World Championship
2024 World Bridge Games
Oct 21 – Nov 3, 2024
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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2023 World Bridge Teams
August 20 – Sept 2, 2023
Marrakech, Morocco
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2022 World Bridge Series
August 19 – Sept 3, 2022
Wroclaw, Poland
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2021 World Bridge Teams
March 27 – April 9, 2022
Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy
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2019 World Bridge Team Championships
September 14-28, 2019.
Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
GBL Jump Page with tournament links click here
2018 World Bridge Series
21 September 2018 Florida, USA
GBL Jump Page with tournament links click here
2017 World Bridge Teams Championships
12-26 August 2017 Lyon France
GBL Jump Page with tournament links click here
2016 World Bridge Games
3-17 September 2016 Wroclaw Poland
GBL Jump Page with tournament links, bulletins and more click here
2015 World Bridge Teams Championships
26th September – 10th October 2015
GBL Jump Page with tournament links click here
Tournament Archives
What is Duplicate Bridge?
Duplicate bridge is the most widely used variation of contract bridge played in clubs and at bridge tournaments. It is called duplicate because the same bridge deal (i.e. the specific arrangement of the 52 cards into the four hands) is played at each table and scoring is based on how well you did on the hand as compared to everyone else who played it. Read all about Duplicate Bridge here →
Other Good Tournament Links
BridgeScanner™ easy to use Bridge Tournament Portal. Available in English, Polish and Russian. Click here for more.
IBPA – International Bridge Press Association Bridge Calendar Click here.
Bridge Base Online Vugraphs Live vugraphs. Click Here for Schedule
Bridge Daily Bulletins.Thousands of Daily Bulletins from tournaments around the world and throughout history can be found here. Great resource for hands, articles, history and more. Click here for more.
The Bridge Archive. Represents vugraphed events by Bridge Base Online in Google and user friendly way. Deals can also be filtered with hand parameters. Click here for more.
LiveBridge.Net. Vugraph Schedules and Live Theatre. Click here for more.
2016 World Bridge Games, Wroclaw, Poland
3rd – 17th September at the magnificent Hala Stulecia, or Centennial Hall
The World Bridge Games comprises National Open, Women’s, Seniors and, for the first time Mixed Teams followed by National Open, Women’s Seniors and Mixed Pairs Championships.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS!
‘Open Teams
1. Netherlands (Sjoert Brink, Simon de Wijs, Bas Drijver, Bob Drijver, Bauke Muller, Bart Nab)
2. Monaco
3. Poland
Women’s Teams
1. USA (Lynn Deas, Beth Palmer, Kerri Sanborn, Janice Seamon-Molson, Sylvia Shi, Tobi Sokolow)
2. France
3. China
Seniors Teams
1. USA (Bob Hamman, Hemant Lall, Zia Mahmood, Chip Martel, Jeff Meckstroth, Reese Milner)
2. France
3. Denmark
Mixed Teams
1. Netherlands (Aida Jansma, Jan Jansma, Richard Ritmeijer, Magdalena Ticha)
2. Russia
3. Bulgaria
Open Pairs
1. Sabine Auken-Roy Welland (Germany)
2. Ashley Bach-Michael Cornell (New Zealand)
3. Keyzad Anklesaria-Sunit Chokshi (India)
Women’s Pairs
1. Hila Levi-Adi Asulin (Israel)
2. Marina Pilipovic-Nikica Sver (Croatia)
3. Ling Gu-Tao Zhou (China)
Seniors Pairs
1. Goran Sellden-Bjorn Wenneberg (Sweden)
2. John Carruthers-Joseph Silver (Canada)
3. Badal Chandra Das-Aloke Sadhu (India)
Mixed Pairs
1. Igor Khazanov-Maria Lebedeva (Russia)
2. Marta Sikora-Adam Walczynski (Poland)
3. Anna Kowalska-Marek Tyran (Poland)
Young Polish Bridge Players set new world record. by Mark Horton Read more
IBPA Awards – George Rosenkranz wins Personality of the Year. Read more here >
LIVE from Poland – Videos, results, photos and more Click Here
Daily Bulletins Page – Click Here
Daily Results Page – Click Here
Tournament Background
Tournament Background
The World Bridge Games were formerly known as the World Teams Olympiad. The event became the World Bridge Games in 2008 when it was held as part of the World Mind Sport Games in Beijing and was again held as part of the Mind Sport Games in Lille in 2012. Following these two occasions it will now revert to being the World Bridge Games organised and run by the World Bridge Federation.
The World Bridge Games are held every four years, in the same year as the Summer Olympics (a leap year).
The event comprises Open, Women’s and Senior Teams and Pairs Championships for National Teams with one team from each WBF Member Country being invited to participate in each of the three series.
Articles and Blogs
Articles and Blogs
There’s nothing like a world championships to inspire the best bridge writers in the world. Here are some links and we’ll be adding to this list as the tournament continues!
Mark Horton hosts Bridge by Question and Answer – If you would like to ask a question or comment on any aspect of the Championships it will be answered by a member of an expert panel. Click Here
Bridge Winners World Bridge Games Page Click Here
World Bridge Championship Live Bulletins Website wbchampbulletin.org
World Computer Championships
World Computer Bridge Championship
This year’s World Championships is sponsored by Ourgame, a leading online card and board game developer and operator in China. Computer World Championships Official Website