Mr Chen Yeh is generously sponsoring the 2017 Yeh Bros Cup.

Australia has been invited as a special guest and will be represented by the current Open Team: Peter Hollands, Justin Mill, Andrew Peake, Peter Gill, David Beauchamp and Matthew Thomson.

1. Date : July 3 (Monday) thru July 7 (Friday), 2017
2. Venue : Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo (the formal Four Season Tokyo)
3. Patron : Mr. Chen Yeh from Kaohsiung, Taiwan
4. Organizer : Japan Contract Bridge League
                    Mr. Akito Omasa :omasa@jcbl.or.jp
                    Chief Tournament Director : Mr. Matt Smith
                    Daily Bulletin Editors:  Mr. Barry Rigal / Mr. David Stern
5. Eligible teams :
   

   Netherland	– Winner in Wroclaw
   Monaco	– 2nd place in Wroclaw
   Poland	– 3rd place in Wroclaw
   France	– Winner 2016 European Teams
   Sweden	-Top 8 place 2016 European Teams
   Germany	-Top 8 place 2016 European Teams
   USA (3 teams)	– Special guest
   Norway	– Top 8 place 2016 European Teams
   Bulgaria	-Top 8 place 2016 European Teams
   Japan (3 teams)	– Host and 2015 APBF Champion
   Singapore	– 2nd place 2015 APBF
   China	– 3rd place 2015 APBF
   Yeh Bros	– Host team
   Taiwan	– Sponsor’s homeland team
   England+	– Special guest
   PD Times	– Special guest
   Shanghai Finance	– Special guest
   India	– Special Guest
   Australia	– Special guest

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   Total 23 teams

6. Prize Money (Total US$286,000) :
   

   	Yeh Bros Cup	Open Pairs	Swiss Teams
   Winner	US$160,000*	US$20,000	US$8,000
   2nd	US$48,000	US$10,000	US$4,000
   3rd	US$16,000	US$4,000	US$2,000
   4th	US$8,000
   Consolation:	1st US$3,000	2nd US$2,000	3rd US$1,000

7. Entry Fee :  US$1,000/team for invited teams
                         US$15,000 for other teams
8. Airport transportation : Teams should arrive at Tokyo Narita Airport or Tokyo Haneda Airport.  There are airport limousine in both airports directly to Hotel Chinzanso or to various Tokyo downtown hotels. 
9. Hotel room charge : The negotiated price for Yeh’s Cup participants are
                 Yen 32,000/night for twin/double room, with two breakfast.
                 Yen 28,000/night for single occupancy, with one breakfast
                 Please contact Mr. Tadashi Yoshida for hotel booking.
10. Entry schedule :  Please observe the following time tables
             31^st Mar, 2017       : Confirmation of entries
             End April 2017      : Confirm team rosters
             May 15, 2017         : Entries open to other interested teams if vacancy exists
             End May 2017       : Confirm hotel booking
             End of June           : Confirmation of flight schedule

For any inquiries contact Jonky Chung at jonkychung@gmail.com or the organizer in Japan.