User talk:P64/Bridge/World bridge zones

=Results & Participants by zone=

Bermuda Bowl
1950 to 1957, Europe and North America only.

1958 BB 3
 * ITA 1
 * USA 2
 * ARG 3

1959 BB 3
 * ITA 1
 * NA* 2
 * ARG 3

1961 BB 4
 * ITA 1 FRA 3
 * NA* 2
 * ARG 4 (Argentina host)

1962 BB 4
 * ITA 1 GBR 2
 * NA* 2
 * ARG 4

1963 BB 4
 * ITA 1 FRA 3
 * NA* 2
 * ARG 4

1965 BB 4
 * ITA 1 GBR 4
 * NA* 2
 * ARG 3 (Argentina host)

1966 BB 5
 * zone 3 VEN first clear win over anyone
 * ITA 1 NED 4
 * NA* 2
 * VEN 3
 * THA 5

1967 BB 5
 * zone 6 THA first finish ahead of anyone
 * ITA 1 FRA 3
 * NA* 2
 * VEN 5
 * THA 4

1969 BB 5
 * zone 6 TAI first World second outside z12
 * ITA 1 FRA 4
 * NA* 3
 * BRA 5 (Brazil host)
 * TAI 2

1970 BB 5
 * NOR 3 ITA 5
 * NA* 1 ("USA" at WBFdb)
 * BRA 4
 * TAI 2

1971 BB 6
 * FRA 2
 * Aces 1 NA* 6
 * BRA 5
 * TAI 4, AUS 3 (Taiwan host)

1973 BB 5
 * ITA 1
 * Aces 2 NA* 4
 * BRA 3 (Brazil host)
 * IDN 5

1974 BB 6
 * ITA 1 FRA 5
 * NA* 2
 * BRA 3
 * IDN 4, NZL 6

1975 BB 5
 * ITA 1 FRA 3
 * NA* 2
 * BRA 5
 * IDN 4

1976 BB 6
 * ITA 2 ISR 3
 * NA* 1
 * BRA 4
 * HKG 6, AUS 5

1977 BB 6
 * SWE 3
 * NA* 1 DEF 2
 * ARG 4
 * TAI 6, AUS 5 (Manila host)

1979 BB 6
 * zone 5 CACBF debut and finish ahead of Brazil at home!
 * ITA 2
 * NA* 1
 * BRA 6 CACaribbean 5 (Panama 3, Venezuela 3) (Brazil host)
 * TAI 4, AUS 3

1981 BB 7
 * zone 4 BFAME debut and PAK best finish to date
 * POL 3 GBR 5
 * USA 1
 * ARG 4
 * PAK 2, IDN 7, AUS 6

1983 BB 10
 * ITA 2 FRA 3 SWE 6
 * US1 1 US2 4
 * BRA 9 CACaribbean 10 (Jamaica 4, Panama 1, Venezuela 1)
 * PAK 7, IDN 8, NZL 5

1985 BB 10
 * After 1983, the Bermuda Bowl and Venice Cup have been played side-by-side in all odd years.
 * AUT 2 ISR 3
 * USA 1 CAN 8
 * BRA 4 ARG 5 VEN* 7 (Brazil host)
 * IND 10, IDN 6, NZL 9

1987 BB 10
 * GBR 2 SWE 3
 * USA 1 CAN 6
 * VEN* 7 BRA 8 Jamaica 10 (Jamaica host)
 * PAK 5, TPE 4, NZL 9

1989 BB 10
 * zone 3 BRA first BB win outside z12
 * POL 3 FRA 6
 * USA 2 CAN 10
 * BRA 1 COL* 9 (best)
 * EGY* 7, TPE 5, AUS 4 NZL 8 (Australia host)

1991 BB 16
 * ISL 1 POL 2 SWE 3 GBR 5/8
 * US1 US2 5/8 CAN 12
 * BRA 4 ARG 5/8 VEN* 10 Suriname 16
 * PAK 13 EGY* 14, HKG 9 JPN 16, AUS 12 (Japan host)

1993 BB 16
 * NED 1 NOR 2 POL 6 DEN 8
 * US2 4 US1 5 MEX 13
 * BRA 3 VEN* 14 CHL 16 Guadeloupe (Chile host)
 * IND 10, CHN 7 IDN 11, AUS 12
 * ZAF 9

1995 BB 16
 * FRA 3 SWE 4 NED 8 ITA 12
 * US2 1 CAN 2 US1 10
 * BRA 10 VEN* 11 ARG 13 COL* 16
 * EGY* 14, IDN 6 CHN 7, AUS 15 (China host)
 * ZAF 5

1997 BB 18
 * FRA 1 NOR 3 ITA 5 POL 6 DEN 10
 * US2 2 US1 4 CAN 12
 * BRA 9 VEN* 14 CHL 16
 * IND 13, CHN 7 TPE 8, AUS 11 NZL 15
 * ZAF 17 TUN 18 (Tunisia host)

2000 BB 20
 * 2000 January, completing the 1998/1999 cycle on the 50th anniversary of the 1st Bermuda Bowl)
 * NOR 4 POL ITA SWE 5/8 BUL 9 FRA 10
 * US1 1 US2 2 CAN 19
 * BRA 2 ARG 11 Guadeloupe 18 Bermuda 20 (Bermuda host)
 * PAK 17, IDN 5/8 TPE 13 CHN 16, NZL 12 AUS 15
 * ZAF 14

2001 BB 18
 * NOR 2 POL 3 ITA 4 FRA 6 RUS 10 ISR 11
 * US2 1 US1 5
 * ARG 15 BRA 16 Guadeloupe 17
 * IND 7, IDN 8 JPN 14 HKG 18, AUS 12 NZL 13
 * EGY 9

2003 BB 22
 * ITA 2 NOR 4 POL BUL 5/8
 * US1 1 US2 3 CAN 9
 * URU 17 BRA 18 Bermuda 22
 * IND 19 PAK 20, TPE 5/8 IDN 10 CHN 12, AUS 5/8 NZL 16
 * EGY 11 ZAF 21

2005 BB 22
 * ITA 1 SWE 4 NED 10 RUS 13 POR 14 ENG 17 POL 20
 * US1 2 US2 3 CAN 18
 * BRA 5/8 ARG 5/8 Guadeloupe 21
 * IND 5/8 JOR 22, JPN 9 CHN 11 TPE 19, AUS 15 NZL 16
 * EGY 5/8 ZAF 12

2007 BB 22
 * NOR 1 NED 3 ITA SWE 5/8 POL 12 IRE 17
 * US1 2 US2 11 CAN 21
 * BRA 9 ARG 15 Trinidad 22
 * PAK 18 IND 19, CHN 5/8 JPN 10 IDN 13 TPE 16, AUS 5/8 NZL 20
 * ZAF 4 EGY 14 (best)

2009 BB 22
 * ITA 2 BUL 3 GER NED NOR RUS 5/8
 * US2 1 US1 12 MEX 21
 * ARG 9 CHL 13 BRA 17 Guadeloupe 22 (Brazil host)
 * IND 14 PAK 19, CHN 4 JPN 10 TPE 11, NZL 15 AUS 18
 * EGY 16 MAR 20

2011 BB 22
 * ITA POL ISR ISL SWE NED BUL (Netherlands host)
 * CAN US1 US2
 * BRA CHL Guadeloupe
 * IND PAK, CHN JPN SIN, AUS NZL
 * EGY ZAF

The Bermuda Bowl and Venice Cup are covered roughly side-by-side below, beginning in the 1970s.

Senior Bowl
2000 SENIOR
 * unofficial, presum. an exhibition or explicit trial that worked well

2001 SENIOR 8
 * POL 2 FRA 3 ITA 5
 * US2 1 US1 4
 * Guadeloupe 6
 * BAH 8
 * EGY/ZAF 7

2003 SENIOR 15
 * FRA 2 ISR 5 ITA 6 DEN 8 MCO 14
 * US1 1 US2 3
 * BRA/ARG 9 Guadeloupe 12
 * PAK 13, IDN 4 JPN 10, AUS 7 FrP 15
 * EGY 11

2005 SENIOR 22
 * 9] DEN 3 NED 4 ISR FRA POR 5/8 POL 9 ITA 11 GER 13 SWE 16
 * US1 1 US2 5/8 CAN 14
 * BRA 21 Guadeloupe 22
 * PAK 15 BAN 17, IDN 2 JPN 12, AUS 10 NZL 20
 * EGY 18 MAR 19

2007 SENIOR 22
 * 6] FRA ITA POL 5/8 SWE 12 DEN 15 GER 17
 * US2 1 US1 3 CAN 5/8
 * BRA 6 ARG 12 Guadeloupe 19
 * 8] IND 9, IDN 2 CHN 11 JPN 16 THA 18 HKG 19, AUS 10 NZL 21
 * EGY 14 ZAF 22

2009 SENIOR 22
 * 6] ENG 1 POL 2 BEL SWE 5/8 ITA 10 TUR 12
 * US2 4 US1 5/8 CAN 11
 * ARG 15 BRA 17 Barbados 19 URU 21 VEN 22
 * IND 14 PAK 16, IDN 2 JPN 9, AUS 13 NZL 20
 * EGY 5/8 ZAF 18

2011 SENIOR 22
 * 7] POL DEN ITA FRA GER BUL NED
 * CAN US1 US2
 * ARG BRA Guadeloupe
 * IND PAK, HKG IDN JPN, AUS NZL
 * EGY Reunion

Venice Cup
The Venice Cup debuted as a set match similar to the 2nd to 7th Bermuda Bowls, 1951 to 1957.

1974 VC 2
 * ITA 2
 * USA 1

1976 VC 2
 * GBR 2
 * USA 1

1978 VC 5
 * ITA 2
 * USA 1
 * ARG 3
 * PHI 5, AUS 4

1981 VC 5
 * GBR 1
 * USA 2
 * BRA 3 VEN* 5
 * AUS 4


 * After 1983, the Bermuda Bowl and Venice Cup have been played side-by-side in all odd years.

1985 VC 10
 * GBR 1 FRA 2
 * US1 2 US2 5
 * ARG 7 BRA 8 VEN* 9
 * IND 10, TPE 4, AUS 6

1987 VC 10
 * FRA 2 ITA 3
 * US2 1 US1 4
 * ARG 8 VEN* 9 Jamaica 10
 * EGY 7, CHN 6, AUS 5

1989 VC 10
 * NED 2 GER 4
 * USA 1 CAN 3
 * BRA 7 COL* 9
 * IND 8, TPE 6, AUS 5 NZL 10

1991 VC 16
 * AUT 2 GBR GER 5/8 NED 10
 * US2 1 US1 4 CAN 12
 * ARG 9 VEN* 14 Martinique 16
 * IND 12 EGY 14, CHN 3 JPN 6 TPE 5/8, AUS 16

1993 VC 16
 * GER 2 SWE 3 ITA 5 FRA 10
 * US2 1 US1 6 CAN 8
 * ARG 4 VEN* 12 CHL 14 COL* 16
 * IND 14, TPE 7 CHN 12, NZL 10
 * ZAF 16

1995 VC 16
 * GER 1 FRA 3 GBR 10 ISR 12
 * US1 2 US2 6 CAN 14
 * VEN* 8 BRA 9 ARG 14 COL* 16
 * IND 16, CHN 4 JPN 6, AUS 12
 * ZAF 8

1997 VC 18
 * FRA 4 GBR 5 NED 7 ITA 8 GER 9
 * US1 1 US2 3 CAN 6
 * ARG 13 COL* 16 BRA 17
 * IND 10, CHN 2 TPE 15, AUS 11 NZL 12
 * ZAF 14 TUN 18

2000 VC 20
 * 2000 January, completing the 1998/1999 cycle on the 50th anniversary of the 1st Bermuda Bowl)
 * NED 1 DEN 3 AUT 4 FRA GER 5/8 GBR 11
 * US1 2 CAN 5/8 US2 9
 * BRA 12 ARG 13 COL* 17 Bermuda 20
 * IND 19, CHN 5/8 IDN 15 HKG 18, AUS 10 NZL 16
 * EGY 14

2001 VC 18
 * GER 1 FRA 2 AUT 4 ENG 7 NED 9 ITA 10 ISR 12
 * US1 3 US2 5 CAN 13
 * BRA 14 VEN 17
 * IND 18, CHN 6 JPN 11 IDN 16, AUS 15
 * ZAF 8

2003 VC 18
 * NED 3 GER 5 SWE 8 ENG 10 ITA 11
 * US1 1 US2 4 CAN 7
 * BRA 12 VEN 13
 * IND 14 PAK 18, CHN 2 TPE 6 IDN 9, AUS 16
 * ZAF 15 EGY 17

2005 VC 22
 * FRA 1 GER 2 NED 3 ENG 5/8 AUT 9 SWE 15 POR 16
 * USA1 4 CAN US2 5/8
 * BRA 13 ARG 17 VEN 19
 * PAK 20 IND 22, CHN 5/8 JPN 12 SIN 18, AUS 11 NZL 14
 * EGY 10 MAR 21

2007 VC 22
 * GER 2 FRA 4 ENG 5 NED 9 DEN 10 CRO 18
 * US1 1 CAN US2 5/8
 * BRA 11 ARG 17 Guadeloupe 22
 * IND 15 JOR 21, CHN 3 PHI 12 IDN 13 JPN 19, NZL 14 AUS 16
 * EGY 5/8 ZAF 20

2009 VC 22
 * zone 6 CHN first VC win outside z12; first World win outside z123 counting UAR 1960 as Europe
 * FRA 3 GER ITA ESP SWE 5/8 DEN 9
 * US1 2 US2 4 CAN 15
 * ARG 11, BRA 18, VEN 19 Barbados 22
 * JOR 17 PAK 20, CHN 1 IDN 10 JPN 16, AUS 12 NZL 14
 * EGY 13 MAR 21

2011 VC 22
 * FRA NED SWE GER ENG POL ITA
 * CAN US1 US2
 * BRA VEN Trinidad
 * IND JOR, CHN IDN JPN, AUS NZL
 * EGY MAR

=Olympiad=

Open
1960 OPEN (29)
 * 16] FRA 1 GBR 2 ITA 6 DEN SWE2 7 SUI 10 SWE1 GER 13 IRE 16 LEB ISL 19 NED ESP FIN 22 BEL 25 AUT 28
 * UV1 3 US2 4 US1 5 CAN 7 UV2 16
 * VEN 10 BRA 13 CHL 28
 * IND 10 UAE 25, PHI 17, AUS 22
 * ZAF 25

1964 OPEN (29)
 * 13] ITA 1 GBR 3 SUI 5 BEL 7 FRA 8 ESP SWE 12 ISR 15 POL 16 NED 20 IRE 22 GER 23 LEB 27
 * USA 2 CAN 4 MEX 26
 * ARG 9 VEN 10 BRA 11 CHL 28 Bermuda 24 Jamaica 25 NAntilles 29
 * UAE 21, PHI 14 THA 17 CHN 19, AUS 6
 * ZAF 18

1968 OPEN (33)
 * 17] ITA 1 NED 4 SUI 6 BEL 7 FRA 8 SWE 9 ISL 10 AUT 12 ISR 13 FIN 14 ESP 15 DEN 22 GER 24 IRE 26 LEB 28 POR 30 GRE 31
 * USA 2 CAN 3 MEX 33
 * VEN 11 ARG 16 CHL 17 Jamaica 18 BRA 23 Bermuda 29 NAntilles 32
 * THA 19 PHI 27, AUS 5
 * KEN 20 EGY 21 ZAF 25

1972 OPEN (39)
 * 17] ITA 1 FRA 4 GBR 6 TUR 7 SUI ISR 8 DEN 10 IRE 12 POL 13 SWE 14 AUT 18 NED 20 GER 21 ESP 23 FIN 26 LEB 28 BEL 29
 * USA 2 CAN 3 MEX 25
 * 11] BRA 16 ARG 19 VEN 24 COL 27 Jamaica 30 PER 31 Bermuda 34 Panama 35 CHL 37 NAntilles 38 Bahamas 39
 * IND 22, CHN 5 PHI 32 JPN 36, AUS 11 NZL 33
 * MAR 14 ZAF 17

1976 OPEN (45) : IDN 14 TAI 15 AUS 19 JPN 24 NZL 31 THA 34 IRN 38 PNG 44 PHI 45

1980 OPEN (58) : TAI 6 IDN 8 AUS 14 IND 18 NZL 22 PAK 24 JPN 35 HKG 38 THA 40 PHI 54 SIN 56

1984 OPEN (54) : IDN 5/8 PAK 5/8 IND 9 AUS 14 TPE 21 HKG 24 NZL 27 JPN 29 THA 31 CHN 34 SIN 43 PHI 46

1988 OPEN (56) : IND 3 AUS 13 HKG 17 CHN 22 TPE 27 NZL 28 THA 29 PAK 32 JPN 37 MYS 42 SIN 47

1992 OPEN (57) : HKG 13 PAK 14 NZL 20 JPN 25 AUS 28 TPE 32 IND 34 IDN 36 THA 40 CHN 41 MYS 48 SIN 55 PHI 57

1996 OPEN (71) : IDN 2 TPE 4 NZL 9 JPN 16 CHN 21 IND 22 AUS 23 PAK 30 HKG 47 PHI 49 BAN 58 PFr 61 SIN 62 THA 64 MYS 65 JOR 67 PLE 70

2000 OPEN (72) : AUS IDN 9/16 NZL 17/ CHN TPE JPN 25/ IND 29/ HKG 33/ MYS 45/ PAK THA 53/ SIN BAN 65/ PLE PHI 69/

2004 OPEN (72) :15] PAK IND 33 JOR 57 BAN 65, CHN 4 JPN 5/8 IDN HKG 25 MYS 45 TPE 49 PHI 53 SIN 65, AUS 25 NZL 29 PFr 61

2008 OPEN (71) : CHN 5/8 IND 9/16 IDN 17/ NZL THA 21/ JOR 33/ TPE PAK 41/ JPN 45/ MAC HKG 49/ BAN 53/ SIN PHI 57/ PFr 61/ KOR 69/

Women
1960 WOMEN (14)
 * 10] FRA 2 DEN 3 GBR 4 AUT BEL GER NED IRE ITA SUI 6+
 * USA 5
 * --, PHI 6+, AUS 6+
 * UAR* 1
 * UAR* 1

1964 WOMEN (15)
 * 6] GBR 1 FRA 3 DEN SWE 5 IRE 8 BEL 9/15
 * USA 2 CAN MEX 9/15
 * ARG CHL VEN Bermuda 9/15
 * UAR* 4, ZAF 7
 * UAR* 4, ZAF 7

1968 WOMEN (19)
 * 11] SWE 1 ITA 4 FRA 5 SUI 6 GER 8 IRE 9 BEL 10 NED 11 ESP 13 ISR 14 FIN 17
 * USA 3 CAN 16
 * BRA 7 VEN 12 Bermuda 19
 * --, PHI 15, AUS 18
 * ZAF 2

1972 WOMEN (18)
 * 6] ITA 1 FRA 4 SWE 6 NED 8 ESP 10 IRE 11
 * USA 3 CAN 7 MEX 13
 * BRA 5 ARG 9 COL 12 VEN 14 PER 15 Bermuda 18
 * --, PHI 17, AUS 16
 * ZAF 2

1976 WOMEN (21)
 * 15] ITA 1 GBR 2 FRA 5 ESP 6 DEN 8 SUI 10 IRE 11 NED 13 GER 14 BEL 15 SWE 16 GRE 17 ISR 18 MCO 20 FIN 21
 * USA 3 CAN 4 MEX 19
 * BRA 9
 * --, --, AUS 7
 * ZAF 12

1980 WOMEN (29)
 * 14] ITA 2 GBR 3 SWE 4 FRA 5 DEN 6 IRE 8 NED 9 ESP 12 FIN 13 GER 16 SUI 18 ISR 21 POL 22 BEL 25
 * USA 1 CAN 7 MEX 23
 * VEN 10 BRA 11 ARG 17
 * IND 26, PHI 20 IDN 24 SIN 27 THA 28 JPN 29, NZL 15 AUS 19
 * ZAF 14

1984 WOMEN (23)
 * 10] GBR 2 NED FRA 3 ITA 5 SWE 6 GER 7 ISR 11 IRE 16 SUI 18 POL 21
 * USA 1 CAN 9 MEX 14
 * ARG 10 BRA 13 NAntilles 23
 * IND 19, JPN 8 TPE 12 CHN 17, AUS 15 NZL 20
 * Zimbabwe 22

1988 WOMEN (37) : CHN 9 JPN 15 AUS 19 TPE 20 IND 25 HKG 28 THA 29 PAK 33 SIN 34 MYS 37

1992 WOMEN (34) : CHN 5/8 JPN 11 AUS 12 NZL 17 IND 22 PHI 24 JOR 34

1996 WOMEN (43) : CHN 2 NZL 15 IND 16 AUS 19 TPE 23 THA 29 IDN 30 JPN 31 JOR 35 HKG 39 MYS 40 PHI 42 PAK 43

''2000 WOMEN (41) : CHN TPE 5/8 JPN 9/16 AUS HKG IND IDN 17/26? PAK NZL 27/41?''

2004 WOMEN (43) :9] IND PAK JOR 17+, CHN 4 KOR IDN JPN 17+, AUS NZL 17+

2008 WOMEN (54) : CHN 2 SIN 9/16 JPN 17 IDN 21 HKG 23 TPE 26 PHI 30 NZL 32 IND 33 AUS 34 JOR 36 PLE 48 KOR 49 PAK 51 THA 54

Seniors
2000 SENIOR(24)
 * Seniors debut with 24 teams!
 * 17] FRA 2 SWE 3 ENG 4 GER 6 SCO 7 POL 10 ITA 11 BEL 12 TUR 13 SUI 14 ISR 15 NED 16 FIN 17 SMR 18 IRE 19 CZE 20 WAL 23
 * USA 1 CAN 8
 * VEN 24, Aruba 21 NAntilles 22
 * AUS 5
 * EGY 9

2004 SENIOR(29)
 * 18] NED 2 GER 3 FRA 4 DEN 5 ISR 6 WAL 7 TUR 8 AUT 13 SCO 14 ITA 15 ENG 16 POL 17 SWE 18 POR 19 ESP 22 SUI 23 BEL 25 IRE 26
 * USA 1 CAN 10
 * VEN 28 Guadeloupe 27 Costa Rica 29
 * PAK 12, CHN 9 JPN 11 TPE 20, AUS 21 NZL 24

2008 SENIOR (32)
 * 14] NED ENG HUN 5/8 POL GER BEL FRA 9/16 EST 19 ITA SWE 21 IRE 23 DEN FIN 27 WAL 29
 * USA 2 CAN 9/16
 * BRA 25 Guadeloupe 25
 * 10] PAK 9/16 IND 19, JPN 1 IDN 3 HKG TPE 9/16 CHN 18 THA 31, AUS 5/8 NZL 24
 * EGY 4 ZAF 17 Reunion 29 KEN 31

BFAME only
2000 OPEN (72)
 * IND 29 PAK 53 BAN 65 PLE 69 (4-way ties)

2000 WOMEN (41)
 * IND 17/26 PAK 27/41 ?

2000 SENIOR(24)
 * none

2004 OPEN (72)
 * PAK 5th/8th IND 33 JOR 57 BAN 65 (4-way ties)

WOMEN (43)
 * IND PAK JOR not in top 16

SENIOR(29)
 * PAK 12

2008 OPEN (71)
 * IND 9th/16th, JOR 33, PAK 41 BAN 53

WOMEN (54)
 * IND 33 JOR 36 PLE 48 PAK 51

SENIOR(32)
 * PAK 9th/16th IND 19