wildbill@ucbvax.ARPA (William J. Laubenheimer) (11/12/84)
The VII World Wridge Federation Team Olympiad took place from 27 October to 10 November in Seattle. 54 countries entered the Open series, and 23 countries entered the Women's series. Play began with a round-robin qualification. The Open series was divided into two groups of 27, each of which played one complete round-robin of 26 matches. The Women's series played one complete round-robin of 22 matches. Scoring was by IMPs converted to victory points using the new WBF truncated 30-VP scale (15-15 for a tie, 0 VP minimum, 25 VP maximum). Results of the round-robin phase: Open - Group A Open - Group B Women's 1. Poland 532 Indonesia 531 Netherlands 442 2. Denmark 519 3/4 USA 509 USA 427 1/2 3. Austria 508 Italy 507 3/4 France 426 4. France 502 Pakistan 482 Great Britain 401 3/4 5. India 480 Sweden 479 Italy 389 3/4 6. Netherlands 476 Norway 476 Sweden 383 3/4 7. Canada 474 Australia 457 West Germany 377 1/2 8. Great Britain 473 Argentina 456 1/2 Japan 375 9. Brazil 462 Iceland 456 Canada 360 3/4 10. Israel 459 West Germany 446 1/4 Argentina 358 11. Chinese Taipei 453 3/4 Ireland 437 1/2 Israel 348 12. Switzerland 433 Hong Kong 436 1/4 Chinese Taipei 333 1/4 13. Venezuela 424 Finland 421 Brazil 333 1/2 14. New Zealand 421 3/4 Spain 420 1/2 Mexico 323 3/4 15. Japan 403 3/4 Belgium 415 1/4 Australia 323 16. Thailand 400 Morocco 394 1/2 Ireland 322 17. Jamaica 358 China 380 China 320 1/2 18. Panama 357 Guadeloupe 370 Switzerland 315 19. Mexico 354 Egypt 368 India 303 20. Surinam 346 U. Arab Emir. 351 New Zealand 300 3/4 21. Luxembourg 318 Uruguay 334 3/4 Poland 294 1/2 22. Singapore 315 Bangladesh 318 1/2 Zimbabwe 269 23. Kenya 311 3/4 Phillipines 315 3/4 Neth. Antilles 213 3/4 24. Chile 300 Bermuda 315 1/4 25. Paraguay 293 Neth. Antilles 289 1/4 26. Barbados 264 Colombia 284 1/2 27. Trinidad 256 1/4 Martinique 228 3/4 The top 4 teams from each group advanced to a knockout finals. In the Open series, this was a quarterfinal and semifinal of 64 boards each, and a final of 96 boards. In the Women's series, the semifinal and final were 64 boards each. All matches were scored by IMPs, with a carryover based on the results of the round-robin applied whenever the teams had met previously. (Carryover in affected matches shown in parentheses.) Results of the Open quarterfinals: Poland: 40 - 40 - 42 - 35 = 157 Pakistan: 45 - 35 - 31 - 17 = 127 Austria: 32 - 34 - 25 - 37 = 128 USA: 31 - 24 - 45 - 21 = 121 Denmark: 20 - 58 - 24 - 30 = 132 Italy: 28 - 28 - 30 - 31 = 117 France: 52 - 21 - 70 - 101 = 244 Indonesia: 21 - 38 - 24 - 12 = 95 Results of the Open semifinals: Poland: 36 - 14 - 44 - 53 = 147 Austria (4): 56 - 31 - 40 - 12 = 143 Denmark (2): 29 - 16 - 40 - 60 = 149 France: 32 - 60 - 40 - 32 = 164 Results of the Women's semifinals: Netherlands (17): 14 - 6 - 17 - 2 = 56 Great Britain: 51 - 41 - 66 - 40 = 188 France (3): 34 - 33 - 23 - 16 = 107 USA: 52 - 30 - 40 - 14 = 138 Results of the Open finals: Poland: 65 - 46 - 38 - 10 - 42 - 35 = 236 France (8): 11 - 6 - 13 - 61 - 18 - 39 = 156 Results of the Women's finals: Great Britain: 20 - 30 - 27 - 22 = 99 USA (22 1/2): 7 - 45 - 11 - 24 = 109 1/2 Congratulations to the Polish team and the American women's team. So far, I have heard of three netters headed for San Diego (ihuxe!rainbow, myself, zehntel!carol). Anybody else out there? Shall we plan a get-together sometime? Bill Laubenheimer ----------------------------------------UC-Berkeley Computer Science ...Killjoy went that-a-way---> ucbvax!wildbill