- Bermuda Bowl
Known as the Bermuda Bowl, the World team championships in
contract bridge are named after the first edition which was held inBermuda in 1950.The event started out as a competition between USA, Europe and Britain. The first event was held in 1950 and won by USA. After this, the Bermuda Bowl became a yearly challenge match between the USA and the European Champions. Over time, the format has changed several times, including more and more teams.
Currently the Bermuda Bowl is held every two years with 22 teams participating: The host country, six from Europe (Zone 1), three from North America (Zone 2), two from South America (Zone 3), two from Asia & the Middle East (Zone 4), one from Central America & Caribbean (Zone 5), three from Pacific Asia (Zone 6), two from South Pacific (Zone 7), two from Africa (Zone 8). The
Venice Cup and Senior Bowl are held at the same venue in a similar format. TheWorld Transnational Open Teams Championship starts after the qualifying stages for the three major events have been concluded.The 2007 Bermuda Bowl (38th) was held in Shanghai, China. Norway (Geir Helgemo–Tor Helness, Boye Brogeland–Erik Sælensminde, Glenn Grøtheim–Ulf Håkon Tundal) claimed their first title. Pre-event favourites Italy went out in the quarterfinals against South Africa while USA 2 failed to reach the knockout stage. [cite web|url=http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Shanghai.07/Bulletin/Bul1501.htm|title=38th World Team Championships: Daily Bulletin No. 15|publisher=WBF official website]
The 2009 event is scheduled to take place in São Paulo, Brazil.
Winners
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* De Falco–Franco in 1974 and Reinhold in 1981 did not play enough boards in order to qualify for the title of World Champion
*** Frydrich–Hochzeit in 1985 and Morse–Wolff in 2003 did not play enough boards in order to qualify for third placeVenues of past events
1950 Hamilton,
Bermuda 1951
Naples ,Italy 1953
New York City ,United States 1954
Monte Carlo ,Monaco 1955
New York City ,United States 1956
Paris ,France 1957
New York City ,United States 1958
Como ,Italy 1959
New York City ,United States 1961
Buenos Aires ,Argentina 1962
New York City ,United States 1963 St. Vincent,
Italy 1965
Buenos Aires ,Argentina 1966 St. Vincent,
Italy 1967 Miami Beach,
United States 1969
Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil 1970
Stockholm ,Sweden 1971
Taipei ,Chinese Taipei 1973
Guarujá ,Brazil 1974
Venice ,Italy 1975 Southampton,
Bermuda 1976
Monte Carlo ,Monaco 1977
Manila ,Philippines 1979
Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil 1981
New York City ,United States 1983
Stockholm ,Sweden 1985
São Paulo ,Brazil 1987
Ocho Ríos ,Jamaica 1989 Perth,
Australia 1991
Yokohama ,Japan 1993 Santiago,
Chile 1995
Beijing ,China 1997 Hammamet,
Tunisia 2000 Southampton,
Bermuda 2001
Paris ,France 2003
Monte Carlo ,Monaco 2005
Estoril ,Portugal 2007
Shanghai ,China External links
* [http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/worldchampionships/TeamChampionships.asp?qmenuid=20 Official WBF site]
References
* [http://www.bridgeguys.com/Winners/BermudaBowlWinners.html BridgeGuys, Bermuda Bowl Winners]
Footnotes
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