WBT Challengers Cup
WBT Challengers Cup
World Bridge Tour wants to create more excitement for general tournament players, and we are proud to introduce the WBT Challengers Cup in January 2021. The WBT Challengers Cup has been created for aspiring players not yet participating in WBT Champions Cup.
Since March 2020 great organisers have facilitated top level online tournaments, and now general tournament players will get a similar arena to compete. You get a chance to play against people from around the world, meet friends and make new friendships. By collecting WBT CC Points and winning tournaments you can make it to the stars in the WBT Champions Cup!
WBT Challengers Cup consists of two different types of tournaments.
- Weekly tournaments in the Open Teams category by WBT, starting every Monday and played every day until it comes to an end. Scheduled starting times for matches are 17:00 and 19:30 CET.
- WBT will arrange a League in the Open Teams category lasting for several weeks. Scheduled starting time for League matches is 21:30 CET.
- WBT Challengers Cup Final is played in week 25.
Entry
- All players with a non-suspended WBT Membership are entitled to play. We encourage high- ranking teams in the Champions Cup not to participate.
- All the players on the team are required to hold a non- suspended WBT membership.
- A team has the right to enter a WBT tournament given there are still available spots in the tournament.
- WBT Challengers Cup Semi-Final and WBT Challengers Cup Final have restricted entries.
- WBT kindly requests players not to apply for WBT membership unless they are committed to following the This Is How We Play rules of WBT.
Awards & ranking points
Our partners OCBL and E-Open have generously provided free entries and pre-approved entry right to their tournaments in WBT Champions Cup for team(s) doing well in the Challengers Cup tournaments.
WBT awards WBT CC Points for all competitions. WBT CC Points will be awarded to the team captain and can’t be transferred to a new team.
The 8 highest ranked teams based on WBT CC Points will earn the right to play in the WBT Challengers Cup Final in week 22.
The winner of WBT Challengers Cup Final will earn the right to play in the WBT Champions Cup Final.
| Ranking | Points |
|---|---|
| 1 | 120 |
| 2 | 96 |
| 3 | 77 |
| 4 | 61 |
| 5 | 49 |
| 6 | 44 |
| 7 | 40 |
| 8 | 36 |
| 9 | 34 |
| 10 | 32 |
| 11 | 31 |
| 12 | 29 |
| 13 | 28 |
| 14 | 26 |
| 15 | 25 |
| 16 | 24 |
| 17 | 23 |
| 18 | 21 |
| 19 | 20 |
| 20 | 19 |
| 21 | 18 |
| 22 | 17 |
| 23 | 16 |
| 24 | 15 |
| 25 | 14 |
| 26 | 13 |
| 27 | 12 |
| 28 | 11 |
| 29 | 10 |
| 30 | 9 |
| 31 | 8 |
| 32 | 7 |
| 33 | 6 |
| 34 | 5 |
| 35 | 4 |
| 36 | 3 |
| 37 | 2 |
| 38 | 2 |
| 39 | 2 |
| 40 | 2 |
| Ranking | Points |
|---|---|
| 1 | 180 |
| 2 | 144 |
| 3 | 115 |
| 4 | 92 |
| 5 | 74 |
| 6 | 66 |
| 7 | 60 |
| 8 | 54 |
| 9 | 51 |
| 10 | 49 |
| 11 | 46 |
| 12 | 44 |
| 13 | 42 |
| 14 | 40 |
| 15 | 38 |
| 16 | 36 |
| 17 | 34 |
| 18 | 32 |
| 19 | 31 |
| 20 | 29 |
| 21 | 28 |
| 22 | 26 |
| 23 | 25 |
| 24 | 24 |
| 25 | 22 |
| 26 | 21 |
| 27 | 20 |
| 28 | 19 |
| 29 | 18 |
| 30 | 17 |
| 31 | 16 |
| 32 | 15 |
| 33 | 14 |
| 34 | 13 |
| 35 | 12 |
| 36 | 11 |
| 37 | 10 |
| 38 | 2 |
| 39 | 10 |
| 40 | 10 |
| Ranking | Swiss 9-16 Teams | Swiss 16+ Teams |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 | 45 |
| 2 | 24 | 36 |
| 3 | 19 | 29 |
| 4 | 15 | 23 |
| 5 | 12 | 18 |
| 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 7 | 10 | 15 |
| 8 | 9 | 13 |
| 10 | 8 | 12 |
| 11 | 8 | 12 |
| 12 | 7 | 11 |
| 13 | 7 | 10 |
| 14 | 7 | 10 |
| 15 | 6 | 9 |
| 16 | 6 | 9 |
| 17 | 8 | |
| 18 | 8 | |
| 19 | 8 | |
| 20 | 7 | |
| 21 | 7 | |
| 22 | 7 | |
| 23 | 6 | |
| 24 | 6 | |
| 25 | 6 | |
| 26 | 5 | |
| 27 | 5 | |
| 28 | 5 | |
| 29 | 5 | |
| 30+ | 4 | |
| Bonus awards: | ||
| Winning R16 | 5 | |
| Winning QF | 7 | |
| Winning SF | 10 | |
| Winning F | 15 |
| Rank | Points |
|---|---|
| 1 | 160 |
| 2 | 128 |
| 3 | 102 |
| 4 | 82 |
| 5 | 66 |
| 6 | 59 |
| 7 | 53 |
| 8 | 48 |
| 9 | 45 |
| 10 | 43 |
| 11 | 41 |
| 12 | 39 |
| 13 | 37 |
| 14 | 35 |
| 15 | 33 |
| 16 | 32 |