
Team UAE celebrates victory in the semi-finals of the BFAME Championships at PC Hotel Lahore.
LAHORE: Team UAE proceeds to the finals after winning in the semi-final round in the ongoing BFAME Championship organized by the Pakistan Bridge Federation in Lahore.
According to Baaghi TV reports, the Bridge Federation of Asia and Middle East (BFAME) Championship is being organized by Pakistan Bridge Federation (PBF), at the PC Hotel, in Lahore. Teams from Pakistan, India, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Palestine, Jordan, and Bangladesh are participating in the championship.
Each team plays three matches daily starting at 10 am and continuing till 7 pm at PC Hotel Lahore.
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President of the Pakistan Bridge Federation Mubasher Lucman, Secretary General Ehsan Qadir, and others are present during the matches. On the occasion, the President of the Bridge Federation of Asia and Middle East (BFAME), Bahjat Majali, also reached Lahore for the championship.
After the first match, the players of the participating teams including India were given special gifts by the president of the Pakistan Bridge Federation, Mubasher Lucman. On this occasion, the participating teams thanked Mubasher Lucman and said that he had been an excellent host.
On 8th May, during the matches of the BFAME Championship, students from different educational institutions visited and got awareness about the Bridge game. The students also met with international players.
During a briefing, it was announced that the final for the BFAME Championship will be held on 13th May, and the teams that reach the final will go on to participate in the World Bridge Championship, later this year.
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Finalists of the BFAME Championship
According to Baaghi TV reports, after the preliminary matches, the semi-finals were played between the teams from Pakistan, India, UAE, and Palestine – during which the winning teams were decided. Team UAE and India will be battling it out against each other in the final round of the BFAME Championship tomorrow. Meanwhile, for teams Pakistan, Palestine, and Bangladesh, this will be the end of their participation. They will not be a part of the final matches to be held on 13 May.
Two semi-finals were played today in the open category. The first match was between Pakistan and UAE while the second match was played by India and Bangladesh. In the match between UAE and Pakistan, UAE had 12,5 IMPs while India won the match by 88,5 IMPs against Bangladesh in the semi-final.
Two matches were also played in the women’s category. In the match between India and Palestine, India won by 117,5 IMPs. The second was between Pakistan and UAE in which UAE won by 34,5 IMPs.
India won the semi-final match between India and Pakistan in the senior category by 42,5 IMPs. On the other hand, India and UAE had semi-finals in the mixed category where India won by 42,5 IMPs.
According to Baaghi TV reports, open teams India and UAE in men, India and UAE in women, India and Pakistan in seniors, and UAE and India in mixed have been selected to play in the World Bridge Championship, which will be played in Morocco in August this year.
BFAME results update
— Pakistan Bridge Federation (@PakBridgeFed) May 12, 2023
UAE defeats Pakistan and guess into the finals.
India defeats Palestine, and Bangladesh and proceeds to the finals.#BFAME #bfameinpakistan@bridgelinks @timesofindia @India_AllSports @pkallsports @allsportspkcom @BaaghiTV pic.twitter.com/2XvuFwVCaJ
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Sharing their joy at the prospect of moving on to the finals, the UAE team gathered in a circle and jumped with jubilation at the prospect of defeating Pakistan.
UAE team celebrating after defeating Pakistan in BFAME semifinals and proceeding to the finals against India.#BFAME #bfameinpakistan @bridgelinks @arabnewspk @BaaghiTV pic.twitter.com/FxClo0hzya
— Pakistan Bridge Federation (@PakBridgeFed) May 12, 2023
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What is Bridge and How is it played?
It is a card game that pushes the players to work on their strategy, memory, and critical thinking allowing them to develop mental agility and improving their cognitive skills.
As a powerful mind sport, Bridge presents many advantages to those who play it of which the most significant are: developing teamwork skills, building upon relationships, and engaging with other people while improving social and communication skills.
Often played in pairs, it allows players to work together to achieve a common goal and has no restrictions rather it can be played by all people of all age groups and/or backgrounds. The sport has evolved with time, although not much different from what it used to be, in modern-day bridge the sport is more precise and strategic.
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