2018
XI Balkan Bridge Championship and 37th Stara Zagora International Bridge Festival
- Dates
- 2–7 October 2018
- Venue
- Hotel Vereya, Stara Zagora
About this edition
The 11th Balkan Championship brought 90 players in 18 teams from 7 countries; according to the municipality, Stara Zagora hosted the championship for the eighth time. The 3rd Regional Youth Festival was played too, and the 37th festival opened on 5 October with about 200 players. Serbia won the Balkan Championship, beating “K1” and “Harris” in final group A.
Sources: Municipality of Stara Zagora, infoz.bg, results on bridge.bg
XI Balkan Bridge Championship
3 October 2018, qualifying, finals
Champions: Serbia
Teams “Vito”
6 October 2018, 88 boards
| Place | Team | VP | ELO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VidevRumen Trendafilov, Vladislav Isporski, Tenyu Tenev, Kolyu Videv | 20,000.00 | 82.8 |
| 2 | PortosMarina Stegaroiu, Marius Ionita, Bogdan Marina, Cristian Constantin | 19,000.00 | 58.4 |
| 3 | F1Georgi Karakolev, Yuliyan Stefanov, Ivan Ivanov, Antoni Nikolov | 18,000.00 | 47.5 |
| 4 | NikolaIvan Ivanov, Kolyo Ganev, Simona Darie, Costache Darie | 17,000.00 | 40.8 |
| 5 | Fil + 42Vladimir Filkov, Sasho Bozhinov, Stancho Ivanov, Ivan Trenkov | 10,131.27 | 36.1 |
| 6 | GreeceGiorgos Oikonomopoulos, Ioannis Oikonomopoulos, Nicolas Papahatzis, Giorgos Papakostas, Nikos Tagaras, Dimitris Altinis | 10,129.59 | 32.5 |
| 7 | LevskiAleksandar Stoyanov, Hristo Hristov, Matilda Poplilov, Lilo Poplilov | 10,128.73 | 29.5 |
| 8 | VarnaIlko Popov, Aleksandar Hadzhiev, Svetla Nenova, Stefan Georgiev | 10,127.49 | 27.0 |
Pairs “Kosyo Dimov”
5 October 2018, 52 boards
| Place | Pair | Score | ELO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksandar Stoyanov – Hristo Hristov | 59.72% | 62.0 |
| 2 | Nicolas Papahatzis – Giorgos Papakostas | 59.07% | 43.8 |
| 3 | Hristo Tepavicharov – Filip Filipov | 58.93% | 35.7 |
| 4 | Georgi Ralev – Nikola Barantiev | 58.18% | 30.9 |
| 5 | Zahari Zahariev – Angel Vanchev | 58.14% | 27.5 |
| 6 | Mihai Grigoriu – Dragos Iordache | 57.39% | 25.0 |
| 7 | Giorgos Oikonomopoulos – Ioannis Oikonomopoulos | 57.27% | 23.1 |
| 8 | Cernat Ovidiu – Cornel Teodorescu | 56.93% | 21.5 |
Invitation and programme
