Asian Mind Sports Festival, to be held in Singapore from 13-15 November 2025 at the Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre.
Each event will have a men’s and women’s category.
Any Indian team/pair interested to participate should communicate their interest to BFI latest by 25th September, 2025 via reply mail. The official document is also enclosed for detailed explanation of this event. All teams interested to participate bear full financial costs related to the event.
BFI will provide further information based on the entries received for MEN and WOMEN categories. Each country invited must ensure that all their players fulfil citizenship requirements, not just WBF eligibility criteria.
The team sent for the tournament can be different from the team which played in their respective zonal qualifiers (BFAME)
The Bridge segment of the Festival will include the following categories:
• Men’s – Teams event and Pairs event
• Women’s – Teams event and Pairs event
Schedule Summary:
• 10–12 Nov: Venue setup (not all days have to be utilised)
• 13–14 Nov: Pairs competition
• 14–15 Nov: Teams competition and prize giving
Each event will feature:
• 6 Teams (1 per NBO)
• 12 Pairs (2 per NBO)
An NBO may be invited for either the men’s or women’s events — or both — based on performance.
a) Pairs Format
• 2 pairs per NBO per category
• Scissors movement (pairs from the same NBO will not play each other)
• 10 rounds, 7 boards per round
• No playoffs (in line with other mind sports at the Festival)
b) Teams Format
• 1 team (4–6 players) per NBO per category
• Double round-robin, 10 rounds
• 8 boards per round, scored by IMPs converted to VPs
• No playoffs (in line with other mind sports at the Festival)
Each category will consist of:
• 6 teams of four to six members (for Team events) and 12 pairs (for Pair events), drawn from 5 invited NBOs, selected based on performance at recent regional BFAME and APBF championships, ensuring at least one NBO from each OCA Zone as much as possible.
• Singapore will participate as host but will not take a spot in the Southeast Asia (OCA Zone 5) quota.
Participation and Subsidy:
There is no entry fee.
To assist with travel and accommodation costs, participating NBOs will receive a subsidy of S$600 per category (e.g. S$600 to the NBO for men’s participation, S$1,200 if both men’s and women’s from the same NBO participate).
NBOs are to arrange their own flights and accommodation.
Four sets of gold, silver, and bronze medals will be provided in total, and the total prize pool is S$7,000. To make the Festival more appealing, each participating NBO from overseas will receive a small subsidy per participating team.
Any Indian team/pair interested to participate should communicate their interest to BFI latest by 25th September, 2025 via reply mail to BFI Secretary Mr Debasish Ray bfisecretary2020@gmail.com. The official document is also enclosed for detailed explanation of this event. All teams interested to participate will bear full financial costs related to the event.
BFI will provide further information based on the entries received for MEN and WOMEN categories.