PRESS RELEASE

In January 2012, we started the 3rd Online World University Team Bridge Championships organized by FISU and the WBF.

I'm very proud to announce that 61 university bridge teams with a total of 327 athletes from all around the world have entered for this competition.

As a result, this competition is:

- the biggest World Championships competition in any FISU sport in FISU history (!)

- the biggest youth competition for bridge in WBF history (!)

This enormous success shows that University Bridge is very much alive all over the World. You find the list of the participating university bridge teams below and they are also on the Unibridge Website

The competition will run through to July 2012, and if everything goes well, we will play the final during the 6th FISU World Bridge Championships in Reims.

During January and February 2012, the 61 teams play in groups with the two leading teams from each group, together with the four best third ranked teams determining the 32 teams for the knockout phase which will end with the Final in July.

All information is available on www.unibridge.eu and facebook account "Uni bridge".

I thank you all for the support and will keep you updated about this event.

Best Regards,

Geert Magerman - geert.magerman@telenet.be

List of participating teams:

Team rosters

1. Czech Republic

captain Kamil Žylka

Markéta Dudková, František Králík, Patrik Boura, Michal Kopecký, Jan Králík

2. UK - Manchester University

captain Michael Coop

Sean Mekie, Kirstyn Fuller, Sinead Bird, Nicholas Greer, Sarah O'Conner

3. Poland

captain Jakub Szulgit

Dariusz Jarzebski, Kamil Urbanski, Michal Frej

4. University of Indonesia

captain Hilberto Himtoro

Ridwan Wibisana, Rudy Wijaya, Alvina ??, Himawan Hadi, Irena Putri

5. UK - St. Anne's Oxford

captain Ambose Holmes-Mackie

Niall Igoe, Bernard Tao, Sam Young

6. ITS Indonesia

captain Achmad Muamar V

Taufan Kurniawan, Arif Bijak Bestari, Paramita Setyaningrum, Oktaviandita S, Firman Zainul M

7. Belgium

captain Wouter Van den Hove

Jorrit Schäfer, Sam Babhout, Jens Van Overmeire

8. Sweden - Yokozun

captain Erik Andersson

Erik Andersson, Willian Hernebrink, Catrin Wahlestedt, Joel Forssell

9. Singapore

captain Zi Xiang Leow

Emmaline Thor, Perry Chen, Yong Hui Yeo, Zehan Cheng, Qunxiang Ong

10. Germany

captain Felix Zimmermann

Raffael Braun, Marie Eggeling, Max Ellerbeck, Thomas Gotard

? 11. Singapore - NUS

captain Siok Hui Low

Yeo Hui Teng, Foo Chao Kiat, Khaw Ming Soon, Lim Jing Xuan, Wong Yee Fai

12. Switzerland

captain Fabio Ghielmetti

Luca Della Ca, Cédric Margot, David Bovet, Marc Flury

13. USA

captain Adam Gann

Joshua Baiel, Nathan Hipsman, Matthew Tung

14. Singapore - MU

captain Xin Ying Chen

Jonathan Kuek, Yu Fung Tam, Marcus Tan, Di-hong Tay, Han Zhang

15. Peru

captain Oscar Andre Jorge Vega Baella

César Rodriguez Rivera, Yojhami Yulisa Trujillo Janampa, Luis Enrique Pimentel Mendoza, Doyner Tantaleán Solano

16. China - USTC

captain Sili Liu

Hao Li, Xuan Han, Sida Li, Peiqun Yang, Weichang Zhang

17. Hong Kong - DBS

captain Kenneth Chuk

Wilbert Law, Nicholas Oh, Johnathan Wong, Molly Li, David Lam

18. UK - Scotland

captain Jake Milne

Iain Graham, Matthew Robb, Scott Rennie

19. Thailand

captain Phattharin Lawtrakulngam

Thanadon Bunyangyuen, Saowalak Khongkaew, Krit Vattanapisit, Chakkrapong Naprom, Sittichai Thongchan

20. China - HeFei University of Technology

captain Liangze Wang

Weiwei Hong, Weihan Li, Xinyu Xia, Jing Zhang

21. Malaysia - Taman University

captain Chun Yang

Lim Darren, Aaron Ooi, Asry Abas

22. Estonia - University of Tartu

captain Tuul Sepp

Maarja Oras, Irene Teinemaa, Tanel Teinemaa

23. Poland - Totolotek

captain Piotr Kruszewski

Anna Sztyber, Jan Betley, Anna Puczynska, Karol Galazka, Loretta Kalwa

24. Sweden - Guldberg

captain Mikael Grönkvist

Cecilia Rimstedt, Daniel Gullberg, Johan Karlsson, Robin Björkstrand, Simon Ekenberg

25. USA - University of Texas

captain Anant Rathi

Glen Perry, Patrick Wang, Dennis Kriventsov

26. China - Nanjing Sports Institutes

captain Zhen Wu

Nan Wang, Xiaoxue Zuo, Min Zhang, Puyi Zhu

27. Venezuela

captain Luz Ortega

Ruben Dario Cabrera, Jonathan Hantos, Edgar Quintero

28. Singapore - RI

captain Simon Poh

Lin Sun, Yao Yang Leow, Xin Chen Zhu, Anqi Cheng, Jonathan Ng

29. Singapore - Hwa Chong Institution

captain Joseph Kang Renjie

Khor Shi Jie, Peter Haw, Melissa Chan, Phang Hong Kee, Toh Zhen Huai

30. Indonesia - Unima

captain Evan Semuel Ampow

Arkie Gosal, Rolando Sumanti, Ricci Sompotan, Eko Juliyanto, Yosua Sombang

31. Japan - Osaka University

captain Kiyama Tomohiro

Ishibashi Mizuki, Seshimo Takumi, Oyama Ryoko, Kishi Yusuke, Yamashita Naohiro

32. Poland - Marx

captain Dominik Jastrzebski

Rafal Marks, Mateusz Stepinski, Pawel Szymaszczyk

33. China - University of Pennsylvania

captain Xingtan Zhang

Zehao Hu, Zhiyi Huang, Naijia Guo, Xi Chen, Wei Han

34. China - USTC 2

captain Boyang Huang

Difan Zou, Lei Zhang, Tianyu Zhou, Xuechen Zheng, Ziwei Zhao

35. China - HeFei 2

captain Yong Tao

Liangxiao Zhang, Zhi Tang, Shuo Liu, Yaqing Wang, Yuzhou Wang

36. UK - Oxford Univerisity

captain James Dow

Rasool Somji, Stephen Parish, Glenn Sheasby, Laura Bonney

37. USA - University of Pennsylvania

captain Colin Schloss

Nick Migliacci, Lance Miller, Athena Burkett

38. Romania

captain Rainer Retzler

Aurel Victor Bartha, Mihai Dumitrana, Alfred Cristian Silberberg

39. China - Chinese University of Hong Kong

captain Peter Chow

Pak Hin Lee, Chak Fai Yuen, Alvin Wong

40. Denmark

captain Dennis Bilde

Emil Jepsen, Matias Rohrberg, Maria Dam Mortensen, Niclas Raulund Ege, Lars Tofte

41. Russia

captain Vladimir Evgenievich Egorov

Konstantin Genadievich Bogatirev, Galina Michailovna Buldakova, Alena Edvartovna Isahanian, Aleksei Victorovich Kopeikin, Oleg Tahirovich Muhutdinov,

42. Netherlands - Delft/Leiden

captain Tim Verbeek

Thijs Verbeek, Rens Philipsen, Aarnout Helmich, Chris Westerbeek, Vincent Nab

43. USA - California Institute of Technology

captain Rebecca Wernis

Daniel Emmons, Ashley Lo, Andrew Rodriguez, Stephanie Tan, Chris Kolner

44. China - California Institute of Technology

captain Zhaorong Jin

Jianchi Chen, Yichi Zhang, Cong Liu, Hiu Liu

45. Serbia

captain Sasa Filipovic

Marko Jovanovic, Ognjen Kikic, Fedor Djorovic

46. USA - University of Tennessee Knoxville

captain Jeremy Fournier

Jared Fournier, Tim Michaels, Burton Mandrell, Jenny Dabbs, Alex Happ,

47. France - Paris

captain Aymeric Lebatteux

Matthias Huberschwiller, Ivan Caillau, Edouard Du Corail, Anne Laure Tartarin, Fabrice Charignon

48. USA - University of Michigan

captain Jonathan Fleischmann

Jin Hu, Max Glick, Zachary Scherr, Kevin Fay, Benjamin Weiss

49. Poland - Pomidorki

captain Tomasz Jochymski

Barbara Roslon, Ewa Maksymiuk, Michal Kania, Slawomir Niajko, Jakub Wojcieszek

50. Thailand - Ramkamhaeng University

captain Phanaporn Sivadat

Jirapat Panyalerttavee, Ariya Tungsunthorntham, New Pongsataroennont, Chanonn Puangpathumanon, Wichcha Thaithavorn

51. Hong Kong - LSE

captain Ronald Ling

Kevin Tang, Trevor Fung, Pearl Ho, Keith Yung, Jacky Szet

52. Singapore - Raffles Institution

captain Lawrence Li

Ryan Kor, Joseph Kuan, Seow Yang Terng, Ding Yue

53. India

captain Jenish Shah

Anurag Mohota, Rishabh Singh, Ayan Mandal, Vasant Tiwari, Divesh Aggarwal

54. China - Fountain River

captain Hong Wenyi

Gan Lu, Chen Yuechen, Zhang Zhaoyu, Cao Jiahao, Fang Jianxiang

55. Australia

captain Dave Thompson

56. Australia - Monash University

captain Laura Ginnan

Lucy Henbest, Max Henbest, Peter Hollands

57. Romania - Cluj Napoca

captain Alex Campian

Daniel Ghiran, Ioana Pagu, Mihai Morar, Johan Fazekas, Dan Campian

58. Canada

captain Shaz Taslimi

Stephane Turcotte, Aled Iaboni, Ethan Macaulay

59. Italy

captain Riccardo Rubino

Giuseppe Pinto, Jacopo Schilassi, Adriano Manc, Francesco De Leo, Gianluca Bergami

60. Canada - University of Waterloo in Ontario

captain Mike Propas

Renhao Liu, Michael Szestopalow, Geoff Webb