There was also a close finish to the Funbridge World Transnational Open Teams which saw Mazurkiewicz hold off a strong challenge by Jinshuo while Percy convincingly won the third place play-off with Zimmermann.Ģ 43rd WORLD BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Lyon, France Bermuda Bowl P T FRANCE CHINA P T NETHERLANDS P T FRANCE NEW ZEALAND NEW ZEALAND FRANCE Thomas BESSIS, Francois COMBESCURE, Cedric LORENZINI, Jean-Christophe QUANTIN, Jerome ROMBAUT, Frederic VOLCKER, Lionel SEBBANE captain CHINA Yunlong CHEN, Jianming DAI, Jianwei LI, Lixin YANG, Bangxiang ZHANG, Jie ZHAO, Jihong HU captain, Gang CHEN coach NETHERLANDS Simon DE WIJS, Bob DRIJVER, Bauke MULLER, Bart NAB, Berend VAN DEN BOS, Joris VAN LANKVELD, Wubbo DE BOER captain, Ton BAKKEREN coach NEW ZEALAND Ashley BACH, Matthew BROWN, Michael CORNELL, Geir-Olav TISLEVOLL, Michael WARE, Michael WHIBLEY, Derek EVENNETT captain SWEDEN Fredrik NYSTROM, Mikael RIMSTEDT, Ola RIMSTEDT, Johan SYLVAN, Johan UPMARK, Frederic WRANG, Per Gunnar ELIASSON captain, Jan LAGERMAN coach USA2 Martin FLEISHER, Joe GRUE, Chip MARTEL, Brad MOSS, Jacek PSZCZOLA, Michael ROSENBERG, Jan MARTEL captain USA1 Ralph KATZ, Robert LEVIN, Jeff MECKSTROTH, Nick NICKELL, Eric RODWELL, Steve WEINSTEIN, Jill LEVIN captain, Eric O. Bulgaria defeated New Zealand in the play-off for the bronze medals. 15 Contents Brackets and Rosters Cumulative Medal Table WBF President Farewell Roll Of Honour th WORLD TRANSNATIONAL OPEN TEAMS DAILY BULLETIN USA II ARE THE LIONS OF LYON Coordinator: Jean-Paul Meyer Editor: Mark Horton Co-Editors: Barry Rigal, Brian Senior Journalists: David Bird, John Carruthers, Jos Jacobs Lay-Out Editor: Monika Kümmel Photos: Ron Tacchi Saturday evening, 26th August 2017 The Unluckiest Man in Lyon?.14 IOC and GAISF Officials visit Lyon On ne change pas une équipe qui gagne Le (bon) coin francophone USA 2, winners of the Bermuda Bowl, with officials: Gianarrigo Rona, Martin Fleisher, Chip Martel, Jan Martel (NPC), Michael Rosenberg, Brad Moss, Jacek Pszczola, Patrick Grenthe, Joe Grue, José Damiani RR13: OT Poland v USA F S4: OT USA 2 v Italy F S5: BB France v USA F S6: BB France v USA Championship Diary Swings and Arrows The Magnificent Seven F S8: BB France v USA Winners of the Funbridge Transnational Teams: Team MAZURKIEWICZ Krzysztof Jassem, Piotr Gawryś, Michał Klukowski, Marcin Mazurkiewicz (pc) After a wonderful match that contained many thrilling deals it was USA II who emerged as the new Bermuda Bowl Champions, beating France by just 2 IMPs.

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