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2016–17 EBU Player of the Year Championship

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

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]

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alexander Allfrey 4 14 16 12 46
1st place, gold medalist(s) 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.