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Zones

Zone #. "Nickname"	del.	estab.	website	history	N	(2009)	largest		2011 champs		2011 World qualifiers
8. Africa	1	1996 2000	ABF (not found)	Zone 8 Report Pierre Chavannaz	14	6,398	South Africa	3390		2	Egypt, Morocco Egypt, Morocco
7. South Pacific	1		SPBF		4	47,286	Australia	32,707		2	Australia, New Zealand Australia, New Zealand
6. Pacific Asia	1	mid-1950s 1966 1980	PABF	WBF Zone 6 Report Patrick Choy	12	71,129	China	34,000		3	China, Japan, Singapore China, Indonesia, Japan
5. "Central America" & Carib.	1	1971 1976	CACBF		20	1384	Martinique	246	9 rr	1	Guadeloupe Trinidad & Tobago
4. "Asia" & M.E.	1	1979	BFAME	History-2	13	9188	India	7430	6 rr+f 4 rr+f 2 none	2	Pakistan, India India, Jordan
3. South America	1	1948	CSB	South-American Bridge: The History Fernando Lema, Ana Roth, Ernesto d'Orsi.	10	4384	Chile	1485		2	Brazil, Chile Brazil, Venezuela
2. North America	5	1927	ACBL		3	160,912	USA	142,592		3	Canada, USA1, USA2 Canada, USA1, USA2
1. Europe	5	1947 8 members	EBL		47	393,164	France	104,097	rr	6	italy pol isr isl swe ned bul france ned swe ger eng pol ita
WORLD (total i.a.)	16	1958	WBF zones		123	693,845				22
Zone #. "Nickname"	del.	estab.	website	history	N	(2009)	largest	(2010)	2011 champs		2011 World qualifiers

Zones

8. Africa	The three largest members South Africa, Egypt, and Botswana have about 80% of the registered players in Africa, but less than 1% of the world.
7. S.Pacific	The two largest members Australia and New Zealand have about 99% of the registered players in the zone, and almost 7% of the world.
6. Pacific.Asia	The two largest members China and Indonesia have about 80% of the registered players in the zone, and about 8% of the world.
5. C.A.&.Carib.	The three largest members Martinique, Bermuda, and Guadeloupe have almost 40% of the regiatered players in the zone, but less than 0.1% of the world.
4. Asia.&.M.E.	The two largest members India and Pakistan have more than 92% of the registered players in the zone, a little more than 1% of the world.
3. S.America	The two largest members Chile and Brazil have about 60% of the registered players in South America, but less than 0.5% of the world.
2. N.America	USA has more than 88% of the players in North America and 20% of the world; Canada more than 11% and 2.5%.
1. Europe	The two largest members France and Netherlands have about 50% of the registered players in Europe, almost 30% of the world. The seven largest (including Italy, Germany, England, Denmark, and Sweden) have more than 75% of the Europe, more than 45% of the world.
WORLD	The three largest bridge nations USA, France, and Netherlands have almost 50% of the registered players in the world —close to 21%, 15%, and 13%. The fourth and fifth, China and Australia, have almost 5% each, not many more than the next several (ITA, GER, Indonesia, ENG, DEN, SWE, Canada, and New Zealand, from 4+ to 2+%). That is about 84% of the world covered by the 13 largest bridge nations.)

Africa

Past championships? WBF provides a bad link [www.africanbridgefed.net www.africanbridgefed.net] Server not found

founded 1996 within BFAAME, 2000 as separate zone 8

• "all participating countries within Africa plus Madagascar, Reunion and

Mauritius; although 20 nations are affiliated, only 10 pay yearly dues."

WBF Zone 8 is Africa. The African Bridge Federation comprises 14 national federations ranging geographically from Morocco and Egypt to Mauritius and Reunion. South Africa is the biggest bridge nation in Africa with re than half of the registered players are in South Africa with 3390 members, more than 50% of the total. Egypt and Botswana have about 15% each.

Africa currently places two teams in the field of 22 for the Bermuda Bowl, the world championship for national teams (open category).

During the last cycle, Egypt qualified teams in all three flights of the World Team Championships and placed 5th-8th in the Senior Bowl. Morocco qualified in the open and women flights; South Africa in the senior.

South Pacific

WBF Zone 7 is "South Pacific" where the South Pacific Bridge Federation comprises 4 national federations with nearly 50,000 player members. Australia and New Zealand have about 70% and 30% of the players.

South Pacific currently places two teams in the field of 22 for the Bermuda Bowl, the world championship for national teams (open category).

During the latest cycle, as usual, Australia and New Zealand placed teams in all three flights of the World Team Championships.

Pacific Asia

Asia Pacific Bridge Federation

16 members (12 Pacific Asia, 4 South Pacific); 10 affiliates (Asia Middle East)

Zonal championships results

WBF Zone 6 is "Pacific Asia" where the Pacific Asia Bridge Federation comprises 12 national federations with more than 70,000 player members. Geographically the nations range from Mongolia to Indonesia and points East. China, Indonesia, and Japan have about 50%, 30%, and 10% of the members.

Pacific Asia currently places three teams in the field of 22 for the Bermuda Bowl, the world championship for national teams (open category).

During the last cycle, China won the Venice Cup (women) and placed fourth in the Bermuda Bowl (open). Indonesia placed third in the Senior Bowl. Japan qualified in all three flights and Chinese Taipei in the open.

Caribbean

Past championships? WBF provides a bad link http://www.cacbf.com/RESULTS.htm Page ... not available

2011, Guadeloupe won a 9-team round-robin, edging Trinidad & Tobago 130 to 128 VP.

reported at CACBF, from Toronto NABC: Mind Sports Games will include under-28 only. World Youth Bridge Team Championships will be 2012-0725/0804 in Cuba.[1]

In WBF Zone 5 the Central American and Caribbean Bridge Federation comprises 20 small national federations with about 1500 total player members. Geographically they range from Central America to Bermuda and Surinam. The biggest is Martinique with 246 members (2009).

Zone 5 currently places one team in the field of 22 for the Bermuda Bowl, the world championship for national teams (open category).

During the last cycle, Caribbean representatives Guadeloupe and Barbados placed last in the Open and Women flights and Barbados placed 19 of 22 in the Senior flight.

Asia

pakistan.html at BFAME (2011-10-01, not explored)

Past championships at WBF (2007, 2009) BFAME Championships To Date.

2007 entries (15th) 5, 4, 4; Jordan, Pakistan, India in all three flights
2009 entries (14th) 9, 5, 5; Palestine, Jordan, Pakistan, India in all three flights

BFAME; google site 2011bfame covers this year's 16th tournament

History: BRIDGE FEDERATION OF ASIA AND MIDDLE EAST / ZONAL CONFERENCE OF WBF ZONE-4

Far East Bridge Federation, predecessor of zones 4, 6, 7.

Later, Africa, Asia & ME predecessor of zones 4, 8.

founded 1979, soon expanded to include Africa. From 2000 Africa is zone 8.[2]

13 countries Palestine to Bangladesh

16th championships conclude 2011-0601; 20 teams (expected?), a record except with Africa membership

Final, Pakistan 127 India 105=12+93 in three 16-board segments

League, 15 @ 16 boards (open, 6 teams, 5 days); Ladies 12 @ 16 boards(4 teams, 4 days)

WBF Zone 4 is "Asia". The Bridge Federation of Asia & the Middle East comprises 13 national federations with more than 9000 total members reported. Geographically they range from Syria and Palestine to Bangladesh. India and Pakistan have about 80% and 10% of the players.

"Asia" currently places two teams in the field of 22 for the Bermuda Bowl, the world championship for national teams (open category).

South America

Zonal championships? WBF database covers 2009 (59th) CSB Championships top page.

incomplete!
Open  : Chile Argentina Colombia/Brazil
Women : Argentina Brazil Chile
Senior: Argentina

CSB

Resultados: Resultados Campeonatos Sudamericanos (linked directory, 2005 to date)

Resultados Históricos 1948-2005: Historia de los Campeonatos Sudamericanos Libres (Open tournament sites and winning teams). confsudbridge.com

Championships three years our of four; Transnational quadrennial 2010

WBF Zone 3 is South America. Confederacion Sudamericana de Bridge comprises national federations of 10 continental nations with about 4500 total members. Chile (1485 players) and Brazil have about 35% and 25% of the players.

South America currently places two teams in the field of 22 for the Bermuda Bowl, the world championship for national teams (open category).

During the last cycle there was one extra place for South America in every flight for the national teams of host Brazil. Argentina also placed teams in every flight.

North America

Zonal championships? WBF provides a bad link http://www.acbl.org/play/nabc3.php Connection timed out

predecessor founded 1927 Hanover NH (ABL)

WBF Zone 2 is North America. The American Contract Bridge League comprises three national federations with 160,000 players or 23% of all players under the auspices of the WBF. About 142,000 ACBL members live in the United States or about 20% of the registered players worldwide. Canada would be the eighth large bridge nation in Europe and the twelfth worldwide.

North America currently places three teams in the field of 22 for the Bermuda Bowl, the world championship for national teams (open category). Two represent the United States, 'USA1' and 'USA2', and one is the Canadian national team or the winner of a Canada—Mexico playoff at Mexico's choice.(Henry Bethe?)

During the latest World Team Championships cycle (2009), Mexico qualified in the open category, Canada in the women and senior categories.

Europe

WBF Zone 1 is Europe. With about 55% of worldwide registered bridge players, national teams from Europe have 6 of 22 places in the fields for the World Team Championships. Six, five, and four of the European teams advanced to the 8-team knockout stages of the open, women, and senior flights. (Five of the six USA teams advanced to that stage, jointly 20 of the 24 quarterfinalists. Outside Europe and USA, only China reached the knockout in open and women fields; Indonesia and Belgium in the senior field.)

Bermuda: 2 Italy, 3 Bulgaria, 5th-8th Germany Netherlands Norway Russia

Venice: 3 France, 5th-8th Germany Italy Spain Sweden, 9 Denmark

Senior: 1 England, 2 Poland, 5th-8th Sweden Belgium, 10 Italy, 12 Turkey

External links

Geographical Zones at the World Bridge Federation

Category: Bridge governing bodies