2016–17 EBU Player of the Year Championship

The 2016–17 EBU Player of the Year Championship was the competition's third season. Points were accumulated over the EBU's ten most prestigious events from 1 October 2016 to 30 September 2017. Alexander Allfrey and Andrew Robson won for the second successive year, becoming the first players to win the title more than once.[1]

2016–17 EBU
Player of the Year Championship
Tournament information
SportBridge
DatesOctober 2016–September 2017
AdministratorEnglish Bridge Union
Final positions
ChampionsAlexander Allfrey
Andrew Robson

List of competitions

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Event [2][3] Format Dates Points
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
Gold Cup Single-Elimination Teams 16 8 4 1
Spring Fours Double-Elimination Teams 28 April – 2 May 2017 14 8 4 1  –
Premier League (Division 1) Triple Round-Robin Teams 22 October – 6 November 2016 16 8 4 2  –
Crockfords Cup Single-Elimination Teams with Finals 12 6 4 2 1 1 1 1
Four Star Teams Swiss Teams with Finals 11 August – 13 August 2017 8 4 2 1  –
National Point-a-Board Teams PaB Teams – Qualifier and Finals 21 January – 22 January 2017 6 3 2 1  –
Summer Meeting Swiss Pairs Swiss Pairs 4 August – 6 August 2017 12 6 3 2 1  –
National Pairs Regional and National Matchpoint Pairs 12 March & 8 – 9 April 2017 8 4 2 1  –
Guardian Trophy Matchpoint Pairs 14 – 15 April 2017 6 3 2 1  –
Two Star Pairs Swiss Pairs with Matchpoint Finals 14 – 15 October 2016 6 3 2 1  –

Summary of results

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Place Name Event Total
GC SF PL CC FST PaB SMSP NP GT TSP
  Alexander Allfrey 4 14 16 12 46
  Andrew Robson 4 14 16 12 46
3 Mike Bell 4 14 16 8 42
4 David Bakhshi 4 14 16 1 6 41
5 Tony Forrester 4 14 16 34
5 David Gold 4 14 16 34
7 Zia Mahmood 16 4 12 32
8 Tom Hanlon 16 8 6 30
9 Boye Brogeland 16 8 24
10 Espen Erichsen 16 1 17
10 Chris Jagger 8 3 6 17

This list displays the top ten players (including ties); 126 players received points. Winners of each event are highlighted in bold.

References

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  1. ^ "Player of the Year Championship - a history". Ebu.co.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  2. ^ "EBU Results 2016". Ebu.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  3. ^ "EBU Results 2017". Ebu.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2021.