Category Archives: The 4 Cubes

4 Cubes 2024 Gent vs BBBB

Posted on October 29, 2024 by Johan

On Tuesday 22nd October, eight backgammon players battled it out over twelve matches. Four players from Gent against four from Brussel Black Beard Backgammon (BBBB), each playing three rounds to 7 points. Location: Union Sandeman, home of the Gent Backgammon … Continue reading →

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4 Cubes 2024: Black Beard BG Brussels beats Leuven

Posted on September 22, 2024 by Johan

In 2024, four teams compete for the 4 Cubes 2024 trophy: Brussels (champion 2023, captain Guy Van Middelem), Gent (captain: Bert Van Kerckhove), Leuven (captain: Johan Segers), and Black Beard BG Brussels, aka BBBB (captain: Daniel Rozenberg). On Sunday, September … Continue reading →

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4 Cubes 2024

Posted on July 4, 2024 by Johan

Four teams have registered for the 4 Cubes 2024, BGFed.be’s league for backgammon clubs in Belgium: Brussels. Captain: Guy Van Middelem. Winner of the 4 Cubes 2023. Gent. Captain: Bert Van Kerckhove. Finalist in 2023, and champion from 2019 to … Continue reading →

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Registration 4 Cubes 2024 by June 30

Posted on June 9, 2024 by Johan

As decided on BGFed.be’s General Assembly of Friday, June 7, teams that wish to register for the 4 Cubes 2024 team competition are requested to register via the following online form: https://forms.gle/AYg1N6558ChxN3jA7 Registration deadline: June 30, 2024. Registration fee: 25 … Continue reading →

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4 Cubes 2023: Triumph Against the Odds

Posted on October 28, 2023 by Johan

In the wake of their thrilling semi-final victory against Leuven in Spring, the Brussels team, led by captain Guy Van Middelem and featuring Kristoffer De Weert, Ithzak Solsky, Paul van Dijke, and Paulus van Rooijen, had their sights set on … Continue reading →

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4 Cubes 2023: Ghent’s challenger is known

Posted on March 5, 2023 by Johan

Today, Sunday, March 5, Brussels received Leuven in a duel for the right to challenge Gent, holder of the 4 Cubes since 2019. Play took place in one of the bridge rooms of the Royal Orée in Sint-Pieters-Woluwe. Brussels had … Continue reading →

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4 Cubes remain in Ghent for at least another year

Posted on October 27, 2022 by Johan

On Tuesday evening, October 25, 2022, challenger Brussels took up the gauntlet and traveled to Ghent, eager to earn the 4 Cubes which stayed there during the covid period. The final encounter the 4 Cubes 2022, Belgium’s backgammon interclub championship … Continue reading →

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4 Cubes 2022 final Ghent-Brussels on Tuesday, October 25

Posted on October 18, 2022 by Johan

The final of the 4 Cubes 2022 will be played on Tuesday, October 25, at 19:30 in the Koninklijke Union Sandeman in Ghent. Ghent, holder of the 4 Cubes trophy since 2019, will have home advantage against Brussels, which defeated … Continue reading →

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Brussels defeats Leuven and will challenge Ghent for the 4 Cubes 2022

Posted on July 2, 2022 by Johan

As told in an earlier post, the 4 Cubes 2022 format is simplified to two encounters: first, Brussels and Leuven play to decide who can challenge the current trophy holder Ghent, and second, the winner of the Brussels-Leuven encounter will … Continue reading →

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4 Cubes 2022

Posted on June 24, 2022 by Johan

In early 2020, the 4 Cubes competition for Belgian backgammon clubs had barely started when you-know-what happened and the competition had to be cancelled. Now, more than two years later, players from Brussels, Ghent, and Leuven, agreed to restart things … Continue reading →

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