- Venice Cup
The World Teams Championship in
contract bridge for women players only is also known as the Venice Cup, because the first edition was held inVenice ,Italy in 1974.It is held every two years, in parallel to the Open World Teams Championship, the
Bermuda Bowl . The most recent Venice Cup was held inShanghai ,China , the winners were United States (Jill Levin, Irina Levitina, Jill Meyers, Hansa Narasimhan, Debbie Rosenberg, JoAnna Stansby, NPC: Gail Greenberg).Winners
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* Dennison–Williams in 1981, Brunner–Scott-Jones in 1985, Caesar–Mögel in 1995, Farwig–Hackett in 2001, and Frey–Reess in 2005 did not play enough boards in order to qualify for the title of World Champion
*** Brito–Saad in 1981, Shi–Wang L. in 1991, and Drøgemüller, Koch-Palmund in 2000 did not play enough boards in order to qualify for third place
**** Spinn–Widengren in 1991 and Fishpool–Hugon in 2001 did not play enough boards in order to qualify for second placeVenues of past events
1974
Venice ,Italy 1976
Monte Carlo ,Monaco 1978 New Orleans,
United States 1981
New York City ,United States 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]
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