Venice Cup
Year , Site , Entries Medalists
1985 Oct 19-Nov 2 São Paulo , Brazil 10 teams 1 Great Britain Pat Davies , Sally Horton , Sandra Landy , Nicola Smith , ( Michelle Brunner , Gillian Scott-Jones ) *
1985 Oct 19-Nov 2 São Paulo , Brazil 10 teams 2 USA 1 Betty Ann Kennedy , Jacqui Mitchell , Gail Moss , Judi Radin , Carol Sanders , Kathie Wei
1985 Oct 19-Nov 2 São Paulo , Brazil 10 teams 3 France Danièle Allouche , Véronique Bessis , Ginette Chevalley , Fabienne Pigeaud , Catherine Saul , Sylvie Willard
1987 October 10-24 Ocho Ríos , Jamaica 10 teams 1 USA 2 Cheri Bjerkan , Juanita Chambers , Lynn Deas , Beth Palmer , Judi Radin , Kathie Wei
1987 October 10-24 Ocho Ríos , Jamaica 10 teams 2 France Danièle Allouche , Véronique Bessis , Hélène Bordenave , Ginette Chevalley , Bénédicte Cronier , Sylvie Willard
1987 October 10-24 Ocho Ríos , Jamaica 10 teams 3 Italy Marisa Bianchi , Luciana Capodanno , Marisa D'Andrea , Carla Gianardi , Gabriella Olivieri , Anna Valenti
1989 September 9-23 Perth , Australia 10 teams 1 United States Kitty Bethe , Lynn Deas , Margie Gwozdzinsky , Karen McCallum , Beth Palmer , Kerri Shuman
1989 September 9-23 Perth , Australia 10 teams 2 Netherlands Carla Arnolds , Ellen Bakker , Ine Gielkens , Elly Schippers , Marijke van der Pas , Bep Vriend
1989 September 9-23 Perth , Australia 10 teams 3 Canada Francine Cimon , Dianna Gordon , Mary Paul , Sharyn Reus , Gloria Silverman , Katie Thorpe
1991 Sep 29-Oct11 Yokohama , Japan 16 teams 1 USA 2 Nell Cahn , Stasha Cohen , Lynn Deas , Sharon Osberg , Nancy Passell , Sue Picus
1991 Sep 29-Oct11 Yokohama , Japan 16 teams 2 Austria Gabriele Bamberger , Maria Erhart , Doris Fischer , Terry Weigkricht , ( Rosi Spinn , Britta Widengren ) ***
1991 Sep 29-Oct11 Yokohama , Japan 16 teams 3 China GU Ling , LIU Yiqian , SUN Ming , ZHANG Yalan , ( SHAOMIN Shi , WANG Liping ) **
Historical results -- 1985
The fifth Venice Cup was not until 1985 , when the two tournaments were permanently joined side-by-side in odd years with the same structure ( like the Olympiad tournaments established in 1960 ) . Since then , the numbers of teams entered have been identical except once . For 1985 the champion teams from Europe and North America were granted slots in the 4-team semifinal knockout . One representative from every other zone , the host country team , and second teams from Europe and North America , played round-robin for the other two semifinal slots . As for all three renditions under that format , five other zones participated ( not yet Africa ) and there were ten teams in the field . 1985 Venice Cup , final standings Great Britain ( Europe 2 ) USA 1 [ a ] ( North America 1 ) France ( Europe 1 ) Chinese Taipei ( Pacific Asia ) USA 2 [ a ] ( North America 2 ) Australia ( South Pacific ) Argentina ( South America ) Brazil ( host country ) Venezuela ( Central America & Carib . ) India ( Asia & Middle East )
The Venice Cup is a biennial world championship contract bridge tournament for national of Women. It is contested every odd-number year under the auspices of the World Bridge Federation (WBF), alongside the Bermuda Bowl (Open) and d'Orsi Bowl (Seniors). Entries formally represent WBF Zones as well as nations so it is also known as the World Zonal Women Team Championship, one of three World Zonal Team Championships. It was first contested in 1974, as one long match between two teams, and has been concurrent with the Bermuda Bowl from 1985. Alternatively, the Venice Cup is the trophy awarded to the winning team. It was donated by Italy when Venice hosted the inaugural contest. The most recent contest took place in September-October 2015 in Chennai (formerly Madras), India. The last event took place in 2017 in Lyon, France.