Youth Congress
The World Youth Congress is a distinct meet in odd years with transnational entries permitted in all teams and pairs events. It was inaugurated 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey; reiterated 2011 in Opatija, Croatia.
40 teams entered the main event at the 1st World Youth Congress in 2009. At least two-thirds of the team names, and more among the strong performers, suggest a single nationality. "Japan Czech" won the final against "Italy Red" while "USA 1" won third place against "Netherlands Red". Evidently 8 teams advanced from preliminary play to knockout matches and there were no playoffs to distinguish any of the quarterfinal losers, 5th to 8th places.
- (Some of the main events for teams at WBF meets are scheduled so that preliminary and quarterfinal losers are eligible to enter a secondary event that begins during the main event semifinals. For others only preliminary losers are available to enter the first stage of another event. For example, the 2nd World Youth Congress in 2011, the secondary BAM teams event was a consolation tournament initially among preliminary losers, the 9th to 27th place teams in the main prelim. Quarterfinal losers in the main event joined the consolation on its second day.)
27 teams entered at the 2nd Congress in 2011, all but four having team names that suggest a single nationality.
| Year, Site, Entries | Medalists | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009
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1. | Japan Czech |
| 2. | Italy Red |
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| 3. | USA 1 |
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| 4. | Netherlands Red |
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| 2011
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1. | NED Juniors |
| 2. | ARG URU |
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| 3. | NED RUM |
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| 4. | France |
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- World Championships & Events (double overview). World Bridge Federation.
- World Youth Congress. World Bridge Federation.
The World Youth Congress (to conclude 29 August 2011) will include "world championships" for teams, pairs, and individuals, each with Juniors and Youngsters flights if the number of u-21 entries is sufficient. There will also be secondary contests with alternative forms of scoring, board-a-match teams and IMP pairs(*).
Some of these events may officially continue "world championships" for junior players contested before 2009: miscellaneous ones, not those now held in even-number years: biennial (zonal) World Youth Teams Championships and quadrennial World Bridge Games.
- For the World Bridge Games, among 96 junior pairs in the final and 30 in the consolation, the WBF lists 124 co-national pairs, one England–Wales (because the Olympic movement recognizes Great Britain teams?), and one Argentina–Chile (why?).
The 2011 events for teams and pairs will be transnational in that entries may comprise players from different countries and open in that there is no preliminary qualification at zonal level.
Here is a list of pertinent past championships.
Teams
- 2009 only(*), World Juniors Teams Championship to Date (Board-a-match), World Youth Congress. WBF.
- 2009 only, World Juniors Teams Championship to Date (Swiss), World Youth Congress. WBF.
- 2002 only, junior flight of the IOC Grand Prix
Pairs
- 2009 only(*), World Juniors IMP Pairs Championships to Date (IMPs), World Youth Congress. WBF.
- 2006 only, youngsters pairs World Youngsters Pairs Championship to Date, World Youth Congress. WBF.
- 1995-2009, every two/three years World Juniors MP Pairs Championships to Date (matchpoints), World Youth Congress. WBF.
Individuals
- 2000 only, junior flight of the World Masters Individual Championships, World Masters Individual. WBF.
- 2004 only, World Juniors Individual Championship to Date, World Youth Congress. WBF.
Read more about this topic: World Junior Teams Championship
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