The World Women Pairs Championship is a

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championship held every four years as part of the World Bridge Championships. It is restricted to women pairs only.

Results

World meets commonly run for 15 days on a schedule whose details vary. In 2006 the Women Pairs played Saturday to Friday, the 8th to 14th days of the meet, with five qualifying sessions, five semifinal sessions, and four final sessions. At the start of qualifying, sixteen teams remained in the knockout stage of the marquee teams competition for women, for the

McConnell Cup 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 ...

. During qualifying sessions for the pairs, the McConnell teams were reduced from sixteen to four, and players from the twelve "knocked out" teams were eligible to enter pairs competition at the semifinal stage. There were 109 pairs in the qualifier, 63 in the semifinal, and 36 in the final.Results (linked schedule)
12th World Bridge Championships, 2006. WBF. United States pairs have won ten of 14 tournaments through 2014, Great Britain two, Netherlands one, China one.

Fritzi Gordon Fritzi Gordon (1905 or 1916 – 8 February 1992) was an Austrian-born British bridge player, half of the most famous and tempestuous female partnership in the game's history. Following her long-time partner Rixi Markus, she was the second woman t ...

and

Rixi Markus "Rixi" Markus MBE (27 June 1910 – 4 April 1992) was an Austrian and British international contract bridge player. She won five world titles, and was the first woman to become a World Grand Master within the World Bridge Federation.

of Great Britain (native Austrians) are the only two-time champion pair; Americans

Karen McCallum Karen T. "Kate" McCallum (born 1946) is a professional American bridge player from Exeter, New Hampshire. Sometime prior to the 2014 European and World meets (summer and October), she ranked 40th among 73 Women World Grand Masters by world masterp ...

and

Kerri Sanborn Sharon Lou "Kerri" Sanborn (born July 29, 1946) is an American bridge player from New York City. She has won major tournaments as Kerri Davis and Kerri Shuman as well. Sometime prior to the 2014 European and World meets (summer and October), Sanbor ...

/Shuman also have two wins each including one as partners in 1990. Sanborn is also the only winner of two gold medals in the

World Mixed Pairs Championship The World Mixed Pairs Championship is a bridge championship for mixed-gender pairs held every four years as part of the World Bridge Championships. Results World meets commonly run for 15 days on a schedule whose details vary. In 2006 the Mixed ...

, which is contested at the same quadrennial meet.

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External links

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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 prestigiou ...

World Women Pairs Championship 1962–present (table)
at the World Bridge Federation {{WPCBIndex

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Quadrennial sporting events

Results

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