Bridge trophy
The Buffett Cup is a bridge trophy which is awarded biennially in an event between teams from Europe and the United States.
The tournament is modeled on the Ryder Cup golf competition and is held in the week preceding the golf event at a nearby location. The competition was first held in 2006 and is named after its sponsor, American businessman Warren Buffett. Teams are selected by invitation and must contain at least two female players. The competition format is a mixture of teams of four, pairs and individual sessions with point-a-board scoring throughout.
The tournament was scheduled to be held in Monaco in 2014, but was cancelled owing to disagreement within the USA side as to how members of its team were chosen.[1]
The Buffett Cup was resumed in 2019 in Haikou, China. Besides the Europe and USA teams, the China team is also invited for the first time to the Buffett Cup.
Results
Summary
Team | Winner | 1st Runners-up | 2nd Runners-up |
China | -- | -- | 1 |
Europe | 1 | 4 | -- |
United States | 4 | 1 | -- |
By Year
Year | Winner |
2019 | United States |
2012 | United States |
2010 | United States |
2008 | Europe |
2006 | United States |
2019 Haikou, Hainan Province, China
(1st) USA - 972.3; (2nd) Europe - 967.7; (3rd) China - 953 [2]
China Jianjian Wang (NPC) | Jianming Dai | Lixin Yang | Chuancheng Ju | Zhengjun Shi | Meng Kang | Xiaojing Wang | Wenfei Wang | Qi Shen | | Europe Paul Hackett (NPC) | England | Sally Brock | England | Jason Hackett | England | Justin Hackett | England | Frederic Wrang | Sweden | Fiona Brown | England | Antonio Palma | Portugal | Louk Verhees | Netherlands | Ricco Van Prooijen | Netherlands | | USA Peggy Kaplan (NPC) | Bob Hamman | Peter Weichsel | Bart Bramley | Kit Woolsey | Oren Kriegel | Ron Smith | Jill Meyers | Sylvia Shi | |
2012 Omaha, Nebraska
USA won 107-103.[3]
Europe Paul Porteous (NPC) | Ireland | Michel Bessis | France | Thomas Bessis | France | Sally Brock | England | Fulvio Fantoni | Monaco | Paul Hackett | England | Tom Hanlon | Ireland | Kalin Karaivanov | Bulgaria | Claudio Nunes | Monaco | Nicola Smith | England | Rumen Trendafilov | Bulgaria | | USA Donna Compton (NPC) | David Berkowitz | Curtis Cheek | Joe Grue | Bob Hamman | John Hurd | Marc Jacobus | Justin Lall | Jill Levin | Brad Moss | Alan Sontag | |
2010 Cardiff, Wales
USA won 109-89.[4]
Europe Paul Hackett (NPC) | England | Sabine Auken | Germany | Boye Brogeland | Norway | Giorgio Duboin | Italy | Fulvio Fantoni | Italy | Jason Hackett | England | Justin Hackett | England | Geir Helgemo | Norway | Tor Helness | Norway | Claudio Nunes | Italy | Erik Saelensminde | Norway | Antonio Sementa | Italy | Daniela Von Arnim | Germany | | |
2008 Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Europe won 205.5-172.5.
Europe Paul Hackett (NPC) | England | Sabine Auken | Germany | Michel Bessis | France | Thomas Bessis | France | Boye Brogeland | Norway | Tom Hanlon | Ireland | Tor Helness | Norway | Michał Kwiecień | Poland | Espen Lindqvist | Norway | Hugh McGann | Ireland | Marion Michielsen | Netherlands | Jacek Pszczoła | Poland | Jan Peter Svendsen | Norway | | |
2006 Dublin, Ireland
USA won by 23.
Europe Paul Hackett (PC) | England | Sabine Auken | Germany | Norberto Bocchi | Italy | Giorgio Duboin | Italy | Jason Hackett | England | Justin Hackett | England | Tom Hanlon | Ireland | Geir Helgemo | Norway | Tor Helness | Norway | Jan Jansma | Netherlands | Hugh McGann | Ireland | Louk Verhees Jr. | Netherlands | Daniela von Arnim | Germany | | |
References
- ^ "2014 Buffett Cup Cancelled". Bridge Winners. 24 June 2014.
- ^ "Buffett Cup 2019". Buffett Cup 2019. 28 April 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2012 Buffett Cup Live Results". Bridge Winners. 10 September 2012.
- ^ "Press and Media". Archived from the original on 2010-04-27. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
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