World_Transnational_Open_Teams_Championship

World Transnational Open Teams Championship

World Transnational Open Teams Championship

Major side event conducted by the World Bridge Federation

The World Transnational Open Teams Championship is a major side event conducted by the World Bridge Federation during the semifinal and final stages of its world championships for national teams at contract bridge—the Bermuda Bowl, Venice Cup, and Senior Bowl. New teams may enter the Transnational, as well as national teams eliminated before the semifinals of the main events—Open, Women, and Seniors respectively. It is not required that all team members be from one country, hence the term transnational.[1] A series of Swiss matches qualifies eight teams for three knockout rounds which conclude during the finals of the main events.[2]

The 15-day "World Team Championships" meet occurs in odd years and the first Transnational Open was added to the program in 1997. The eighth rendition was held in October 2011 in Veldhoven, Netherlands.[3]

Pierre Zimmermann's professional teams have won the last two renditions and "Zimmermann" will be the favorite again. Beginning 2011, the Italian pair Fantoni–Nunes and Norwegian pair Helgemo–Helness, from the 2007 and 2009 winners respectively, have been hired to join Zimmermann–Multon full-time, under contract expiring 2016. (From 2012 all six members will be citizens of Monaco and the team will be a prohibitive favorite to represent Monaco internationally.)[4]

The 2013 edition was won by the USA's Gordon team.[5]

Results

The World Transnational has always been a major side event conducted alongside the Bermuda Bowl and Venice Cup. Recently it has been possible to enter the Transnational Teams after elimination from the main events before their semifinals.

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References

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    World Transnational Open Team Championship. World Bridge Federation. Confirmed 2011-07-10.
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    (directory, Sao Paulo 2009 Daily Bulletins). WBF. Retrieved 2011-07-10. (The Transnational Open structure and timing is evident in the on-site bulletins for the last six days.)
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    40th World Team Championships (dedicated site). World Bridge Federation. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
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    "Helgeness and Fantunes Immigrate to Monaco", BridgeTopics.com 2010-12-14. Originally published in Norwegian: Alf Helge Jensen, "Helgeness skal spille for Monaco", Bridge i Norge (ed. Boye Brogeland), 2010-12-13. Confirmed 2011-08-23.
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    WBO bulletin, September 2013.
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    Results & Participants (Transnational Open), 33rd World Team Championships, 1997.
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    1997 World Bridge Championships contemporary coverage, 1997. WBF.
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    Results & Participants (Transnational Open), 34th World Team Championships, 2000.
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    Orbis World Bridge Championships contemporary coverage, 2000. WBF.
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    Results & Participants (Transnational Open), 35th World Team Championships, 2001.
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    World Bridge Championships contemporary coverage, 2003. WBF.
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    39th World Team Championships contemporary coverage, 2009. WBF.
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    41st World Team Championships contemporary coverage, 2013. WBF. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
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