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Bermuda Bowl is the term for World team championships in contract bridge named after the first edition held in Bermuda, in 1950. The event started out as a competition between USA, Europe and Britain. The first edition in 1950 was won by USA. After this, the Bermuda Bowl became a yearly challenge match between the USA and the European Champions. Over time, the format has changed several times, including more and more teams.
   Currently the Bermuda Bowl is held every two years with 22 teams participating: The host country, 6 from Europe, 3 from North America, 2 from South America, 2 from Asia & Middle East, 1 from Central America & Caribbean, 3 from Pacific Asia, 2 from South Pacific, 2 from Africa. The Venice Cup and Senior Bowl are held at the same venue in a similar format. The World Transnational Open Team Championship starts after the qualifying stages for the three major events have been concluded.
   The 2007 Bermuda Bowl (38th) was held in Shanghai, China. Norway (Geir Helgemo–Tor Helness, Boye Brogeland–Erik Saelensmide, Glenn Grøtheim–Ulf Tundal) claimed their first title. Pre-event favourites Italy went out in the quarterfinals against South Africa while USA 2 failed to reach the knockout stage.
   The 2009 event is scheduled to take place in São Paulo, Brazil.

Previous competitions

Year	enue	eams	inner/Runner up
1950	Hamilton, Bermuda	3	USA John Crawford, Charles Goren, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor, Samuel Stayman
1950	Hamilton, Bermuda	3	Great Britain Leslie Dodds, Nico Gardener, Kenneth Konstam, Joel Tarlo, Louis Tarlo, Maurice Harrison-Gray
1951	Naples, Italy	2	USA B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Samuel Stayman
1951	Naples, Italy	2	Italy Paolo Baroni, Eugenio Chiaradia, Pietro Forquet, Mario Franco, Augusto Ricci, Guglielmo Siniscalco
1953	New York City, USA	2	USA B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, Theodore Lightner, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Samuel Stayman
1953	New York City, USA	2	Sweden Gunnar Anulf, Rudolf Kock, Robert Larsen, Nils-Olaf Lilliehook, Jan Wohlin, Einar Werner
1954	Monte Carlo, Monaco	2	USA Clifford Bishop, Milton Ellenby, Lew Mathe, Don Oakie, Bill Rosen, Douglas Steen
1954	Monte Carlo, Monaco	2	France Jacques Amouraben, René Bacherich, Jean Besse -, Pierre Ghestem, Marcel Kornblum, Karl Schneider -
1955	New York City, USA	2	Great Britain Leslie Dodds, Kenneth Konstam, Adam Meredith, Jordanis Pavlides, Terence Reese, Boris Schapiro
1955	New York City, USA	2	USA Clifford Bishop, Milton Ellenby, Lew Mathe, John Moran, Bill Rosen, Alvin Roth
1956	Paris, France	2	France René Bacherich, Pierre Ghestem, Pierre Jaïs, Roger Lattes, Bertrand Romanet, Roger Trezel
1956	Paris, France	2	USA Myron Field, Charles Goren, Lee Hazen, Richard Kahn, Charles Solomon, Samuel Stayman
1957	New York City, USA	2	Italy Massimo d'Alelio, Walter Avarelli, Giorgio Belladonna, Eugenio Chiaradia, Pietro Forquet, Guglielmo Siniscalco
1957	New York City, USA	2	USA Charles Goren, Boris Koytchou, Peter Leventritt, Harold Ogust, Bill Seamon, Helen Sobel
1958	Como, Italy	3	Italy Massimo d'Alelio, Walter Avarelli, Giorgio Belladonna, Eugenio Chiaradia, Pietro Forquet, Guglielmo Siniscalco
1958	Como, Italy	3	USA B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Alvin Roth, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone
1959	New York City, USA	3	Italy Massimo d'Alelio, Walter Avarelli, Giorgio Belladonna, Eugenio Chiaradia, Pietro Forquet, Guglielmo Siniscalco
1959	New York City, USA	3	USA Harry Fishbein, Sam Fry Jr., Leonard Harmon, Lee Hazen, Sidney Lazard, Ivar Stakgold
1961	Buenos Aires, Argentina	4	Italy Massimo d'Alelio, Walter Avarelli, Giorgio Belladonna, Eugenio Chiaradia, Pietro Forquet, Benito Garozzo
1961	Buenos Aires, Argentina	4	North America John Gerber, Paul Hodge, Norman Kay, Peter Leventritt, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor
1962	New York City, USA	4	Italy Massimo d'Alelio, Walter Avarelli, Giorgio Belladonna, Eugenio Chiaradia, Pietro Forquet, Benito Garozzo
1962	New York City, USA	4	North America Charles Coon, Mervin Key, Lew Mathe, Eric Murray, Bobby Nail, Ron von der Porten
1963	St. Vincent, Italy	4	Italy Massimo d'Alelio, Giorgio Belladonna, Eugenio Chiaradia, Pietro Forquet, Benito Garozzo, Camillo Pabis-Ticci
1963	St. Vincent, Italy	4	North America Jim Jacoby, Robert Jordan, Peter Leventritt, Bobby Nail, Arthur Robinson, Howard Schenken
1965	Buenos Aires, Argentina	4	Italy Massimo d'Alelio, Walter Avarelli, Giorgio Belladonna, Pietro Forquet, Benito Garozzo, Camillo Pabis-Ticci
1965	Buenos Aires, Argentina	4	North America B. Jay Becker, Ivan Erdos, Dorothy Hayden, Peter Leventritt, Kelsey Petterson, Howard Schenken
1966	St. Vincent, Italy	5	Italy Massimo d'Alelio, Walter Avarelli, Giorgio Belladonna, Pietro Forquet, Benito Garozzo, Camillo Pabis-Ticci
1966	St. Vincent, Italy	5	North America Phil Feldesman, Bob Hamman, Sami Kehela, Lew Mathe, Eric Murray, Ira Rubin
1967	Miami Beach, USA	5	Italy Massimo d'Alelio, Walter Avarelli, Giorgio Belladonna, Pietro Forquet, Benito Garozzo, Camillo Pabis-Ticci
1967	Miami Beach, USA	5	North America Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Sami Kehela, Eric Murray, Bill Root, Alvin Roth
1969	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	5	Italy Massimo d'Alelio, Walter Avarelli, Giorgio Belladonna, Pietro Forquet, Benito Garozzo, Camillo Pabis-Ticci
1969	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	5	Taiwan Frank Huang, Patrick Huang, C.S. Shen, K.W. Shen, Kovit Suchartkul, Min-Fan Tai
1970	Stockholm, Sweden	5	USA Billy Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Jim Jacoby, Michael Lawrence, Bobby Wolff
1970	Stockholm, Sweden	5	Taiwan Conrad Cheng, Elmer Hsiao, Patrick Huang, Harry Lin, Min-Fan Tai
1971	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	6	Aces Billy Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Jim Jacoby, Michael Lawrence, Bobby Wolff
1971	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	6	France Jean-Michel Boulenger, Pierre Jaïs, Jean-Marc Roudinesco, Jean-Louis Stoppa, Henri Szwarc, Roger Trezel
1973	Guaruja, Brazil	5	Italy Giorgio Belladonna, Benito Bianchi, Pietro Forquet, Giuseppe Garabello, Benito Garozzo, Vito Pittalà
1973	Guaruja, Brazil	5	Aces Mark Blumenthal, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Jim Jacoby, Michael Lawrence, Bobby Wolff
1974	Venice, Italy	6	Italy Giorgio Belladonna, Benito Bianchi, Pietro Forquet, Benito Garozzo
1974	Venice, Italy	6	North America Mark Blumenthal, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Sami Kehela, Eric Murray, Bobby Wolff
1975	Southampton, Bermuda	5	Italy Giorgio Belladonna, Gianfranco Facchini, Arturo Franco, Benito Garozzo, Vito Pittalà, Sergio Zucchelli
1975	Southampton, Bermuda	5	North America Billy Eisenberg, Bob Hamman, Edwin Kantar, Paul Soloway, John Swanson, Bobby Wolff
1976	Monte Carlo, Monaco	6	North America Billy Eisenberg, Fred Hamilton, Eric Paulsen, Hugh Ross, Ira Rubin, Paul Soloway
1976	Monte Carlo, Monaco	6	Italy Giorgio Belladonna, Pietro Forquet, Arturo Franco, Benito Garozzo, Vito Pittalà, Antonio Vivaldi
1977	Manila, Philippines	6	North America Billy Eisenberg, Edwin Kantar, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, John Swanson, Bobby Wolff
1977	Manila, Philippines	6	Defending Champions Fred Hamilton, Mike Passell, Eric Paulsen, Hugh Ross, Ira Rubin, Ron von der Porten
1979	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	6	North America Malcolm Brachman, Billy Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Edwin Kantar, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway
1979	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	6	Italy Giorgio Belladonna, Dano de Falco, Arturo Franco, Benito Garozzo, Lorenzo Lauria, Vito Pittalà
1981	New York, USA	7	USA Russ Arnold, Bobby Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, John Solodar
1981	New York, USA	7	Pakistan Nishat Abedi, Nisar Ahmed, Munir Ata-Ullah, Jan-e-Alam Fazli, Zia Mahmood, Masood Salim
1983	Stockholm, Sweden	10	USA I Michael Becker, Bob Hamman, Ron Rubin, Alan Sontag, Peter Weichsel, Bobby Wolff
1983	Stockholm, Sweden	10	Italy Giorgio Belladonna, Dano de Falco, Arturo Franco, Benito Garozzo, Lorenzo Lauria, Carlo Mosca
1985	São Paulo, Brazil	10	USA Bob Hamman, Chip Martel, Peter Pender, Hugh Ross, Lew Stansby, Bobby Wolff
1985	São Paulo, Brazil	10	Austria Heinrich Berger, Kurt Feichtinger, Jan Fucik, Wolfgang Meinl, Karl Rohan, Franz Terraneo
1987	Ocho Rios, Jamaica	10	USA Bob Hamman, Michael Lawrence, Chip Martel, Hugh Ross, Lew Stansby, Bobby Wolff
1987	Ocho Rios, Jamaica	10	Great Britain John Armstrong, Raymond Brock, Jeremy Flint, Tony Forrester, Graham Kirby, Robert Sheehan
1989	Perth, Australia	10	Brazil Marcelo Branco, Pedro Paulo Branco, Carlos Camacho, Gabriel Chagas, Ricardo Janz, Roberto de Mello
1989	Perth, Australia	10	USA Michael Lawrence, Chip Martel, Peter Pender,Hugh Ross, Lew Stansby, Kit Woolsey
1991	Yokohama, Japan	16	Iceland Gudmundur Arnarson, Orn Arnthorsson, Jon Baldursson, Gudlaugur Johannsson,Thorlakur Jonsson, Adalsteinn Jorgensen
1991	Yokohama, Japan	16	Poland Cezary Balicki, Piotr Gawryś, Krzysztof Lasocki, Krzysztof Martens, Marek Szymanowski, Adam Zmudzinski
1993	Santiago, Chile	16	Netherlands Wubbo de Boer, Piet Jansen, Enri Leufkens, Bauke Muller, Jan Westerhof, Berry Westra
1993	Santiago, Chile	16	Norway Terje Aa, Glenn Grøtheim, Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, Arild Rasmussen, Jon Sveindal
1995	Beijing, China	16	USA II Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Jeff Meckstroth, Nick Nickell, Eric Rodwell, Bobby Wolff
1995	Beijing, China	16	Canada Boris Baran, Fred Gitelman, Eric Kokish, George Mittelman, Mark Molson, Joey Silver
1997	Hammamet, Tunis	18	France Paul Chemla, Alain Levy, Christian Mari, Hervé Mouiel, Franck Multon, Michel Perron
1997	Hammamet, Tunis	18	USA II Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Jeff Meckstroth, Nick Nickell, Eric Rodwell, Bobby Wolff
2000	Southampton, Bermuda	20	USA I Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Jeff Meckstroth, Nick Nickell, Eric Rodwell, Paul Soloway
2000	Southampton, Bermuda	20	Brazil Marcelo Branco, João-Paulo Campos, Gabriel Chagas, Ricardo Janz, Roberto de Mello, Miguel Villas-Boas
2001	Paris, France	18	USA II Kyle Larsen, Chip Martel, Rose Meltzer, Alan Sontag, Lew Stansby, Peter Weichsel
2001	Paris, France	18	Norway Terje Aa, Boye Brogeland, Glenn Grøtheim, Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, Erik Sælensminde
2003	Monte Carlo, Monaco	22	USA I Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Jeff Meckstroth, Nick Nickell, Eric Rodwell, Paul Soloway
2003	Monte Carlo, Monaco	22	Italy Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin, Fulvio Fantoni, Lorenzo Lauria, Claudio Nunes, Alfredo Versace
2005	Estoril, Portugal	22	Italy Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin, Fulvio Fantoni, Lorenzo Lauria, Claudio Nunes, Alfredo Versace
2005	Estoril, Portugal	22	USA I Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Jeff Meckstroth, Nick Nickell, Eric Rodwell, Paul Soloway
2007	Shanghai, China	22	Norway Boye Brogeland, Glenn Grøtheim, Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, Erik Saelensminde, Ulf Tundal
2007	Shanghai, China	22	USA I Steve Garner, George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Howard Weinstein

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