France won the Open Teams before Sweden and Netherlands. The Frenchmen took the lead at the tenth round and never relinquished it but one round to a very good Germany. The struggle for the first place saw Germany, Sweden and Monaco often very close to French, but in the next to last round a great victory over Germany settled the issue.
The champions: Thomas Bessis, Francois Combescure, Cedric Lorenzini, Jean-Christophe Quantin, Jerome Rombaut, Frederic Volcker. NPC Lionel Sebbane.
First to seventh (qualified to 2017’s Bermuda Bowl):
France 489.77
Sweden 474.92
Netherlands 471.07
Monaco 464.92
Germany 446.16
Italy 432.70
Bulgaria 432.06
In Woman Teams, England won over France and Poland. The winners: Sally Brock, Fiona Brown, Heather Dhondy, Catherine Draper, Nevena Senior, Nicola Smith; Npc Derek Patterson; Coach David Burn.
First to seventh (qualified to 2017’s Venice Cup):
England 313.35
France 308.78
Poland 303.09
Russia 284.48
Israel 282.81
Netherlands 275.73
Sweden 272.17
In Senior Teams, Israel won over Sweden and Poland. The Israeli Team: Meir Berkman, Avi Kalish, Leonid Podgur, Adrian Schwartz, Noah Tymianker, Shalom Zeligman; NPC Etan Orenstein.
First to seventh (qualified to 2017’s Senior Bowl):
Israel 289.67
Sweden 287.58
Poland 277.32
Turkey 277.21
Italy 270.57
France 264.58
Austria 264.12
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