The 2014–15 EBU Player of the Year Championship was the competition's first season. Points were accumulated over the EBU's ten most prestigious events from 1 October 2014 to 30 September 2015. David Gold became the inaugural champion.
List of competitions Event FormatDatesPoints1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8thGold CupSingle-Elimination Teams168 4 1Spring FoursDouble-Elimination Teams1–5 May 2015148 4 1Premier League (Division 1)Triple Round-Robin Teams20 September – 9 November 201416842Crockfords CupSingle-Elimination Teams with Finals126421111Four Star TeamsSwiss Teams with Finals21–23 August 20158421National Point-a-Board TeamsPaB Teams – Qualifier and Finals17–18 January 20156321Summer Meeting Swiss PairsSwiss Pairs14–16 August 2015126321National PairsRegional and National Matchpoint Pairs15 March & 18 – 19 April 20158421Guardian TrophyMatchpoint Pairs3 – 4 April 20156321Two Star PairsSwiss Pairs with Matchpoint Finals17 – 18 October 20146321
Results PlaceNameEventTotalDavid Gold16416661492Alexander Allfrey164166422David Bakhshi164166422Tony Forrester164166422Andrew Robson164166426Andrew McIntosh8166307Jeffrey Allerton1482247Frances Hinden1482247Graham Osborne14822410Alex Hydes412622 This list displays the top ten players; 134 players received points. Winners of each event are highlighted in bold.
Full results Results tables for each event extend only to those pairs or teams that receive championship points, or to the top 10 (including ties) of the field if appropriate. Gold Cup 16 points were awarded to the champions, 8 to the runners-up, 4 to semi-finalists and 1 to quarter-finalists. Home/away draws and IMP scores for each side were not recorded; By convention, team names are based on the full name of the captain.
Spring Fours 14 points were awarded to the champions, 8 to the runners-up, 4 to semi-finalists and 1 to quarter-finalists. The higher ranked seed is listed first in each case; By convention, team names are based on the surname of the captain.
Premier League (Division 1) 16 points were awarded to the champions, 8 to 2nd place, 4 to 3rd place and 2 to 4th place. 8 teams participated. By convention, team names are based on the surname of the captain. PlaceNameOpponents TotalAllfrey36.9033.6344.6339.8938.0753.4647.21293.792Dhondy23.1029.3844.3838.2534.3928.6645.08243.243Fegarty26.3730.6233.0020.2930.8327.6534.11202.874Mossop15.3715.6227.0034.0738.6035.9333.61200.205Penfold20.1121.7539.7125.9342.6323.9324.73198.796Crouch21.9325.6129.1721.4017.3735.9542.32193.757Hinden6.5431.3432.3524.0736.0724.0532.92187.348Dunn12.7914.9225.8926.3935.2717.6827.08−1159.02
Crockfords Cup (Finals) 12 points were awarded to the champions, 6 to 2nd place, 4 to 3rd place, 2 to 4th place and 1 to all other finalists (5th to 8th). By convention, team names are based on the surname of the captain. PlaceNameOpponents TotalSenior751814171320942Allfrey131691216165873Moran15420631318794Patterson211014191612745Dhondy6814641616706Smith34171161013647Draper767441019578Jones0152847137 Four Star Teams (A Final) 8 points were awarded to the champions, 4 to 2nd place, 2 to 3rd place and 1 to 4th place. 8 teams participated. By convention, team names are based on the surname of the captain. PlaceNameOpponents TotalHinden41761820913872Berg168711171215863Butland312171481610804Black141331311169795Robertson2967131610636Hackett0312971611587Hanlon118444419548Raine751011109153
National Point-a-Board Teams (Final) 6 points were awarded to the champions, 3 to 2nd place, 2 to 3rd place and 1 to 4th place. 8 teams participated. By convention, team names are based on the surname of the captain. PlaceNameOpponents TotalKent106784711532Green2787889493Allerton6559777464Byrne54766510434Oram4536997436Jones8456358397Lindfors5457375368Stevenson135254727 Due to a tie for 4th place, both teams received 1 point in the championship standings. Summer Meeting Swiss Pairs 12 points were awarded to the champions, 6 to 2nd place, 3 to 3rd place, 2 to 4th place and 1 to 5th place. 287 pairs participated of which the top 10 are displayed below. Place Names Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 TotalMichael Byrne & Kieran Dyke473847651971David Arundel & Andrew Bannock365651541973Jeremy Dhondy & Andy Hughes415543561954Norman Selway & Kay Preddy524644521945David Gold & Susanna Gross514140561886Andrew Black & Gunnar Hallberg434550461847Irving Gordon & Yvonne Wiseman344747551838Mike Ash & Christopher Chambers485153301829Brian Senior & Geoffrey Wolfarth414240571809Andrew Robson & Alexander Allfrey49593141180 Michael Byrne and Kieran Dyke won the trophy on a split-tie decision, but championship points were split equally at 9 each.
National Pairs (Final) 8 points were awarded to the champions, 4 to 2nd place, 2 to 3rd place and 1 to 4th place. 50 pairs participated in the final of which the top 10 are displayed below. Place Names ScorePhil Godfrey & James Thrower61.512Krzysztof Ginda & Mark Hooper59.373Waseem Naqvi & Tony Waterlow58.304Miles Cowling & David Jones57.495David Armstrong & Jill Armstrong54.966Tim Brierley & Mike Elliott54.837Peter Hawkes & Chris Kinloch54.338Steve Auchterlonie & Malcolm Lewis53.989Dick Davey & Ed Scerri53.8110Mark Hodgson & Maggie Jones53.61
Guardian Trophy 6 points were awarded to the champions, 3 to 2nd place, 2 to 3rd place and 1 to 4th place. 99 pairs participated of which the top 10 are displayed below. Place Names ScoreJanet de Botton & Artur Malinowski62.162Karl Baumann & Geir Brekka62.133Tom Townsend & Mark Teltscher62.134Dan McIntosh & Robert Myers58.715Peter Nicholls & Brian Ransley57.646Anita Sinclair & Zia Mahmood57.557Mark Westley & Arnie Anidjar-Romain57.398Heather Bakhshi & Claire Robinson56.959Celia Oram & Derek Oram56.6610David Gold & Susanna Gross56.42 Two Star Pairs (Final) 6 points were awarded to the champions, 3 to 2nd place, 2 to 3rd place and 1 to 4th place. 20 pairs participated in the final of which the top 10 are displayed below. Place Names ScoreMike Bell & Alex Hydes58.912Jackie Davies & Malcolm Pollack57.263Nick Boss & Richard Johnson54.894Celia Oram & Derek Oram54.755Taf Anthias & Pat Davies54.446Sarah Teshome & James Thrower53.457Peter Hasenson & David Sherman52.968David Gold & Susanna Gross52.569Angus Simpson & Claire Robinson50.9510Peter Law & David Kendrick50.83
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