Bermuda Bowl

The Bermuda Bowl is a biennial contract bridge world championship for national teams. It is contested every odd-numbered year under the auspices of the World Bridge Federation (WBF), alongside the Venice Cup (women), the d'Orsi Senior Bowl and the Wuhan Cup (mixed). Entries formally represent WBF zones as well as nations, so it is also known as the World Zonal Open Team Championship.[1][2] It is the oldest event that confers the title of world champion in bridge, and was first contested in 1950. The Bermuda Bowl trophy is awarded to the winning team, and is named for the site of the inaugural tournament, the Atlantic archipelago of Bermuda.

The term Bermuda Bowl is sometimes used for the entire two-week event, comprising the four zonal teams and one or more concurrent lesser tournaments.

Marrakech, Morocco hosted the latest contest in August–September 2023, where Switzerland won the title.[3]

  1. ^ "World Championships". World Bridge Federation. Archived from the original on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  2. ^ 40th World Teams; "Information".
  3. ^ "The WBF Championships". World Bridge Federation. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.