Participating teams:
Open
Netherlands, Poland, Norway open blue and Norway open red
Women
Netherlands, Poland, Norway women blue and Norway women red
Format –national teams’ tournament
Teams/System cards |
Netherlands open |
Danny Molenaar – Tim Verbeek |
Maarten Schollaardt – Tom van Overbeeke |
Poland open |
Stanisław Gołębiowski – Piotr Tuszyński |
Wojciech Strzemecki – Przemysław Zawada |
Norway blue open |
Thor Erik Hoftaniska – Fredrik Helness |
Per Erik Austberg – Jan Tore Berg |
Norway red open |
Steffen Fredrik Simonsen – Christian Bakke |
Christer Kristoffersen – Erik Berg |
Netherlands women |
Merel Bruijnsteen – Laura Dekkers |
Marieke Quant – Sigrid Spangenberg |
Poland women |
Cathy Baldysz - Zofia Baldysz |
Anna Sarniak - Danuta Kazmucha |
Norway blue women |
Torild Heskje – Gunn Tove Vist |
Maja Rom Anjer – Pernille Lindaas |
Norway red women |
Liv Marit Grude – Bodil N. Øigarden |
Vicky Chediak – Ranja Sivertsvik |
Format –national teams’ tournament
The format for the national teams’ tournament – one open and one women group:
1. Round Robin 4 teams/16 boards – ranked by VP
2. Semifinals IMPs – 1 against 4 and 2 against 3 from RR => 2 sets of 16 boards + IMP score from RR match
3. Finals IMPs => 3 sets of 16 boards + IMP score from RR match
Round Robin matches – Schedule
Wednesday 21.00 – round 1: Netherlands – Poland, Norway blue – Norway red
Thursday 10.00 – round 2: Netherlands – Norway blue, Poland – Norway red
Thursday 13.30 – round 3: Netherlands – Norway red, Poland – Norway blue
Schedule - semifinals/finals
Thursday 16.15 semifinals 1
Thursday 19.30 semifinals 2
Friday 10.00 finals 1
Friday 13.30 finals 2
Friday 16.00 finals 3
BBO
Broadcast of one match each round.
Broadcast of one match each round.
Poland won the Bermuda Bowl in Chennai 2015.
The Netherlands won on hometurf in Veldhoven 2011.