2025
XVII Balkan Bridge Championship and 44th Stara Zagora International Bridge Festival
- Dates
- 8–12 October 2025
- Venue
- Hotel Vereya, Stara Zagora
About this edition
The 17th Balkan Championship (8–9 October) was played in the conference halls of Hotel Vereya by 55 players in 12 teams from Bulgaria, Turkey and Romania. The directors were Dimitar Georgiev and Georgi Parvanov. The championship’s prizes went up to 1200, 800 and 600 euro. The Romanian team “Contra” won, beating “IASI” 34–19 in the final.
Sources: Municipality of Stara Zagora, results on bridge.bg, invitation on bridge.bg
XVII Balkan Bridge Championship
8 October 2025
Champions: Contra (Romania)
Teams “Vito”
11 October 2025, 88 boards
| Place | Team | VP | ELO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ChelopechIvan Nanev, Ivan Tsonchev, Vladimir Marashev, Ilia Vasilev | 104.64 | 80.7 |
| 2 | Haydutsi 25Boris Borisov, Zhivko Ivanov, Petko Iliev, Zlatan Petrov | 111.69 | 56.9 |
| 3 | CernatoOvidiu Cernat, Cornel Teodorescu, Anton Negoescu, Iancu Bacalu, Dan Voinescu | 101.94 | 46.2 |
| 4 | Ton +Stoyan Derimanov, Dimitar Zyapkov, Evgeniy Byanov, Viktor Elinov, Georgi Rusinov | 98.75 | 39.6 |
| 5 | Starshi EliminatorMiroslav Mihaylov, Ivan Ivanov, Momchil Aleksandrov, Krasimir Simeonov | 144.04 | 35.0 |
| 6 | VereyaBorislav Simov, Ivan Yotov, Hristo Binev, Dinko Dimitrov, Radi Radev | 129.02 | 31.5 |
| 7 | Aso pikaSvetla Nenova, Milko Slavov, Ivan Aleksandrov, Stefan Georgiev | 126.16 | 28.6 |
| 8 | AmatoVasil Nenchev, Rumen Enev, Ilian Angelov, Yordan Kostov, Tencho Yovkov, Danail Dzhapunov | 126.01 | 26.1 |
Pairs “Kosyo Dimov”
10 October 2025, 26 boards
| Place | Pair | Score | ELO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimir Mihov – Ilia Vasilev | 65.55% | 40.1 |
| 2 | Yuliyan Stefanov – Zahari Zahariev | 64.75% | 28.4 |
| 3 | Radi Radev – Dinko Dimitrov | 62.44% | 23.1 |
| 4 | Desislava Malakova – Ivan Velichkov | 61.67% | 19.9 |
| 5 | Hristo Ivanchev – Zlatko Nedelchev | 60.77% | 17.8 |
| 6 | Nikola Barantiev – Klimentin Nikolchev | 59.47% | 16.1 |
| 7 | Momchil Aleksandrov – Krasimir Simeonov | 58.70% | 14.8 |
| 8 | Aleksandar Velikov – Zlati Georgiev | 58.62% | 13.8 |
Invitation and programme
