Bermuda Bowl
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Bermuda Bowl is the term for World team championships in contract bridge named after the first edition was held in Bermuda, in 1950.
The event started out as a competition between USA, Europe and Britain. The first edition in 1950 was 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: 7 from Europe, 3 from North America, 2 from South America, 5 from Asia, 2 from Africa, 1 from Central America and 2 from Oceania. The Venice Cup and Seniors Bowl are held at the same venue in a similar format.
The 2005 event was held in Estoril in Portugal and was won by Italy with USA 1 second and USA 2 third. The winning Italian team was: Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin, Fulvio Fantoni, Lorenzo Lauria, Claudio Nunes, Alfredo Versace. Non-playing Captain: Maria Teresa Lavazza. Coach: Massimo Ortensi.
Previous competitions:
| Year | Venue | # Teams | Winner/Runner up |
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| 1950 | Hamilton, Bermuda | 3 |  USA(John Crawford, Charles Goren, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor, Samuel Stayman, Julius RosenblumNPC) |
 Great Britain(Leslie Dodds, Nico Gardener, Kenneth Konstam, Joel Tarlo, Louis Tarlo, Maurice Harrison-GrayPC) |
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| 1951 | Naples, Italy | 2 | USA (B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Samuel Stayman, Julius RosenblumNPC) |
 Italy(Paolo Baroni, Eugenio Chiaradia, Pietro Forquet, Mario Franco, Augusto Ricci, Guglielmo Siniscalco, Carl' Alberto PerrouxNPC) |
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| 1953 | New York City, USA | 2 | USA (B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, Theodore Lightner, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Samuel Stayman, Joseph CohanNPC) |
 Sweden(Gunnar Anulf, Rudolf Kock, Robert Larsen, Nils-Olaf Lilliehook, Jan Wohlin, Einar WernerPC) |
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| 1954 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 2 | USA (Clifford Bishop, Milton Ellenby, Lewis Mathe, Don Oakie, William Rosen, Douglas Steen, Benjamin JohnsonNPC) |
 France(Jacques Amouraben, René Bacherich, Jean Besse - Switzerland, Pierre Ghestem, Marcel Kornblum, Karl Schneider - Austria) |
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| 1955 | New York City, USA | 2 | Great Britain (Leslie Dodds, Kenneth Konstam, Adam Meredith, Jordanis Pavlides, Terence Reese, Boris Schapiro, Reginald CorwenNPC) |
| USA (Cliford Bishop, Milton Ellenby, Lewis Mathe, John Moran, William Rosen, Alvin Roth, Peter LeventrittNPC) |
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| 1956 | Paris, France | 2 | France (René Bacherich, Pierre Ghestem, Pierre Jaïs, Roger Lattes, Bertrand Romanet, Roger Trezel, Robert de NexonNPC) |
| USA (Myron Field, Charles Goren, Lee Hazen, Richard Kahn, Charles Solomon, Samuel Stayman, Jeff GlickNPC) |
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| 1957 | New York City, USA | 2 | Italy (Massimo d'Alelio, Walter Avarelli, Giorgio Belladonna, Eugenio Chiaradia, Pietro Forquet, Guglielmo Siniscalco, Carl' Alberto PerrouxNPC) |
| USA (Charles Goren, Boris Koytchou, Peter Leventritt, Harold Ogust, William Seamon, Helen Sobel, Rufus L. Miles Jr.NPC) |
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| 1958 | Como, Italy | 3 | Italy (Massimo d'Alelio, Walter Avarelli, Giorgio Belladonna, Eugenio Chiaradia, Pietro Forquet, Guglielmo Siniscalco, Carl' Alberto PerrouxNPC) |
| USA (B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Alvin Roth, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone, J.G. RipstraNPC) |
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| 1959 | New York City, USA | 3 | Italy (Massimo d'Alelio, Walter Avarelli, Giorgio Belladonna, Eugenio Chiaradia, Pietro Forquet, Guglielmo Siniscalco, Carl' Alberto PerrouxNPC) |
| USA (Harry Fishbein, Sam Fry Jr., Leonard Harmon, Lee Hazen, Sidney Lazard, Ivar Stakgold, Charles SolomonNPC) |
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| 1961 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 4 | Italy (Massimo d'Alelio, Walter Avarelli, Giorgio Belladonna, Eugenio Chiaradia, Pietro Forquet, Benito Garozzo, Carl' Alberto PerrouxNPC) |
 North America(John Gerber, Paul Hodge, Norman Kay, Peter Leventritt, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor, Frank WestcottNPC) |
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| 1962 | New York City, USA | 4 | Italy (Massimo d'Alelio, Walter Avarelli, Giorgio Belladonna, Eugenio Chiaradia, Pietro Forquet, Benito Garozzo, Carl' Alberto PerrouxNPC) |
| North America (Charles Coon, Mervin Key, Lewis Mathe, Eric Murray, G. Robert Nail, Ron von der Porten, John GerberNPC) |
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| 1963 | St. Vincent, Italy | 4 | Italy (Massimo d'Alelio, Giorgio Belladonna, Eugenio Chiaradia, Pietro Forquet, Benito Garozzo, Camillo Pabis-Ticci, Carl' Alberto PerrouxNPC) |
| North America (Jim Jacoby, Robert Jordan, Peter Leventritt, G. Robert Nail, Arthur Robinson, Howard Schenken, John GerberNPC) |
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| 1965 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 4 | Italy (Massimo d'Alelio, Walter Avarelli, Giorgio Belladonna, Pietro Forquet, Benito Garozzo, Camillo Pabis-Ticci, Sergio OsellaNPC) |
| North America (B. Jay Becker, Ivan Erdos, Dorothy Hayden, Peter Leventritt, Kelsey Petterson, Howard Schenken, John Gerber NPC) |
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| 1966 | St. Vincent, Italy | 5 | Italy (Massimo d'Alelio, Walter Avarelli, Giorgio Belladonna, Pietro Forquet, Benito Garozzo, Camillo Pabis-Ticci, Carl' Alberto PerrouxNPC) |
| North America (Phil Feldesman, Bob Hamman, Sami Kehela, Lewis Mathe, Eric Murray, Ira Rubin, Julius RosenblumNPC) |
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| 1967 | Miami Beach, USA | 5 | Italy (Massimo d'Alelio, Walter Avarelli, Giorgio Belladonna, Pietro Forquet, Benito Garozzo, Camillo Pabis-Ticci, Guido BarboneNPC) |
| North America (Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Sami Kehela, Eric Murray, William Root, Alvin Roth, Julius RosenblumNPC) |
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| 1969 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 5 | Italy (Massimo d'Alelio, Walter Avarelli, Giorgio Belladonna, Eugenio Chiaradia, Pietro Forquet, Benito Garozzo, Camillo Pabis-Ticci, Angelo TracanellaNPC) |
 Taiwan(Frank Huang, Patrick Huang, C.S. Shen, K.W. Shen, Kovit Suchartkul, Min-Fan Tai, C.C. WeiNPC) |
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| 1970 | Stockholm, Sweden | 5 | North America (Billy Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Jim Jacoby, Michael Lawrence, Bobby Wolff, Oswald JacobyNPC) |
| Taiwan (Conrad Cheng, Elmer Hsiao, Patrick Huang, Harry Lin, Min-Fan Tai, David MaoNPC) |
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| 1971 | Taipei, Chinese Taipei | 6 | USA (Billy Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Jim Jacoby, Michael Lawrence, Bobby Wolff, Oswald JacobyNPC) |
| France (Jean-Michel Boulenger, Pierre Jaïs, Jean-Marc Roudinesco, Jean-Louis Stoppa, Henri Szwarc, Roger Trezel, René HuniNPC) |
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| 1973 | Guaruja, Brazil | 5 | Italy (Giorgio Belladonna, Benito Bianchi, Pietro Forquet, Giuseppe Garabello, Benito Garozzo, Vito Pittalà, Sandro SalvettiNPC) |
| USA (Mark Blumenthal, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Jim Jacoby, Michael Lawrence, Bobby Wolff, Ira G. Corn Jr.NPC) |
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| 1974 | Venice, Italy | 6 | Italy (Giorgio Belladonna, Benito Bianchi, Dano de Falco, Pietro Forquet, Arturo Franco, Benito Garozzo, Sandro SalvettiNPC) |
| USA (Mark Blumenthal, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Sami Kehela, Eric Murray, Bobby Wolff, Ira G. Corn Jr.NPC) |
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| 1975 | Southampton, Bermuda | 5 | Italy (Giorgio Belladonna, Gianfranco Facchini, Arturo Franco, Benito Garozzo, Vito Pittalà, Sergio Zucchelli, Sandro SalvettiNPC) |
| USA (Billy Eisenberg, Bob Hamman, Edwin Kantar, Paul Soloway, John Swanson, Bobby Wolff, Alfred SheinwoldNPC) |
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| 1976 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 6 | USA (Billy Eisenberg, Fred Hamilton, Eric Paulsen, Hugh Ross, Ira Rubin, Paul Soloway, Dan MorseNPC) |
| Italy (Giorgio Belladonna, Pietro Forquet, Arturo Franco, Benito Garozzo, Vito Pittalà, Antonio Vivaldi, Sandro SalvettiNPC) |
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| 1977 | Manila, Philippines | 6 | USA (Billy Eisenberg, Edwin Kantar, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, John Swanson, Bobby Wolff, Roger SternNPC) |
| USA Aces (Fred Hamilton, Mike Passell, Eric Paulsen, Hugh Ross, Ira Rubin, Ron von der Porten, Jerome SilvermanNPC) |
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| 1979 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 6 | USA (Malcolm Brachman, Billy Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Edwin Kantar, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway, Ed TheusNPC) |
| Italy (Giorgio Belladonna, Dano de Falco, Arturo Franco, Benito Garozzo, Lorenzo Lauria, Vito Pittalà, Sandro SalvettiNPC) |
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| 1981 | New York, USA | 7 | USA (Russ Arnold, Robert Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Bud Reinhold, Eric Rodwell, John Solodar, Tom SandersNPC) |
 Pakistan(Nishat Abedi, Nisar Ahmed, Munir Ata-Ullah, Jan-e-Alam Fazli, Zia Mahmood, Masood Salim, Sattar CochinwalaNPC) |
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| 1983 | Stockholm, Sweden | 10 | USA (Michael Becker, Bob Hamman, Ron Rubin, Alan Sontag, Peter Weichsel, Bobby Wolff, Joe MusumeciNPC) |
| Italy (Giorgio Belladonna, Dano de Falco, Arturo Franco, Benito Garozzo, Lorenzo Lauria, Carlo Mosca, Filippo PalmaNPC) |
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| 1985 | Sao Paolo, Brazil | 10 | USA (Bob Hamman, Chip Martel, Peter Pender, Hugh Ross, Lew Stansby, Bobby Wolff, Alfred SheinwoldNPC) |
 Austria(Heinrich Berger, Kurt Feichtinger, Jan Fucik, Wolfgang Meinl, Karl Rohan, Franz Terraneo, Franz BarattaNPC) |
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| 1987 | Ocho Rios, Jamaica | 10 | USA (Bob Hamman, Michael Lawrence, Chip Martel, Hugh Ross, Lew Stansby, Bobby Wolff, Dan MorseNPC) |
Great Britain (John Armstrong, Raymond Brock,Jeremy Flint, Tony Forrester, Graham Kirby, Robert Sheehan, Tony PridayNPC) |
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| 1989 | Perth, Australia | 10 |  Brazil(Marcelo Branco, Pedro Paulo Branco, Carlos Camacho, Gabriel Chagas, Ricardo Janz, Roberto de Mello, Pedro Paulo AssumpcãoNPC) |
| USA (Michael Lawrence, Chip Martel, Peter Pender,Hugh Ross, Lew Stansby, Kit Woolsey, Dan MorseNPC) |
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| 1991 | Yokohama, Japan | 16 |  Iceland(Gudmundur Pall Arnarson, Orn Arnthorsson, Jon Baldursson, Gudlaugur Johannsson, Thorlakur Jonsson, Adalsteinn Jorgensen, Bjorn EysteinssonNPC) |
 Poland(Cezary Balicki, Piotr Gawrys, Krzysztof Lasocki, Krzystof Martens, Marek Szymanowski, Adam Zmudzinski, Andrzej OrlowNPC) |
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| 1993 | Santiago, Chile | 16 |  Netherlands(Wubbo de Boer, Peter Jansen, Enri Leufkens, Bauke Muller, Jan Westerhof, Berry Westra, Jaap TrouwborstNPC, Henk SchippersNPC) |
 Norway(Terje Aa, Glenn Grøtheim, Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, Arild Rasmussen, Jon Sveindal, Runar LillevikNPC) |
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| 1995 | Beijing, China | 16 | USA (Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Jeff Meckstroth, Nick Nickell, Eric Rodwell, Bobby Wolff, Edgar KaplanNPC) |
| Canada (Boris Baran, Fred Gitelman, Eric Kokish, George Mittelman, Mark Molson, Joey Silver, Irving LitvackNPC) |
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| 1997 | Hammamet, Tunis | 18 | France (Paul Chemla, Alain Levy, Christian Mari, Hervé Mouiel, Franck Multon, Michel Perron, Jean-Louis StoppaNPC) |
| USA 2 (Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Jeff Meckstroth, Nick Nickell, Eric Rodwell, Bobby Wolff, Walter WalvickNPC) |
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| 2000 | Southampton, Bermuda | 20 | USA (Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Jeff Meckstroth, Nick Nickell, Eric Rodwell, Paul Soloway, Sidney LazardNPC |
| Brazil (Marcelo Branco, João-Paulo Campos, Gabriel Chagas, Ricardo Janz, Roberto de Mello, Miguel Villas-Boas, Pedro Paulo AssumpcãoNPC) |
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| 2001 | Paris, France | 18 | USA II (Kyle Larsen, Chip Martel, Rose Meltzer, Alan Sontag, Lew Stansby, Peter Weichsel, Jan MartelNPC) |
| Norway (Terje Aa, Boye Brogeland, Glenn Grøtheim, Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, Erik Sælensminde, Einar Asbjørn BrenneNPC) |
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| 2003 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 22 | USA I (Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Jeff Meckstroth, Nick Nickell, Eric Rodwell, Paul Soloway, Sidney LazardNPC) |
| Italy (Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin, Fulvio Fantoni, Lorenzo Lauria, Claudio Nunes, Alfredo Versace, Maria Teresa LavazzaNPC) |
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| 2005 | Estoril, Portugal | 22 | Italy (Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin, Fulvio Fantoni, Lorenzo Lauria, Claudio Nunes, Alfredo Versace, Maria Teresa LavazzaNPC) |
| USA I (Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Jeff Meckstroth, Nick Nickell, Eric Rodwell, Paul Soloway, Sidney Lazard NPC) |
