Rosenblum Cup is an Open Teams event held every four years as part of the
World Bridge Championships
The World Bridge Championships consists of several sets of championships organized under the auspices of the World Bridge Federation.
World Bridge Series Championships
''World Bridge Series Championships'' is the new 2010 name for a quadrennial me ...
. The event was added to the world championships in
in 1978 to commemorate Julius Rosenblum, who served as president of 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 ...
(WBF) until 1976. A similar event for women, the
McConnell Cup, which takes place alongside the Rosenblum Cup was added in 1994.
The full name of this championship is World Open Knockout Teams. The knockout format pertains only to the late stages, however, evidently a six-round knockout with 64 teams in recent renditions. It appears that the field has been divided into sixteen groups for round-robin play, with the top four advancing from each group to the knockout stage.
Results
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* Michniewski in 1978, Angelini in 1998, and Ferraro in 2002 did not play enough boards in order to qualify for the title of World Champion
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** Zakaris in 1986 and Borewicz–Otvosi in 1994 did not play enough boards in order to qualify for second place
References
External links
World Open KO Teams 1978–present (table)at 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 ...
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Contract bridge world competitions