NEW ARRIVALS
If you have just arrived in Madeira, please do not leave it till the last minute to collect your identity badge.
The Welcome Desk is open from 18:00 to 20:00 on Friday 6th November, but is likely to be very busy from 19:30 to 20:00 with queries about table assignments.
The earlier you collect your badge, the less likely you are to have to queue.
OPEN TEAMS TABLE ASSIGNMENTS
Table assignments for the first match of the Open Teams will be published at 19:30 on Friday.
Table assignments for the first match of subsequent sessions will be published well in advance of the start time. You can find your starting position 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.
Assignments for subsequent matches in the same session will be displayed on the screens in the lobby of Tower 2 and the Congress Centre.
If you have entered and paid but your name is not on the list of registered teams HERE, it means that you have not yet registered your team. This step is necessary because we do not know who is playing with whom until you register. If you have not registered by 14:00 on Friday we cannot guarantee you a place, though we will do our best to fit everyone in. Final deadline for registration 19:00 – after this we will not accept any further entries.
Please complete your registration here:
https://booking.bridge-madeira.com/registrations
If you are looking for team-mates your name still needs to be on the list. You can fill in the online registration form as 1, 2 or 3 people and we will match players on Friday morning. Or you can ask the Welcome Desk to register you.
We will do our best to match players by standard (and if possible language) but anyone who registered as looking for team-mates after the deadline of 20:30 on Thursday may find themselves in a team with players of a very different standard.
If you have registered as an individual, pair or three players but subequently find your own team-mates, you MUST let us know, by telling the Welcome Desk or by WhatsApp message to +351 935 925 598
LATEST NEWS
The 29th MIBO Open Pairs has drawn to a close with the narrowest of margins at the top.
The winners are Michael Gromoeller and Helmut Haeusler of Germany, with 60.82%, just 0.2% ahead of António Palma (Portugal) and Mikael Rimstedt (Sweden). In third place were Judith and Vincent Nab of the Netherlands, on 60.29%.
Many congratulations to the winners, and our thanks to all who took part.
Full results HERE
The leaders after the second session are António Palma and Mikael Rimstedt on 61.76%, up four places. In second are Judith Nab and Vincent Nab on 61.09%, 24 places above their first session ranking. Lying third are Michael Gromoeller and Helmut Haeusler on 63.66%, an even more impressive rise from 33rd. Local heroes Eduardo Fernandes (our logistics man) and Pedro Morgado (connoisseur of Jura whisky) won the second session and shot up from 59th to 4th.
Full results HERE
The first session of the Open Pairs produced a good spread of nationalities at the top, with 5 Poles, 4 Danes, 3 Swedes, 2 each from Finland and Norway, a Portuguese and a Lithuanian in the top ten places.
Leading the board are Ralph Retzlaff and Matthias Schueller on 64.67%, with the chasing pack as follows:
Thor-Erik Hoftaniska and Christian Bakke 64.38%
Christina Lund Madsen and Henning Ostergaard 64.17%
Gregers Bjarnarson and Henrik Frydenlund 63.39%
António Palma and Mikael Rimstedt 63.11%
Leszek Sztyrak and Andrzej Twardowski 62.76%
Antti Elsinen and Tiina Elsinen 62.68%
Andrei Kavalenka and Tomasz Modrzejewski 62.6%
Sabina Grzejdziak and Igor Grzejdziak 62.34%
Anna Zack Efraimsson and Bengt-Erik Efraimsson 62.29%
With 324 pairs taking part there’s plenty of scope for climbers and fallers.
Full results HERE
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
Details of entry fees and social programme prices are now available on our website HERE
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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.
If we haven’t got your contact details and you’d like to receive information about the event, please contact:
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.
Se não temos o seu contato e pretende receber informação do evento, por favor contacte:
Miguel Teixeira
2025 WINNERS
2026 Open Pairs Champions:
Michael Gromoeller & Helmut Haeusler (Germany)
2025 Open Teams Champions
SELENA: Bartosz Chmurski (Poland), Piotr Tuczynski (Poland), Selena Pepic (Serbia), Tim van de Paverd (Netherlands)
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