World Bridge Championships

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The World Bridge Championships is an open competition organised every four years by the World Bridge Federation. The World Bridge Championships were initiated in 1962, under the name World Pair Olympiad which comprised the World Open Pairs Championship, the World Women Pairs Championships, as well as the World Mixed Teams Championship. The second event, held in 1966, saw a new competition added to the programme: the World Mixed Pairs Championship, whilst in the fifth event in 1978 the World Knockout Teams for the Rosenblum Cup was added. A similar competition for women, the McConnell Trophy, was included in 1994.

Currently the World Bridge Championships comprise tournaments for pairs and teams in various categories (open, women, seniors, mixed). All events in the World Bridge Championship are open to bridge players from any nationality without any quota restrictions being applied, and with all events being open to transnational entries.

[edit] Venues of past events

1962 Cannes, France

1966 Amsterdam, Netherlands

1970 Stockholm, Sweden

1974 Las Palmas, Spain

1978 New Orleans, U.S.A.

1982 Biarritz, France

1986 Miami Beach, U.S.A.

1990 Geneva, Switzerland

1994 Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.

1998 Lille, France

2002 Montreal, Canada

2006 Verona, Italy