The 2005 World Bridge Championships, comprises the Bermuda Bowl, Venice Cup, Seniors Bowl and Transnational Open Teams competitions.

Our Teams

CANADA has a team entered in each of the three events.

VENICE CUP
John Gowdy NPC, Beverley Kraft, Joan Eaton, Dianna Gordon, barbara Clinton, Francine Cimon, Linda Lee

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BERMUDA BOWL
Michael Gamble NPC, George Mittelman, Arno Hobart, John Carruthers, Joseph Silver, Boris Baran, Allan Graves, Eric Kokish, COACH.

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SENIOR CUP
Marc LaChappelle NPC, Michael Cummings, David Lindop, John Bowman, Bill Bowman, Pierre Daigneault, Stephen Brown, David T. Willis COACH.

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About the events

(source: WBF Offical Championship Page)

The Bermuda Bowl is the symbol of world supremacy at bridge. It is awarded to the winner of the open teams competition between the representatives of the WBF geographical zones. Since its inauguration in 1950, the competition has been played 36 times. The United States of America were victorious 17 times, while their European rival, Italy, prevailed 13 times. The other titles were won by France (twice), Great Britain, Brazil, Iceland and The Netherlands.

The Venice Cup is awarded to the winner of the zonal competition for women players. It was established in 1974 and since then only four countries have won it. The United States of America leads the race with 9 titles, while Europe follows with five successes achieved by Great Britain (twice), Germany (twice) and The Netherlands.

The Seniors Bowl is a new competition for senior players (56 years of age or older). Representative teams from all zones are invited to participate. The winners at the inaugural event, which took place in 2001 in Paris, France, were the United States of America, who kept the title in the second event, held in 2003 in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

The World Transnational Open Teams Championship came into being in 1997 in Hammamet, Tunisia. It is contested by teams nominated by the NBOs without nationality or other restrictions. The first winners were the team led by Leandro Burgay of Italy, while in the second edition the title went to the USA team captained by Rose Meltzer. In Monte Carlo, Monaco 2003, the winning team was Lavazza which comprised Italian players.