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Here are some round-robin data for the four Open, three Women, and two Senior groups. Groups of 16 to 18 teams played full round robins on Saturday to Wednesday and Friday of the first week (six days); three 16-deal matches per day.
In Group A, France trailed Romania by 0.01 VP and four more teams trailed by no more than 5 VP, with ninth-place Canada closer to qualification than the fifth-place team in any other group. Italy scored 21.06 VP per match and the other winners surpassed 20 VP. The last qualifiers scored Romania 17.91, India 18.41, Belgium 17.23, and Turkey 18.70 per match.
In every group, nine teams from Europe placed in the top 14 (36 teams) and five to seven from Europe placed in the top 8 (24 teams).
In Group E, Japan trailed Brazil by 2.5 VP, the closest decisive margin. Germany scored 21.88 VP per match(!), England 20.94; last qualifiers Brazil 17.15, Spain 17.47, and Singapore 16.23 per match.
In Group K, South Africa trailed Hong Kong by 4 VP, the closer decisive margin; those two teams scored only about 14 VP per match. USA scored 20.4 VP per match; last qualifiers Hong Kong 14.13 and Belgium 14.99 and per match.
The nine direct links to final round-robin standings may appear in the article, along with direct links to the session-by-session knockout scores. The reasonable alternative is to provide fewer links, perhaps only one to the linked schedule of Open/Women/Seniors sessions, with some instructional notes. -- P64 ( talk) 18:19, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
Single round-robin among 18 qualified teams (zonal). Poland scored 19.9 VP per match, Denmark only 17.8. Thirteen teams scored at least 14.0 (238 VP).
Single round-robin among 18 qualified teams (zonal). England and France rolled 20.6 and 20.5 VP per match, more than two VP ahead of third place (18.2).
All of these links are in the article now, perhaps temporarily. -- P64 ( talk) 19:04, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
The U28 Teams attracted 74 entries, three more than the Open! The initial stage comprised 17 rounds of Swiss matches, in schedule parallel to the 15- to 17-round robins in the other five teams events.
U28 Swiss Using the standard scale, 255 VP represented average play, equivalent to 17 tie matches.
There were some entries from nations that are not WBF members(dtf). Precisely half the field was from Europe, 37 of 74 teams. They were 6 of the 8 teams who qualified for knockout play and 26 of the 38 with average-plus scores 225 or greater. From the other zones 37 teams filled the complement including 12 of the 38 with average-plus scores (bold).
-- P64 ( talk) 18:31, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
After 16 rounds, the first 22 of 74 teams had clinched average scores (255) and 13 were contenders for the knockout stage. U28 Swiss, one round to play
1 POLAND 305 2 ENGLAND 290 3 FRANCE 283 4 ISRAEL 282 5 CHINA 281 6 BELGIUM 280 7 TAIPEI 279 —a very strong position 8 INDIA 272 vs Belgium 9 NORWAY 271 vs Poland, a very strong team, but Norway won the eighth slot 10 INDOnes 266 vs China 11 USA 265 vs Czechia 12 CZECHia 263 vs USA GREECE 263 vs Finland 14 FINLAND 260 —a very dark horse 15 ICELAND 259 16 HUNGARY 258 ROMANIA 258 18 CROATIA 257 19 ITALY 256.5 —16 VP per match thru 16 rounds 20 AUSTRIA 255 BRAZIL 255 SWEDEN 255 23 LATVIA 254
"Individual Championship(s) Systems" Daily Bulletin, Youth 12 (2008-10-16), iii —specifies bidding systems for all Individuals tournaments: Men, Women, Youth medal group, Youth other groups.
· Of course, in an Individual competition, it is necessary for everyone to use the system — even if you happen to play a few boards with a regular partner.
· It has been decided to use two different systems for the Individual Championship in Beijing, according to which group you are in.
· The top group, ‘A’, will use the same system as was played in the Generali Masters events for the Open and Women earlier in the tournament. It is assumed that those who have qualified for this top section will be familiar with the conventions involved. The other sections will use a more basic system. This is to reflect the fact that we have some very inexperienced players at these championships and we do not wish to see them forced to play methods that are unfamiliar to them.
· Copies of the systems will be put out on every table before play this morning.
(emphasis mine) marks that portion quoted in my rough draft. -- P64 ( talk) 19:50, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
"Individual" Daily Bulletin, Youth 12 (2008-10-16), iii —explains the structure of the two-day tournament, especially the construction of fields A B C D and perhaps E with reference to Pairs results. -- P64 ( talk) 21:53, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
"Youth Pairs Championship(s)" Daily Bulletin, Youth 7 (2008-10-11), vi —explains the structure of the five-day tournament, especially construction of Pairs fields with reference to results from the partly concurrent Teams tournament. -- P64 ( talk) 21:44, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
Notes on data missing and available where.
-- P64 ( talk) 18:55, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
Concerning World Bridge Games and bridge at the World Mind Sports Games, 2008 and 2012, exceptionally and permanently.
There were eleven bridge tournaments in Beijing. Call the contemporary WBF coverage "News", for short. According to News: top page (third paragraph and medal table), nine were part of the "World Bridge Games" (table); two were not (last clause). Among the nine, four were "exceptionally incorporated in the Games (4rd/5th sentences). The other five, by implication permanently incorporated in the Games, were the Open and Women teams from the "Olympiad" and three new "competitions for young players": teams, pairs, individuals (3rd sentence).
The News: Results (linked schedules) grouped the five Youth events and the six other events. So did the News: Bulletins (linked directory).
The News: Participants (directory) introduced another grouping with a layout putting 7 events under IMSA and 4 under WBF. Contrast the top page: 9 part of the first Games and 2 side events; or 5 permanently incorporated in the Games and 6 not.
In its overall presentation of world championship bridge, on the other hand, WBF has distinguished the "World Bridge Games" from the bridge component of the WMSG: namely, "All bridge competitions played within or in conjunction with WMSG are called World Bridge Games." Thus all eleven bridge competitions in Beijing composed the first WBF. Six events have been listed, perhaps meaning permanent incorporation in contrast to the first Games in particular. The U28 definition of youth teams, pairs, and individuals has been called exceptional in Beijing (while U26 is the familiar definition of youth in bridge). This list adds Senior Teams to the five permanent medal events implied by the News.
Regarding the Mixed Teams: The World Team Olympiad gave way to the World Bridge Games in 2008, and the World Mixed Team Championship followed suit, as a separate competition.
Regarding the Masters Individual (two flights), there has been no mention of incorporation in the Games even once. Same for Youth Teams (two flights in Beijing, now three).
The 2008 News, top page, placed the U26 and U21 Teams (established zonal) in the Games exceptionally. A 2011-07-31 ACBL release (Note 2 in the article) said that they had been "scheduled" for the 2nd WMSG in Manchester (which matches my understanding), but were now rescheduled for Havana, Cuba. Bridge Winners placed the next rendition in Shanghai, in its announcement of United States U21 trials last Sunday 2011-11-06.
-- P64 ( talk) 19:42, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
During research I consulted substantially these items in the PDF Daily Bulletin, Youth series ( directory). Where possible, in the article I will refer to html contemporary coverage or to the main WBF website. The process of reducing the number of references to these PDF items is now in progress.
Daily Bulletin: Youth series ( directory)
Reference to Conditions of Contest and Supplemental CoC for explanation of round-robin tie-breaker and carryover to knockout matches.
Bold titles are not redundant because there is more than one article on the given page. -- P64 ( talk) 21:48, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
--- P64 ( talk) 17:29, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
"It gives me the greatest of pleasure to welcome all of you to Beijing. This is no ordinary occasion. As bridge and the other mind sports are paving their way towards Olympic recognition, we are experiencing the unprecedented pleasure of welcoming young players from no fewer than 74 countries [number of U28 teams entries], representing all the continents and zones. At the same time, we will be holding our prime Youth events, the competitions for the Ortiz-Patino and Damiani Trophies, for young and younger players." --opening words by Panos Gerontopoulos
"Players whose teams are involved in the knock-out stages will all join the Pairs Championship, providing that they have entered according to the requirements listed above, that is, not later than 4.30 pm on Wednesday 8th October. Losing quarter-finalists will drop in to the Pairs at the semi-final stage, all others directly to the final." (any two members of same NBO (Teams coaches included) born 1980 or later
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