{"id":87682,"date":"2024-03-20T21:41:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T20:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/?p=87682"},"modified":"2024-03-24T00:47:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T23:47:42","slug":"xieme-tournoi-international-de-barcelone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en\/xieme-tournoi-international-de-barcelone\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona’s 11th international tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Barcelona’s 11th international tournament was held from the 9th to the 11th February at the NH Collection Constanza hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A light and spacious room welcomed the participants for three sessions of 28 deals, gathering a total of 124 pairs, among whom featured several national and international champions. A dynamic group of young players from all over Europe also enriched the event, making good use of the opportunity to not only make the most of the bridge games but also the friendly atmosphere in the city and the nice Catalonian dishes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well-known characters from great international competitions such as Diego Brenner, Alfredo Versace, Juan Carlos Ventin, Christian Bakke, Mikael Rimstedt, Massimiliano Di Franco and Ant\u00f3nio Palma<\/strong> were present. But beside the great bridge nations that were represented, Spain was not left out, with national names such as Carlos Fernandez, G. Goded, L. Lantaron, A. Knap, A. Wasik, A. Frances, J. I. Torres, M. Almirall, C. Cafranga and R. Gomez.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first session was won by the pair Nacho Jover-Jordi Balleste with an average of 65.5%<\/strong>. In second position, Rosella Gadaletta and Massimo Lanzarotti got 65.2%, while the pair Ramon Gomez-Pedro Goncalves completed the provisional podium with 64.6%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The results of the second session upset the overall rankings:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Ramon Gomez-Pedro Gon\u00e7alves: 64.3%<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Heinrich Berger-Peter Zelnik: 61.2%<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Francesca Piscitelli-Andrea Boloroni: 60.3%<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The final rankings would be known once the third session began at 11 o’clock on Sunday morning \u2013 fans of a Sunday lie-in were to refrain! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Finally, it was the Austrian pair Zelnik-Berger<\/strong>, already the winners of the Transatlantic Seniors Cup a few days beforehand, who made themselves known. When asked about their record, the winners simply responded: “Ah well, everything just went really well and that was enough in the end, we’re very happy!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Here are two deals from the tournament:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n