World Mixed Teams Championship
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The World Mixed Teams Championship is a bridge
competition for teams of mixed pairs. At every table, two teams are always represented by a mixed pair, one man and one woman.
The Mixed Teams event was held in conjunction with the first and fourth World Pair Olympiad
s in 1962 and 1974. (Other World Pair Olympiads included a Mixed Pairs event.) One Mixed Teams was conducted in a Team Olympiad year, 1972.
It was revived in 1996 as World Transnational Mixed Teams Championship. The revived event has been held every leap year as a secondary component of the World Team Olympiad
and its successor meet, the World Mind Sports Games
.
With the Olympiad, the Mixed Teams has started after the latter's qualifying stage has been concluded. Teams that failed to qualify in the main event as well as new teams may enter. Each team must comprise at least two men and two women. The maximum number of team members is six. During play each pair must consist of one women and one men. It is not necessary that all team members be from the same country – hence the transnational. A series of Swiss matches leads to the qualification of the top four teams for knockout semifinals and finals.
The World Mixed Swiss Teams is another world championship series for mixed teams, now conducted in non-leap even years as part of the World Bridge Series. Both now permit transnational entries. The difference is between KO and Swiss format. The leap years event is a knockout for 16 teams that survive preliminary play while is a Swiss. (All teams play several short matches every day throughout the contest, never facing the any team for a second time.)
Contract bridge
Contract bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard deck of 52 playing cards played by four players in two competing partnerships with partners sitting opposite each other around a small table...
competition for teams of mixed pairs. At every table, two teams are always represented by a mixed pair, one man and one woman.
The Mixed Teams event was held in conjunction with the first and fourth World Pair Olympiad
World Bridge Championships
The World Bridge Championships consists of several sets of championships organized under the auspices of the World Bridge Federation.-World Bridge Series Championships:...
s in 1962 and 1974. (Other World Pair Olympiads included a Mixed Pairs event.) One Mixed Teams was conducted in a Team Olympiad year, 1972.
It was revived in 1996 as World Transnational Mixed Teams Championship. The revived event has been held every leap year as a secondary component of the World Team Olympiad
World Team Olympiad
The World Team Olympiad was a contract bridge meet organized by the World Bridge Federation every four years from 1960 to 2004. Its main events were world championships for national teams, always including one open and one restricted to women...
and its successor meet, the World Mind Sports Games
World Mind Sports Games
The first World Mind Sports Games were held in Beijing, China from October 3 to 18, 2008, about two months after the Olympic Games. They were sponsored and organised by the International Mind Sports Association with the General Administration of Sport of China and the Beijing Municipal Bureau of...
.
With the Olympiad, the Mixed Teams has started after the latter's qualifying stage has been concluded. Teams that failed to qualify in the main event as well as new teams may enter. Each team must comprise at least two men and two women. The maximum number of team members is six. During play each pair must consist of one women and one men. It is not necessary that all team members be from the same country – hence the transnational. A series of Swiss matches leads to the qualification of the top four teams for knockout semifinals and finals.
The World Mixed Swiss Teams is another world championship series for mixed teams, now conducted in non-leap even years as part of the World Bridge Series. Both now permit transnational entries. The difference is between KO and Swiss format. The leap years event is a knockout for 16 teams that survive preliminary play while is a Swiss. (All teams play several short matches every day throughout the contest, never facing the any team for a second time.)
Results
| Year, Site, Entries | Medalists |
|---|
| 1. |  Great Britain Nico Gardener Nico Gardener Nico Gardener was a British international bridge player, born in Riga, Latvia .After the Russian Revolution his family moved to the Ukraine, and then to Moscow, where he trained as a ballet dancer. He later moved to Berlin, where he read languages and history at Berlin University, and played... , Fritzi Gordon Fritzi Gordon Fritzi Gordon was one half of the most famous and tempestuous female partnership in bridge. She was the second woman to attain the rank of World Grand Master, her partner Rixi Markus being the first. She won four world titles, seven European championships and numerous other tournament victories... , Rixi Markus Rixi Markus Rixi Markus MBE was an Austrian and British international contract bridge player. She won five world titles, and was the first woman to become a World Grand Master within the World Bridge Federation... , Boris Schapiro Boris Schapiro Boris Schapiro was a British international bridge player. He was a Grandmaster of the World Bridge Federation, and the only player to have won both the Bermuda Bowl and the World Senior Pairs championship... |
 Netherlands Herman Filarski, Dicky Hoogenkamp, A. Kornalijnslijper, Jopie Westerveld |
 Belgium Louis Bogaerts, Count Claude de Hemricourt, Helen Köver, Simone Moulia, Nicolas Savostin |
| 1. |  Jacoby Nancy Alpaugh, Bobby Goldman Bobby Goldman Robert Goldman was an American bridge player, teacher and author. He won three Bermuda Bowls , Olympiad Mixed Teams 1972, and 20 North American Bridge Championships... , Jim Jacoby, Heitie Noland, Betsey Wolff, Bobby Wolff Bobby Wolff Robert S. Wolff is an American bridge player and an original member of the Dallas Aces team, which was formed in 1968 to compete against the Italian Blue Team which was dominant at the time. The Aces were successful and won their first world championship in 1970... (USA) |
| Roth Gail Moss, Mike Moss, Barbara Rappaport, Alvin Roth Alvin Roth Alvin L. Roth was an American bridge player, considered one of the greatest of all time. He wrote several books on the game, and invented various bridge conventions that have become commonplace, including five-card majors, negative doubles, forcing notrump, and the unusual notrump.-Biography:Roth... (USA) |
 SchwenkeSheila Forbes (CAN), Bob Hamman Bob Hamman Robert David Hamman is an American professional bridge player, among the greatest players of all time.... (USA), Shirley Neilson (CAN), Jack Schwenke (USA) |
| 1. | Morse Peggy Lipsitz, Robert Lipsitz, Jo Morse, Steve Parker, Steve Robinson (USA) |
| Stayman Jimmy Cayne James Cayne James E. "Jimmy" Cayne is an American businessman, a former CEO of Bear Stearns, founder of TalkGeek.org and world-class bridge player. After losing about one billion dollars in net worth from the collapse of Bear Stearns' stock, he sold his entire stake in the company for $61 million... , Matt Granovetter, Jacqui Mitchell, Victor Mitchell, Tubby Stayman (USA) |
| Cappelletti Kathie Cappelletti, Mike Cappelletti Mike Cappelletti A. Michael Cappelletti is an American bridge player and poker authority. Amongst poker players he is known as the author of the books Cappelletti on Omaha, The Best of Cappelletti on Omaha, Poker at the Millennium and How to Win at Omaha High-Low Poker, and also as columnist for the poker... , Bob Lewis, Lois Anne Veren (USA) |
| 1. |  Heather Jón Baldursson (ISL), Heather Dhondy (GBR), Björn Eysteinsson (ISL), Aðalsteinn Jörgensen (ISL), Liz McGowan (GBR), (Ragnar Hermannsson (ISL))* |
| Feldman Mark Feldman, Sharon Osberg, Bill Pollack, Rozanne Pollack (USA) |
 Nahmens Pierre Adad, Christine Nahmens, Alain Nahmias, Elisabeth Schaufelberger (France) |
| 1. |   e-bridge Piotr Gawryś Piotr Gawrys Piotr Gawryś is a Polish bridge player. Gawrys, WBF Grand Master, has won 3 world championships; World Team Olympics in 1984, Transnational Mixed Teams 2000 and Transnational Open Teams 2005. His other first places include; World Masters Individual in 1992 , European Teams Championships 1993 and... (POL), Sam Lev (USA), 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... (USA), Jill Meyers (USA), John Mohan (USA), Migry Zur Campanile (ISR) |
| Bessis Michel Bessis, Véronique Bessis, Paul Chemla Paul Chemla Paul Chemla is a famous French bridge player.Chemla was born in Tunis. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris where he took up playing bridge. His wins include three European Pairs Championships , two World Team Olympiads , and the 1997 Bermuda Bowl... , Catherine D'Ovidio |
 Wernle Doris Fischer, Andreas Gloyer, Martin Schifko, Jovanka Smederevac, Sascha Wernle |
| 1. |  Auken Sabine Auken (GER), Paul Chemla Paul Chemla Paul Chemla is a famous French bridge player.Chemla was born in Tunis. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris where he took up playing bridge. His wins include three European Pairs Championships , two World Team Olympiads , and the 1997 Bermuda Bowl... (FRA), Catherine D'Ovidio (FRA), Zia Mahmood Zia Mahmood Zia Mahmood is a Pakistani professional bridge player. He is a World Bridge Federation and American Contract Bridge League Grand Life Master. He has a knack for bringing out the best in his partners and is regarded as one of the greatest players of the game... (USA) |
 Batov Vasil Batov, Steliana Ivanova, Ralitza Mircheva, Julian Stefanov |
 Zhang FU Zhong, LU Yan, SUN Ming, WANG Liping, WANG Weimin, ZHOU Qinghong |
| 1. |  Yeh Bros Fang-Wen GONG, Sheau-Fong HU, Gloria MENG, Chih-Kuo SHEN, Juei-Yu SHIH, Chen YEH (Chinese Taipei) |
  Russia Sviatlana Badrankova (Bel), Alexander Dubinin (Rus), Andrey Gromov (Rus), Victoria Gromova (Rus), Tatiana Ponomareva (Rus), Victoria Volina (Rus) |
| A – Evertrust Holding Company Bing DU, Lin GAN, Xu HOU, Yan HUANG, Rongqiang LIN(?), Zheng Jun SHI (China) |
* Hermannsson did not play enough boards in order to qualify for the title of World Champion