Senior Bowl (bridge)
The d'Orsi Senior Bowl, or Senior Bowl or d'Orsi Bowl, is a biennial world championship contract bridge tournament for national teams of "Seniors", players age 60 and older. It is contested every odd-number year under the auspices of the World Bridge Federation (WBF), alongside the Bermuda Bowl (Open) and Venice Cup (Women). Entries formally represent WBF Zones as well as nations so it is also known as the "World Zonal Senior Team Championship", one of three "World Zonal Team Championships". It became an official world championship event in 2001 following a successful exhibition in 2000.#
Alternatively, the d'Orsi Senior Bowl is the trophy awarded to the winning team. It was donated at the 2009 tournament in Brazil by former WBF President Ernesto d'Orsi, and the tournament was renamed at that time.
France won its first title in the 6th Senior Bowl tournament, October 2011 in Veldhoven, Netherlands. USA 2 and Poland placed second and third.
The next rendition will be September 2013 in Bali, Indonesia.
Read more about Senior Bowl (bridge): Structure, Latest Rendition, 2000 Exhibition, Historical Results, Zones and Nations, See Also
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