OPEN PAIRS TABLE ASSIGNMENTS
Table assignments for Session 1 will be published at or shortly after 14:00 on Tuesday. Session 2 and 3 assignments will be published on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons respectively.
You will find your starting positions each day on the wall of the lobby near the Welcome Desk and in the Congress Centre, in the Madeira International Bridge Open WhatsApp Group and also via the buttons on the right.
IF YOUR NAMES ARE NOT ON THE LIST OF REGISTERED PAIRS you need to go to the Welcome Desk at 14:30 and ask to be registered.
LATEST NEWS
The main tournaments of MIBO 2026 launched with 174 pairs playing in the Warm-Up.
NS TOP FIVE
1 João Vide Barbosa – Andrea Nilsson 69.61%
2 Yaniv Zack – Ronni Barr-Benin 64.74%
3 Eythor Jónsson – Anna Sigridur Karlsdottir 63.83%
4 Jan Jansma – Aida Jansma 62.49%
5 Eeva Parvianinen – Olli Jalonen 61.68%
EW TOP FIVE
1 Christian Lahrmann – Mads Eyde 62.87%
2 Wubbo de Boer – Agnes Snellers 62.84%
3 Jon Ingthorsson – Kristinn Olafsson 61.94%
4 Jozef Malysz – Piotr Zawislak 61.55%
5 Goran Hammarstrom – Simon Bech 61.26%
Full results HERE
This year’s Charity Pairs was held in aid of ALVD Madeira, a volunteer association which supports communities in need in the developing world, with projects in Luau and Luanda (Angola) and in São Tomé and Príncipe. In Madeira itself the association runs charity campaigns and encourages the community to get involved in volunteering.
104 pairs took part. The winners were Christian Bakke and Christian Lahrmann (NS) and António Palma and Andrea Nilsson (EW). Congratulations to the winners.
Runners-up were George Schipper and Allie Hoenstok (NS) and René Stienen and Elly Schippers (EW).
Full results HERE
Runners-up were Matt Brown and Magnus Spence-Jones (NS) and Liliana Suflida and Jacek Radomski (EW)
Full results HERE
Our second pre-tournament event was won by Gerwin Middelkoop and Allie Hoenstok (NS) and by Anna Lasocka and Bogdan Szulejewski (EW). Congratulations to the winners.
Full results HERE
MIBO 2026: off we go.
The first event of this year’s tournament, the Matchpoint Pairs, was won by Pedro Macedo and Laura Woodruff (NS) and John Hassett and Raymond Semp (EW).
Full results HERE
Hotel packages and prices for 2026 are now available HERE
Details of entry fees and social programme prices are now available on our website HERE
2026 BULLETINS
BULLETIN 2026-1
BULLETIN 2026-0.5 (SATURDAY)
BULLETIN 2026-0 (PRE-TOURNAMENT)
WELCOME TO MADEIRA 2026
For this year’s edition we have improved everything we can think of to provide you with a relaxed and friendly tournament, with some small changes to format and arrangements. Information about packages – with or without accommodation – is available under the Information menu.
If we haven’t got your contact details and you’d like to receive information about the event, please contact:
We are open for entries (see Booking & Registration page).
We look forward to seeing old friends and new faces for what promises to be a great event.
Miguel Teixeira
WELCOME TO MADEIRA 2026
Para a edição deste ano tentamos melhorar tudo o que achamos ser possível para vós proporcionar um torneio descontraído e amigável com pequenas alterações face aos anos anteriores. As informações sobre os pacotes com e sem alojamento estão disponíveis sobe o menu Information.
Se não temos o seu contato e pretende receber informação do evento, por favor contacte:
Já abrimos as inscrições (ver página Booking & Registration).
Estamos ansiosos por rever velhos amigos e conhecer novos rostos naquele que estamos a trabalhar para ser um grande evento.
Miguel Teixeira
If you have entered and paid but your name is not on the PAIRS / TEAMS lists (under the OPEN 2026 menu), it means that you have not yet registered your pair or team. This step is necessary because we do not know who is playing with whom until you register.
Please complete your registration here:
https://booking.bridge-madeira.com/registrations
NB: If you are playing in the Open Pairs and Open Teams you need to make a separate registration for each event.
2025 WINNERS
2025 Open Pairs Champions:
Thor-Erik Hoftaniska (United Kingdom) & Christian Bakke (Norway)
2025 Open Teams Champions
SELENA: Bartosz Chmurski (Poland), Piotr Tuczynski (Poland), Selena Pepic (Serbia), Tim van de Paverd (Netherlands)
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