Bridge, or more formally contract bridge, is a trick-taking card game of skill played by four players.
WBF Championships:[1]
The World Bridge Team Championships are held in the odd-numbered years:
The World Bridge Games are held every fourth year, in the same year as the Summer Olympics, previously known as World Team Olympiad.
The World Bridge Series Championships are held every fourth year, in the year of World Cup. It includes the following main events:
World Bridge Championships[2] conducted by the World Bridge Federation
9TH WORLD UNIVERSITY BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIP 2018-10-25 ~ 10-28 XUZHOU,CHINA
Events conducted by Bridge Great Britain:
Far East Bridge Federation & Pacific Asia Bridge Federation.[31][32][33][34]
Asia Pacific Bridge Federation Championships (APBF) (Previously Far East Federation Championships).
Zonal and National Organizations:[31][35]
Country / Organization / Membership / Status
1 China Chinese Contract Bridge Association CBA 81,500 OK
2 Hong Kong Hong Kong Contract Bridge Association Ltd HKCBA 432 OK
3 Macau Macau Contract Bridge Association MCBA 81 OK
4 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Contract Bridge Association CTCBA 2,477 OK
5 Indonesia Indonesian Contract Bridge Association IBA 1,365 OK
6 Japan Japan Contract Bridge League Inc JCBL 7,043 OK
7 South Korea Korea Contract Bridge League KCBL 235 OK
8 Malaysia Malaysian Contract Bridge Association MCBA 71 OK
9 Philippines Philippine Tournament Bridge Association PTBA 131 OK
10 Singapore Singapore Contract Bridge Association SCBA 185 OK
11 Thailand Contract Bridge League of Thailand CBLT 3,274 OK
12 Vietnam VietNam Bridge & Poker Sports Association VBPSA N/A OK
Total 96,794
Year /Host City /Open Team (Rebullid Cup) /Ladies Team(President's Cup) /Senior Team(PABF Senior Cup)
Asia Pacific Bridge Federation Youth Championships
19th Asia Pacific Bridge Federation Youth Championships Wuhan, China 2013, 19–25 August 2013
20th Asia Pacific Bridge Federation Youth Championships Bangkok, Thailand, 1–7 April 2015
22nd Asia Pacific Bridge Federation Open Youth Championships Bogor, Indonesia April 13–20, 2018 2018 APBF Open Youth Championships
23rd APBF Youth Championships 2019-04-05 ~ 04-11 Bangkok, Thailand
Southeast Asia Bridge Federation Championships
2nd SEABF Championships 2017-12-06 ~ 12-12 The Margo Hotel, Depok, West Java South East Asia Bridge Federation
3rd Southeast Asia Bridge Federation Championships 2018-11-27 ~ 12-01 Makati City, Philippines
4th Southeast Asia Bridge Federation Championships 2019-11-25 ~ 11-29 Indoor Training Hall, Olympic Council of Malaysia
2014 Jinhua 2nd Asia Cup 2nd Asia Cup Bridge Championships 2014-06-12 ~ 06-22 ZheJiang WuYi JinHua , China
3rd Asia Cup Bridge Championships 2018-06-04 ~ 06-10 Goa, India ASIA PACIFIC BRIDGE FEDERATION
List of Asia and Middle East Bridge Championships:[36][37]
Founded in 1979 as Bridge Federation of Asia & the Middle East.
From 5 original NBOs grew to 10 member countries.
In 1996, the Bridge Federation of Africa, Asia & the Middle East (BFAAME) was divided into (the obvious) 3 subzones.
In 2000, the African NBO’s formed Zone 8 of the WBF and Zone 4 was once again renamed to its original Bridge Federation of Asia & the Middle East (BFAME).
Zonal and National Organizations
Country/Organization/Membership/Status
1 Bangladesh Bangladesh Bridge Federation BngBF 180 OK
2 India Bridge Federation of India BFI 4,650 OK
3 JordanJordan Bridge Federation JBA 250 OK
4 Kuwait Kuwait Mind Sports Association KMSA 66 OK
5 Pakistan Pakistan Bridge Federation PBF 500 OK
6 Palestine Palestine Bridge Federation PaBF 150 OK
7 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian Bridge Federation SdABF 67 OK
8 Sri Lanka Bridge Federation of Sri Lanka BFSL 120 OK
9 Syria Syrian Bridge Association SBA N/A OK
10 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Bridge Federation UAEBF 150 OK
Total 6,133
1st ASIA & MIDDLE EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS - 1981 Venue: Bangalore, India Dates: 11–19 April 1981 (25th Bermuda Bowl (7) & 4th Venice Cup (5), Port Chester, New York, USA. (19-30 Oct.))
2nd ASIA AND MIDDLE EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS - 1983 Venue: Le Meidien Paradise Hotel, Le Morne Peninsula, Port Louise, Mauritius Dates : 13 – 22 May’83.
3rd ASIA & MIDDLE EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS - 1985 Venue: Taj Mahal Hotel, Karachi, Pakistan Dates: 18 – 30 April 1985
CANCELLATION in 1985
4TH ASIA & CHAMPIONSHIPS - 1987 Venue: Taj Samudra Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka Dates: 29 March to 9 April 1987
5TH ASIA & MIDDLE EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS-1989 Venue: Ramses Nile Hilton, Cairo, Egypt Dates: 1 to 13 June 1989
6TH ASIA AND MIDDLE EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS - 1991 Venue: Sheraton Hotel, New Delhi, India Dates: 7–17 July 1991
7TH ASIA & MIDDLE EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS-1993 Venue: Le Mauricia Hotel, Grand Bay, Port Louis, Mauritius. Dates: May 1993
8TH AFRICA ASIA & MIDDLE EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS-1995 Venue: Forte Grand Hotel, Amman, Jordan Dates: 22 April 1995 – 3 May 1995.
9TH AFRICA ASIA & MIDDLE EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS-1997 Venue: Arthur Seat Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa. Dates: 16 May 1997- 28 May 1997.
10TH AFRICA ASIA & MIDDLE EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS-1999 Venue: Taj Samudra Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Dates: 2 Oct 1999 – 14 Oct 1999
11TH ASIA & MIDDLE EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS-2001 Venue: Gulf Hotel, Manama, Bahrain Dates: 23 May 2001 – 2 June 2001.
12TH ASIA & MIDDLE EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS-2003 Venue: Regency Palace Hotel, Amman, Jordan Dates: 1 August 2003 – 9 August 2003.
13th Asia & Middle East Championships-2005 Venue: Sonar Gaon Pan Pacific Hotel, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dates: 28 April 2005 – 6 May 2005.
14th Asia & Middle East Championships - 2007 Venue: Carlton Hotel, Karachi, Pakistan Dates: 12 May to 20 May 2007
15th Asia & Middle East Championships - 2009 Venue: Regency Palace Hotel, Amman, Jordan Dates: 26 June to 4 July 2009
Zone-4 & Zone-6 merger for the purpose of Olympic continental representation.
16th Asia & Middle East Championships - 2011 Venue: Chola Sheraton, Chennai, India Dates: 26 May to 1 June’11
17th Asia & Middle East Championships - 2013 Venue: Hyatt Ahmedabad, India Dates: 4 June to 11 June’13
18th Asia & Middle East Championships - 2015 Venue: Bristol Hotel, Amman, Jordan Dates: 27 May to 3 June’15
19th Asia & Middle East Championships - 2017 Venue: Holiday Inn Al Barsha Hotel, Dubai, UAE. Dates: Monday 3rd to Tuesday 11 April 2017.
20th BFAME Championships was tentatively awarded to Kuwait in 2019.
2021 TBD.