Senior and junior results from the World Sports Mind Games

In Group K, it is no surprise that the USA is leading the field with a good score of 132 VP.  The suprise at this point is second place Japan.

The USA walked all over their three opponents yesterday China Hong King, Pakistan and South Africa picking up almost every VP possible.  England got blitzed by Hungary in the sixth round to drop to third place in a tight bunch  with New Zealand and France.

1 USA 132

2 JAPAN 125

3 ENGLAND 99

4 NEW ZEALAND 98

5 FRANCE  97

In Group L the leadership changed hands when Australia blitzed Canada in the sixth round to take over the leadership from the Canadians who dropped to fourth.

1 AUSTRALIA  122

2 INDONESIA 120

3 POLAND 114

4 CANADA 110

5 EGYPT 104

For full results http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Beijing.08/Results/Senior/RoundRobin.htm

In the Under 28 Swiss the North American team lie in the middle.  The USA is tied 18th while Canada is 40th out of 74.  Canada started out the day well with a big win against Singapore but could not keep up the momentum.  The USA had a some poor results early but ended the day with a big win.The leaders are:

1. POLAND 130

2 CHINA 121

3 ENGLAND 118

4 BELGIUM 117

5 INDIA 116

5. SERBIA 116

In the under 26 Poland leads the field.  Poland is clearly one of the world’s leading bridge countries right now.  The USA is in the middle with Canada a bit further down the pack.

1 POLAND 124

2 NETHERLANDS 117

3 AUSTRALIA 115

4 NORWAY 114

5 DENMARK 107

In the under 21 division the French lead the way with both Canada and the USA towards the bottom.

1 FRANCE  130

2 CHINESE TAIPEI 115.5

3 ENGLAND 113

4 POLAND 112

5 BULGARIA 111

For full results use this link

http://www.worldbridge1.org/tourn/Beijing.08/ResultsYouth.htm