The Jaime Ortiz-Patino Trophy – U26 Teams

1. SWEDEN: Andreas Abragi, Sanna Clementsson, Erik Hansson, Ivar Lichtenstein, Castor Mann, Alexander Sandin, Erik Fryklund (captain), Mikael Rimstedt (coach)

2. USA2: Cornelius Duffie, Jacob Freeman, Richard Jeng, Olivia Schireson, Brent Xiao, Rory Xiao, Christian Jolly (captain)

3. ITALY: Cristina Brusotti, Alessandro Carletti, Luca Draghi, Vincenzo Beniamino Fresa, Matteo Lombardi, Federico Porta, Dario Attanasio (captain), Valerio Giubilo (coach)

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1. NETHERLANDS: Youp Caris, Pim Dupont, Oscar Nijssen, Stefan Thorpe, Tim Van de Paverd, Sibrand van Oosten, Agnes Snellers (cpt), Wubbo de Boer (coach)
2. SINGAPORE: Heng Gao, Linus Lee, Xue Heng Teo, Timothy Jian Zhong Wu, Nuoyi Xu, Bryan Yang, Jiening Xu (cpt), Shen Ting Ang (coach)
3. POLAND: Jakub Bazyluk, Krzysztof Cichy, Maciej Kedzierski, Tomasz Kielbasa, Kacper Kopka, Blazej Krawczyk, Marek Markowski (cpt)

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1. SWEDEN: Ida Gronkvist, Mikael Gronkvist, Simon Hult, Mikael Rimstedt, Ola Rimstedt, , Adam Stokka, Martin Loefgren npc, Tom Gards coach
2. SINGAPORE: Ryan Chan, Peter Haw, Yu Chen Liu, Jazlene Ong, Ming Yang Zhou, Xin Chen Zhu, Yisheng Kelvin Ong npc, Choon Chou Loo coach
3. NETHERLANDS: Veri Kiljan, Guy Mendes De Leon, Michel Schols, Thibo Sprinkhuizen, Luc Tijssen, Ricardo Westerbeek, Agnes Snellers npc, Wubbo De Boer coach.

Once again the full quota of 22 Junior teams attended the 17th World Youth Teams Championships which was held in Wujiang, China, hosted by the Chinese Contract Bridge Association. In the amazing final, Sweden enjoyed a big fifth session, winning it by 38 imps to 19 and taking a 23-point advantage into the concluding 14 boards. Could Singapore stage a third amazing comeback? There was far more scoring in this match, but in the end, Singapore gained only 8 imps and lost by 5: 206-201, For the Bronze Medal the Netherlands got past Poland by 116 imps to 99.

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1. POLAND: Marcin Bojarski, Maksymilian Chodacki, Wojciech Kazmierczak, Michal Klukowski, Kamil Nowak, Justyna Zmuda, Marek Markowski (npc)
2. CHINA: Yanfeng Chen, Sili Liu, Shiyu Sun, Zhi Tang, Yong Tao, Hongji Wei, Jun Ji (npc), Jun Ji (coach)
3. SWEDEN: Simon Ekenberg, Mikael Gronkvist, Daniel Gullberg, Simon Hult, Mikael Rimstedt, Ola Rimstedt, Martin Loefgren (npc), Tom Gards (coach)

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1. NORWAY: Harald Eide, Mats Eide, Kristian Ellingsen, Tor Eivind Grude, Kristoffer Hegge, Kristian Stangeland, Lars Eide (NPC), Lars Arthur Johansen (Coach).

2. THE NETHERLANDS: Tobias Polak, Joris Van Lankveld, Tom Van Overbeeke, Ernst Wackwitz, Chris Westerbeek, Ricardo Westerbeek, Wubbo De Boer (NPC), Kees Tammens (Coach), Agnes Snellers (Team Manager).

3. POLAND: Maciej Bielawski, Pawel Jassem, Michal Klukowski, Slawomir Niajko, Piotr Tuczynski, Jakub Wojcieszek, Marek Markowski (NPC), Stanislaw Golebiowski (Coach).

The full quota of 22 Junior teams attended the 15th World Youth Teams Championships which was held Istanbul, Turkey, hosted by the prestigious Koç University.
The Final kept up the tradition of close matches, on this occasion between Norway and the defending champions, the Netherlands. The Dutch began the last session 9.5 imps in the lead, but Norway had a very good final set, achieving 63 imps to 10 to triumph by 203 imps to 159.5.

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1. NETHERLANDS: Berend van den Bos, Aarnout Helmich, Gerbrand Hop, Joris van Lankveld, Ernst Wackwitz, Chris Westerbeek, Wubbo de Boer (NPC), Kees Tammens (Coach).

2. ISRAEL: Eyal Erez, Lotan Fisher, Gail Gerstner, Moshe Meyouhas, Dror Padon, Lee Rosenthal, Gilad Ofir (NPC).

3. CHINA: Yichao Chen, Junjie Hu, Yuije Jiang, Kai Lu, Yinpei Shao, Jianqiu Shen, Xiaofeng Wang (NPC), Xueming Fu (Coach).

With 20 teams, representing all the 8 WBF Zones, Taicang hosted the most important event in the youth competitions calendar. Following its tradition of hair-raising matches, Netherlands at the end of an unbelievably exciting final, decided only on the last board, defeated the reigning champions from Israel by 0.7 IMPs. 25 years after its victory in Amsterdam in the first edition of the championship, Netherlands won its second title. The host team China, defeating Australia confirmed the bronze medal won in Philadelphia.

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1. ISRAEL: Eiran Argelazi, Alon Birman, Lothar Fisher, Ron Schwartz, Bar Tarnovski, David Birman (NPC).

2. FRANCE: Thomas Bessis, Christophe Grosset, Nicolas Lhuissier, Cedric lorenzini, Quentin Robert, Frederic Volcker, Alain Dumesnil (NPC).

3. CHINA: Yichao Chen, Junjie Hu, Zisu Lin, Yinghao Liu, Yinpei Shao, Di Zhuo.

Philadelphia, hosted the 13th World Youth Team Championships. 17 teams representing 6 Zonal Conferences attended the event, which was played alongside the World Bridge Series. Israel was the best ranked in the Round Robin, followed by France and won very easily both the quarter and semi-final, and in a very hard fought final won for the first time the Ortiz-Patiño Trophy, for the first time, defeating France in the final.

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1. DENMARK: Dennis Bilde, Anne-Sofie Houlberg, Jonas Houmøller, Emil Jepsen, Lars Kirkegaard Nielsen, Martin Shaltz, Henrik Røn, Kåre Gjaldbæk (NPC).

2. POLAND: Piotr Nawrocki, Michal Nowosdadzki, Przemyslaw Piotrowski, Jan Sikora, Artur Wasiak, Piotr Wiankowski, Marek Markowski (NPC), Piotr Dybicz (Coach).

3. NORWAY: Erik Berg, Ivar berg, Petter Eide, Espen Lindqvist, Allan Livgard, Tor Ove Reistad, Sven Olai Hoyland (NPC), Olav Ellestad (Coach).

The 12th World Youth Team Championships were held in Beijing, being incorporated in the 1st Edition of the World Mind Sports Games.
18 teams, representing 6 Zonal Conferences, participated. Denmark showed an impressive superiority throughout the entire competition and won its second title following the victory achieved in 1997 in Hamilton.

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1. USA: Joe Grue, John Kranyak, Justin Lall, Ari Greenberg, Joshua Donn, Jason Feldman, Bob Rosen (NPC).

2. ITALY: Andrea Boldrini, Stelio Di Bello, Francesco Ferrari, Fabio Lo Presti, Alberto Sangiorgio, Matteo Sbarigia, Gianpaolo Rinaldi (NPC).

3. SINGAPORE: Alex Loh, Choon Chou Loo, Kelvin Ng, Hua Poon, Fabian Tan, Li Yu Tan, Gang Chua (NPC).

The 11th World Youth Team Championships were held in Bangkok, Thailand. These championships were a tremendous success. They attracted 18 teams – the maximum possible – representing 17 countries and 7 Zonal Conferences. The USA retained possession of the Ortiz-Patiño Trophy, symbol of world supremacy in Junior bridge, defending the title won in 2005 by defeating Italy in another hair-raising match, which seemed a replay of the dramatic match played in Paris in 2003, but with the result reversed. Down by 96 IMPs with just 16 boards to play, Italy made a tremendous comeback and outscored their opponents by 82-1 IMPs over those deals, but it just wasn’t enough.

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1. USA 1: Ari Greenberg, Joe Grue, John Hurt, John Kranyak, Justin Lall, Joel Wooldridge, Bob Rosen (NPC).

2. POLAND: Konrad Araszkiewicz, Krzysztof Buras, Jacek Kalita, Krzysztof Kotorowicz, Piotr Madry, Wojciech Strzemecki, Marek Murkowshi (NPC), Leszek Nowak (Team Manager).

3. CANADA: Tim Capes, Vincent Demuy, David Grainger, Charles halasi, Daniel Lavee, Gavin Wolpert, Jonathan Steinberg (NPC), Eric Kokish (Coach).

The 10th Youth Teams Championship was held in Sydney, which hosted a very exciting and well run Championship attended by teams from seven of the eight WBF Zonal Conferences.
The final was truly dramatic (renewing the thrilling atmosphere lived in the previous edition in the match between Italy and USA 2) with USA 1 trailing Poland by 30 IMPs going into the last set. At the end, the score had been leveled, and 8 extra boards played to decide the winner of the Ortiz-Patiño Trophy.

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1. ITALY: Furio Di Bello, Stelio, Ruggiero Guariglia, Fabio Lo Presti, Francesco Mazzadi, Stefano Uccello, Giampaolo Rinaldi (NPC), Andrea Pagani (Coach).

2. DENMARK: Kåre Gjaldbæk, Boje Henriksen, Bjørg Houmøller, Jonas Houmøller, Andreas Marquardsen, Martin Schaltz, Jacob Ron (NPC), Lars Walter Petersen (Coach).

3. USA 2: Kevin Bathurst, Joe Grue, John Hurd, John Kranyak, Kent Mignocchi, Joel Wooldridge, Bob Rosen (NPC), Andy O’Grady (Coach).

France was host to the 9th Youth Teams Championship, which was held at the Headquarters of the French Bridge Federation in St Cloud – Paris, France. Six of the eight WBF Zonal Conferences participated, playing in a round robin qualifying event, followed by a semi-final and final with the semi-final losers playing off to determine the bronze medal position.
The semi-final between Italy and USA 2 was one of the most exicint matches in the history of bridge. Having started the last quarter ahead by 60.5 IMPs, the Italians had to face a tremendous comeback from the defending champions, the USA2 team.
When the Di Bello brothers played in a transfer bid on the penultimate board while USA2 bid and made a grand slam, the lead was down to just 1.5 IMPs. The same Italian pair showed tremendous character in bidding another grand slam on the very next and final deal to hang onto that lead and reach the final. The Italian Team then took the title, defeating Denmark in the final and USA 2 took the Bronze Medal.

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1. USA 1: Brad Campbell, Joe Grue, John Hurd, John Kranyak, Kent Mignocchi, Joel Wooldridge, Bob Rosen (NPC), Denis McGarry (Coach).

2. ISRAEL: Yossi Roll, Ranny Schneider, Iron Liran, Michael Barel, Asaf Amit, Yaniv Vax, Aran Warzawski (NPC).

3. DENMARK: Michael Askgaard, Gregers Bjarnarson, Kåre Gjaldbæk, Jonas Houmøller, Andreas Marquardsen, Martin Shaltz, Hans Kristian Sørensen (NPC), Bettina Kalkerup (Coach).

The 8th Youth Teams Championship was held in Mangaratiba (a small town on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro) Brazil. In Brazil, all the WBF Zonal Conferences took part, with the exception of Zone 4 (Asia & Middle East). The format of the event was a round robin for 17 teams over 7 days. The top four teams in the round robin then played a semi-final and final. Europe has a long tradition of success in the Championship, having won all but one title so far. They were, therefore, likely contenders, together with Canada, China and Argentina. However, in the final USA I beat ISRAEL (by 262-157).

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1. ITALY: Bernardo Biondo, Mario D’Avossa, Furio Di Bello, Stelio Di Bello, Riccardo Intonti, Matteo Mallardi, Giampaolo Rinaldi (NPC), Andrea Pagani (Coach).

2. USA 2: Tom Carmichael, Eric Greco, Chris Wiegand, David Wiegand, Chris Willenken, Joel Wooldridge.

3. DENMARK: Gregers Bjarnarson, Anders Hagen, Kasper Konow, Mik Kristensen, Morten Lund Madsen, Mikkel Bensby Nohr.

The 7th Youth Teams Championship was staged in Fort Lauderdale in Florida, USA with sixteen countries from all the WBF Zonal Conferences participating. As in previous years, there was a qualifying stage to determine the semi finalists, followed by a final and a play off for third place.

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1. DENMARK: Freddi Brondum, Mik Kristensen, Lars Lund Madsen, Morten Lund Madsen, Mikkel Bensby Nohr, Jacob Røn, Kirsten Steen Møller (NPC).

2. NORWAY: Boye Brogeland, Thomas Charlsen, Espen Erichsen, Christer Kristoffersen, Bjorn Morten Mathisen, Oyvind Saur, Sten Bjertnes (NPC).

3. RUSSIA: Arseni Chour, Yury Khyuppenen, Jouri Khokhlov, Dmitri Lobov, Alexander Petrunin, Boris Sazonov, Michael Rosenblum (NPC).

The 6th World Junior Bridge Team Championship was held in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
A very comfortable congress centre and an opportunity for the young players to visit North America. 18 teams entered the championship.
The European Teams dominated the event, taking all three of the medals.

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1. GREAT BRITAIN: Jeffrey Allerton, Danny Davies, Jason Hackett, Justin Hackett, Philip Souter, Tom Townsend, Raymond Brock (NPC), Philip King (Coach).

2. NEW ZEALAND: David Ackerley, Ashley Bach, Ishmael Delmonte, Nigel Kearney, Charles Ker, Scott Smith, Michael Sykes (NPC).

3. DENMARK: Freddi Brondum, Mathias Bruun, Nikolai Kampmann, Lars Lund Madsen, Morten Lund Madsen, Jacob Ron, Jens Kofoed (NPC).

The 5th World Youth Championship was held in Bali, Indonesia. It was a fantastic welcome and organization by the Indonesian Bridge Federation. The Championship attracted 12 representative teams from five Zonal Conferences of the WBF. There was a round robin qualifying stage to decide the four semi-finalists, of which the two winners went to the final and the losers to a play-off for third place.

1. GERMANY: Guido Hopfenheit, Roland Rohowsky, Marcus Joest, Klaus Reps, Michael Gromöller (NPC).

2. NORWAY: lasse Aasseng, Geir Helgemo, Svein Gunnar Karlberg, Esper Kvam, Joergen Molberg, Kurt-Ove Thomassen, Sverre Johnsen (NPC), Harald Skjaeran (Coach).

3. USA 1: Jeff Ferro, Eric Greco, Leonard Holtz, Richard Pavlicek Jr., Kevin Wilson, Debbie Zuckerberg, Chip Martel (NPC).

In 1993, the fourth championship was held at Århus, Denmark with 15 teams participating.
The round robin finished: 1. Germany, 2. Norway; 3. USA I; 4. Denmark. In the semifinals Norway cruised past the USA while Germany beat Denmark by the narrowest possible margin, just half an IMP, but Germany hit more convincing form in the final to win by 254 1/2 – 203.

1. USA: John Diamond, Jeff Ferro, Martha Katz, Brian Platnick, Wayne Stuart, Debbie Zuckerberg, Chip Martel (NPC).

2. CANADA: Mark Caplan, Fred Gitelman, Bronia Gmach, Geoff Hampson, Mike Roberts, Eric Sutherland, John Carruthers (NPC).

3. AUSTRALIA: Robert Fruewirth, Matthew Mullamphy, Peter Newman, John Spooner, Ben Thompson, Jim Wallis, Andrew Reiner (NPC).

In 1991 the third championship was held in Ann Arbor, USA, but this time it was the Europeans who struggled in the round robin. This time Canada led the field, with USA I, USA II and Australia tying form 2nd place. In the semi-finals USA II had the better of USA I, 211-70, while Canada beat Australia 144-91 and then USA II went on to take the gold.

1. GREAT BRITAIN: John Hobson, Derek Patterson, John Pottage, Andrew Robson, Gerald Tredinnick, Stuart Tredinnick, Raymond Brock (NPC).

2. ARGENTINA: Alejandro Bianchedi, Marcelo Cloppet, Alexis Pejacsevich, Juan Martin Quitegui, Leonardo Rizzo, Claudio Varela, Osvaldo Merdinger (NPC).

3. FRANCE: Alexis Damamme, Christian Desrousseaux, Pierre-Jean Louchart, Frank Multon, Jean-Cristophe Quantin, Pierre Schemeil (NPC).

Eight teams took part, with the Europeans again dominating the round robin with Great Britain leading the field, France in 2nd position and Australia third. Due to an introduced regulation to avoid two teams from the same Zone contesting the final, Great Britain and France had to meet in the semi-final with Great Britain coming out on top, 172 IMPs to 128.
Argentina defeated Australia 159-147 in the other semi-final. In the final, Great Britain gradually pulled away to win by 256 IMPs to 157. France beat Australia 134-119 in the play-off for third place.

1. THE NETHERLANDS: Wubbo de Boer, Jan Jansma, Enri Leufkens, Marcel Nooijan, Rob van der Wel, Berry Westra, Cees Sint, Eric Kirchoff (NPCs).
2. FRANCE: Bénédicte Cronier, François Crozet, Alexis Damamme, Christian Desrousseaux, Frank Multon, Jean-Cristophe Quantin, Pierre Schemeil (NPC).
3. USA: Guy Doherty, Jon Heller, Billy Hsieh, Asya Kamsky, Aaron Silverstein, Matt Guagliardo (NPC)

The World Youth Teams Championship for the Ortiz-Patiño Trophy which is open to Junior players (under
26) on the previous 31 December – was inaugurated in July 1987.

Like the Bermuda Bowl & Venice Cup, it is a contest for national teams representing WBF Zonal Conferences, with the host NBO also eligible.

Here, five teams participated, playing a double round robin of 32-board matches to qualify two teams for an 80-board final. Easy round robin winners were reigning European Junior Champions, the Netherlands. Second were France, who had been runners-up in the European event, and who were eligible to play because the Netherlands were doubly qualified. The final went to the last board, introducing a thrilling atmosphere which marked many subsequent editions of this championship. The winners by 135 IMPs to 127 were The Netherlands.

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