Veldhoven 2011 — 18th VENICE CUP
📅 16 - 29 October 2011 · Veldhoven, Netherlands
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Tournament standings — teams (VP)↑ top
Cumulative Victory Points. The 8 highlighted teams (marked ▶) advanced to the Quarterfinal (the knockout stage). Click a team for its round-by-round results and players below; click a round’s VP to open that match.
Cross-table — who played whom↑ top
Each cell is the row team’s VP against the column team (columns numbered by rank; # place, Σ total VP). Hover a cell to highlight both teams and their two head-to-head results; click a score for that match’s protocol.
1 USA 2 · 2 USA 1 · 3 ENGLAND · 4 CHINA · 5 SWEDEN · 6 INDONESIA · 7 NETHERLANDS · 8 FRANCE · 9 GERMANY · 10 CANADA · 11 POLAND · 12 ITALY · 13 BRAZIL · 14 JAPAN · 15 NEW ZEALAND · 16 INDIA · 17 AUSTRALIA · 18 EGYPT · 19 MOROCCO · 20 JORDAN · 21 VENEZUELA · 22 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
Cumulative Butler by cross-IMPs. Each round's per-board Butler = mean cross-IMP vs that round's full field (raw / (N−1)), rounded to 0.1. Cumulative = sum of a player's per-board Butler over ALL played rounds ÷ total boards played, rounded to 0.01.
Rounds included so far (21 of 21): R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 R19 R20 R21. Columns R1… = each player's Butler total in that round's match (hover a cell for its avg/board); they sum to Total.
Cumulative Butler standings — all players↑ top
Player statistics — leaders↑ top
Top 12 in each metric — or, with a team picked as ★ My team, that team’s players. Open the full player-statistics page for every player, sortable by any column — including an opponent-adjusted (strength-of-schedule) Butler. Double-dummy is idealised — the true best play needs all four hands — so read these as tendencies, not verdicts.
| # | Player | vs par |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸 S.Moss | +1.44 |
| 1 | 🇺🇸 J.Radin | +1.44 |
| 3 | 🇨🇦 D.Gordon | +1.02 |
| 3 | 🇨🇦 S.Reus | +1.02 |
| 5 | 🇮🇩 S.Dewi | +0.97 |
| 5 | 🇮🇩 K.Murniati | +0.97 |
| 7 | 🏴 S.Brock | +0.96 |
| 7 | 🏴 N.Smith | +0.96 |
| 9 | 🇫🇷 D.Gaviard | +0.82 |
| 9 | 🇫🇷 J.Zochowska | +0.82 |
| 11 | 🇺🇸 D.Rosenberg | +0.82 |
| 11 | 🇺🇸 J.Seamon-Molson | +0.82 |
| # | Player | on tgt |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸 L.Deas | 88.7% |
| 2 | 🇵🇱 J.Zmuda | 88.7% |
| 2 | 🇮🇹 C.Golin | 88.7% |
| 4 | 🏴 N.Smith | 88.4% |
| 5 | 🇺🇸 J.Levin | 87.7% |
| 6 | 🇻🇪 I.Smith | 87.7% |
| 7 | 🇻🇪 L.Ortega | 87.2% |
| 8 | 🇨🇦 K.Litwin | 87.0% |
| 9 | 🇯🇴 Y.Khattak | 87.0% |
| 10 | 🏴 H.Dhondy | 86.9% |
| 11 | 🇯🇵 K.Banno | 86.6% |
| 12 | 🇫🇷 S.Willard | 86.4% |
| # | Player | on tgt |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇳🇱 M.Michielsen | 88.0% |
| 2 | 🇺🇸 J.Seamon-Molson | 87.9% |
| 3 | 🇨🇦 D.Gordon | 87.3% |
| 4 | 🇩🇪 S.Auken | 86.5% |
| 5 | 🇺🇸 D.Rosenberg | 84.6% |
| 6 | 🏴 N.Smith | 83.6% |
| 7 | 🇺🇸 G.Joel | 83.3% |
| 8 | 🇨🇦 S.Fraser | 83.0% |
| 9 | 🏴 F.Brown | 82.5% |
| 10 | 🇪🇬 N.Hamdy | 82.4% |
| 11 | 🇳🇱 B.Vriend | 82.0% |
| 12 | 🇨🇦 S.Reus | 81.9% |
Biggest swings — the wildest boards↑ top
Same deal, opposite fortunes: boards where the field’s cross-IMP Butler split the widest. Swing = the best NS result’s Butler minus the best EW result’s, in IMPs; the two columns show those poles (contract, score and Butler). Click a board for its full record.
| Board | Tables | Swing | Best for NS | Best for EW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 12 · Bd 19 | 22 | 30.9 | 5♦ +200 🇵🇱 POLAND (+8.9) | 4♥xx +3400 🇲🇦 MOROCCO (+22.0) |
| Round 9 · Bd 6 | 22 | 27.9 | 6♠x +500 🏴 ENGLAND (+14.6) | 3♠x +1700 🏴 ENGLAND (+13.3) |
| Round 8 · Bd 19 | 22 | 26.3 | 5♠x +650 🇻🇪 VENEZUELA (+14.8) | 6♥ +1430 🇻🇪 VENEZUELA (+11.5) |
| Round 5 · Bd 1 | 22 | 26.1 | 7♠ +1510 🇧🇷 BRAZIL (+11.4) | 6♦ +150 🇸🇪 SWEDEN (+14.7) |
| Round 10 · Bd 22 | 22 | 26.1 | 3♥x +500 🇮🇩 INDONESIA (+13.5) | 6♦ +1370 🇮🇹 ITALY (+12.6) |
| Round 6 · Bd 29 | 22 | 25.9 | 6♠ +1430 🇨🇦 CANADA (+12.5) | 6♠ +200 🇯🇴 JORDAN (+13.4) |
| Round 20 · Bd 32 | 22 | 25.6 | 5♠x +800 🇺🇸 USA 1 (+13.2) | 4♥x +990 🇫🇷 FRANCE (+12.4) |
| Round 16 · Bd 17 | 22 | 25.0 | 7♥ +1510 🇩🇪 GERMANY (+12.0) | 7♥ +50 🇮🇳 INDIA (+13.0) |
| Round 2 · Bd 22 | 22 | 24.8 | 5♣x +650 🇯🇴 JORDAN (+12.6) | 5♦x +800 🇲🇦 MOROCCO (+12.2) |
| Round 2 · Bd 28 | 22 | 24.6 | 6♦ +1370 🇪🇬 EGYPT (+12.7) | 6♦ +100 🇸🇪 SWEDEN (+11.9) |
| Round 13 · Bd 12 | 22 | 24.6 | 6♠ +1430 🇮🇹 ITALY (+13.1) | 6♠ +200 🇻🇪 VENEZUELA (+11.5) |
| Round 4 · Bd 21 | 22 | 24.5 | 2♠x +500 🇺🇸 USA 1 (+10.3) | 3NTxx +1000 🇸🇪 SWEDEN (+14.2) |
| Round 5 · Bd 13 | 22 | 24.2 | 6NT +400 🇮🇳 INDIA (+12.3) | 6♠ +1430 🇺🇸 USA 2 (+11.9) |
| Round 3 · Bd 4 | 22 | 24.1 | 6♣ +1370 🇮🇩 INDONESIA (+10.2) | 7♣x +200 🇨🇳 CHINA (+13.9) |