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Results Summary from Paris 2001 World Championships
World Championships Report #1
Australia's Open and Women's teams each play 17 matches in the Round Robin, with the top 8 teams qualifying for the Quarter Finals. Three matches overnight (our time) on each of Monday to Friday, with two matches on Saturday night. Australia's Seniors Team withdrew. These Reports cover Australian and NZ results plus any other major news.
As a rough guide, in the unofficial world rankings at http://gallery.uunet.be/hermandw/bridge/wbfro01.html the Australian Women rank 11th of the 18 teams and the Antipodean Open teams rank 14th and 15th of 18 (ahead of Egypt, Hong Kong and Guadeloupe).
In the Women's, all the world powers are playing. In the Open, Netherlands (unofficially 6th) and Sweden (unofficially 9th) are missing, but with USA at full strength (unlike Maastricht last year, where Italy defeated Poland in the Grand Final), the field is ultra-strong.
RESULTS after Round 1
Australian Women
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E Havas B Travis J Cormack D Moir M Chadwick A
Clark npc P Marston
1. Lost 8-22 to Austria. 12th/18. Austria are one of the
favourites. (website claims lineup was DM-EH and MC - BT)
2. vs India JC-DM
and MC-AC.
3. vs France
Australian Open
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B Noble G Bilski T Brown P Gue P Fordham M Prescott npc E Chadwick.
1.
Lost 2-25 to Brazil. PG-TB PF-BN. 18th/18.
(that's what the website suggests
the lineup was)
2. vs USA1
3. vs NZ
NZ Open
D Ackerley S Smith
S Blackstock S Henry M Cornell M Mayer npc M Reid
1. Lost 5-25 to Poland.
17th/18.
2. vs USA2.
3. vs
Australia Team Schedule & Results Australian Open http://www.worldbridge.org/
Team Schedule & Results Australian Women http://www.worldbridge.org/
Team Schedule & Results New Zealand Open http://www.worldbridge.org/
General Results Page http://www.worldbridge.org/
Information and Schedule http://www.worldbridge.org/