World Senior Teams Championship

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.

Results

Year, Site, Entries		Medalists
1994 [2] Albuquerque, USA  20 teams	1.	Rohan Franz Baratta (AUT), Bob Kaiser (NED), Kees Kaiser (NED), Moshe Katz (ISR), Nissan Rand (ISR), Karl Rohan (AUT)
	2.	Levine Russell Arnold, Billy Eisenberg, Fred Hamilton, Zeke Jabbour, Mike Levine, Tom Sanders  (USA)
	3.	Ryder Howard Hertzberg (USA), Duncan Phillips (CAN), Robert Ryder (USA), Bill Solomon (CAN)
1998 [3] [4] Lille, France 38	1.	Rohan Franz Baratta (AUT), Christo Drumev (BUL), Moshe Katz (ISR), Nissan Rand (ISR), Karl Rohan (AUT)
	2.	Szenberg Aleksander Jezioro, Julian Klukowski, Stefan Szenberg, Andrzej Wilkosz  (Poland)
	3.	Orlow Czesław Czyżkowski, Wacław Janicki, Andrzej Milde, Józef Pochroń, Kazimierz Puczyński, Włodzimierz Stobiecki  (Poland)
2002 [5] [6] Montreal, Canada 31	1.	Holt Boris Baran (CAN), Joe Godefrin (USA), Diana Holt (USA), George Mittelman (CAN), Ed Schulte (USA)
	2.	Freed Nels Erickson, Lew Finkel, Gene Freed, Joe Kivel, Chris Larsen, Bernie Miller  (USA)
	3.	Schippers Jan Willem Bomhof, Roald Ramer, Elly Schippers, Henk Schippers (Netherlands)
2006 [7] [8] Verona, Italy 42	1.	Markowicz Aleksander Jezioro (POL), Julian Klukowski (POL), Wiktor Markowicz (USA), Victor Melman (USA), Jerzy Zaremba (POL), Shalom Zeligman (ISR)
	2.	Finkel Lew Finkel, Gaylor Kasle, John Mohan, John Sutherlin  (USA)
	3.	Netherlands 1 Willem Boegem, Nico Doremans, Onno Janssens, Nico Klaver, Roald Ramer, Jaap Trouwborst  (Netherlands)
2010 [9] [10] Philadelphia, USA 34 teams	1.	Hackett Paul Hackett (ENG), Gunnar Hallberg (ENG), Garey Hayden (USA), John Holland (ENG), Reese Milner (USA)
	2.	Team Markowicz Julian Klukowski (POL), Wictor Markowicz (POL), Victor Melman (USA), Roald Ramer (NED), Jerzy Russyan (POL), Shalom Zeligman (ISR)
	3.	Gabrial UI Michael Bambang Hartono, Henky Lasut, Eddy Manoppo, Denny Sacul, Munawar Sawiruddin  (Indonesia)
2014 [11] Sanya, China 22	1.	Milner Reese Milner (captain), Hemant Lall (USA); Michel Bessis, Philippe Cronier (France); Apolinary Kowalski, Jacek Romański (Poland)
	2.	Sternberg James Marsh Sternberg (captain), Neil Chambers, Billy Eisenberg, Arnold Fisher, Fred Hamilton, John Schermer  (USA)
	3.	Hackett— Paul Hackett (captain), John Holland, John Sansom (England), Christian Mari (France)
		Lewis— Paul Lewis (captain), Ross Grabel, Mark Itabashi, Linda Lewis (USA); Jurek Czyzowicz, Dan Jacob (Canada)

References

1. "Senior Bridge". WBF official website. Archived from the original on 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2007-06-28.
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 Archived 2009-08-31 at the Wayback Machine contemporary coverage, 1998. WBF.
5. Results & Participants (Rand Cup), 11th World Championships, 2002. WBF.
6. World Bridge Championships Archived 2009-08-30 at the Wayback Machine contemporary coverage, 2002. WBF.
7. Results & Participants, 12th World Championships. WBF.
8. 12th World Bridge Championships Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine contemporary coverage, 2006. WBF.
9. Results & Participants (Rand Cup), 13th World Series Championships, 2010. World Bridge Federation.
10. 13th World Bridge Series Archived 2011-09-03 at the Wayback Machine contemporary coverage, 2010. WBF.
11. "The results from the Red Bull World Bridge Series" Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine . WBF. October 2014. Retrieved 2015-02-12.

External links

• Senior Bridge program overview at the World Bridge Federation
• World Senior KO Teams 1994–present (table) at the World Bridge Federation