN cpt

SILBERSEE Christian FROEHNER Pony Beate NEHMERT Andrea REIM Sebastian REIM Daniela VON ARNIM Felix ZIMMERMANN Felix ZIMMERMANN cpt

SILVERFOX Faith MAYER Bodil Nyheim OIGARDEN Steffen Fredrik SIMONSEN Geir-Olav TISLEVOLL Geir-Olav TISLEVOLL cpt

SLOVENIA Tomaz ADAMIC Barbara BARAGA Barbara D. DRNOVSEK Aleksandra JESENICNIK Tolja ORAC Bogdan RASULA Tomaz ADAMIC cpt

SORESINI Francesca DI LEMBO Enrico GUGLIELMI Mario MATTEUCCI Ambra MORELLI Antonella SORESINI Davide TAVOSCHI

STAMATOV Mireille FAYAD Wafa HADDAD Faycal HAMDAN Gabriel HARFOUCHE Jerry STAMATOV

STOPPA Yves AUBRY M.-Claude GOUVERITH Francoise MARKOVITZ) Jean-Louis STOPPA Jean-Louis STOPPA cpt

SVAERKE Hanne NIELSEN Karin Strande RISOM Henrik RYBNERPETERSEN Torben SVAERKE

SWEDEN MIXED Dan BYLUND Bengt-Erik EFRAIMSSON Helena STROMBERG Anna ZACK EFRAIMSSON Bengt-Erik EFRAIMSSON cpt

SWISS BOLLYWOOD Hans-Herman GWINNER Himani KHANDELWAL Rajeev KHANDELWAL Darina LANGER

TACCETTI Massimo BALDINI Laura FEDERICI Niccolò FOSSI Carla TACCETTI

TAKK Kazuo FURUTA Ayako MIYAKUNI Kenji MIYAKUNI Teruko NISHIMURA

TARV Thorsten CMIEL Raffaella DE MEDICI Aylin DENIZCI Volkan DENIZCI Thorsten CMIEL cpt

TIDA STELI Atanas IVANOV Steliana IVANOVA Lilo POPLILOV Matilda POPLILOV Matilda POPLILOV cpt

VALIO Vladislav Nikolov ISPORSKI Valentin KOVACHEV Diana MARQUARDT Ahu ZOBU Valentin KOVACHEV cpt

VIANELLO Gianni BALBI Franco CEDOLIN Francesca VIANELLO Serenina ZAGO Francesca VIANELLO cpt

VICKY Virginia CHEDIAK R. GARCIA DA ROSA Carlos PELLEGRINI Sue PICUS Joseph RICH Ranja SIVERTSVIK Virginia CHEDIAK cpt

VICOZ Gavin BAILEY Kirsten BAILEY Annette Elizabeth MALUISH Andrew John MILL

VINCI Monica AGHEMO Andrea BURATTI Doris FISCHER Fabrizio HUGONY Bernd SAURER Vera TAGLIAFERI Francesco Saverio VINCI cpt

VITA Dolores GILLILAND Gordon LESSELLS Joe WALSH Maria WHELAN

VYTAS Andrey GROMOV Victoria GROMOVA Apolinary KOWALSKI Ewa MISZEWSKA Tatiana PONOMAREVA Vytautas VAINIKONIS Wojtek OLANSKI cpt

WARD PLATT Thomas BESSIS Benedicte CRONIER Cedric LORENZINI Kiki WARD-PLATT Joanna ZOCHOWSKA

WILSON Ida GRONKVIST Richard RITMEIJER Magdalena TICHA Ricco VAN PROOIJEN Alison WILSON

YALMAN Netsy SAYER Ali YALMAN Gracia YALMAN Zahari ZAHARIEV Gracia YALMAN cpt

ZEN Laurence DUC Stephan MAGNUSSON Fernando PIEDRA Irene SAESSELI

ZIMMERMANN Philippe CRONIER Tatiana DIKHNOVA Catherine D'OVIDIO Franck MULTON Sylvie WILLARD Pierre ZIMMERMANN

The first video from this Championship is available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0v7j_2AEyI&feature=youtu.be

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58 FOX 50.55 59 CONNECTOR 50.00 60 HANLON 49.86 61 FLAVIA 49.66 62 BRENO 49.25 63 SORESINI 49.01 64 ZEN 48.85 65 VICKY 48.61 66 SWEDEN MIXED TEAM 48.33 67 BROGELAND 48.30 68 GODZILLA 47.87 69 MAHAFFEY 47.32 70 CFSC 46.42 71 SVAERKE 46.37 72 CORNEMUSE 46.16 73 STAMATOV 46.15 74 ISOARD 45.53 75 VIANELLO 45.27 76 DE BOTTON 44.33 77 GINO 44.00 78 KIBE 43.93 79 LEDGER 43.58 80 APACHE 43.02 81 GILLIS 42.91 82 CORALINE 41.93 83 TACCETTI 41.54 84 GEELY AUTO 41.44 85 STOPPA 40.90 86 SWISS BOLLYWOOD 40.86 87 ONEILL 40.31 88 AIREST 39.72 89 JIANG 39.63 90 DJAWS TRIT 39.62 91 LEBRON 39.14 92 GOSSCHALK 38.55 93 MAX 38.41 94 LUND 38.01 95 INFERNO 37.92 96 DARLING 37.88 97 ENZ 37.26 98 LE BOMASC 37.05 99 PONDUS AND BLONDES 36.89 100 MIAMI HEAT 36.66 101 VITA 35.83 102 BINKIE 35.77 103 SCRAPS 34.29 104 SLOVENIA 33.59 105 BREMNES 32.75 106 IRISH DUBEL 32.25 107 ELLEVI 31.95 108 RIDOLFO 31.01 109 NATAF 29.23 110 OLIVER 28.23 111 PIZZI E BOSCHETTI 27.75 112 TARV 24.66 113 VICOZ 21.88 114 PBC GRAZ 21.80

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