McConnell Cup is a team event for women held every four years as part of the
World Bridge Series Championships. The event was inaugurated in 1994 and is named in honor of Ruth McConnell, former treasurer for the
World Bridge Federation (WBF) and former president of the
American Contract Bridge League
The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is a governing body for contract bridge in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda. It is the largest such organization in North America having the stated mission ''"to promote, grow and sustain th ...
(ACBL). McConnell was also instrumental in inaugurating the
Venice Cup
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 (S ...
women's team championship in 1974.
The full name of this championship is World Women Knockout Teams. The knockout format pertains only to the late stages, however, evidently a four-round knockout with 16 teams except for a five-round 32-team KO in 1998. It appears that the field has been divided into two groups or four groups for round-robin play, with the top eight or top four advancing from each group to the knockout stage.
The next rendition will be at the "World Bridge Series Championships" meet in 2014. The Chinese Contract Bridge Association will host in
Sanya, Hainan, from 10 to 25 October.
"2014 World Bridge Series Championships to be held in Sanya in October"
. ''Sanya News''. 19 June 2014. What's On Sanya (whatsonsanya.com). Retrieved 2014-09-11. The series name for the meet is new but WBF calls this the 14th World Bridge Series, or 14th Red Bull World Bridge Series. It will be the 6th competition for the McConnell Cup, and the 6th world championship for women teams in the series.
Results
References
External links
Women
program top page at the World Bridge Federation
World Women KO Teams Championship 1994–present (table)
at the World Bridge Federation
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Contract bridge world competitions