After a long week of Round Robin play, the top eight teams start the Knockout stage of each event tomorrow. FIve of the six US teams made the cut, as well as two of the three Canadian teams. Here are the final standings in the Bermuda Bowl , Venice Cup and Senior Bowl Round Robins. In each event, the top team in the Round Robin chose its quarterfinal opponent from the teams that had finished 5th through 8th, then the second place team chose its opponent from the remaining 3 5-8 teams, the third place team chose its opponent and the 4th place team played the remaining 5-8 team. Next the Round Robin winner chose its semi-final opponent (or at least the match from which its semi-final opponent would come). In the Venice Cup, however, the chosen semi-final pairing is subject to change if both US teams win - in that case they will play each other in the semi-finals. Subject to that possible change, here are the pairings and carryover for the three events:
Bermuda Bowl:
1. Italy plays South Africa in the Quarterfinal. Italy starts -5.7 IMPs, having lost to South Africa by 17 IMPs in the Round Robin
2. USA 1 plays Australia in the Quarterfinal. USA1 starts +16 IMPs, having defeated Australia by over 32 IMPs in the Round Robin (the maximum carryover for the Quarterfinal and Semifinal is 16 IMPs)
3. Netherlands plays Sweden in the Quarterfinal. Netherlands starts -3.7 IMPs, having lost to Sweden by 11 IMPs in their Round Robin match.
4. Norway plays China SMEG in the Quarterfinal. Norway starts +8, having defeated China SMEG by 16 in their Round Robin match.
Italy chose USA1 for its Semifinal opponent, so 1 will play 2 and 3 will play 4.
Venice Cup
1. USA1 plays Egypt in the Quarterfinal. USA1 starts +16 IMPs, having defeated Egypt by more than 32 IMPs in theirRound Robin match.
2. China Global Times plays England in the Quarterfinal. China starts at -1, having lost to England by 3 IMPs in their Round Robin match.
3. Germany plays Canada in the Quarterfinal. Germany starts at -5.3, having lost to Canada by 16 IMPs in their Round Robin match.
4. USA2 plays France in the Quarterfinal. USA2 starts at -16, having lost to France by more than 48 in their Round Robin match.
USA1 chose China Global Times for its Semifinal opponent, so 1 will play 3 and 2 will play 4, but that will change if both USA teams win.
Senior Bowl
1. Canada plays Brazil in the Quarterfinal. Canada starts at -3, having lost to Brazil by 9 IMPs in their Round Robin match.
2. USA2 plays Italy in the Quarterfinal. USA2 starts at -1.7, having lost to Italy by 5 IMPs in their Round Robin match.
3. Poland plays Indonesia in the Quarterfinal. Poland starts +16, having defeated Indonesia by 32 in their Round Robin match.
4. France plays USA1 in the Quarterfinal. France starts -13.7,having lost to USA1 by 41 in their Round Robin match.
Canada chose Poland for its Semifinal opponent, so 1 will play 3 and 2 will play 4, whatever the results of the Quarterfinal matches.
For complete information about the World Championship scores, including hand records and board by board comparisons, go to SWAN GAMES 2007 World Championship pages and click on the event in which you're interested. In case it isn't clear, after 7 days (a complete Round Robin among the 22 teams entered in each event) the top eight teams will qualify for the Knockout phase. BBO Vugraph is showing three matches each round. For the time schedule, go to the BBO Vugraph page . For a list of matches to be covered, go to this thread in the BBO forums, where BBO Vugraph organizer Roland Wald has been posting the expected matches. You may have to go to a later page of the thread each day. If you don't have the BBO program on your computer, go to the BBO website to download it.
Slightly more personal report 
Sorry, it's been a long day, and I didn't do anything of interest. Supposedly tomorrow we're going to have a typhoon to keep all of us in the playing site! But hopefully it will be either over-rated or blow past us. I promise to find time to fill in the carry-overs for the Venice Cup and Senior Bowl tomorrow, but now it's bedtime.
Jan Martel