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Tourney Attendance
Posted By: Daniel Murphy
Date: Friday, 25 July 2008, at 9:00 a.m.
Championship Flight Participation at Selected Active International and ABT Tournaments. Arranged by championship flight attendance at the latest tournament.
Where Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Eur World Championship, Monte Carlo 220 231 267 ??? 281 271 276 238 212 218 199 Eur PGT Riviera & Nations Cup (WSOB) -- -- -- -- -- 42 109 77 99 117 155 Eur Nordic Open (WSOB) 118 107 99 106 92 91 87 61 64 81 154 UK UK Masters (WSOB) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 123 ??? USA ABT Michigan 83 89 82 84 81 86 92 86 89 91 94 UK BIBA Bright'n'Breezy -- -- -- -- -- -- 110 91 91 ??? 90 USA ABT Las Vegas Open 108 123 164 117 119 121 101 84 92 81 upcoming Eur PGT Cannes -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 46 32 81 UK BIBA British Open -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 79 Eur PGT Divonne Open -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 71 upcoming Eur PGT Paris Open & Masters -- -- 104 ??? 102 64 49 36 32 68 71 Eur WBA-EBGT French Open -- -- -- -- -- 90 78 81 80 67 upcoming USA ABT NY Metropolitan -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 67 USA ABT Midwest 64 64 64 60 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 USA ABT Los Angeles 29 29 36 29 45 37 50 32 60 62 62 USA ABT Nevada State 93 98 111 93 74 92 --- 54 64 68 61 Eur PGT Eden -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 59 USA ABT Pittsburgh 52 58 64 64 84 64 64 78 78 76 56 Eur PGT Lyon -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 48 53 Eur WBA-EBGT Venice 74 89 105 82 74 34 39 16 42 54 upcoming Eur PGT Saint Amand-les-Eaux -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 53 USA ABT California State 40 50 40 46 45 47 62 60 53 53 upcoming USA ABT Wisconsin State -- -- -- -- -- 39 31 32 37 51 upcoming Eur WBA-EBGT Portuguese Open -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ??? 49 50 Aus Queensland -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 47 USA ABT Carolina -- -- -- 22 19 22 31 48 53 52 45 USA ABT Illinois State ??? 22 21 38 29 25 32 25 30 45 upcoming USA ABT Florida State 28 20 38 25 41 45 43 36 37 45 upcoming Asia Thailand ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? 44 ??? ??? ??? -- Eur PGT Forges Partouche -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 39 USA ABT Chicago 56 49 52 46 54 41 54 37 42 -- 37 USA ABT Colorado State -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 upcoming USA ABT Southeast (GA) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 37 30 Eur WBF European Championship ??? ??? 56 62 72 64 46 30 34 36 35 Eur WBF Austrian Open ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? 39 35 upcoming Asia Japan Open ??? 32 ??? 38 ??? ??? ??? 16 53 ??? upcoming Eur WBF Mitteleuropa (Nova Gorica) ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? 40 31 30 ??? Upcoming USA ABT Thousand Islands (NY) 32 32 19 30 24 26 31 29 33 29 upcoming Eur PGT Partouche Tour Grand Finale -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 29 USA Backgammon on Board 18 -- 23 -- -- 16 -- 22 -- 28 upcoming USA ABT Ohio State -- 8 15 11 25 31 34 28 23 32 27 Eur WBA-EBGT European Doubles -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 ??? 27 upcoming Eur WBF Nice Casino Ruhl -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 25 postponed Eur SBgF Swedish Open 57 69 64 61 61 64 48 37 37 22 upcoming Eur WSOB Shootout Finale -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 16 USA ABT Minnesota State 21 16 22 20 30 30 27 20 20 14 upcoming USA ABT American Doubles -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 upcoming USA ABT Mid-Atlantic (MD) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NEW Eur WBA-EBGT Georgian Open -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ??? upcoming Eur PGT Aix-en-Provence Cup -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NEW Eur WBF Balkan (Macedonia) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NEW USA ABT World Doubles -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 Source: mostly chicagopoint.com. "--" means there was no tournament that year, afaik. "???" means if there was a tournament there the attendance figures aren't handy. Figures generally count people and don't include rebuys. Tournaments change names and sponsors; it's a bit confusing. The names and sponsors above should be current.
Left out: Irish Open, Finnish Open, German Open, Oslo Open and many other European tournaments (mostly Danish and British) that may attract some international players, but not many.
Also left out: tournaments that have died -- at least 35 tournaments have ceased in the last 10 years, including ABT's Indiana and the Pro-Am doubles which have been replaced, I think, by the "American Doubles" and the "World Doubles." Tournaments in Abu Dhabi, Boston, Bucharest, Istanbul, Mallorca, Maryland, Moscow, New York, Prague and Texas have come and gone. R.I.P.
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