Category Archives: EUBGF

European Championship, Helsingor (DK), 20-23 Oct 2016

The Belgian team: Michel Lamote, Geert Van der Stricht, Walter Meuwis, Johan Huyck, Johan Segers, Alain Chif, Maurits Pino. http://eurobackgammon2016.weebly.com/ https://www.facebook.com/EuroBackgammon2016/ Live stream: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmHwa16H8IutExiH8P30FWQ Results: https://www.drawboss.com/Event/Show/7303aabb-cd33-46ff-9824-7d9c9ac61524 Round 1: Belgium – Norway 2-2 Michel Lamote (PR: 4.4) vs Dagfinn Snarheim (PR: 4.6) 1-0 … Continue reading

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Souvenirs from Budapest

As the countdown to the European Team Championship starts, I picked some of the photos taken during last year’s edition in Budapest to share with you. The European Championship starts on 20 October in Helsingør, Denmark. Good luck to the … Continue reading

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EBTC Denmark 2016 : final selection.

The European Backgammon Team Championship will take place in Helsingor (Denmark) in October this year. As announced, selection for the team is solely based on playing strength as indicated by the assembled data in the 2 BMS tables : the … Continue reading

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EBTC 2016 : 8 candidate players

The 8 candidate players for the European Backgammon Team Championship in Helsingor later this year (20-23 October) are (alphabetically by first name) : Alain Chif, Geert Van der Stricht, Guy Van Middelem, Johan Huyck, Johan Segers, Maurits Pino, Michel Lamote … Continue reading

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European Backgammon Team Championship : candidacies (reminder).

I would like to remind all aspiring candidate players that the deadline for candidacies is 30 June 2016. Click on European Team Championship (under Tags (right) to find the Selection Procedure and Selection Criteria in the article Kopenhagen 2016 : BGFed.be plans … Continue reading

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EUBGF Tournament rules : Dutch translation

Met enige trots presenteren we bij deze graag de Nederlandse vertaling van de officiële EUBGF toernooiregels: Tournament-Rules-EUBGF-2016-06_Dutch De originele versie van de regels is te vinden op de EUBGF website. Het zijn deze Engelse regels die de officiële versie zijn. … Continue reading

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Kind message from Greece

Dear Belgian friends, On behalf of the Greek Backgammon Federation, I would like to express our deepest sorrow for the horrific events that took place in your lovely country during the past week. We were shocked by the attacks and … Continue reading

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BGFed.be adopts new EUBGF Tournament Rules

Recently, the European Backgammon Federation EUBGF has presented its new tournament rules: http://eubgf.eu/eubgf-tournament-rules/. In its meeting of Friday, March 4, 2016, the board of the BGFed.be has decided to adopt these rules. In practice, this means that BGFed.be’s member clubs are … Continue reading

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Kopenhagen 2016 : BGFed.be plans to send strong team.

In September of last year, Belgium more than stood its ground in the European Backgammon Team Championship in Budapest.  Chances to qualify for the Final Four were real till the last encounter (versus Italy), but evaporated as Germany gained a … Continue reading

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Croatia is European champion, Belgium finishes 6th

In the 7th round: Belgium-Italy 2-2 Belgium was on shared 4th-5th place after 6 rounds but, because of the other results, the team would have needed to win all four matches in order to qualify for the final 4. Semi-finals: Croatia beats … Continue reading

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