1. BRODY: Fischer Brigitta (Hungary), Marion Michielsen, Cecilia Rimstedt, Sandra Rimstedt (Sweden), Joan Brody (USA).
2. TRI POLAR: Nevena Senior, Nicola Smith (England), Kathrine Bertheau, Jessica Larsson (Sweden), Disa Eythorsdottir, Janice Seamon-Molson (USA).
3. BAKER: Sally Brock, Fiona Brown (England), Lynn Baker, Karen McCallum, Jill Meyers, Kerri Sanborn (USA).
3. EDMONDS: Katarzyna Dufrat, Danuta Kazmucha, Anna Sarniak, Justyna Żmuda (Poland), Jodi Edmonds, Irina Levitina (USA).

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1. BAKER: Lynn Baker (USA), Sally Brock (England), Fiona Brown (England), Irina Levitina (USA), Karen McCallum (USA), Kerri Sanborn (USA), Beth Palmer (npc) (USA).
2. SMITH: Kathrine Bertheau (Sweden), Jessica Larsson (Sweden), Paula Leslie (Scotland), Solvi Remen (Norway), Nicola Smith (England), Yvonne Wiseman (England).
3. APEROL: Tatiana Dikhnova (pc) (Russia), Catherine d’Ovidio (France), Victoria Gromova (Russia), Anna Gulevich (Russia), Tatiana Ponomareva (Russia), Sylvie Willard (France).
3. BARONI: Irene Baroni (Italy), Veronique Bessis (France), Anne-Laure Huberschwiller (France), Simonetta Paoluzi (Italy).

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26 teams entered for the McConnell Cup.
1. BAKER: Lynn Baker, Karen McCallum (USA), Sally Brock, Nicola Smith (England), Marion Michielsen, Meike Wortel (Netherlands), Cenk Tuncok (NPC).
2. CHINA RED TEAM: Lu Yan, Ran Jing Rong, Wang Hongli, Wang Wen Fei, Wu Shaoyong, Zhang Yu (China), Wang Xiaojing (Coach).
3. MOSS: Sylvia Moss (Captain), Lynn Deas, Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Joann Glasson, Kerri Sanborn, Janice Seamon-Molson (USA).
3. PERTAMINA EP: Rury Andhani, Lusje Oha Bojoh, Suci Amita Dewi, Kristina Wahyu Murniati, Conny Sumampouw, Julita Grace Tueje (Indonesia), Veterano Sitompul (NPC).

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1. CHINA LADIES TEAM: Feng Xuefeng, Gu Ling, Lu Yan, Sun Ming, Sun Yanhui, Wang Hongli.
2. THE NETHERLANDS: Carla Arnolds, Jet Pasman, Anneke Simons, Martine Verbeek, Bep Vriend, Wietske van Zwol.
3. FIREMAN: Shannon Cappelletti, Catherine d’Ovidio, Phillis Fireman, Danielle Gaviard, Victoria Gromova, Tatiana Ponomareva.

The Philadelphia Championship was given a new title – the World Bridge Series.
The 31 teams entered for the McConnell Cup were divided into four seeded nine or ten-team groups to play complete internal round-robins, with the top four in each group to qualify for the 16-team knockout stage.

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1. STEINER: Victoria Gromova, Marinesa Letizia, Tatiana Ponomareva, Janice Seamon-Molson, Tobi Sokolow, Carlyn Steiner.
2. NARASIMHAN: Jill Levin, Irina Levitina, Jill Meyers, Hansa Narasimhan, Debbie Rosenberg, JoAnna Stansby.
3. KATT-BRIDGE: Kathrine Bertheau, Catharina Midskog, Jenny Ryman, Mari Ryman.

For the first time, all events at the World Bridge Championships were transnational.
A special dedicated stamp was issued by the Italian Postal Service on the occasion of the event.
Verona, with its monuments, history and tradition hosted a superb event. Magnificent was the Opening Ceremony at Gran Guardia Palace and memorable the Aida, directed by Franco Zeffirelli at l’Arena. The Championship has been attended by several notable people such as Bill Gates, Edma Castro, Antoine Bernheim. The players really enjoyed their stay.
The 39-team for the McConnell Teams was slightly higher than the 36 entries in Montreal.
It was divided into four seeded nine or tenteam groups to play complete internal round robins, with the top four in each group to qualify for the 16-team knockout stage.

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1. USA: Lynn Deas – Irina Levitina – Jill Meyers – Randi Montin – Beth Palmer – Kerri Sanborn .
2. USA: Mildred Breed – Rozanne Pollack – Shawn Quinn – Judi Radin – Valerie Weistheimer.
3. FRANCE: Véronique Bessis – Bénédicte Cronier – Catherine d’Ovidio – Sylvie Willard.

36 teams entered the Women’s Teams Championship for the McConnell Cup.
The field was divided into four seeded groups of nine to play complete internal round-robins of 24-board matches over four days, with the top four in each group to qualify for the 16-team knockout stage.

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1. ERHART (Austria): Maria Erhart, Terry Weigkricht, Doris Fischer, Sylvia Terraneo.
2. AUKEN(Germany): Sabine Auken, Daniela von Arnim, Karen Farwig, Barbara Stawowy.
The losing semi-finalists, TRUSCOTT (USA) and WOOD (USA) shared the Bronze medal.

The Louis Vuitton McConnell Cup for Women’s Teams attracted an entry of 56 teams which were divided into 4 groups, playing a round robin within the group to determine the teams to go through to the knockout stages.

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1. USA: Jillian Blanchard (now Levin) – Marinesa Letizia – Sue Picus – Rozanne Pollack – Judi Radin.
2. USA: Karen Allison – Jill Casen – Dori Cohen (now Massimilla) – Joanne Glasson – JoAnn Manfield (now Sprung) – Sally Woolsey.
3. USA: Mildred Breed – Tobi Deutsch (now Sokolow) – Amalya Kearse – Joyce Lilie – Jacqui Mitchell – Jo Morse.
3. USA: Judy Cody – Shelley Lapkoff – Linda Perlman – JoAnn Stansby – Carlyn Steiner – Claire Tornay.

48 Women’s Teams entered the first NEC McConnell Cup Teams. They were divided into 12 groups and played an internal round robin over four days to qualify 16 teams for the direct knockout phase.