{"id":82967,"date":"2023-12-05T11:21:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T10:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/?p=82967"},"modified":"2023-12-05T11:21:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T10:21:32","slug":"prague-european-youth-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en\/prague-european-youth-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Prague hosted the 5th Central European Youth Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Who will win the Central European Youth Pairs and Team Championships<\/strong>? Teams from seven countries came to measure their skills: Poland, Slovakia, Estonia, Norway, Hungary, Germany, and the Czech Republic. For the fifth year, the youth representatives had the opportunity to compete at the November youth bridge event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year enormous interest resulted in limiting the age of invited participants. Players competed in two categories: U16 and 17-25<\/strong>. A total number of 24 teams (over 100 players) tested the capacity of the Prague bridge club: 10 teams in the U16 category and 14 teams in the 17-25 category<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Youth players in the heart of Europe <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n
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The capital of the Czech Republic, Prague, is called \u201cHeart of Europe\u201d and is a perfect location for such events. The championship took place at the Prague Bridge Club, which, with its convenient location in the city center, offered participants the opportunity to visit the most famous historical monuments<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All captains and coaches deserve a big credit for organizing the youth groups. Playing online can be fun, but everyone enjoys meeting in person<\/strong>, forming new friendships, and building the future bridge community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe youngest pair of the competition were born in 2013.\u201d <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Adam Stachura and Antonina Chmielewska from team CKiS Swawina U14 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The format of the championship has always adapted to the number of participants which is changing till the very last moment. <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, November 17<\/strong>, the European Youth Pairs Championship kicked off with 26 pairs in the U16 category and 23 pairs in the 17-25 category. During the weekend of November 18-19<\/strong>, the program continued with the team event. On Saturday, we played the qualification of 7 rounds of 7 boards as a “Swiss”, and on Sunday we played a four-team A final for each category separately. The remaining 16 teams formed groups of four based on their ranking in the qualification and, like the finalists, played 3×10 boards against each other in their group. The top three teams from the A finals were rewarded with titles and trophies. The winners in the groups of four received medals<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n

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