USA WIN THE INAUGURAL WARREN BUFFETT TROPHY

Despite the European team entering the last day of the match narrowly ahead, an impressive performance by the Americans in the final rounds of the individual contest swept them to a convincing victory in the inaugural Warren Buffett Challenge Match, held in Dublin from September 18th-21st 2006. They finished ahead by 23 championship points, equivalent to nearly six matches, having won all five of the final five rounds, including two clean sweeps in Rounds 8 and 9. A rematch of the "Ryder Cup of bridge" will take place in Kentucky in September 2008.

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