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Entries formally represent WBF <a href="#zonal">Zones as well as nations</a>, so it is also known as the World Zonal Women Team Championship, one of three World Zonal Team Championships.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-info2011_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-info2011-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was first contested in 1974 as one long match between two teams and has been concurrent with the Bermuda Bowl from 1985. </p><p>The Venice Cup is also the name of the trophy awarded to the winning team. It was donated by Italy when <a href="/wiki/Venice" title="Venice">Venice</a> hosted the inaugural contest.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The most recent event took place in 2023 in <a href="/wiki/Marrakech" class="mw-redirect" title="Marrakech">Marrakech</a>, Morocco.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1044870489">@media all and (max-width:720px){body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .tocright{display:none}.mw-parser-output .tocright{width:100%!important}}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tocright{float:right;clear:right;width:auto;margin:0 0 0.5em 1em}.mw-parser-output .tocright-clear-left{clear:left}.mw-parser-output .tocright-clear-both{clear:both}.mw-parser-output .tocright-clear-none{clear:none}}</style><div class="tocright"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venice_Cup&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>See a description of the identical <a href="/wiki/Senior_Bowl_(bridge)#Structure" title="Senior Bowl (bridge)">"Senior Bowl" structure</a> or a detailed account of the 2011 event (<a href="#2011">below</a>) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1937_world_championships">1937 world championships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venice_Cup&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1937 world championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ladies1937@72.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Ladies1937%4072.jpg" decoding="async" width="248" height="269" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="248" data-file-height="269" /></a><figcaption> The 1937 world champion Austria ladies team. Top left, Rixi Scharfstein. Others from left: Marianne Boschan, Gertie Brunner, Ethel Ernst, Elizabeth Klauber, Gertie Schlesinger (seated).</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a> won the first world teams championships in both open and women categories, conducted 1937 in <a href="/wiki/Budapest" title="Budapest">Budapest</a>, Hungary.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were organized by the International Bridge League, essentially the predecessor of both the <a href="/wiki/European_Bridge_League" title="European Bridge League">European Bridge League</a> (est. 1947) and the WBF (1958). World War II practically destroyed the IBL and its nascent world championship tournament series. With Austria the leading nation at the card table, the 1938 <a href="/wiki/Anschluss" title="Anschluss">Anschluss</a> of Germany and Austria was a great disruption. The leading bridge theorist and mentor, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Stern" title="Paul Stern">Paul Stern</a> was an outspoken opponent of <a href="/wiki/Nazism" title="Nazism">Nazism</a> who fled to <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> that year.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Another 1938 refugee from Austria to England, <a href="/wiki/Rixi_Markus" title="Rixi Markus">Rixi Markus</a> (born Erika Scharfstein) was a member of both the 1937 champions and the 1976 Great Britain team that was defeated by the United States for the second Venice Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_results">Historical results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venice_Cup&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Historical results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>China is the only bridge nation outside Europe and the United States to win the Venice Cup. Following its third-place breakthrough in 1991, China finished second in 1997 and 2003, and third in 2007, before winning in 2009. </p><p><i>Every Venice Cup tournament has run alongside the Bermuda Bowl except in 1978, which was not a Bermuda Bowl year. Before 1985, however, the Open tournament was more frequent; from that time they have run together in odd years.</i> </p><p>United States teams won the first three championships and they have won 10 of 17 including six as one of two USA teams.<sup id="cite_ref-usa_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first two "tournaments" were head-on matches between representatives of North America and Europe, like the Bermuda Bowls of 1951 to 1957. The next two were open to one team from every WBF geographic zone. From 1985 the Venice Cup and Bermuda Bowl have run side-by-side in odd years, expanding together from 10 to 22. </p><p>Prior to the inaugural Venice Cup, there had been four Olympiad tournaments for women contested 1960 to 1972. The winners had been <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Republic" title="United Arab Republic">United Arab Republic</a>, Great Britain, Sweden, and Italy. (After losing the first Venice Cup tournament in 1974, Italy would defend its Olympiad title in 1976 and lose the third Venice Cup in 1978.) (The United States won the first three Venice Cups 1974/76/78 but did not win any early Olympiad tournament.) </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year, Site, Entries</th> <th></th> <th>Medalists </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="beige" valign="Top">1974<sup id="cite_ref-y1974_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-y1974-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>May 20–28 <br /> <br />Venice, Italy <br /> <br />2 teams </p> </td> <td>1. </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b>USA</b> <br /><small>Bette Cohn, <a href="/wiki/Emma_Jean_Hawes" title="Emma Jean Hawes">Emma Jean Hawes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Hayden_Truscott" title="Dorothy Hayden Truscott">Dorothy Hayden Truscott</a>, <a href="/wiki/Betty_Ann_Kennedy" title="Betty Ann Kennedy">Betty Ann Kennedy</a>, Marietta Passell, <a href="/wiki/Carol_Sanders" title="Carol Sanders">Carol Sanders</a></small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td>2.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <b>Italy</b> <br /><small>Marisa Bianchi, Luciana Canessa, Rina Jabès, Maria Antonietta Robaudo, Anna Valenti, Maria Vittoria Venturini  </small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="beige" valign="Top">1976<sup id="cite_ref-y1976_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-y1976-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>May 2–8 <br /> <br />Monte Carlo, Monaco <br /> <br />2 teams </p> </td> <td>1.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b>USA</b> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Emma_Jean_Hawes" title="Emma Jean Hawes">Emma Jean Hawes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Hayden_Truscott" title="Dorothy Hayden Truscott">Dorothy Hayden Truscott</a>, <a href="/wiki/Betty_Ann_Kennedy" title="Betty Ann Kennedy">Betty Ann Kennedy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jacqui_Mitchell" title="Jacqui Mitchell">Jacqui Mitchell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gail_Moss" class="mw-redirect" title="Gail Moss">Gail Moss</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carol_Sanders" title="Carol Sanders">Carol Sanders</a></small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td>2.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>Great Britain</b> <br /><small>Charley Esterson, <a href="/wiki/Nicola_Gardener" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicola Gardener">Nicola Gardener</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fritzi_Gordon" title="Fritzi Gordon">Fritzi Gordon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sandra_Landy" title="Sandra Landy">Sandra Landy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rixi_Markus" title="Rixi Markus">Rixi Markus</a>, Rita Oldroyd</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="beige" valign="Top">1978<sup id="cite_ref-y1979_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-y1979-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>June 17–30 <br /> <br />New Orleans, USA <br /><small>(separate from Bermuda Bowl)</small>  <br /> <br />5 teams </p> </td> <td>1.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b>USA</b> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Mary_Jane_Farell" title="Mary Jane Farell">Mary Jane Farell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emma_Jean_Hawes" title="Emma Jean Hawes">Emma Jean Hawes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Hayden_Truscott" title="Dorothy Hayden Truscott">Dorothy Hayden Truscott</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Johnson" title="Marilyn Johnson">Marilyn Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jacqui_Mitchell" title="Jacqui Mitchell">Jacqui Mitchell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gail_Moss" class="mw-redirect" title="Gail Moss">Gail Moss</a></small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td>2.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <b>Italy</b> <br /><small>Marisa Bianchi, Luciana Capodanno, Marisa D'Andrea, Enrichetta Gut, Andreina Morini, Anna Valenti</small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="cc9966"> <td>3.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina"><img alt="Argentina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <b>Argentina</b> <br /><small>María Teresa de Díaz, Adriana C. de Martínez de Hoz, Maria Elena Iacapraro, Marta Matienzo, Clara Monsegur</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="beige" valign="Top">1981<sup id="cite_ref-y1981_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-y1981-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>October 19–30 <br /> <br />New York City, USA <br /> <br />5 teams </p> </td> <td>1.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>Great Britain</b> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Pat_Davies_(bridge_player)" title="Pat Davies (bridge player)">Pat Davies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicola_Smith" title="Nicola Smith">Nicola Gardener</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sandra_Landy" title="Sandra Landy">Sandra Landy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sally_Sowter" class="mw-redirect" title="Sally Sowter">Sally Sowter</a>, (Maureen Dennison, Diana Williams)*</small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td>2.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b>USA</b> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Gruver" title="Nancy Gruver">Nancy Gruver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edith_Kemp" class="mw-redirect" title="Edith Kemp">Edith Kemp</a>, <a href="/wiki/Betty_Ann_Kennedy" title="Betty Ann Kennedy">Betty Ann Kennedy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Judi_Radin" title="Judi Radin">Judi Radin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carol_Sanders" title="Carol Sanders">Carol Sanders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kathie_Wei" class="mw-redirect" title="Kathie Wei">Kathie Wei</a></small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="cc9966"> <td>3.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <b>Brazil</b> <br /><small>Agota Mandelot, Sylvia Mello, Elisabeth Murtinho, Suzy Powidzer, (Maria Lena Brito, Alice Saad)**</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><small>* Dennison–Williams in 1981 did not play enough boards to qualify for the title of World Champion</small><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></dd> <dd><small>** Brito–Saad in 1981 did not play enough boards to qualify for third place</small><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></dd></dl> <p>The third and fourth Venice Cup tournaments welcomed one team from each WBF geographic zone. On both occasions there were entries from Europe, North America, South America, and South Pacific; they were joined by Asia in 1978, Central America and the Caribbean in 1981. All of the entries were national teams, listed here by zone. </p> <dl><dd>1978: Italy, USA, Argentina, Australia, <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a><sup id="cite_ref-y1979_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-y1979-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd>1981: Great Britain, USA, Brazil, Australia, Venezuela<sup id="cite_ref-y1981_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-y1981-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>Except for USA ahead of Italy in 1979, those were also the final standings. (Under the same rules, there were six teams in the 1979 Bermuda Bowl tournament because Asia and CAC both participated. A second team from Europe was added in 1981.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1985">1985</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venice_Cup&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1985"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The fifth Venice Cup was not until 1985, when the two tournaments were permanently joined side-by-side in odd years with the same structure (like the Olympiad tournaments established in 1960). Since then, the numbers of teams entered have been identical except once. </p><p>For 1985 the champion teams from Europe and North America were granted slots in the 4-team semifinal knockout. One representative from every other zone, the host country team, and second teams from Europe and North America, played round-robin for the other two semifinal slots. As for all three renditions under that format, five other zones participated (not yet Africa) and there were ten teams in the field. </p> <dl><dd><b>1985 Venice Cup, final standings</b></dd></dl> <ol><li>Great Britain (Europe 2)</li> <li>USA 1<sup id="cite_ref-usa_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (North America 1)</li> <li>France (Europe 1)</li> <li>Chinese Taipei (Pacific Asia)</li> <li>USA 2<sup id="cite_ref-usa_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (North America 2)</li> <li>Australia (South Pacific)</li> <li>Argentina (South America)</li> <li>Brazil (host country)</li> <li>Venezuela (Central America & Carib.)</li> <li>India (Asia & Middle East)</li></ol> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year, Site, Entries</th> <th></th> <th>Medalists </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="beige" valign="Top">1985<sup id="cite_ref-y1985_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-y1985-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>Oct 19–Nov 2 <br /> <br />São Paulo, Brazil <br /> <br />10 teams </p> </td> <td>1. </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>Great Britain</b><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Pat_Davies_(bridge_player)" title="Pat Davies (bridge player)">Pat Davies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sally_Horton" class="mw-redirect" title="Sally Horton">Sally Horton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sandra_Landy" title="Sandra Landy">Sandra Landy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicola_Smith" title="Nicola Smith">Nicola Smith</a>, (<a href="/wiki/Michelle_Brunner" title="Michelle Brunner">Michelle Brunner</a>, Gillian Scott-Jones)*</small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td>2.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b>USA 1</b><sup id="cite_ref-usa_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Betty_Ann_Kennedy" title="Betty Ann Kennedy">Betty Ann Kennedy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jacqui_Mitchell" title="Jacqui Mitchell">Jacqui Mitchell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gail_Moss" class="mw-redirect" title="Gail Moss">Gail Moss</a>, <a href="/wiki/Judi_Radin" title="Judi Radin">Judi Radin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carol_Sanders" title="Carol Sanders">Carol Sanders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kathie_Wei" class="mw-redirect" title="Kathie Wei">Kathie Wei</a></small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="cc9966"> <td>3.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>France</b><br /><small>Danièle Allouche, Véronique Bessis, Ginette Chevalley, Fabienne Pigeaud, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Saul&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Catherine Saul (page does not exist)">Catherine Saul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sylvie_Willard" title="Sylvie Willard">Sylvie Willard</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="beige" valign="Top">1987<sup id="cite_ref-y1987_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-y1987-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>October 10–24 <br /> <br />Ocho Ríos, Jamaica  <br /> <br />10 teams </p> </td> <td>1.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b>USA 2</b><sup id="cite_ref-usa_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Cheri_Bjerkan" title="Cheri Bjerkan">Cheri Bjerkan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juanita_Chambers" title="Juanita Chambers">Juanita Chambers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Deas" title="Lynn Deas">Lynn Deas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beth_Palmer" title="Beth Palmer">Beth Palmer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Judi_Radin" title="Judi Radin">Judi Radin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kathie_Wei" class="mw-redirect" title="Kathie Wei">Kathie Wei</a></small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td>2.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>France</b> <br /><small>Danièle Allouche, Véronique Bessis, Hélène Bordenave, Ginette Chevalley, <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9n%C3%A9dicte_Cronier" title="Bénédicte Cronier">Bénédicte Cronier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sylvie_Willard" title="Sylvie Willard">Sylvie Willard</a>  </small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="cc9966"> <td>3.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <b>Italy</b> <br /><small>Marisa Bianchi, Luciana Capodanno, Marisa D'Andrea, Carla Gianardi, Gabriella Olivieri, Anna Valenti</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="beige" valign="Top">1989<sup id="cite_ref-y1989_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-y1989-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>September 9–23 <br /> <br />Perth, Australia <br /> <br />10 teams </p> </td> <td>1.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b>United States</b> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Kitty_Bethe" class="mw-redirect" title="Kitty Bethe">Kitty Bethe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Deas" title="Lynn Deas">Lynn Deas</a>, Margie Gwozdzinsky, <a href="/wiki/Karen_McCallum" title="Karen McCallum">Karen McCallum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beth_Palmer" title="Beth Palmer">Beth Palmer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerri_Shuman" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerri Shuman">Kerri Shuman</a></small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td>2.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>Netherlands</b> <br /><small>Carla Arnolds, Ellen Bakker, Ine Gielkens, Elly Schippers, Marijke van der Pas, <a href="/wiki/Bep_Vriend" title="Bep Vriend">Bep Vriend</a></small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="cc9966"> <td>3.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>Canada</b> <br /><small>Francine Cimon, Dianna Gordon, Mary Paul, Sharyn Reus, Gloria Silverman, Katie Thorpe</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="beige" valign="Top">1991<sup id="cite_ref-y1991_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-y1991-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>Sep 29–Oct11 <br /> <br />Yokohama, Japan <br /> <br />16 teams </p> </td> <td>1.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b>USA 2</b><sup id="cite_ref-usa_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /><small>Nell Cahn, Stasha Cohen, <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Deas" title="Lynn Deas">Lynn Deas</a>, Sharon Osberg, Nancy Passell, <a href="/wiki/Sue_Picus" title="Sue Picus">Sue Picus</a></small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td>2.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria"><img alt="Austria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>Austria</b> <br /><small>Gabriele Bamberger, <a href="/wiki/Maria_Erhart" title="Maria Erhart">Maria Erhart</a>, Doris Fischer, Terry Weigkricht, (Rosi Spinn, Britta Widengren)***</small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="cc9966"> <td>3.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>China</b> <br /><small>GU Ling, LIU Yiqian, SUN Ming, ZHANG Yalan, (SHAOMIN Shi, WANG Liping)**</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1991_to_date">1991 to date</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venice_Cup&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1991 to date"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After 1989, the championship fields were expanded from 10 to 16 teams. European and North American zones were granted four and three slots respectively, without special treatment for any. (The American Contract Bridge League allocated two places to United States teams and one to the winner of a playoff, if necessary.) </p> <dl><dd><b>1991 Venice Cup participants by zone</b></dd> <dd><b>Europe</b>: Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Great Britain (1st to 4th in Europe)</dd> <dd><b>North America</b>: USA 1, USA 2, Canada</dd> <dd><b>South America</b>: Argentina, Venezuela</dd> <dd><b>C. America & Carib.</b>: Martinique</dd> <dd><b>Asia & Middle E.</b>: India</dd> <dd><b>Pacific Asia</b>: China, Chinese Taipei, Japan (host)</dd> <dd><b>South Pacific</b>: Australia</dd> <dd><b>Africa</b>: Egypt</dd></dl> <p>All three teams from Pacific Asia advanced to the quarterfinal knockout stage, a very strong performance. China became the first team from outside Europe and the Americas to win a medal. </p><p>Through 1993, United States teams won seven and Great Britain two. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year, Site, Entries</th> <th></th> <th>Medalists </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="beige" valign="Top">1993<sup id="cite_ref-y1993_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-y1993-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>Aug 29–Sep 11 <br /> <br />Santiago, Chile <br /> <br />16 teams </p> </td> <td>1. </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b>USA 2</b><sup id="cite_ref-usa_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Karen_McCallum" title="Karen McCallum">Karen McCallum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jill_Meyers" title="Jill Meyers">Jill Meyers</a>, Sharon Osberg, <a href="/wiki/Sue_Picus" title="Sue Picus">Sue Picus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerri_Sanborn" title="Kerri Sanborn">Kerri Sanborn</a>, Kay Schulle</small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td>2.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>Germany</b> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Daniela_von_Arnim" title="Daniela von Arnim">Daniela von Arnim</a>, Karin Caesar, Marianne Mögel, Pony Nehmert, Waltraud Vogt, <a href="/wiki/Sabine_Zenkel" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabine Zenkel">Sabine Zenkel</a></small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="cc9966"> <td>3.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <b>Sweden</b> <br /><small>Lisbeth Åström, Pyttsi Flodqvist, Linda Långström, Catarina Midskog, Bim Ödlund, Mari Ryman</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="beige" valign="Top">1995<sup id="cite_ref-y1995_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-y1995-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>Oct 8–20 <br /> <br />Beijing, China <br /> <br />16 teams </p> </td> <td>1.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>Germany</b> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Daniela_von_Arnim" title="Daniela von Arnim">Daniela von Arnim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sabine_Auken" title="Sabine Auken">Sabine Auken</a>, Pony Nehmert, Andrea Rauscheid, (Karin Caesar, Marianne Mögel)*</small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td>2.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b>USA 1</b><sup id="cite_ref-usa_7-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Karen_McCallum" title="Karen McCallum">Karen McCallum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kitty_Bethe" class="mw-redirect" title="Kitty Bethe">Kitty Munson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sue_Picus" title="Sue Picus">Sue Picus</a>, Rozanne Pollack, <a href="/wiki/Kerri_Sanborn" title="Kerri Sanborn">Kerri Sanborn</a>, Carol Simon</small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="cc9966"> <td>3.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>France</b> <br /><small>Véronique Bessis, Claude Blouquit, <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9n%C3%A9dicte_Cronier" title="Bénédicte Cronier">Bénédicte Cronier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Catherine_D%27Ovidio" title="Catherine D'Ovidio">Catherine D'Ovidio</a>, Colette Lise, <a href="/wiki/Sylvie_Willard" title="Sylvie Willard">Sylvie Willard</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="beige" valign="Top">1997<sup id="cite_ref-y1997_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-y1997-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-news1997_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news1997-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>Oct 19–Nov 1 <br /> <br />Hammamet, Tunisia <br /> <br />18 teams </p> </td> <td>1.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b>USA 1</b><sup id="cite_ref-usa_7-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /><small>Lisa Berkowitz, <a href="/wiki/Mildred_Breed" title="Mildred Breed">Mildred Breed</a>, Marinesa Letizia, <a href="/wiki/Jill_Meyers" title="Jill Meyers">Jill Meyers</a>, Randi Montin, <a href="/wiki/Tobi_Sokolow" title="Tobi Sokolow">Tobi Sokolow</a></small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td>2.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>China</b> <br /><small>Gu Ling, Lu Yan, Sun Ming, Wang Wenfei, Zhang Yalan, Zhang Yu</small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="cc9966"> <td>3.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b>USA 2</b><sup id="cite_ref-usa_7-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Juanita_Chambers" title="Juanita Chambers">Juanita Chambers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Deas" title="Lynn Deas">Lynn Deas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irina_Levitina" title="Irina Levitina">Irina Levitina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beth_Palmer" title="Beth Palmer">Beth Palmer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerri_Sanborn" title="Kerri Sanborn">Kerri Sanborn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kathie_Wei" class="mw-redirect" title="Kathie Wei">Kathie Wei</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="beige" valign="Top">2000<sup id="cite_ref-y2000_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-y2000-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-news2000_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news2000-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>January 7–21 <br /> <br />Southampton, Bermuda  <br /> <br />20 teams </p> </td> <td>1.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>Netherlands</b> <br /><small>Jet Pasman, Anneke Simons, Martine Verbeek, <a href="/wiki/Bep_Vriend" title="Bep Vriend">Bep Vriend</a>, Marijke van der Pas, Wietske van Zwol</small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td>2.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b>USA 1</b><sup id="cite_ref-usa_7-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /><small>Renee Mancuso, <a href="/wiki/Jill_Meyers" title="Jill Meyers">Jill Meyers</a>, Randi Montin, <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Quinn" title="Shawn Quinn">Shawn Quinn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Janice_Seamon-Molson" title="Janice Seamon-Molson">Janice Seamon-Molson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tobi_Sokolow" title="Tobi Sokolow">Tobi Sokolow</a></small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="cc9966"> <td>3.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <b>Denmark</b> <br /><small>Trine Bilde Kofoed, Dorte Cilleborg, Bettina Kalkerup, Kirsten Steen Møller, (Mette Drøgemüller, Charlotte Koch-Palmund)**  </small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="beige" valign="Top">2001<sup id="cite_ref-y2001_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-y2001-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-news2001_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news2001-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>Oct 21–Nov 3 <br /> <br />Paris, France <br /> <br />18 teams </p> </td> <td>1.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>Germany</b> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Daniela_von_Arnim" title="Daniela von Arnim">Daniela von Arnim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sabine_Auken" title="Sabine Auken">Sabine Auken</a>, Pony Nehmert, Andrea Rauscheid, (Katrin Farwig, Barbara Hackett)*</small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td>2.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>France</b> <br /><small>Véronique Bessis, <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9n%C3%A9dicte_Cronier" title="Bénédicte Cronier">Bénédicte Cronier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Catherine_D%27Ovidio" title="Catherine D'Ovidio">Catherine D'Ovidio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sylvie_Willard" title="Sylvie Willard">Sylvie Willard</a>, (Catherine Fishpool, Elisabeth Hugon)***</small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="cc9966"> <td>3.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b>USA 2</b><sup id="cite_ref-usa_7-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Mildred_Breed" title="Mildred Breed">Mildred Breed</a>, Petra Hamman, Joan Jackson, Robin Klar, <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Quinn" title="Shawn Quinn">Shawn Quinn</a>, Kay Schulle</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="beige" valign="Top">2003<sup id="cite_ref-y2003_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-y2003-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-news2003_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news2003-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>November 2–15 <br /> <br />Monte Carlo, Monaco <br /> <br />18 teams </p> </td> <td>1.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b>USA 1</b><sup id="cite_ref-usa_7-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Betty_Ann_Kennedy" title="Betty Ann Kennedy">Betty Ann Kennedy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jill_Levin" title="Jill Levin">Jill Levin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sue_Picus" title="Sue Picus">Sue Picus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Janice_Seamon-Molson" title="Janice Seamon-Molson">Janice Seamon-Molson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tobi_Sokolow" title="Tobi Sokolow">Tobi Sokolow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kathie_Wei-Sender" class="mw-redirect" title="Kathie Wei-Sender">Kathie Wei-Sender</a></small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td>2.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>China</b> <br /><small>Gu Ling, Wang Hongli, Wang Liping, Wang Wenfei, Zhang Yalan, Zhang Yu</small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="cc9966"> <td>3.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>Netherlands</b> <br /><small>Carla Arnolds, Jet Pasman, Anneke Simons, <a href="/wiki/Bep_Vriend" title="Bep Vriend">Bep Vriend</a>, Marijke van der Pas, Wietske van Zwol</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="beige" valign="Top">2005<sup id="cite_ref-y2005_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-y2005-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-news2005_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news2005-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>Oct 22–Nov 5 <br /> <br />Estoril, Portugal <br /> <br />22 teams </p> </td> <td>1.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>France</b> <br /><small>Danièle Allouche-Gaviard, <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9n%C3%A9dicte_Cronier" title="Bénédicte Cronier">Bénédicte Cronier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Catherine_D%27Ovidio" title="Catherine D'Ovidio">Catherine D'Ovidio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sylvie_Willard" title="Sylvie Willard">Sylvie Willard</a>, (Nathalie Frey, Vanessa Reess)*</small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td>2.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>Germany</b> <br /><small>Anja Alberti, <a href="/wiki/Daniela_von_Arnim" title="Daniela von Arnim">Daniela von Arnim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sabine_Auken" title="Sabine Auken">Sabine Auken</a>, Barbara Hackett, Pony Nehmert, Mirja Schraverus-Meuer</small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="cc9966"> <td>3.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>Netherlands</b> <br /><small>Carla Arnolds, Femke Hoogweg, Jet Pasman, Anneke Simons, <a href="/wiki/Bep_Vriend" title="Bep Vriend">Bep Vriend</a>, Wietske van Zwol</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="beige" valign="Top">2007<sup id="cite_ref-y2007_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-y2007-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-news2007_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news2007-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>Sep 29–Oct 13 <br /> <br />Shanghai, China <br /> <br />22 teams </p> </td> <td>1.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b>USA 1</b><sup id="cite_ref-usa_7-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Jill_Levin" title="Jill Levin">Jill Levin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irina_Levitina" title="Irina Levitina">Irina Levitina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jill_Meyers" title="Jill Meyers">Jill Meyers</a>, Hansa Narasimhan, <a href="/wiki/Debbie_Rosenberg" title="Debbie Rosenberg">Debbie Rosenberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/JoAnna_Stansby" title="JoAnna Stansby">JoAnna Stansby</a></small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td>2.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>Germany</b> <br /><small>Anja Alberti, <a href="/wiki/Daniela_von_Arnim" title="Daniela von Arnim">Daniela von Arnim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sabine_Auken" title="Sabine Auken">Sabine Auken</a>, Barbara Hackett, Pony Nehmert, Mirja Schraverus-Meuer</small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="cc9966"> <td>3.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>China</b> <br /><small>Gu Ling, Liu Yiqian, Sun Ming, Wang Hongli, Wang Wenfei, Zhang Yalan</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="beige" valign="Top">2009<sup id="cite_ref-y2009_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-y2009-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-news2009_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news2009-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>Aug 29–Sep 12 <br /> <br />São Paulo, Brazil <br /> <br />22 teams </p> </td> <td>1.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>China</b> <br /><small>Dong Yongling, Liu Yiqian, Yan Ru, Sun Ming, Wang Hongli, Wang Wenfei</small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td>2.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b>USA 1</b><sup id="cite_ref-usa_7-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Baker" title="Lynn Baker">Lynn Baker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Deas" title="Lynn Deas">Lynn Deas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irina_Levitina" title="Irina Levitina">Irina Levitina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karen_McCallum" title="Karen McCallum">Karen McCallum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beth_Palmer" title="Beth Palmer">Beth Palmer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerri_Sanborn" title="Kerri Sanborn">Kerri Sanborn</a></small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="cc9966"> <td>3.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>France</b> <br /><small>Danièle Allouche-Gaviard, Véronique Bessis, <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9n%C3%A9dicte_Cronier" title="Bénédicte Cronier">Bénédicte Cronier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Catherine_D%27Ovidio" title="Catherine D'Ovidio">Catherine D'Ovidio</a>, Elisabeth Hugon, <a href="/wiki/Sylvie_Willard" title="Sylvie Willard">Sylvie Willard</a>  </small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="beige" valign="Top">2011<sup id="cite_ref-y2011_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-y2011-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-news2011_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news2011-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>October 15–29 <br /> <br /><a href="/wiki/Veldhoven" title="Veldhoven">Veldhoven</a>, Netherlands   <br /> <br />22 teams </p> </td> <td>1.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>France</b> <br /><small>Danièle Allouche-Gaviard, Véronique Bessis, <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9n%C3%A9dicte_Cronier" title="Bénédicte Cronier">Bénédicte Cronier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Catherine_D%27Ovidio" title="Catherine D'Ovidio">Catherine D'Ovidio</a>, Joanna Neve, <a href="/wiki/Sylvie_Willard" title="Sylvie Willard">Sylvie Willard</a>  </small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td>2.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia"><img alt="Indonesia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>Indonesia</b> <br /><small>Lusje Olha Bojoh, Fera Damayanti, Suci Amita Dewi, Kristina Wahyu Murniati, Liem Riantini, Julita Grace Tueje</small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="cc9966"> <td>3.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>Netherlands</b> <br /><small>Carla Arnolds, Laura Dekkers, <a href="/wiki/Marion_Michielsen" title="Marion Michielsen">Marion Michielsen</a>, Jet Pasman, Anneke Simons, <a href="/wiki/Bep_Vriend" title="Bep Vriend">Bep Vriend</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="beige" valign="Top">2013<sup id="cite_ref-y2013_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-y2013-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>September 17–29 <br /> <br /><a href="/wiki/Bali" title="Bali">Bali</a>, Indonesia   <br /> <br />22 teams </p> </td> <td>1.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b>USA 2</b><sup id="cite_ref-usa_7-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Hj%C3%B6rdis_Eythorsdottir" class="mw-redirect" title="Hjördis Eythorsdottir">Hjördis Eythorsdottir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jill_Levin" title="Jill Levin">Jill Levin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jill_Meyers" title="Jill Meyers">Jill Meyers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Janice_Seamon-Molson" title="Janice Seamon-Molson">Janice Seamon-Molson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jenny_Wolpert" title="Jenny Wolpert">Jenny Wolpert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Migry_Zur_Campanile" title="Migry Zur Campanile">Migry Zur Campanile</a>  </small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td>2.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <b>England</b> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Sally_Brock" title="Sally Brock">Sally Brock</a>, Fiona Brown, Heather Dhondy, <a href="/wiki/Nevena_Senior" class="mw-redirect" title="Nevena Senior">Nevena Senior</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicola_Smith" title="Nicola Smith">Nicola Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Susan_Stockdale" class="mw-redirect" title="Susan Stockdale">Susan Stockdale</a></small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="cc9966"> <td>3.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>Netherlands</b> <br /><small>Carla Arnolds, <a href="/wiki/Marion_Michielsen" title="Marion Michielsen">Marion Michielsen</a>, Jet Pasman, Anneke Simons, Wietske van Zwol, <a href="/wiki/Meike_Wortel" title="Meike Wortel">Meike Wortel</a></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="beige" valign="Top">2015<sup id="cite_ref-y2015_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-y2015-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>September 26 – October 10 <br /> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a>, India   <br /> <br />22 teams </p> </td> <td>1.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>France</b> <br /><small> Deborah Campagnano, <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9n%C3%A9dicte_Cronier" title="Bénédicte Cronier">Bénédicte Cronier</a>, Elisabeth Hugon, Vanessa Reess, <a href="/wiki/Sylvie_Willard" title="Sylvie Willard">Sylvie Willard</a>, Joanna Zochowska  </small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td>2.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <b>USA 2</b><sup id="cite_ref-usa_7-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /><small> <a href="/wiki/Juanita_Chambers" title="Juanita Chambers">Juanita Chambers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Deas" title="Lynn Deas">Lynn Deas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joann_Glasson" title="Joann Glasson">Joann Glasson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beth_Palmer" title="Beth Palmer">Beth Palmer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Janice_Seamon-Molson" title="Janice Seamon-Molson">Janice Seamon-Molson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tobi_Sokolow" title="Tobi Sokolow">Tobi Sokolow</a>  </small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="cc9966"> <td>3.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <b>England</b> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Sally_Brock" title="Sally Brock">Sally Brock</a>, Fiona Brown, Heather Dhondy, Catherine Draper, <a href="/wiki/Nevena_Senior" class="mw-redirect" title="Nevena Senior">Nevena Senior</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicola_Smith" title="Nicola Smith">Nicola Smith</a>  </small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="beige" valign="Top">2017<sup id="cite_ref-y2017_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-y2017-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>August 12–26 <br /> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Lyon" title="Lyon">Lyon</a>, France   <br /> <br />22 teams </p> </td> <td>1.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>China</b> <br /><small>Yan Huang, Yan Liu, Yan Lu, Qi Shen, Nan Wang, Wen Fei Wang, Jianxin Wang npc, Xiaojing Wang coach</small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td>2.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <b>England</b> <br /><small>Sally Brock, Fiona Brown, Catherine Draper, Sandra Penfold, Nevena Senior, Nicola Smith, Derek Patterson npc, David Burn coach</small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="cc9966"> <td>3.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <b>Sweden</b> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Pia_Andersson" title="Pia Andersson">Pia Andersson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kathrine_Bertheau" title="Kathrine Bertheau">Kathrine Bertheau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ida_Gr%C3%B6nkvist" title="Ida Grönkvist">Ida Grönkvist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emma_Ovelius" title="Emma Ovelius">Emma Ovelius</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cecilia_Rimstedt" title="Cecilia Rimstedt">Cecilia Rimstedt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sandra_Rimstedt" title="Sandra Rimstedt">Sandra Rimstedt</a>, Kenneth Borin npc, Carina Wademark coach</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="beige" valign="Top">2019<sup id="cite_ref-y2019_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-y2019-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>September 14–28 <br /> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Wuhan" title="Wuhan">Wuhan</a>, China   <br /> <br />24 teams </p> </td> <td>1.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <b>Sweden</b> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Kathrine_Bertheau" title="Kathrine Bertheau">Kathrine Bertheau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sanna_Clementsson" title="Sanna Clementsson">Sanna Clementsson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ida_Gr%C3%B6nkvist" title="Ida Grönkvist">Ida Grönkvist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Larsson" title="Jessica Larsson">Jessica Larsson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emma_Ovelius" title="Emma Ovelius">Emma Ovelius</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cecilia_Rimstedt" title="Cecilia Rimstedt">Cecilia Rimstedt</a>, Kenneth Borin (npc), Carina Wademark (coach).</small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td>2.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>China</b> <br /><small>Yan Liu, Yan Lu, Qi Shen, Nan Wang, Wen Fei Wang, Xiaoxue Zuo, Xiaojing Wang (npc), Xiaojing Wang (coach)</small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="cc9966"> <td>3.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <b>England</b> <br /><small>Heather Dhondy, Catherine Draper, Gillian Fawcett, Nevena Senior, Nicola Smith, Yvonne Wiseman, David Gold (npc), David Burn (coach).</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="beige" valign="Top">2022<sup id="cite_ref-y2022_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-y2022-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>March 27 - April 9 <br /> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Salsomaggiore_Terme" title="Salsomaggiore Terme">Salsomaggiore Terme</a>, Italy   <br /> <br />24 teams </p> </td> <td>1.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <b>Sweden</b> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Kathrine_Bertheau" title="Kathrine Bertheau">Kathrine Bertheau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sanna_Clementsson" title="Sanna Clementsson">Sanna Clementsson</a>, Louise Hallqvist, Ylva Johansson, <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Larsson" title="Jessica Larsson">Jessica Larsson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emma_Ovelius" title="Emma Ovelius">Emma Ovelius</a>, Tobias Törnqvist (npc), Carina Wademark (coach).</small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td>2.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <b>Turkey</b> <br /><small>Özlem Kandolu, Serap Kuranoğlu, Eren Özan, İrem Özbay, Hatice Özgür, Dilek Yavaş, Belis Atalay (npc), Halil Atalay (coach)</small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="cc9966"> <td rowspan="2">3.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <b>England</b> <br /><small><a href="/wiki/Sally_Brock" title="Sally Brock">Sally Brock</a>, Fiona Brown, Heather Dhondy, Catherine Draper, Gillian Fawcett, Nevena Senior, David Burn (npc)</small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="cc9966"> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland"><img alt="Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <b>Poland</b> <br /><small>Cathy Baldysz, Sophia Baldysz, Katarzyna Dufrat, Danuta Kazmucha, Anna Sarniak, Joanna Zaleswka, Miroslaw Cichocki (npc)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="gold"> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="beige" valign="Top">2023<sup id="cite_ref-y2023_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-y2023-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>August 20 - September 2 <br /> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Marrakech" class="mw-redirect" title="Marrakech">Marrakech</a>, Morocco   <br /> <br />24 teams </p> </td> <td>1.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel"><img alt="Israel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <b>Israel</b> <br /><small>Adi Asulin, Hila Levi, Adel Petelko, Ziv Roitman, Dana Tal, Noga Tal, Israel Yadlin (npc), Ron Pachtman (coach).</small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="silver"> <td>2.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <b>Turkey</b> <br /><small>Asli Acar, Tuna Elmas, Berrak Erkan, Özlem Kandolu, İrem Özbay, Hatice Özgür, M. Gokhan Yilmaz (npc)</small> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="cc9966"> <td>3.</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b>China</b> <br /><small>Yan Huang, Yan Liu, Jing Rong Ran, Xiuting Yu, Meiling Zhou, Xiaoxue Zuo, Yannang Wang (npc), Xin Li (coach)</small> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <dl><dd><small>* Brunner – Scott-Jones in 1985, Caesar–Mögel in 1995, Farwig–Hackett in 2001, and Frey–Reess in 2005 did not play enough boards to qualify for the title of World Champion</small><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></dd> <dd><small>** Shaomin–Wang in 1991, and Drøgemüller – Koch-Palmund in 2000 did not play enough boards to qualify for third place</small><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></dd> <dd><small>*** Spinn–Widengren in 1991 and Fishpool–Hugon in 2001 did not play enough boards to qualify for second place</small><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2009">2009</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venice_Cup&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2009"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Over 13 days in <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo" title="São Paulo">São Paulo</a>, Brazil, beginning 30 August 2009, China became the first bridge nation outside Europe and North America to win the Venice Cup. Indeed, only China has won any gold, silver, or bronze medal in the tournament (see table, below). </p><p>The Chinese victory was decisive, culminating in a 220 to 148 IMP domination of USA1 in the two-day final match. Previously China led the seven-day 21-round-robin (France second) from which eight of 22 teams advanced to the knockout stage, then defeated Sweden 259–182 in the quarterfinal and France 245–221 in the semifinal. The 77-IMP and 72-IMP wins over Sweden and USA1 were the second and third biggest margins in the seven knockout matches.<sup id="cite_ref-sched2009_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sched2009-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bénédicte Cronier–Sylvie Willard of France were the high-scoring players on all 22 teams during the round-robin, playing 15 of 21 matches and scoring 0.93 IMP per board. Hongli Wang–Ming Sun of China were second at 0.81 in 15 matches and their teammate pairs (six players on a "Team-of-four") ranked third and eighth. <sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2011">2011</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venice_Cup&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2011"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>France won the 2011 Venice Cup by 196 to 103 <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_contract_bridge_terms#IMP" title="Glossary of contract bridge terms">IMP</a> in a two-day final match against Indonesia<sup id="cite_ref-final2011_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-final2011-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td><b>Indonesia</b> </td> <td>0</td> <td></td> <td>13</td> <td>24</td> <td>19</td> <td><sub>=56</sub></td> <td></td> <td>38</td> <td>9</td> <td>—</td> <td></td> <td>103 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>France</b></td> <td>0+</td> <td></td> <td>46</td> <td>41</td> <td>39</td> <td><sub>=126</sub></td> <td></td> <td>32</td> <td>38</td> <td>—</td> <td></td> <td>196+ </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>France started with one-third IMP carryover from the 16-deal round-robin match, meaning Indonesia must score at least one IMP better on the 96 <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_contract_bridge_terms#deal" title="Glossary of contract bridge terms">deals</a> of the final. France scored consistently well during the first three segments, to lead overnight by 126+ to 56, and Indonesia conceded after two of three segments scheduled for the next day. </p> <dl><dt>Notable performances</dt></dl> <p>This is the second Venice Cup for France and the 7th medal in 14 Venice Cup tournaments from 1985 to date, the time of equality with the Bermuda Bowl. Silvie Willard has played for all seven medalists; Véronique Bessis, Bénédicte Cronier, and Catherine D'Ovidio (Saul) six; and Danièle Gaviard (Allouche) five. Following the tournament, D'Ovidio and Willard moved up current ranks one and two among Women Grand Masters and their three frequent teammates moved into the top twelve.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The silver medal for Indonesia represents a sudden arrival among the stronger teams, having placed during the preceding decade no better than 9th (2009), just outside the knockout stage in the current format.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Preliminary</dt></dl> <p>There were 22 national teams in the field, who represented the eight WBF zones as follows.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regular quota for Europe is six teams, seven at Veldhoven because the host country qualifies automatically.<sup id="cite_ref-quota_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quota-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd><b>Europe</b>: France, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, England, Poland, Italy <small>—ranks 1 to 7 in the European championship</small><sup id="cite_ref-euro2010_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euro2010-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd><b>North America</b>: Canada, USA 1, USA 2<sup id="cite_ref-usa_7-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd><b>South America</b>: Brazil, Venezuela</dd> <dd><b>Asia & Middle East</b>: India, Jordan</dd> <dd><b>C. America & Carib.</b>: Trinidad & Tobago</dd> <dd><b>Pacific Asia</b>: China, Indonesia, Japan</dd> <dd><b>South Pacific</b>: Australia, New Zealand</dd> <dd><b>Africa</b>: Egypt, Morocco</dd></dl> <p>The first stage was a full round-robin scheduled in advance.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Every team played 21 short matches of 16 deals, three daily. </p><p>The women of France, Germany, and the Netherlands have been strong teams for about two decades but this year they waged a close fight for the last two slots in the knockout, Netherlands and France surviving with Germany 7 VP short.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two USA teams<sup id="cite_ref-usa_7-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> led the round-robin and selected quarterfinal opponents Indonesia, sixth, and Netherlands, seventh. England placed third and selected Sweden, fifth. That left defending champion China, fourth, to face France, eighth, a rematch of one 2009 semifinal. </p><p>In the quarterfinals, Indonesia and Netherlands both overcame 16-IMP carryovers (the maximum achievable head starts) to defeat the Americans by 33 and 28 IMP. England defeated Sweden to be the only preliminary leader who advanced, and France defeated China, 205+ to 197, in the only match that "went to the end".<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> France led by 15+ after five segments and extended the lead to 29+ IMP on the 84th deal (#20), but the champions yielded nothing more and cut the margin to 2+ on the 95th deal.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (The leader was known only to spectators, including local and internet commentators and presumably the third pair from each team.) Finally China defeated 3<span style="color:black" class="spades" title="spades">♠</span> one trick worth 50 points, while France doubled 4<span style="color:black" class="spades" title="spades">♠</span> and beat it two tricks, worth 300 points and a final margin of eight up from two IMP.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the semifinals, Indonesia outscored England by 18 IMP on 96 deals to overcome 10.5 carryover. France outscored Netherlands by 21 to overcome 0.5 carryover.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While France won the Cup from Indonesia, the host Netherlands overcame 12 IMP carryover to beat England in 48 deals and win the bronze medal, 109 to 91.<sup id="cite_ref-final2011_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-final2011-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>So the preliminary eight, seventh, and sixth place teams had finished one, two, three on the victory stand. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2013">2013</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venice_Cup&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2013"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>USA2 won the 2013 Venice Cup in <a href="/wiki/Bali" title="Bali">Bali</a>, Indonesia, defeating England by a score of 229 to 220.3 <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_contract_bridge_terms#IMP" title="Glossary of contract bridge terms">IMP</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2013final_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2013final-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two-day final match of 96 <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_contract_bridge_terms#deal" title="Glossary of contract bridge terms">deals</a> was unusually close: the margin, a fraction less than 9 IMP, is frequently exceeded on a single deal; China and France had won the 2009 and 2011 Cups by more than 70 and 90 IMP. </p><p>USA2 was the second of two United States entries<sup id="cite_ref-usa_7-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the field of 22: namely, Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Jill Levin, Jill Meyers, Janice Seamon-Molson, Jenny Wolpert, <a href="/wiki/Migry_Zur_Campanile" title="Migry Zur Campanile">Migry Zur Campanile</a>; Sue Picus npc. England was represented by the same team that won the 2012 <a href="/wiki/World_Mind_Sports_Games" title="World Mind Sports Games">World Mind Sports Games</a>: Sally Brock, Fiona Brown, Heather Dhondy, <a href="/wiki/Nevena_Senior" class="mw-redirect" title="Nevena Senior">Nevena Senior</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicola_Smith" title="Nicola Smith">Nicola Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Susan_Stockdale" class="mw-redirect" title="Susan Stockdale">Susan Stockdale</a>; Jeremy Dhondy npc, David Burn coach. </p><p>The Netherlands won another close match for third place, defeating China by 152 to 139. The bronze medalists: Carla Arnolds, Marion Michielsen, Jet Pasman, Anneke Simons, Wietske van Zwol, Meike Wortel; Alex van Reenen npc, Hans Kelder coach. </p><p>Jill Meyers now has four Venice Cup wins (after 1993, 1997 and 2007), Levin three (2003, 2007) and Seamon-Molson two (2003). Meyers is the first to win six world titles for women, as Nicola Smith would have been with an England victory. She has won five medals in Venice Cup tournaments, as have the Dutch women Arnolds, Pasman, and Simons.<sup id="cite_ref-2013final_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2013final-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2015">2015</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venice_Cup&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2015"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2015 the Venice Cup was held in <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a> (formerly Madras), India. It was won by France, with USA2 taking silver. England beat the Netherlands in the bronze medal play-off.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2017">2017</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venice_Cup&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2017"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2017 the Venice Cup was held in <a href="/wiki/Lyon" title="Lyon">Lyon</a>, France. It was won by China, with England taking silver. Sweden beat Poland in the bronze medal play-off.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2019">2019</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venice_Cup&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2019"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2019 the Venice Cup was held in <a href="/wiki/Wuhan" title="Wuhan">Wuhan</a>, China. It was won by Sweden, with China taking silver. England beat Netherlands in the bronze medal play-off.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2022">2022</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venice_Cup&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2022"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The tournament was scheduled for 2021 but was held in <a href="/wiki/Salsomaggiore" class="mw-redirect" title="Salsomaggiore">Salsomaggiore</a>, Italy in 2022 due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. It was won by Sweden, with Turkiye taking silver. England and Poland shared the bronze medal.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2023">2023</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venice_Cup&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 2023"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The tournament was held in <a href="/wiki/Marrakech" class="mw-redirect" title="Marrakech">Marrakech</a>, Italy in 2023. It was won by Israel, with Turkiye taking silver. 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style="width:4em;background-color:silver;color:#333">Silver</th><th scope="col" class="headerSort" style="width:4em;background-color:#c96;color:#333">Bronze</th><th scope="col" style="width:4em">Total</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" 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style="font-size:90%;">(FRA)</span></th><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(CHN)</span></th><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(GER)</span></th><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">Great Britain</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(GBR)</span></th><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="flagicon" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(NED)</span></th><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>4</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(TUR)</span></th><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">12</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(AUT)</span></th><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(INA)</span></th><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="5">14</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(ARG)</span></th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(BRA)</span></th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(CAN)</span></th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="flagicon" style="display:inline-block;width:25px;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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<li>1976 <a href="/wiki/Monte_Carlo" title="Monte Carlo">Monte Carlo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monaco" title="Monaco">Monaco</a></li> <li>1978 <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></li> <li>1981 <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></li> <li>1985 <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo" title="São Paulo">São Paulo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a></li> <li>1987 <a href="/wiki/Ocho_R%C3%ADos" class="mw-redirect" title="Ocho Ríos">Ocho Ríos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a></li> <li>1989 <a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></li> <li>1991 <a href="/wiki/Yokohama" title="Yokohama">Yokohama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></li> <li>1993 <a href="/wiki/Santiago" title="Santiago">Santiago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a></li> <li>1995 <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a></li> <li>1997 <a href="/wiki/Hammamet,_Tunisia" title="Hammamet, Tunisia">Hammamet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a></li> <li>2000 Southampton, <a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a></li> <li>2001 <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></li> <li>2003 <a href="/wiki/Monte_Carlo" title="Monte Carlo">Monte Carlo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monaco" title="Monaco">Monaco</a></li> <li>2005 <a href="/wiki/Estoril" title="Estoril">Estoril</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li>2007 <a href="/wiki/Shanghai" title="Shanghai">Shanghai</a>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a></li> <li>2009 <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo" title="São Paulo">São Paulo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a></li> <li>2011 <a href="/wiki/Veldhoven" title="Veldhoven">Veldhoven</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li>2013 <a href="/wiki/Bali" title="Bali">Bali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li>2015 <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></li> <li>2017 <a href="/wiki/Lyon" title="Lyon">Lyon</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></li> <li>2019 <a href="/wiki/Wuhan" title="Wuhan">Wuhan</a>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a></li> <li>2022 <a href="/wiki/Salsomaggiore" class="mw-redirect" title="Salsomaggiore">Salsomaggiore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a></li> <li>2023 <a href="/wiki/Marrakech" class="mw-redirect" title="Marrakech">Marrakech</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Zones_and_nations">Zones and nations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venice_Cup&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Zones and nations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>See the <a href="/wiki/Senior_Bowl_(bridge)#Zones_and_nations" title="Senior Bowl (bridge)">version at "Senior Bowl"</a>.</i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venice_Cup&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Team_Olympiad" title="World Team Olympiad">World Team Olympiad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_World_Bridge_Team_Championships" title="2021 World Bridge Team Championships">2021 World Bridge Team Championships</a></li></ul> <div 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href="#cite_ref-usa_7-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_7-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_7-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_7-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_7-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_7-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_7-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_7-16"><sup><i><b>q</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_7-17"><sup><i><b>r</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_7-18"><sup><i><b>s</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_7-19"><sup><i><b>t</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Complete final standings for the entire history show double representation for the US from 1985 to date except 1989. Select "Venue" links at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/worldchampionships/TeamChampionships.asp?qmenuid=20">"World Team Championships to Date"</a>. WBF. Retrieved 2011-08-17.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Documents/ScheduleOfPlay_VeniceCup.pdf">Schedule of Play / Venice Cup</a>. 2011. WBF. <br />Given the full round-robin structure, the particular schedule should make no difference in the outcome of the first stage.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Venice_Cup&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/worldchampionships/default.asp">World Championships</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111121154520/http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/worldchampionships/default.asp">Archived</a> 2011-11-21 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. World Bridge Federation (<b>WBF</b>). Retrieved 2011-12-04.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-info2011-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-info2011_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a href="#40th">40th World Teams</a>, Information.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://championships.worldbridge.org/marrakech2023">[1]</a>. 46th World Bridge Team Championships, WBF. Retrieved 2023-09-07.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFAlan_Truscott1987" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Truscott" title="Alan Truscott">Alan Truscott</a> (1987-06-21). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE1DB153EF932A15755C0A961948260">"BRIDGE: A Viennese Victory"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Times">New York Times</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-08-14</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=New+York+Times&rft.atitle=BRIDGE%3A+A+Viennese+Victory&rft.date=1987-06-21&rft.au=Alan+Truscott&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fquery.nytimes.com%2Fgst%2Ffullpage.html%3Fres%3D9B0DE1DB153EF932A15755C0A961948260&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AVenice+Cup" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/people/person.asp?qryid=1122">Rixi Markus</a> player record at the World Bridge Federation.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/bios/markus.asp">Rixi Markus (1910–1922)</a> biography at the World Bridge Federation.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-y1974-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-y1974_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/worldchampionships/TeamChampRP.asp?qmenudetid=208">20th World Team Championships: Results & Participants</a>, 1974. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-y1976-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-y1976_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/worldchampionships/TeamChampRP.asp?qmenudetid=210">22nd World Team Championships: Results & Participants</a>, 1976. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-y1979-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-y1979_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-y1979_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/worldchampionships/TeamChampRP.asp?qmenudetid=212">24th World Team Championships: Results & Participants</a>, 1979. WBF. <br />The Venice Cup tournament whose standings are listed here was not conducted alongside the 1979 Bermuda Bowl as this source implies, but one year earlier as part of the "5th World Championships", as the meet is now known. (Select the name of any Venice Cup team.) That non-Olympic even-year series originated in 1962 as the "World Pairs Olympiad".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-y1981-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-y1981_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-y1981_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/worldchampionships/TeamChampRP.asp?qmenudetid=213">25th World Team Championships: Results & Participants</a>, 1981. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-y1985-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-y1985_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/worldchampionships/TeamChampRP.asp?qmenudetid=215">27th World Team Championships: Results & Participants</a>, 1985. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-y1987-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-y1987_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/worldchampionships/TeamChampRP.asp?qmenudetid=216">28th World Team Championships: Results & Participants</a>, 1987. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-y1989-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-y1989_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/worldchampionships/TeamChampRP.asp?qmenudetid=217">29th World Team Championships: Results & Participants</a>, 1989. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-y1991-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-y1991_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/worldchampionships/TeamChampRP.asp?qmenudetid=218">30th World Team Championships: Results & Participants</a>, 1991. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-y1993-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-y1993_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/worldchampionships/TeamChampRP.asp?qmenudetid=219">31st World Team Championships: Results & Participants</a>, 1993. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-y1995-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-y1995_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/worldchampionships/TeamChampRP.asp?qmenudetid=220">32nd World Team Championships: Results & Participants</a>, 1995. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-y1997-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-y1997_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/worldchampionships/TeamChampRP.asp?qmenudetid=221">33rd World Team Championships: Results & Participants</a>, 1997. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-news1997-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-news1997_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Tunisia.97/hammamet.htm">1997 World Bridge Championships</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120412024530/http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Tunisia.97/hammamet.htm">Archived</a> 2012-04-12 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> contemporary coverage, 1997. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-y2000-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-y2000_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/worldchampionships/TeamChampRP.asp?qmenudetid=222">34th World Team Championships: Results & Participants</a>, 2000. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-news2000-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-news2000_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Bermuda.00/default.htm">Orbis World Bridge Championships</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516034028/http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Bermuda.00/default.htm">Archived</a> 2012-05-16 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> contemporary coverage, 2000. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-y2001-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-y2001_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/worldchampionships/TeamChampRP.asp?qmenudetid=223">35th World Team Championships: Results & Participants</a>, 2001. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-news2001-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-news2001_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Paris.01/Paris.htm">World Bridge Championships</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120516033947/http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Paris.01/Paris.htm">Archived</a> 2012-05-16 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> contemporary coverage, 2001. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-y2003-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-y2003_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/worldchampionships/TeamChampRP.asp?qmenudetid=345">36th World Team Championships: Results & Participants</a>, 2003. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-news2003-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-news2003_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Montecarlo.03/Monaco.htm">World Bridge Championships</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111202075653/http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Montecarlo.03/Monaco.htm">Archived</a> 2011-12-02 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> contemporary coverage, 2003. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-y2005-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-y2005_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/worldchampionships/TeamChampRP.asp?qmenudetid=369">37th World Team Championships: Results & Participants</a>, 2005. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-news2005-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-news2005_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Estoril.05/Estoril.htm">World Team Championships</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111202075933/http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/estoril.05/estoril.htm">Archived</a> 2011-12-02 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> contemporary coverage, 2005. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-y2007-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-y2007_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/worldchampionships/TeamChampRP.asp?qmenudetid=419">38th World Team Championships: Results & Participants</a>, 2007. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-news2007-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-news2007_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Shanghai.07/Shanghai.htm">38th World Team Championships</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111202075957/http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/shanghai.07/shanghai.htm">Archived</a> 2011-12-02 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> contemporary coverage, 2007. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-y2009-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-y2009_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/worldchampionships/TeamChampRP.asp?qmenudetid=466">39th World Team Championships: Results & Participants</a>, 2009. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-news2009-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-news2009_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/SaoPaulo.09/SaoPaulo.htm">39th World Team Championships</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111221014112/http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/SaoPaulo.09/SaoPaulo.htm">Archived</a> 2011-12-21 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> contemporary coverage, 2009. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-y2011-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-y2011_32-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/worldchampionships/TeamChampRP.asp?qmenudetid=513">40th World Team Championships: Results & Participants</a>. WBF. Retrieved 2011-12-01.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-news2011-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-news2011_33-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#40th">40th World Teams</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-y2013-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-y2013_34-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/bali-results-bulletins.aspx">41st World Team Championships: Results & Bulletins</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-y2015-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-y2015_35-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">42nd World Team Championships. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-y2017-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-y2017_36-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">43rd World Team Championships. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-y2019-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-y2019_37-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">44th World Team Championships. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-y2022-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-y2022_38-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">45th World Team Championships. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-y2023-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-y2023_39-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">46th World Team Championships. WBF.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sched2009-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sched2009_40-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/SaoPaulo.09/Results.htm">39th World Teams, Results</a> (linked schedule), 2009. WBF. <br />The schedule is linked to session-by-session and cumulative scores for 13 days of Venice Cup tournament play.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">39th World Teams, Results: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/SaoPaulo.09/149.htm">Women Butler scores</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-final2011-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-final2011_42-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-final2011_42-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a href="#40th">40th World Teams</a>, Results: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Microsite/Results/knockoutphase.asp?qtournid=886&qphase=FF">Women final</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/departments/mps/mastersinfo.asp?qcat=W">Women World Grand Masters</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100530110039/http://www.worldbridge.org/departments/mps/mastersinfo.asp?qcat=W">Archived</a> 2010-05-30 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. WBF. Retrieved 2011-12-10.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/worldchampionships/TeamChampionships.asp?qmenuid=20">"World Team Championships to Date"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615133957/http://www.worldbridge.org/competitions/worldchampionships/TeamChampionships.asp?qmenuid=20">Archived</a> 2006-06-15 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>: Select annual "Venue" links.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a href="#40th">40th World Teams</a>, Participants.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-quota-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-quota_46-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> "Participation in the Bermuda Bowl, Venice Cup & D'Orsi Senior Bowl" (May 2011), <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/departments/rules/GeneralConditionsOfContest2011.pdf">General Conditions of Contest for all World Championships ...</a></i>, Appendix 7. WBF. Retrieved 2011-12-12.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-euro2010-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-euro2010_47-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.eurobridge.org/competitions/european_championships/TeamChampRP.asp?qmenudetid=486">Results & Participants</a>, 50th European Team Championships, 2010. <a href="/wiki/European_Bridge_League" title="European Bridge League">European Bridge League</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Microsite/Results/RoundTeams.asp?qtournid=882&qroundno=21">Women round-robin match 21 and standings</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a href="#40th">40th World Teams</a>, Results: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Microsite/Results/knockoutphase.asp?qtournid=886&qphase=QF">Women quarterfinals</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a href="#40th">40th World Teams</a>, Results: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Microsite/Results/BoardDetailsKO.asp?qmatchid=38993&qphase=QF">France–China final segment scorecard</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a href="#40th">40th World Teams</a>, Results: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Microsite/Results/PlayDetailsKO.asp?qboard=032.06.QF.886&qtournid=886&qmatchid=38993&qphase=QF">France–China final deal bidding and play</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a href="#40th">40th World Teams</a>, Results: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/tourn/Veldhoven.11/Microsite/Results/knockoutphase.asp?qtournid=886&qphase=SF">Women semifinals</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2013final-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-2013final_54-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2013final_54-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldbridge.org/repository/tourn/bali.13/microsite/bulletins/Bul_14.pdf">Roll of Honour</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bidding_systems" title="List of bidding systems">List of bidding systems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2/1_game_forcing" title="2/1 game forcing">2/1 game forcing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acol" title="Acol">Acol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bidding_system" title="Bidding system">Bidding system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Club" title="Blue Club">Blue Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boring_Club" title="Boring Club">Boring Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridge_Base_Basic" title="Bridge Base Basic">Bridge Base Basic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridge_World_Standard" title="Bridge World Standard">Bridge World Standard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canap%C3%A9_(bridge)" title="Canapé (bridge)">Canapé (bridge)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrot_Club" title="Carrot Club">Carrot Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EHAA" title="EHAA">EHAA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fantunes" title="Fantunes">Fantunes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highly_unusual_method" title="Highly unusual method">Highly unusual method</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaplan%E2%80%93Sheinwold" title="Kaplan–Sheinwold">Kaplan–Sheinwold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Major" title="Little Major">Little Major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moscito" title="Moscito">Moscito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_Club" title="Polish Club">Polish Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Precision_Club" title="Precision Club">Precision Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Club" title="Roman Club">Roman Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romex_system" title="Romex system">Romex system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A4ffle_Spade" title="Säffle Spade">Säffle Spade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standard_American" title="Standard American">Standard American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strong_club_system" title="Strong club system">Strong club system</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Conventions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Bridge_conventions" title="Category:Bridge conventions">List of bidding conventions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Card_play" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Card play</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent; text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_play_techniques_(bridge)" title="List of play techniques (bridge)">List of play techniques</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avoidance_play" title="Avoidance play">Avoidance play</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beer_card" title="Beer card">Beer card</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caddy_(bridge)" title="Caddy (bridge)">Caddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Card_reading_(bridge)" title="Card reading (bridge)">Card reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duck_(bridge)" title="Duck (bridge)">Duck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Endplay" title="Endplay">Endplay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Entry_(cards)" title="Entry (cards)">Entry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grosvenor_gambit" title="Grosvenor gambit">Grosvenor gambit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hold_up_(bridge)" title="Hold up (bridge)">Hold up</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percentage_play" title="Percentage play">Percentage play</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pin_(bridge)" title="Pin (bridge)">Pin (bridge)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principle_of_restricted_choice" title="Principle of restricted choice">Principle of restricted choice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contract_bridge_probabilities" title="Contract bridge probabilities">Probabilities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revoke" title="Revoke">Revoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruff_(cards)" title="Ruff (cards)">Ruff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shooting_(bridge)" title="Shooting (bridge)">Shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smother_play" title="Smother play">Smother play</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tempo_(bridge)" title="Tempo (bridge)">Tempo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trump_promotion" title="Trump promotion">Trump promotion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uppercut_(bridge)" title="Uppercut (bridge)">Uppercut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vacant_Places" title="Vacant Places">Vacant Places</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Declarer play</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><span class="smallcaps">Basic:</span></span></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finesse" title="Finesse">Finesse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safety_play" title="Safety play">Safety play</a></li> <li><b><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><span class="smallcaps">Coups:</span></span></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alcatraz_coup" title="Alcatraz coup">Alcatraz coup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bath_coup" title="Bath coup">Bath coup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belladonna_coup" title="Belladonna coup">Belladonna coup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coup_(bridge)" title="Coup (bridge)">Coup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coup_en_passant" title="Coup en passant">Coup en passant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crocodile_coup" title="Crocodile coup">Crocodile coup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deschapelles_coup" title="Deschapelles coup">Deschapelles coup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devil%27s_coup" title="Devil's coup">Devil's coup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loser_on_loser" title="Loser on loser">Loser on loser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merrimac_coup" title="Merrimac coup">Merrimac coup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morton%27s_fork_coup" title="Morton's fork coup">Morton's fork coup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scissors_coup" title="Scissors coup">Scissors coup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trump_coup" title="Trump coup">Trump coup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vienna_coup" title="Vienna coup">Vienna coup</a></li> <li><b><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><span class="smallcaps">Squeezes:</span></span></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Backwash_squeeze" title="Backwash squeeze">Backwash squeeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannibal_squeeze" title="Cannibal squeeze">Cannibal squeeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clash_squeeze" title="Clash squeeze">Clash squeeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compound_squeeze" title="Compound squeeze">Compound squeeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criss-cross_squeeze" title="Criss-cross squeeze">Criss-cross squeeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_squeeze" title="Double squeeze">Double squeeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Entry_squeeze" title="Entry squeeze">Entry squeeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Entry-shifting_squeeze" title="Entry-shifting squeeze">Entry-shifting squeeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guard_squeeze" title="Guard squeeze">Guard squeeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knockout_squeeze" title="Knockout squeeze">Knockout squeeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-simultaneous_double_squeeze" title="Non-simultaneous double squeeze">Non-simultaneous double squeeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_squeeze" title="Progressive squeeze">Progressive squeeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudo-squeeze" title="Pseudo-squeeze">Pseudo-squeeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saturated_squeeze" title="Saturated squeeze">Saturated squeeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simple_squeeze" title="Simple squeeze">Simple squeeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simultaneous_double_squeeze" title="Simultaneous double squeeze">Simultaneous double squeeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Single-suit_squeeze" title="Single-suit squeeze">Single-suit squeeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squeeze_play_(bridge)" title="Squeeze play (bridge)">Squeeze play</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stepping-stone_squeeze" title="Stepping-stone squeeze">Stepping-stone squeeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strip_squeeze" title="Strip squeeze">Strip squeeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_squeeze" title="Triple squeeze">Triple squeeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trump_squeeze" title="Trump squeeze">Trump squeeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_squeeze" title="Vice squeeze">Vice squeeze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winkle_squeeze" title="Winkle squeeze">Winkle squeeze</a></li> <li><b><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><span class="smallcaps">Suit combinations:</span></span></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suit_combination" title="Suit combination">Suit combination</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defender play</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Forcing_defense" title="Forcing defense">Forcing defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Journalist_leads" title="Journalist leads">Journalist leads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opening_lead" title="Opening lead">Opening lead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rule_of_10-12" title="Rule of 10-12">Rule of 10-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rule_of_11" title="Rule of 11">Rule of 11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rusinow_leads" title="Rusinow leads">Rusinow leads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Signal_(bridge)" title="Signal (bridge)">Signal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smith_signal" title="Smith signal">Smith signal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="People_and_organizations" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">People and organizations</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent; text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ACBL_Youngest_Life_Master" title="ACBL Youngest Life Master">ACBL Youngest Life Master</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_contract_bridge_people" title="List of contract bridge people">List of contract bridge people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sportspeople_who_competed_for_more_than_one_country#Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="List of sportspeople who competed for more than one country">List of nationality transfers in sport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridge_Headquarters" title="Bridge Headquarters">Bridge Headquarters</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Players by country</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Australian_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:Australian contract bridge players">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Austrian_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:Austrian contract bridge players">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Brazilian_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:Brazilian contract bridge players">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:British_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:British contract bridge players">Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Bulgarian_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:Bulgarian contract bridge players">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Canadian_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:Canadian contract bridge players">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Chinese_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:Chinese contract bridge players">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Danish_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:Danish contract bridge players">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Dutch_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:Dutch contract bridge players">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Egyptian_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:Egyptian contract bridge players">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:English_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:English contract bridge players">England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Fictional_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:Fictional contract bridge players">Fiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:French_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:French contract bridge players">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:German_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:German contract bridge players">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Hungarian_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:Hungarian contract bridge players">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Indian_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:Indian contract bridge players">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Irish_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:Irish contract bridge players">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Israeli_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:Israeli contract bridge players">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Italian_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:Italian contract bridge players">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mexican_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:Mexican contract bridge players">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Monegasque_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:Monegasque contract bridge players">Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:New_Zealand_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:New Zealand contract bridge players">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Norwegian_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:Norwegian contract bridge players">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pakistani_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:Pakistani contract bridge players">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Polish_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:Polish contract bridge players">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Russian_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:Russian contract bridge players">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Swedish_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:Swedish contract bridge players">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Swiss_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:Swiss contract bridge players">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Taiwanese_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:Taiwanese contract bridge players">Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:American_contract_bridge_players" title="Category:American contract bridge players">United States</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_contract_bridge_people#People_with_Wikipedia_articles" title="List of contract bridge people">List of bridge people with Wikipedia (English) articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Contract_bridge_administrators" title="Category:Contract bridge administrators">List of bridge administrators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Contract_bridge_writers" title="Category:Contract bridge writers">List of bridge writers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Team_(bridge)" title="Blue Team (bridge)">Blue Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Aces" title="Dallas Aces">Dallas Aces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Aces_(bridge)" title="Four Aces (bridge)">Four Aces</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Clubs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bridge_Base_Online" title="Bridge Base Online">Bridge Base Online</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavendish_Club" title="Cavendish Club">Cavendish Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crockford%27s_(club)" title="Crockford's (club)">Crockford's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galatasaray_Bridge_Team" title="Galatasaray Bridge Team">Galatasaray Bridge Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melville_Bridge_Club" title="Melville Bridge Club">Melville Bridge Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portland_Club_(London)" title="Portland Club (London)">Portland Club (London)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savoy_Club" title="Savoy Club">Savoy Club</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Governing bodies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Bridge_Association" title="American Bridge Association">American Bridge Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Contract_Bridge_League" title="American Contract Bridge League">American Contract Bridge League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austrian_Bridge_Federation" title="Austrian Bridge Federation">Austrian Bridge Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Bridge_Federation" title="Brazilian Bridge Federation">Brazilian Bridge Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridge_Federation_of_India" title="Bridge Federation of India">Bridge Federation of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Bridge_League" title="British Bridge League">British Bridge League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Bridge_Federation" title="Canadian Bridge Federation">Canadian Bridge Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Bridge_Federation" title="Dutch Bridge Federation">Dutch Bridge Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Bridge_Union" title="English Bridge Union">English Bridge Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Bridge_League" title="European Bridge League">European Bridge League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Bridge_Federation" title="Hungarian Bridge Federation">Hungarian Bridge Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Mind_Sports_Association" title="International Mind Sports Association">International Mind Sports Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_contract_bridge_governing_bodies" title="List of contract bridge governing bodies">List of contract bridge governing bodies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Bridge_Federation" title="Norwegian Bridge Federation">Norwegian Bridge Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_African_Bridge_Federation" title="South African Bridge Federation">South African Bridge Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Bridge_Federation" title="United States Bridge Federation">United States Bridge Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Bridge_Federation" title="World Bridge Federation">World Bridge Federation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Championships" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Championships</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent; text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bridge_competitions_and_awards" title="List of bridge competitions and awards">List of bridge competitions and awards</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">World</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bermuda_Bowl" title="Bermuda Bowl">Bermuda Bowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridge_at_the_2008_World_Mind_Sports_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Bridge at the 2008 World Mind Sports Games">Bridge at the 2008 World Mind Sports Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridge_at_the_2012_World_Mind_Sports_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Bridge at the 2012 World Mind Sports Games">Bridge at the 2012 World Mind Sports Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavendish_Invitational" title="Cavendish Invitational">Cavendish Invitational</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Computer_Olympiad#Bridge" title="Computer Olympiad">Computer Olympiad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McConnell_Cup" title="McConnell Cup">McConnell Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosenblum_Cup" title="Rosenblum Cup">Rosenblum Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senior_Bowl_(bridge)" title="Senior Bowl (bridge)">Senior Bowl (bridge)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_crown_of_bridge" title="Triple crown of bridge">Triple crown of bridge</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Venice Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBF_Youth_Award" title="WBF Youth Award">WBF Youth Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Bridge_Championships" title="World Bridge Championships">World Bridge Championships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_IMP_Pairs_Championship" title="World IMP Pairs Championship">World IMP Pairs Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Junior_Pairs_Championship" title="World Junior Pairs Championship">World Junior Pairs Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Junior_Teams_Championship" title="World Junior Teams Championship">World Junior Teams Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Mind_Sports_Games" title="World Mind Sports Games">World Mind Sports Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Mixed_Pairs_Championship" title="World Mixed Pairs Championship">World Mixed Pairs Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Mixed_Teams_Championship" title="World Mixed Teams Championship">World Mixed Teams Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Open_Pairs_Championship" title="World Open Pairs Championship">World Open Pairs Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Senior_Pairs_Championship" title="World Senior Pairs Championship">World Senior Pairs Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Senior_Teams_Championship" title="World Senior Teams Championship">World Senior Teams Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Team_Olympiad" title="World Team Olympiad">World Team Olympiad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Transnational_Open_Teams_Championship" title="World Transnational Open Teams Championship">World Transnational Open Teams Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Women_Pairs_Championship" title="World Women Pairs Championship">World Women Pairs Championship</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National and Zonal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buffett_Cup" title="Buffett Cup">Buffett Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camrose_Trophy" title="Camrose Trophy">Camrose Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Nations_Bridge_Championships" title="Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championships">Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Universities_Bridge_Championships" title="European Universities Bridge Championships">European Universities Bridge Championships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Cup_(bridge)" title="Gold Cup (bridge)">Gold Cup (bridge)</a></li> <li><b><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><span class="smallcaps">North American bridge Championships:</span></span></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ACBL_King_or_Queen_of_Bridge" title="ACBL King or Queen of Bridge">ACBL King or Queen of Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Kaplan_Blue_Ribbon_Pairs" title="Edgar Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs">Edgar Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_LM%E2%80%935000_Pairs" title="Bruce LM–5000 Pairs">Bruce LM–5000 Pairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Mixed_Board-a-Match" title="Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match">Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_National_Open_Pairs" title="Fall National Open Pairs">Fall National Open Pairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fast_Open_Pairs" title="Fast Open Pairs">Fast Open Pairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fishbein_Trophy" title="Fishbein Trophy">Fishbein Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goren_Trophy" title="Goren Trophy">Goren Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_National_Teams" title="Grand National Teams">Grand National Teams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilliard_Mixed_Pairs" title="Hilliard Mixed Pairs">Hilliard Mixed Pairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacoby_Open_Swiss_Teams" title="Jacoby Open Swiss Teams">Jacoby Open Swiss Teams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keohane_North_American_Swiss_Teams" title="Keohane North American Swiss Teams">Keohane North American Swiss Teams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebhar_IMP_Pairs" title="Lebhar IMP Pairs">Lebhar IMP Pairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leventritt_Silver_Ribbon_Pairs" title="Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs">Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Machlin_Women%27s_Swiss_Teams" title="Machlin Women's Swiss Teams">Machlin Women's Swiss Teams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manfield_Non-Life_Master_Pairs" title="Manfield Non-Life Master Pairs">Manfield Non-Life Master Pairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Cup" title="Marcus Cup">Marcus Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Master_Individual" title="Master Individual">Master Individual</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mini-Blue_Ribbon_Pairs" title="Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs">Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mini-Spingold" title="Mini-Spingold">Mini-Spingold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Board-a-Match_Teams" title="Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams">Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mott-Smith_Trophy" title="Mott-Smith Trophy">Mott-Smith Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nail_Life_Master_Open_Pairs" title="Nail Life Master Open Pairs">Nail Life Master Open Pairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_199er_Pairs" title="National 199er Pairs">National 199er Pairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_49er_Pairs" title="National 49er Pairs">National 49er Pairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_99er_Pairs" title="National 99er Pairs">National 99er Pairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-Life_Master_Swiss_Teams" title="Non-Life Master Swiss Teams">Non-Life Master Swiss Teams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Kay_Platinum_Pairs" title="Norman Kay Platinum Pairs">Norman Kay Platinum Pairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Bridge_Championships" title="North American Bridge Championships">North American Bridge Championships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Pairs" title="North American Pairs">North American Pairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Ribbon_Pairs" title="Red Ribbon Pairs">Red Ribbon Pairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reisinger" title="Reisinger">Reisinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_Mixed_Pairs" title="Rockwell Mixed Pairs">Rockwell Mixed Pairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roth_Open_Swiss_Teams" title="Roth Open Swiss Teams">Roth Open Swiss Teams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senior_Knockout_Teams" title="Senior Knockout Teams">Senior Knockout Teams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silodor_Open_Pairs" title="Silodor Open Pairs">Silodor Open Pairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smith_Life_Master_Women%27s_Pairs" title="Smith Life Master Women's Pairs">Smith Life Master Women's Pairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spingold" title="Spingold">Spingold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sternberg_Women%27s_Board-a-Match_Teams" title="Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams">Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truscott_Senior_Swiss_Teams" title="Truscott Senior Swiss Teams">Truscott Senior Swiss Teams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Bridge_Championships_-_Open" title="United States Bridge Championships - Open">United States Bridge Championships - Open</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanderbilt_Trophy" title="Vanderbilt Trophy">Vanderbilt Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Von_Zedtwitz_Life_Master_Pairs" title="Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs">Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wagar_Women%27s_Knockout_Teams" title="Wagar Women's Knockout Teams">Wagar Women's Knockout Teams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wernher_Open_Pairs" title="Wernher Open Pairs">Wernher Open Pairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitehead_Women%27s_Pairs" title="Whitehead Women's Pairs">Whitehead Women's Pairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_LM%E2%80%931500_Pairs" title="Young LM–1500 Pairs">Young LM–1500 Pairs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Publications_and_resources" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Publications and resources</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent; text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Books</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_contract_bridge_books" title="List of contract bridge books">List of contract bridge books</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Master_Point_Press" title="Master Point Press">Master Point Press</a></li> <li><b><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><span class="smallcaps">Bibliographies:</span></span></b> <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Kantar_bibliography" title="Edwin Kantar bibliography">Edwin Kantar bibliography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Kelsey#Publications" title="Hugh Kelsey">Hugh Kelsey bibliography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terence_Reese_bibliography" title="Terence Reese bibliography">Terence Reese bibliography</a></li> <li><b><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue"><span class="smallcaps">Books:</span></span></b> <i><a href="/wiki/25_Bridge_Conventions_You_Should_Know" title="25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know">25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bridge_Squeezes_Complete" title="Bridge Squeezes Complete">Bridge Squeezes Complete</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cardturner" title="The Cardturner">The Cardturner</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Contract_Bridge_for_Beginners" title="Contract Bridge for Beginners">Contract Bridge for Beginners</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Design_for_Bidding" title="Design for Bidding">Design for Bidding</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Official_Encyclopedia_of_Bridge" title="The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge">The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Planning_the_Play_of_a_Bridge_Hand" title="Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand">Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Right_Through_the_Pack" title="Right Through the Pack">Right Through the Pack</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tickets_to_the_Devil" title="Tickets to the Devil">Tickets to the Devil</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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