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 is resumed in 2019 in Haikou, China. Besides the Europe and USA teams, the China team is also invited as the first time of the Buffett Cup.
Results [ ]
Summary [ ]
Team
Winner
1st Runners-up
2nd Runners-up
China
--
--
1
Europe
1
4
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United States
4
1
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By Year [ ]
Year
Winner
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
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
2012 Omaha, Nebraska [ ]
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
2010 Cardiff, Wales [ ]
USA won 109-89.[4]
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
2008 Louisville, Kentucky, USA [ ]
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
2006 Dublin, Ireland [ ]
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
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