The Championships consist of five Series: U16, U21, U26 Women, U26 Open and U31.
The format for the Teams event is now as follows:
U26, U21, U31
Qualification (Saturday and Sunday): 10 rounds of 10 boards, Swiss movement
Final (Monday): Top 4 teams play a Round Robin (3 X 16 boards). There will be a carryover of respectively 3, 2, 1, 0 VPs.
The rest will play BAM (2 Sessions X 16 boards) together with the other categories.
U16
The same as above, but 10 rounds of 8 boards Swiss qualification and 3 X 14 Final
The rest will play an U16 BAM
U26 W
Qualification: 9 rounds of 10 boards, Round Robin
Final: Same as U26, U21, U31
| TIMES: Qualification Final and BAM | |||||
| 10:00 11:25 10:00 12:15 | |||||
| 11:50 13:15 LUNCH | |||||
| LUNCH 13:30 15:45 | |||||
| 14:30 15:55 16:15 18:30 | |||||
| 16:20 17:45 | |||||
| 18:10 19:35 | |||||
| Schedule | |
| Confirmation of registered Teams | Friday 12 July 10.00 – 17:30 |
| Opening Ceremony | 18:30 together with the Prize Giving/Closing of the European Youth Teams |
| Teams Championships | Saturday 13 to Monday 15 July |
| Confirmation of registered Pairs | Monday 15 July 10.00 – 17.30 |
| Teams Championships Prize-Giving | Monday evening, 15 July |
| Pairs Championships | Tuesday 16 to Thursday 18 July |
| Pairs Championships Prize-Giving & Closing Ceremony | Thursday 18 July |
- Play will start at 10.00 every day unless otherwise advised in notices and the Daily Bulletin.
- Play will end between 18.30 and 19.00 each day.
- The number of boards will be between 48-52 per day with exceptions for U16 (probably something like 42 in the same time) and the B-final (probably 2 sessions instead of 3) on the last day.
The format of the Teams event will depend on the number of participating teams in each of the five categories, with the intention that all teams will play in the main event for the full duration if at all possible.
The format of the Pairs event will also depend on the number of participating pairs in each category, with the default being two days of qualification followed by one day of Finals A and B as was the case in the most recent editions.
Registrations must be submitted electronically, via the WBF Website (not by e-mail) by 30 June 2024.
Entries will be accepted after this deadline only for operational convenience and at the discretion of the Championship Committee.
System Cards:
There is no requirement to register system cards in advance for this event, but each pair must have copies of their cards in the WBF format to take to the table for their opponents. The Championships are Category 3 which means no HUM or Brown Sticker Conventions are permitted at any time.
The WBF Systems Policy can be downloaded and links found to the WBF Card templates here: http://www.worldbridge.org/rules–regulations/competitions/systems/