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WBF Master Points

Changes made at Montreal 2002

This site shows WBF Masterpoints up to November 2023 please see the main WBF website for later points

Extract from the Supplemental Conditions of Contest for Montreal 2002

Eligibility for Awards and Master Points

1. Eligibility for Awards In Knockout Teams
    In order to be eligible to receive master points for the rounds of 64, 32, and 16, the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final/play off a player must have played at least one third of the boards played in all stages of the competition.
In Montreal this regulation was amended as follows: Each member of 5 or 6 player teams must play at least one segment -16 boards- in every round of the knock-out to get World Master Points or the Title.
2. Master Point Awards For The Knockout Teams
   

According to the WBF Master Points Plan, the following scale of Master Points applies for the Knockout Teams:

  Rosenblum Cup McConnell Cup Placing Points.
From 33rd to 64th place 40 40  
From 17th to 32nd place 60 50  
From 9th to 16th place 100 80  
From 5th to 8th place 160 120  
For 4th place 300 270 1
For 3rd place 350 300 1
For 2nd place 450 340 3
For 1st place 600 450 4
3 Master Points For The Other Championship Events
    The Master Points awarded for all other championship events will follow the scales contained in the WBF Master Points Plan.
4 Junior Triathlon
   
Junior Teams Junior Pairs & Individual Triathlon
1st: 150 1st 100 1st: 100
2nd: 100 2nd 90 2nd: 80
3rd: 50 3rd 80 3rd: 70
        4th: 60
        5th: 50
5 Secondary events
   

Zonal Teams and Pairs
      1st 150
      2nd 100
      3rd 50
   
IMP Pairs
  
      1st 200
      2nd 125
      3rd 80
   
Senior Swiss Teams
  
      1st 450
      2nd 300
      3rd 150
      4th 90

PLEASE NOTE CHANGES TO Master Point SYSTEM DECIDED IN MONTREAL:

1.CHANGED TITLE: - World Master - 150 MPs this title is now for life and will not be removed.

2. NEW TITLE: - World International Master - 350 MPs this title is for life and will not be removed.

3. CHANGED EVENT: - World Year Points to be awarded to the World Wide Bridge Contest

4. AND: Deceased Players will have their records kept but will not appear in the rankings

These changes take effect from the start of this current World Master Points year which started at the beginning of the World Championships in Montreal in 2002.