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1970 - Stockholm, Sweden. The late Ira Corn's 'Aces' won the right to represent the United States in the Bermuda Bowl. In the absence of Italy's top team, the 'Aces' - consisting of Billy Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Robert Hamman, Jim Jacoby, Mike Lawrence and Bobby Wolff - outclassed the field.

1971 - Taipei, Taiwan. The Aces won again for the United States . With Australia competing, 1971 was the first six team Bermuda Bowl.

1973 - Guaruja, Brazil. Italy (Giorgio Belladonna, Benito Bianchi, Pietro Forquet, Giuseppe Garabello, Benito Garozzo, Vito Pittala and S. Salvetti, non-playing captain) won the Bermuda Bowl. They out-played the defending 'Aces', scoring 65 IMPs to 4 on the first 16 boards of the final and 59 to 2 on the next! The final margin was 333-205.

1974 - Venice, Italy. Italy (Giorgio Belladonna, Benito Bianchi, Dano de Falco, Pietro Forquet, Arturo Franco, Benito Garozzo, Vito Pittala S. Salvetti, non-playing captain) in a much closer contest, beat a changed 'Aces' team by 195 to 166, having been only 5 IMPs ahead not far from the end.

1975 - Bermuda. This contest was to be staged where it all begun 25 years earlier, on the island of Bermuda, saw the introduction of screens and three days into the contest foot barriers. The play itself was most exciting. At half-way, USA led by 73 IMPs. Italy then staged a dramatic recovery. In the closing stages, helped by a hand where Belladonna reached a grand slam with J98xxx of trumps opposite AQ and found K10 bare onside, Italy (Giorgio Belladonna, Gianfranco Facchini, Arturo Franco, Benito Garozzo, Vito Pittala, Sergio Zucchelli and S. Salvetti, non-playing captain) came on to win by 214 IMPs to 189.

1976 - Monte Carlo, Monaco. A cloud hung over both the Bermuda Bowl and the World Team Olympiad which being held at the same time. A leading Italian player claimed to have taped a telephone conversation with a member of Italy's 1973 and 1974 winning teams, allegedly including statements on the use of illegal signals. In the event, USA (Billy Eisenberg, Fred Hamilton, Eric Paulsen, Hugh Ross, Ira Rubin and Paul Soloway) beat Italy, who played below their best, by 232 IMPs to 198.

1977 - Manila, Philippines. Under the format of some years standing, this final was reached by two American teams, the winners being Billy Eisenberg, Edwin Kantar, Robert Hamman, Paul Soloway, John Swanson and Bobby Wolff. This was not satisfactory, and changes were made to prevent a recurrence.

1979 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This was the first six-Zone Bermuda Bowl, including the newly formed Central America and Caribbean Zone. Italy, with the team re-formed after the traumatic events of the mid 1970s, put in a strong challenge and the match swayed back and forth, but in the end the USA (Malcolm Brachman, Billy Eisenberg, Edwin Kantar, Bobby Goldman, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway and Edgar Theus , non-playing captain) won by 5 IMPs.

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