Prizes 2016
The Marit Sveaas International Bridge Tournament has some of the biggest prizes in bridge history. This is made possible because of sponsors and the contribution from Christen Sveaas, not because of high entry fees.
Revised prizes:
Main prizes |
NOK | € (approx.) |
1st place: Fredrik Helness - Tor Helness | 300.000 kr | €32.000 |
2nd place: Apolinary Kowalski - Jerzy Russyan | 100.000 kr | €10.700 |
3rd place: Michael Askgaard - Kasper Konow | 50.000 kr | €5.350 |
4th place: Jon-Egil Furunes - Jan Mikkelsen | 20.000 kr | €2.150 |
5th place: Nils-Otto Eliassen - Kjell Ove Helmersen | 20.000 kr | €2.150 |
6th place: Stian Andersen - Bjørnar Hagen | 20.000 kr | €2.150 |
7th place: Nikos Delimpaltadikis - Konstantinos Kontomitros | 20.000 kr | €2.150 |
8th place: Gunnar Hallberg - Artur Malinowski | 20.000 kr | €2.150 |
Junior/Mixed/Seniors/Women pairs/<100MP | NOK | € (approx.) |
1. place: Marion Michielsen - Meike Wortel | 30.000 kr | €3.230 |
2. place: Arve Farstad - Harald Nordby | 20.000 kr | €2.150 |
3. place: Karen McCallum - Cenk Tucok | 15.000 kr | €1.600 |
4. place: Leif-Erik Stabell - Tolle Stabell | 12.500 kr | €1.350 |
5. place: Ann Karin Fuglestad - Odin S. Svendsen | 10.000 kr | €1.075 |
6. place: Svein Erik Dahl - Alan Scott | 7.500 kr | €800 |
Last session | ||
1. place: Fredrik Helness - Tor Helness | 20.000 kr | €2.150 |
2. place: Jo-Arne Ovesen - Dag-Jørgen Stokkvik | 12.500 kr | €1.350 |
3. place: Arve Farstad - Harald Nordby | 7.500 kr | €800 |
* Pairs qualified for more than 1 prize gets the highest awarding prize, and the next ones in line in the special category moves 1 place up (except best pair last session)
* All sums in Euro - € are approximate values due to currency exchange rates. Prizes will be awarded in Norwegian kroner - NOK
* The highest awarding prices are subject to taxation due to Norwegian law. The tax is 15 % with deduction for all the costs related to the tournament.
* Prizes will be paid by bank transfer
* Prizes can change with low attendance