The Buffett Cup is a bridge trophy which is awarded biennially in an event between teams from Europe and the United States.

The tournament is modeled on the Ryder Cup golf competition and is held in the week preceding the golf event at a nearby location. The competition was first held in 2006 and is named after its sponsor, American businessman Warren Buffett. Teams are selected by invitation and must contain at least two female players. The competition format is a mixture of teams of four, pairs and individual sessions with point-a-board scoring throughout.

The tournament was scheduled to be held in Monaco in 2014, but was cancelled owing to disagreement within the USA side as to how members of its team were chosen.[1]

The Buffett Cup was resumed in 2019 in Haikou, China. Besides the Europe and USA teams, the China team is also invited for the first time to the Buffett Cup.

Results

Summary

TeamWinner1st Runners-up2nd Runners-up
 China----1
 Europe14--
 United States41--

By Year

YearWinner
2019 United States
2012 United States
2010 United States
2008 Europe
2006 United States

2019 Haikou, Hainan Province, China

(1st) USA - 972.3; (2nd) Europe - 967.7; (3rd) China - 953 [2]

China China
Jianjian Wang (NPC)
Jianming Dai
Lixin Yang
Chuancheng Ju
Zhengjun Shi
Meng Kang
Xiaojing Wang
Wenfei Wang
Qi Shen
Europe Europe
England Paul Hackett (NPC)England
England Sally BrockEngland
England Jason HackettEngland
England Justin HackettEngland
Sweden Frederic WrangSweden
England Fiona BrownEngland
Portugal Antonio PalmaPortugal
Netherlands Louk VerheesNetherlands
Netherlands Ricco Van ProoijenNetherlands
United States USA
Peggy Kaplan (NPC)
Bob Hamman
Peter Weichsel
Bart Bramley
Kit Woolsey
Oren Kriegel
Ron Smith
Jill Meyers
Sylvia Shi

2012 Omaha, Nebraska

USA won 107-103.[3]

Europe
Republic of Ireland Paul Porteous (NPC)Ireland
France Michel BessisFrance
France Thomas BessisFrance
England Sally BrockEngland
Monaco Fulvio FantoniMonaco
England Paul HackettEngland
Republic of Ireland Tom HanlonIreland
Bulgaria Kalin KaraivanovBulgaria
Monaco Claudio NunesMonaco
England Nicola SmithEngland
Bulgaria Rumen TrendafilovBulgaria
USA
United StatesDonna Compton (NPC)
David Berkowitz
Curtis Cheek
Joe Grue
Bob Hamman
John Hurd
Marc Jacobus
Justin Lall
Jill Levin
Brad Moss
Alan Sontag

2010 Cardiff, Wales

USA won 109-89.[4]

Europe
England Paul Hackett (NPC)England
Germany Sabine AukenGermany
Norway Boye BrogelandNorway
Italy Giorgio DuboinItaly
Italy Fulvio FantoniItaly
England Jason HackettEngland
England Justin HackettEngland
Norway Geir HelgemoNorway
Norway Tor HelnessNorway
Italy Claudio NunesItaly
Norway Erik SaelensmindeNorway
Italy Antonio SementaItaly
Germany Daniela Von ArnimGermany
USA
United StatesDonna Compton (NPC)
David Berkowitz
Fred Gitelman
Bob Hamman
Geoff Hampson
Bobby Levin
Jill Levin
Zia Mahmood
Jeff Meckstroth
Jill Meyers
Eric Rodwell
Alan Sontag
Steve Weinstein

2008 Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Europe won 205.5-172.5.

Europe
England Paul Hackett (NPC)England
Germany Sabine AukenGermany
France Michel BessisFrance
France Thomas BessisFrance
Norway Boye BrogelandNorway
Republic of Ireland Tom HanlonIreland
Norway Tor HelnessNorway
Poland Michał KwiecieńPoland
Norway Espen LindqvistNorway
Republic of Ireland Hugh McGannIreland
Netherlands Marion MichielsenNetherlands
Poland Jacek PszczołaPoland
Norway Jan Peter SvendsenNorway
USA
United StatesDonna Compton (NPC)
David Berkowitz
Björn Fallenius
Richard Freeman
Steve Garner
Bob Hamman
Geoff Hampson
Zia Mahmood
Janice Seamon-Molson
Tobi Sokolow
Alan Sontag
Howard Weinstein
Roy Welland

2006 Dublin, Ireland

USA won by 23.

Europe
England Paul Hackett (PC)England
Germany Sabine AukenGermany
Italy Norberto BocchiItaly
Italy Giorgio DuboinItaly
England Jason HackettEngland
England Justin HackettEngland
Republic of Ireland Tom HanlonIreland
Norway Geir HelgemoNorway
Norway Tor HelnessNorway
Netherlands Jan JansmaNetherlands
Republic of Ireland Hugh McGannIreland
Netherlands Louk Verhees Jr.Netherlands
Germany Daniela von ArnimGermany
USA
United StatesDonna Compton (NPC)
David Berkowitz
Larry N. Cohen
Fred Gitelman
Bob Hamman
Geoff Hampson
Bobby Levin
Jill Levin
Zia Mahmood
Jill Meyers
Paul Soloway
Steve Weinstein
Roy Welland

References

  1. "2014 Buffett Cup Cancelled". Bridge Winners. 24 June 2014.
  2. "Buffett Cup 2019". Buffett Cup 2019. 28 April 2019.
  3. "2012 Buffett Cup Live Results". Bridge Winners. 10 September 2012.
  4. "Press and Media". Archived from the original on 2010-04-27. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
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