Martin Fleisher, Thomas Bessis, C\u00e9dric Lorenzini, Chip Martel, Sjoert Brink and Sebastiaan Drijver won the 2026 Spingold Knockout Teams, defeating Andy Goodman, Giacomo Percario, Mike Passell, Shan Huang, Kevin Dwyer Rimstedt and Robert Levin 134-79 in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fleisher opened the match with a 70-19 quarter and remained ahead for the rest of the final. The team had been in front at every quarter break in every knockout match from the Round of 64 onwards. In the semifinal, Fleisher led Paul Street\u2019s team 134-4 after 45 boards, at which point Street conceded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The winning lineup included two French players, Bessis and Lorenzini, and the Dutch pair Brink and Drijver. Bessis became a WBF World Grand Master in 2017. Martel, inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2014, added another Spingold title to his record. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Goodman finished second with Percario, Passell, Huang, Dwyer Rimstedt and Levin. Street\u2019s team and Harrison Luba\u2019s team shared third place. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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