World Senior Teams Championship

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The World Senior Teams Championship is one of the competitions held as part of the World Bridge Championships. This event was initiated in 1994 and is held every four years. It is not necessary that all team members be from the same country. Prior to 2005 all members of each team had to be at least 55 years of age. The World Bridge Federation (WBF) has decided that, as from 2005, the minimum age for a player to be recognized as Senior will be increasing one year per year, until it reaches 60 years in 2010. [1] The decision ensures that 55-year-olds who participated in a senior event in 2003 will never become ex-Seniors.

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Results

Year, Site, EntriesMedalists
1994 [2]


Albuquerque, USA 

20 teams

1.  Flag of Austria.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of Israel.svg Rohan
Franz Baratta (AUT), Bob Kaiser (NED), Kees Kaiser (NED), Moshe Katz (ISR), Nissan Rand (ISR), Karl Rohan (AUT)
2. Flag of the United States.svg Levine
Russell Arnold, Billy Eisenberg, Fred Hamilton, Zeke Jabbour, Mike Levine, Tom Sanders  (USA)
3. Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ryder
Howard Hertzberg (USA), Duncan Phillips (CAN), Robert Ryder (USA), Bill Solomon (CAN)
1998 [3] [4]


Lille, France

38

1. Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Bulgaria.svg Flag of Israel.svg Rohan
Franz Baratta (AUT), Christo Drumev (BUL), Moshe Katz (ISR), Nissan Rand (ISR), Karl Rohan (AUT)
2. Flag of Poland.svg Szenberg
Aleksander Jezioro, Julian Klukowski, Stefan Szenberg, Andrzej Wilkosz  (Poland)
3. Flag of Poland.svg Orlow
Czesław Czyżkowski, Wacław Janicki, Andrzej Milde, Józef Pochroń, Kazimierz Puczyński, Włodzimierz Stobiecki  (Poland)
2002 [5] [6]


Montreal, Canada

31

1. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of the United States.svg Holt
Boris Baran (CAN), Joe Godefrin (USA), Diana Holt (USA), George Mittelman (CAN), Ed Schulte (USA)
2. Flag of the United States.svg Freed
Nels Erickson, Lew Finkel, Gene Freed, Joe Kivel, Chris Larsen, Bernie Miller  (USA)
3. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Schippers
Jan Willem Bomhof, Roald Ramer, Elly Schippers, Henk Schippers (Netherlands)
2006 [7] [8]


Verona, Italy

42

1. Flag of Poland.svg Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Israel.svg Markowicz
Aleksander Jezioro (POL), Julian Klukowski (POL), Wiktor Markowicz (USA), Victor Melman (USA), Jerzy Zaremba (POL), Shalom Zeligman (ISR)  
2. Flag of the United States.svg Finkel
Lew Finkel, Gaylor Kasle, John Mohan, John Sutherlin  (USA)
3. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 1
Willem Boegem, Nico Doremans, Onno Janssens, Nico Klaver, Roald Ramer, Jaap Trouwborst  (Netherlands)
2010 [9] [10]


Philadelphia, USA

34 teams

1. Flag of England.svg Flag of the United States.svg Hackett
Paul Hackett (ENG), Gunnar Hallberg (ENG), Garey Hayden (USA), John Holland (ENG), Reese Milner (USA)
2. Flag of Poland.svg Flag of the United States.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of Israel.svg Team Markowicz
Julian Klukowski (POL), Wictor Markowicz (POL), Victor Melman (USA), Roald Ramer (NED), Jerzy Russyan (POL), Shalom Zeligman (ISR)
3. Flag of Indonesia.svg Gabrial UI
Michael Bambang Hartono, Henky Lasut, Eddy Manoppo, Denny Sacul, Munawar Sawiruddin  (Indonesia)
2014 [11]


Sanya, China

22

1. Flag of the United States.svg Flag of France.svg Flag of Poland.svg Milner
Reese Milner (captain), Hemant Lall (USA); Michel Bessis, Philippe Cronier (France); Apolinary Kowalski, Jacek Romański (Poland)
2. Flag of the United States.svg Sternberg
James Marsh Sternberg (captain), Neil Chambers, Billy Eisenberg, Arnold Fisher, Fred Hamilton, John Schermer  (USA)
3. Flag of England.svg Flag of France.svg Hackett— Paul Hackett (captain), John Holland, John Sansom (England), Christian Mari (France)
Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lewis— Paul Lewis (captain), Ross Grabel, Mark Itabashi, Linda Lewis (USA); Jurek Czyzowicz, Dan Jacob (Canada)

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References

  1. ↑ "Senior Bridge". WBF official website.
  2. ↑ Results & Participants (Rand Cup), 9th World Championships, 1994. WBF.
  3. ↑ Results & Participants (Rand Cup), 10th World Championships, 1998. WBF.
  4. ↑ 1998 World Bridge Championships contemporary coverage, 1998. WBF.
  5. ↑ Results & Participants (Rand Cup), 11th World Championships, 2002. WBF.
  6. ↑ World Bridge Championships contemporary coverage, 2002. WBF.
  7. ↑ Results & Participants, 12th World Championships. WBF.
  8. ↑ 12th World Bridge Championships contemporary coverage, 2006. WBF.
  9. ↑ Results & Participants (Rand Cup), 13th World Series Championships, 2010. World Bridge Federation.
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  11. ↑ "The results from the Red Bull World Bridge Series". WBF. October 2014. Retrieved 2015-02-12.
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