Buffett Cup Explained

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 was resumed in 2019 in Haikou, China. Besides the Europe and USA teams, the China team is also invited for the first time to the Buffett Cup.

Results

Summary

Team	Winner	1st Runners-up	2nd Runners-up
	--	--	1
	1	4	--
	4	1	--

By Year

Year	Winner
2006	United States
2008
2010	United States
2012	United States
2019	United States

2006 Dublin, Ireland

USA won by 23.

Europe Paul Hackett (PC) England Sabine Auken Germany Italy Italy Jason Hackett England Justin Hackett England Tom Hanlon Ireland Norway Tor Helness Norway Jan Jansma Netherlands Hugh McGann Ireland Louk Verhees Jr. Netherlands 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

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 Poland Espen Lindqvist Norway Hugh McGann Ireland Marion Michielsen Netherlands 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

2010 Cardiff, Wales

USA won 109-89.^[2]

Europe Paul Hackett (NPC) England Sabine Auken Germany Norway Italy Italy Jason Hackett England Justin Hackett England Norway Tor Helness Norway 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

2012 Omaha, Nebraska

USA won 107-103.^[3]

Europe Paul Porteous (NPC) Ireland Michel Bessis France Thomas Bessis France England Monaco Paul Hackett England Tom Hanlon Ireland Kalin Karaivanov Bulgaria Monaco 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

2019 Haikou, Hainan Province, China

(1st) USA - 972.3; (2nd) Europe - 967.7; (3rd) China - 953 ^[4]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2014 Buffett Cup Cancelled. 24 June 2014. Bridge Winners.
2. Web site: Press and Media . 2010-09-21 . 2010-04-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100427193911/http://www.ebu.co.uk/media/default.htm . dead .
3. Web site: 2012 Buffett Cup Live Results. 10 September 2012. Bridge Winners.
4. Web site: Buffett Cup 2019. 28 April 2019. Buffett Cup 2019.