# Buffett Cup

The Buffett Cup is a bridge trophy which is awarded biennially in an event between teams from Europe and the United States.
The tournament is modeled on the Ryder Cup golf competition and is held in the week preceding the golf event at a nearby location. The competition was first held in 2006 and is named after its sponsor, American businessman Warren Buffett. Teams are selected by invitation and must contain at least two female players. The competition format is a mixture of teams of four, pairs and individual sessions with point-a-board scoring throughout.
The tournament was scheduled to be held in Monaco in 2014, but was cancelled owing to disagreement within the USA side as to how members of its team were chosen.
The Buffett Cup was resumed in 2019 in Haikou, China. Besides the Europe and USA teams, the China team is also invited for the first time to the Buffett Cup.

## Results
### Summary

| Team | Winner | 1st Runners-up | 2nd Runners-up |
| China | -- | -- | 1 |
| Europe | 1 | 4 | -- |
| United States | 4 | 1 | -- |

### By Year

| Year | Winner |
| 2006 | United States |
| 2008 | Europe |
| 2010 | United States |
| 2012 | United States |
| 2019 | United States |

### 2006 Dublin, Ireland

USA won by 23.
Europe :
| Paul Hackett (PC) | England |
| Sabine Auken | Germany |
| Norberto Bocchi | Italy |
| Giorgio Duboin | Italy |
| Jason Hackett | England |
| Justin Hackett | England |
| Tom Hanlon | Ireland |
| Geir Helgemo | Norway |
| Tor Helness | Norway |
| Jan Jansma | Netherlands |
| Hugh McGann | Ireland |
| Louk Verhees Jr. | Netherlands |
| Daniela von Arnim | Germany |
USA :
* Donna Compton (NPC)
* David Berkowitz
* Larry N. Cohen
* Fred Gitelman
* Bob Hamman
* Geoff Hampson
* Bobby Levin
* Jill Levin
* Zia Mahmood
* Jill Meyers
* Paul Soloway
* Steve Weinstein
* Roy Welland

### 2008 Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Europe won 205.5-172.5.
Europe :
| Paul Hackett (NPC) | England |
| Sabine Auken | Germany |
| Michel Bessis | France |
| Thomas Bessis | France |
| Boye Brogeland | Norway |
| Tom Hanlon | Ireland |
| Tor Helness | Norway |
| Michał Kwiecień | Poland |
| Espen Lindqvist | Norway |
| Hugh McGann | Ireland |
| Marion Michielsen | Netherlands |
| Jacek Pszczoła | Poland |
| Jan Peter Svendsen | Norway |
USA :
* Donna Compton (NPC)
* David Berkowitz
* Björn Fallenius
* Richard Freeman
* Steve Garner
* Bob Hamman
* Geoff Hampson
* Zia Mahmood
* Janice Seamon-Molson
* Tobi Sokolow
* Alan Sontag
* Howard Weinstein
* Roy Welland

### 2010 Cardiff, Wales

USA won 109-89.
Europe :
| Paul Hackett (NPC) | England |
| Sabine Auken | Germany |
| Boye Brogeland | Norway |
| Giorgio Duboin | Italy |
| Fulvio Fantoni | Italy |
| Jason Hackett | England |
| Justin Hackett | England |
| Geir Helgemo | Norway |
| Tor Helness | Norway |
| Claudio Nunes | Italy |
| Erik Saelensminde | Norway |
| Antonio Sementa | Italy |
| Daniela Von Arnim | Germany |
USA :
* Donna Compton (NPC)
* David Berkowitz
* Fred Gitelman
* Bob Hamman
* Geoff Hampson
* Bobby Levin
* Jill Levin
* Zia Mahmood
* Jeff Meckstroth
* Jill Meyers
* Eric Rodwell
* Alan Sontag
* Steve Weinstein

### 2012 Omaha, Nebraska

USA won 107-103.
Europe :
| Paul Porteous (NPC) | Ireland |
| Michel Bessis | France |
| Thomas Bessis | France |
| Sally Brock | England |
| Fulvio Fantoni | Monaco |
| Paul Hackett | England |
| Tom Hanlon | Ireland |
| Kalin Karaivanov | Bulgaria |
| Claudio Nunes | Monaco |
| Nicola Smith | England |
| Rumen Trendafilov | Bulgaria |
USA :
* Donna Compton (NPC)
* David Berkowitz
* Curtis Cheek
* Joe Grue
* Bob Hamman
* John Hurd
* Marc Jacobus
* Justin Lall
* Jill Levin
* Brad Moss
* Alan Sontag

### 2019 Haikou, Hainan Province, China

(1st) USA - 972.3; (2nd) Europe - 967.7; (3rd) China - 953
China :
* Jianjian Wang (NPC)
* Jianming Dai
* Lixin Yang
* Chuancheng Ju
* Zhengjun Shi
* Meng Kang
* Xiaojing Wang
* Wenfei Wang
* Qi Shen
Europe :
| Paul Hackett (NPC) | England |
| Sally Brock | England |
| Jason Hackett | England |
| Justin Hackett | England |
| Frederic Wrang | Sweden |
| Fiona Brown | England |
| Antonio Palma | Portugal |
| Louk Verhees | Netherlands |
| Ricco Van Prooijen | Netherlands |
USA :
* Peggy Kaplan (NPC)
* Bob Hamman
* Peter Weichsel
* Bart Bramley
* Kit Woolsey
* Oren Kriegel
* Ron Smith
* Jill Meyers
* Sylvia Shi