Congratulations to our Medalists in the 2021 World Championships, played in 2022:

Mixed Teams - Silver

USA1 earned the SILVER medal in the Mixed, despite having to play with a reduced roster, including one permanent substitute and 2 temporary substitutes, because players on the team tested positive for Covid-19. An amazing performance by Andrew Rosenthal, Eldad Ginossar, and Migry zur Campanile, all of whom played throughout the event, and Debbie Rosenberg, who played in the Round Robin, Dana Berkowitz and Chris Willenken, who played all of the Round Robin and part of the KO, Amber Lin who played most of the KO, and Cheri Bjerkan and Kevin Rosenberg, who substituted for part of the KO, as well as NPC Jeff Aker. We can all be proud of all of them!

Chris Willenken, Dana Berkowitz, Eldad Ginossar, Jeff Aker, Andrew Rosenthal, Kevin Rosenberg, Migry zur Campanile, Amber Lin. Photo by Claudio Fossati

Bermuda Bowl - Bronze

USA1 (Nick Nickell-Ralph Katz, Bobby Levin-Steve Weinstein, Eric Greco-Geoff Hampson, NPC Jill Levin) lost a close Semifinal match to Switzerland, the winners of the Bermuda Bowl.

 Nick Nickell, Ralph Katz, Bobby Levin, Jill Levin, Steve Weinstein, Eric Greco, Geoff Hampson, Photo by Claudio Fossati

At its meeting in Reno, the USBF Board considered the issues of players entered in multiple USBCs. Their decisions, for 2023, are:

• There will be online qualifying stages for face-to-face Knockouts in all of the USBCs, with 16 teams qualifying for face-to face KO play in the Open, and 8 teams qualifying for face-to face KO play in the Mixed, Seniors, and Women’s, unless fewer than 8 teams enter an event, in which case 4 teams will qualify for the face-to-face KO stages.
• Players may enter any USBC for which they are eligible.
• A team that has qualified for the KO stage of an event is eligible to compete face-to-face so long as it meets these requirements:
     a. If it played 4-handed in the qualifying stage, at least 3 of the players who played in the qualifying stage play in the KO; if it played 5 or 6 handed in the qualifying stage, at least 4 of the players who met the play requirement in the qualifying stage play in the KO; AND
     b. For the Mixed USBC, at least 2 men and 2 women who met the play requirement in the qualifying stage play in the KO stage
• A player on a team that qualifies for the World Championship in any event may not play in a subsequent USBC for a conflicting World Championship event.
• If a team loses one or two players because the player(s) qualified for the World Championship in an earlier USBC or because the player(s) have died, and the team is eligible for face-to-face KO play, it may replace the lost player(s) with any player(s) it chooses, including player(s) who played in the qualifying stage on a team or teams that did not qualify.
• If a team loses one or two player(s) for any other reason, it may replace the player(s) only with USBF Board approval.
• Except for replacements as above, all players in the KO stage must have met the play requirements in the qualifying stage. No additional players may be added to a qualified team for the KO stages.