List of bridge competitions and awards
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Bridge, or more formally contract bridge, is a trick-taking card game of skill and chance played by four players.
World Championships
World Bridge Federation
World Bridge Championships[1] conducted by the World Bridge Federation
- "World Teams"[2] or World Bridge Team Championships (biennial, next 2015)
- Bermuda Bowl —from 1950
- Venice Cup —from 1974
- Senior Bowl (bridge) —from 2001
- World Transnational Open Teams Championship[3]
- "World Series"[4] or World Bridge Series Championships (quadrennial, next 2014)
- World Open Knockout Teams (Rosenblum Cup)[5] —from 1978
- World Women Knockout Teams (McConnell Cup)[6] —from 1994
- World Senior Teams Championship (Rand Cup)[7] —from 1994
- World Mixed Swiss Teams
- World Open Pairs Championship[8] —from 1962
- World Women Pairs Championship[9] —from 1962
- World Senior Pairs Championship (Hiron Trophy)[10] —from 1990
- World Mixed Pairs Championship[11] —from 1966
- World IMP Pairs Championship[12] —from 2006
- "World Bridge Games"[13] or Bridge at the World Mind Sports Games (quadrennial, next 2016)
- World Masters Individual[14] —from 1992 Open and Women (Juniors 2000 only)
- World Team Olympiad[15] —1960–2004 national teams events; Open and Women incorporated in the Games 2008 and "Senior International Cup" continued as a non-medal event
- World Mixed Teams Championship[16][17] —1962/72/74, 1996–2004, continued as a non-medal event beside the Games 2008
- Youth events covered below
- World Par Championship —sanctioned by WBF 1961 and 1963, by Culbertson 1932–1941
Youth
- World Junior Pairs Championship —covers all WBF competition for Youth Pairs and Individuals
- Junior Pairs (under 26) is the oldest event, from 1995, biennial in odd years[21]
- World Junior Teams Championship —covers all WBF competition for Youth Teams
- Junior Teams (under 26) is the oldest event, from 1987; biennial now in even years with Olympic years incorporated in the WMSG from 2008[22]
- As of 2011-08 University teams are also covered in the Junior Teams article.
- World University Bridge Championships —2000 and biennial from 2004 (at the table); from 2009, annual (online)[23][24]
Others
Great Britain
Events conducted by Bridge Great Britain:
- The Gold Cup, the annual open British knock-out Teams of Four Championship[25]
- The Home International Series, comprising:
- The Camrose Trophy, an annual competition between teams representing England, the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales[26]
- The Lady Milne Trophy for Women's Teams
- The Senior Camrose for the Teltscher Trophy
- The Junior Camrose for players aged under 25 years
- The Peggy Bayer Trophy for players aged under 20 years
North America
- North American Bridge Championships conducted by the American Contract Bridge League —three annual 11-day meets that include many NABC-level championship events among others
- United States Bridge Championships conducted by the United States Bridge Federation to select national teams[27]
Europe
- European championships conducted by the European Bridge League[28]
- European Team Championships — national teams, open flight from 1932
- European Open Bridge Championships
- European Youth Teams Championships — national teams, open flight from 1968
- European Youth Pairs Championships
Other
- Buffett Cup —biennial "Europe vs North America at Bridge" modeled after the Ryder Cup of golf[29]
- Cavendish Invitational —invitation-only money tournament operated by World Bridge Productions[30]
- Macallan Invitational Pairs (previously known as the Sunday Times Invitational Pairs) —invitation event held in London sponsored by the manufacturers of The Macallan whisky. It was last held in 1999.[31]
Player competitions and awards
See also
References
- ↑ World Championships & Events. World Bridge Federation (WBF). Confirmed 2011-07-10.
- ↑ World Team Championships. WBF. Confirmed 2011-07-10.
- ↑ World Transnational Open Team Championship. WBF. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ↑ World Bridge Series Championships. WBF. Confirmed 2011-07-10.
- ↑ World Open KO Teams to Date. WBF. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ↑ World Women KO Teams to Date. WBF. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ↑ World Senior KO Teams to Date. WBF. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ↑ World Open Pairs Championships to Date. WBF. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ↑ World Women Pairs Championships to Date. WBF. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ↑ World Senior Pairs Championships to Date. WBF. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ↑ World Mixed Pairs Championships to Date. WBF. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ↑ (World IMP Pairs Championships to Date). WBF. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
(This is difficult to find by WBF site navigation because it is a tertiary event in the "Series". Its world championship status is dubitable.) - ↑ World Bridge Games. WBF. Confirmed 2011-07-10.
- ↑ World Masters Individual. WBF. Retrieved 2011-07-10. (Biennial 1992–2000 then quad.)
- ↑ World Team Olympiad. WBF. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ↑ World Mixed Teams Championships to Date (1 of 2). WBF. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ↑ World Mixed Teams Championships to Date (2 of 2). WBF. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
WBF does not list the 1972 event. Source? - ↑ Youth Bridge program overview. WBF. Confirmed 2011-09-01.
- ↑ Youth Bridge. World and lower-level events. WBF Youth Committee. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
- ↑ World Youth Congress. WBF. Confirmed 2011-09-01.
- ↑ World Junior MP Pairs Championship to Date. WBF. Confirmed 2011-09-01.
- ↑ World Youth Team Championships to Date. WBF. Retrieved 2011-07-11. —U26 from 1987, U21 from 2004, Girls from 2010
- ↑ University Bridge program overview. WBF. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
- ↑ University Bridge in the World. Includes tournament results. By Kuba Kasprzak, Poland. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
See also Facebook account 'Uni bridge'. - ↑ Gold Cup: Introduction. Bridge Great Britain. Retrieved 2011-07-11. — sibling pages cover 2011/2012 administration
- ↑ Home Internationals: a brief history. By Patrick Jourdain. Bridge Great Britain. Retrieved 2011-07-11. "The Camrose" is the open teams event.
- ↑ United States Bridge Federation. USBF. Retrieved 2011-07-11. — covers team trials beginning 2006 (Open, Women, Senior, Junior, University).
- ↑ European Bridge League Competitions. EBL. Retrieved 2011-07-11. —awarding the title of 'European Champion'
- ↑ Warren Buffett Bridge Cup. Official site. Confirmed 2011-07-10.
- ↑ The Cavendish Invitational. Bridge Winners. Confirmed 2011-07-10.
- ↑ Sunday Times Pairs Confirmed 2011-07-12.
