McConnell Cup is a team event for woman held every four years as part of the World Bridge Series Championships. The event was inaugurated in 1994 and is named in honor of Ruth McConnell, former treasurer for the World Bridge Federation

World Bridge Federation

The World Bridge Federation is the world governing body of contract bridge. The WBF is responsible for world championship competition, most of which is conducted at a few multi-event meets on a four-year cycle...

 (WBF) and former president of the American Contract Bridge League

American Contract Bridge League

The American Contract Bridge League is the largest contract bridge organization in North America. It promotes the game of bridge in the United States, Mexico, Bermuda, and Canada, and is a member of the World Bridge Federation...

 (ACBL). McConnell was also instrumental in inaugurating the Venice Cup

Venice Cup

The World Teams Championship in contract bridge for women players only is also known as the Venice Cup, because the first edition was held in Venice, Italy in 1974.It is held every two years, in parallel to the Open World Teams Championship, the Bermuda Bowl....

 women's team championship in 1974.
The full name of this championship is World Women Knockout Teams. The knockout format pertains only to the late stages, however, evidently a four-round knockout with 16 teams except for a five-round 32-team KO in 1998. It appears that the field has been divided into two groups or four groups for round-robin play, with the top eight or top four advancing from each group to the knockout stage.

The next rendition will be at the "World Bridge Series Championships" meet in 2014.

Results

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Year, Venue, Entries		Medalists
1994 Albuquerque, USA 16 teams	1.	Letizia Jill Blanchard, Marinesa Letizia, Sue Picus, Rozanne Pollack, Judi Radin  (USA)
	Woolsey Karen Allison, JoAnne Casen, Dori Cohen, Joann Glasson, JoAnn Manfield, Sally Woolsey  (USA)
	Alder — Mildred Breed, Tobi Deutsch Tobi Sokolow Tobi Sokolow is an American bridge player. As of April 2011 she ranks number 15 among Women World Grand Masters.... , Amalya Kearse Amalya Lyle Kearse Amalya Lyle Kearse is a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and a world-class bridge player.-Legal career:... , Joyce Lilie, Jacqui Mitchell, Jo Morse  (USA)
	Tornay — Judi Cody, Shelley Lapkoff, Linda Perlman, JoAnna Stansby, Carlyn Steiner, Claire Tornay  (USA)
1998 Lille, France 56	1.	Erhart Maria Erhart, Doris Fischer, Sylvia Terraneo, Terry Weigkricht  (Austria)
	Auken Daniela von Arnim, Sabine Auken, Katrin Farwig, Barbara Stawowy  (Germany)
	Truscott — Jill Meyers, Shawn Quinn, Carol Sanders, Tobi Sokolow Tobi Sokolow Tobi Sokolow is an American bridge player. As of April 2011 she ranks number 15 among Women World Grand Masters.... , JoAnn Sprung, Dorothy Truscott Dorothy Hayden Truscott Dorothy Hayden Truscott was the top-ranked woman in bridge for many years and authored or co-authored books on the game.-Career:...   (USA)
	Wood — Mickie Kivel, Ellee Lewis, Terry Michaels, Claire Tornay, Nadine Wood  (USA)
2002 Montreal, Canada 36	1.	Sanborn Lynn Deas, Irina Levitina Irina Levitina Irina Solomonovna Levitina is a Russian-American chess and bridge player. In chess, she has been a World Championship Candidate and gained the title Woman Grandmaster. In contract bridge she has been five times the World Champion.-Chess career:In 1973, she tied for 2nd-5th in Menorca... , Jill Meyers, Randi Montin, Beth Palmer, Kerri Sanborn  (USA)
	Radin Mildred Breed, Rozanne Pollack, Shawn Quinn, Judi Radin, Valerie Westheimer, (Hjördís Eyþórsdóttir)*  (USA)
	Bessis Véronique Bessis, Bénédicte Cronier, Catherine D'Ovidio, Sylvie Willard  (France)
2006 Verona, Italy 39	1.	Steiner Victoria Gromova (RUS), Marinesa Letizia (USA), Tatiana Ponomareva (RUS), Janice Seamon-Molson (USA), Tobi Sokolow Tobi Sokolow Tobi Sokolow is an American bridge player. As of April 2011 she ranks number 15 among Women World Grand Masters....  (USA), Carlyn Steiner (USA)
	Narasimhan Jill Levin, Irina Levitina Irina Levitina Irina Solomonovna Levitina is a Russian-American chess and bridge player. In chess, she has been a World Championship Candidate and gained the title Woman Grandmaster. In contract bridge she has been five times the World Champion.-Chess career:In 1973, she tied for 2nd-5th in Menorca... , Jill Meyers, Hansa Narasimhan, Debbie Rosenberg, JoAnna Stansby  (USA)
	Katt-Bridge Kathrine Bertheau, Catarina Midskog, Jenny Wolpert, Mari Ryman  (Sweden)
2010 Philadelphia, USA 31 teams	1.	China Ladies Xuefeng FENG, Ling GU, Yan LU, Ming SUN, Yanhui SUN, Hongli WANG  (China)
	Netherlands Carla Arnolds, Jet Pasman, Anneke Simons, Martine Verbeek, Bep Vriend Bep Vriend Brechiena Vriend is a Dutch contract bridge player. As of April 2011, she ranks number 8th among Women World Grand Masters.... , Wietske van Zwol  (Netherlands)
	Fireman Daniele Allouche-Gaviard (FRA), Shannon Cappelletti (USA), Catherine D'Ovidio (FRA), Phyllis Fireman (USA), Victoria Gromova (RUS), Tatiana Ponomareva (RUS)

* The WBF stripped Eyþórsdóttir of her silver medal for refusing to take a drug test

External links

• Women program top page at the World Bridge Federation
  World Bridge Federation
  The World Bridge Federation is the world governing body of contract bridge. The WBF is responsible for world championship competition, most of which is conducted at a few multi-event meets on a four-year cycle...
  
  
• World Women KO Teams To Date (table) at the World Bridge Federation