Sweden and Poland will fight it out for the prestigious Bermuda Bowl trophy in the HCL-42nd World Bridge Team Championship final here.
Sweden edged out USA 2 248-241.7 IMPs in one semi-final, while Poland managed to eke out a narrow 207-205.3 win over England in the second final-four encounter. This is the second entry into the final for both teams with making the final in 1953 while Poland last saw a title clash in 1991.
In the Venice Cup for women, both France and USA 2 virtually sailed through. Both teams had comparative easy wins, France beating England 211-186 and USA 2 swamping Netherlands 211.2-157. This is the fifth time that France have moved into the final, the last being in 2011 and USA 2 is making it for third time.
As for the seniors, USA 1 and Sweden will vie for the d' Orsi trophy. While USA 1 brought down their other representative (USA 2) 216.5-169, Sweden defeated Poland 189.7-161. This is USA 1's third occasion in the final while Sweden is making its debut.
In the Transnational team event for the Dastur trophy, there was some cheer for India with Formidables coming among the eight teams that qualified for the quarterfinals.
Formidables defeated Netherlands 102 -84 after trailing 57-67 in the penultimate round. The other seven teams are Buras, Askgaard, Brasil, Bulgaria open, YBM, Germany and Zimmermann.
