The Brazilian Bridge Federation ( pt, Federação Brasileira de Bridge) is the national organization for
bridge
A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually someth ...
in
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
and a member of the Confederacion Sudamericana de Bridge and the
World Bridge Federation
The World Bridge Federation (WBF) is the international governing body of contract bridge. The WBF is responsible for world championship competitions, most of which are conducted at a few multi-event meets on a four-year cycle. The most prestigio ...
.
[Zonal Organizations. Zone 3, South America]
retrieved April 30, 2013. It was founded in 1945 as the Confederação Brasileira de Bridge (Brazilian Bridge Confederation), affiliated with the World Bridge Federation in 1979, and fully recognized by it in June 1999.
[Federação Brasileira de Bridge]
, Informações - Entidades, Ministério de Esporte, retrieved April 30, 2013
The organization is based in
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...
.
[ Its president is Francisco de Assis Chagas de Mello e Silva and its vice president is Jeovani Salomão. Ernesto d’Orsi was president from 1983 to 2001 and is now president emeritus.][Giovana Romani]
"São Paulo sedia o Campeonato Mundial de Bridge"
Veja São Paulo, September 18, 2009, updated January 28, 2011, retrieved April 30, 2013 it has 1,194 members.[ Relatively few people play bridge in Brazil, approximately 40,000][ or between 40,000 and 50,000.][Eduardo Zanelato]
''Época'', September 11, 2009, retrieved April 30, 2013
See also
* World Bridge Federation
The World Bridge Federation (WBF) is the international governing body of contract bridge. The WBF is responsible for world championship competitions, most of which are conducted at a few multi-event meets on a four-year cycle. The most prestigio ...
* List of bridge federations
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References
External links
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Bridge Brasil
Non-profit organisations based in Brazil
Contract bridge governing bodies
Bridge
A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually someth ...
Sports organizations established in 1945
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