12th European Chess Club Cup: 1996

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12th European Chess Club Cup
(see all-time tournament summary)
Dates: September - November 1996
City: Budapest (Hungary)
Location information: Final: Budapest, Hungary
Venue:
Tournament Director: Mr. Werner Stubevoll (AUT)
Chief Arbiter:
Teams participating: 49 (from 28 countries)
Players participating: 339 (incl. 137 GMs, 97 IMs and 33 FMs)
Games played: 558 (15 games were forfeited)
Competition format: Two stage knock-out.
Preliminaries: seven groups playing six board knock-out. Top two teams of each group qualified to the final.
Final: six board knock-out for 16 teams (14 from preliminaries + titleholders + home team)
Final order decided by:
Match winner: 1. Board count; 2. Elimination rule (how it works?)
Time control:
Other websites: Report by Willy Iclicki
PGN game file: 96ecc.pgn