1st Mitropa Cup: Innsbruck 1976

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Basic data

1st Mitropa Cup
Date: 13th - 15th August 1976
City: Innsbruck, Austria
Teams participating: 8 (including Austria "B" and Yugoslavia "B")
Players participating: N/A
Games played: 48
Game system: Three round KO system, with losing teams playing all three rounds to set up final ranking:
Round 1: four quaterfinals.
Round 2: two semifinals and two matches for places 5-8.
Round 3: final, matches for 3rd, 5th and 7th place respectively
Clock routine: N/A
Downloadable game file: not available!
Special thanks to Erich Siebenhaar for help.



QUATERFINALS
Germany 2½ : 1½ Yugoslavia
Switzerland 2 : 2 Austria "A"
 
 


SEMIFINALS
For places 1st—4th
Germany 3 : 1 Austria "B"
Switzerland 2½ : 1½ Yugoslavia "B"
For places 5th—8th
 
 


FINALS
For 1st place
Germany 3 : 1 Switzerland
For 3rd place
Yugoslavia "B" beat Austria "B"
For 5th place
Austria "A" beat Yugoslavia "A"
For 7th place
Italy beat Luxembourg




Final standings

no. team code line-up
1. Germany GER Hecht 2/3, Kestler 1½/2, Teschner 2/2, Wockenfuß 1½/3, Eising 1½/2
2. Switzerland SUI Wirthensohn, Schaufelberger, Hohler, Roth
3. Yugoslavia "B" YUG2 Djaja, Jovanić, Koraksić, Novičević
4. Austria "B" AUT2 Eliskases, Hölzl, Palme, Fürlinger
5. Austria "A" AUT Robatsch, Dückstein, Wittmann, Stoppel
6. Yugoslavia "A" YUG Buljovčić, Deže, Jović, Ilić
7. Italy ITA 5 Cappello, Contedini, Loppini, Losati
8. Luxembourg LUX Schneider, Philippe, Milbers, Welz
Obviously the points given above are wrong, as they add up to 47½ and not 48. However we listed what is in our only source.


Tournament review

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