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

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Summary

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Team Winner 1st Runners-up 2nd Runners-up
  China -- -- 1
  Europe 1 4 --
  United States 4 1 --

By Year

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Year Winner
2006   United States
2008   Europe
2010   United States
2012   United States
2019   United States

2006 Dublin, Ireland

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USA won by 23.

Europe
  Paul Hackett (PC) England
  Sabine Auken Germany
  Norberto Bocchi Italy
  Giorgio Duboin Italy
  Jason Hackett England
  Justin Hackett England
  Tom Hanlon Ireland
  Geir Helgemo Norway
  Tor Helness Norway
  Jan Jansma Netherlands
  Hugh McGann Ireland
  Louk Verhees Jr. Netherlands
  Daniela von Arnim Germany
USA
 Donna 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

2008 Louisville, Kentucky, USA

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Europe won 205.5-172.5.

Europe
  Paul Hackett (NPC) England
  Sabine Auken Germany
  Michel Bessis France
  Thomas Bessis France
  Boye Brogeland Norway
  Tom Hanlon Ireland
  Tor Helness Norway
  Michał Kwiecień Poland
  Espen Lindqvist Norway
  Hugh McGann Ireland
  Marion Michielsen Netherlands
  Jacek Pszczoła Poland
  Jan Peter Svendsen Norway
USA
 Donna 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

2010 Cardiff, Wales

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USA won 109-89.[2]

Europe
  Paul Hackett (NPC) England
  Sabine Auken Germany
  Boye Brogeland Norway
  Giorgio Duboin Italy
  Fulvio Fantoni Italy
  Jason Hackett England
  Justin Hackett England
  Geir Helgemo Norway
  Tor Helness Norway
  Claudio Nunes Italy
  Erik Saelensminde Norway
  Antonio Sementa Italy
  Daniela Von Arnim Germany
USA
 Donna 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

2012 Omaha, Nebraska

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USA won 107-103.[3]

Europe
  Paul Porteous (NPC) Ireland
  Michel Bessis France
  Thomas Bessis France
  Sally Brock England
  Fulvio Fantoni Monaco
  Paul Hackett England
  Tom Hanlon Ireland
  Kalin Karaivanov Bulgaria
  Claudio Nunes Monaco
  Nicola Smith England
  Rumen Trendafilov Bulgaria
USA
 Donna Compton (NPC)
David Berkowitz
Curtis Cheek
Joe Grue
Bob Hamman
John Hurd
Marc Jacobus
Justin Lall
Jill Levin
Brad Moss
Alan Sontag

2019 Haikou, Hainan Province, China

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(1st) USA - 972.3; (2nd) Europe - 967.7; (3rd) China - 953 [4]

  China
Jianjian Wang (NPC)
Jianming Dai
Lixin Yang
Chuancheng Ju
Zhengjun Shi
Meng Kang
Xiaojing Wang
Wenfei Wang
Qi Shen
  Europe
  Paul Hackett (NPC) England
  Sally Brock England
  Jason Hackett England
  Justin Hackett England
  Frederic Wrang Sweden
  Fiona Brown England
  Antonio Palma Portugal
  Louk Verhees Netherlands
  Ricco Van Prooijen Netherlands
  USA
Peggy Kaplan (NPC)
Bob Hamman
Peter Weichsel
Bart Bramley
Kit Woolsey
Oren Kriegel
Ron Smith
Jill Meyers
Sylvia Shi

References

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