List of bridge competitions and awards

World Championships

World Bridge Federation

• "World Teams" or World Bridge Team Championships
• *Bermuda Bowl —from 1950
• *Venice Cup —from 1974
• *Senior Bowl —from 2001
• *World Transnational Open Teams Championship
• "World Series" or World Bridge Series Championships
• * World Open Knockout Teams —from 1978
• * World Women Knockout Teams —from 1994
• * World Senior Teams Championship —from 1994
• * World Mixed Swiss Teams
• * World Open Pairs Championship —from 1962
• * World Women Pairs Championship —from 1962
• * World Senior Pairs Championship —from 1990
• * World Mixed Pairs Championship —from 1966
• * World IMP Pairs Championship —from 2006
• "World Bridge Games" or Bridge at the World Mind Sports Games
• * World Masters Individual —from 1992 Open and Women
• * World Team Olympiad —1960–2004 national teams events; Open and Women incorporated in the Games 2008 and "Senior International Cup" continued as a non-medal event
• * World Mixed Teams Championship —1962/72/74, 1996–2004, continued as a non-medal event beside the Games 2008
• *Youth events covered below
• World Par Championship —sanctioned by WBF 1961 and 1963, by Culbertson 1932–1941

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• World Junior Pairs Championship —covers all WBF competition for Youth Pairs and Individuals
• World Junior Teams Championship —covers all WBF competition for Youth Teams
• World University Bridge Championships —2000 and biennial from 2004 ; from 2009, annual

  Others

• Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championships —

  Great Britain

• The Gold Cup, the annual open British knock-out Teams of Four Championship
• The Home International Series, comprising:
• * The Camrose Trophy, an annual competition between teams representing England, the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
• * The Lady Milne Trophy for Women's Teams
• * The Senior Camrose for the Teltscher Trophy
• * The Junior Camrose for players aged under 25 years
• * The Peggy Bayer Trophy for players aged under 20 years

  North America

• North American Bridge Championships conducted by the American Contract Bridge League —three annual 11-day meets that include many NABC-level championship events among others
• United States Bridge Championships conducted by the United States Bridge Federation to select national teams, including Open, Women's, Mixed, Senior, and Junior series
• ACBL Hall of Fame
• Mott-Smith: The Geoffrey Mott-Smith trophy is awarded to the player winning the most masterpoints at the Spring NABC.
• Fishbein: The Sally Fishbein trophy is awarded to the player winning the most masterpoints at the Summer NABC in NABC+ events.
• Championship Player of the Year: The Championship Player of the Year is awarded to the player winning the most masterpoints won at NABCs while playing in unlimited national-rated events, including the North American Open Pairs and excluding the Grand National Team competitions.
• Barry Crane Top 500: The annual Barry Crane Top 500 masterpoint race is won by the player who earns the most colored masterpoints during the year. Masterpoints won on-line do not count.
• Ace of Clubs: The annual Ace of Clubs masterpoint races are won by the player from each masterpoint category through Diamond Life Master who earns the most masterpoints in club games during the year.
• Mini-McKenney: The annual Mini-McKenney masterpoint races are won by the member from each masterpoint category who earns the most total masterpoints during the year.

  Europe

• European championships conducted by the European Bridge League
• *European Team Championships — national teams, open flight from 1932
• *European Open Bridge Championships
• *European Youth Teams Championships — national teams, open flight from 1968
• *European Youth Pairs Championships

  Other

• Buffett Cup —biennial "Europe vs North America at Bridge" modeled after the Ryder Cup of golf
• Cavendish Invitational —invitation-only money tournament operated by World Bridge Productions
• Macallan Invitational Pairs —invitation event held in London sponsored by the manufacturers of The Macallan whisky. It was last held in 1999.

  Player competitions and awards

• Triple crown of bridge