The 2019–20 EBU Player of the Year Championship was the competition's sixth season. As per previous years, points were set to be accumulated over the EBU's ten most prestigious events from 1 October 2019 to 30 September 2020; However, COVID-19 led to the delay or cancellation of several events (as detailed below), leading to the season being declared incomplete. [1]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Bridge |
| Dates | October 2019–September 2020 |
| Administrator | English Bridge Union |
List of competitions edit
| Event [2][3] | Format | Dates | Points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |||
| Gold Cup | Single-Elimination Teams | — | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Spring Fours | Double-Elimination Teams | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | – | |||
| Premier League (Division 1) | Triple Round-Robin Teams | 5 October – 10 November 2019 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | – | |||
| Crockfords Cup | Single-Elimination Teams with Finals | Finals delayed due to COVID-19 [4] | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Four Star Teams | Swiss Teams with Finals | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | |||
| National Point-a-Board Teams | Round-Robin PaB Teams | 25–26 January 2020 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | |||
| Summer Meeting Swiss Pairs | Swiss Pairs | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | ||
| National Pairs | Regional and National Matchpoint Pairs | Final cancelled due to COVID-19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | |||
| Guardian Trophy | Matchpoint Pairs | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | |||
| Two Star Pairs | Swiss Pairs with Matchpoint Finals | 18–19 October 2019 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | |||
Summary of results edit
Standings after four events are shown below. Due to COVID-19, the season was declared incomplete with no winner. It is unknown as to whether the Crockfords Cup finals, set to take place in September 2021, will contribute to these unofficial results.
| Place | Name | Event | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC | SF | PL | CC | FST | PaB | SMSP | NP | GT | TSP | |||
| 1 | David Gold | 16 | NH | 8 | NH | NH | 1 | NH | NH | NH | 25 | |
| 2 | Espen Erichsen | 8 | NH | 16 | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | 24 | ||
| 2 | Glynn Liggins | 8 | NH | 16 | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | 24 | ||
| 4 | Graham Osborne | 16 | NH | 2 | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | 3 | 21 | |
| 5 | Mike Bell | 16 | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | 2 | 18 | ||
| 6 | Alexander Allfrey | 16 | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | 16 | |||
| 6 | Tony Forrester | 16 | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | 16 | |||
| 6 | Andrew Robson | 16 | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | 16 | |||
| 6 | David Bakhshi | NH | 16 | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | 16 | |||
| 6 | Janet de Botton | NH | 16 | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | 16 | |||
| 6 | Artur Malinowski | NH | 16 | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | 16 | |||
| 6 | Tom Townsend | NH | 16 | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | 16 | |||
This list displays the top ten players (including ties); 74 players received points. Winners of each event are highlighted in bold. NH indicates Not Held.
References edit
- ^ "Player of the Year Championship". Ebu.co.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "EBU Results 2019". Ebu.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "EBU Results 2020". Ebu.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Crockfords Cup". Ebu.co.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
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