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1981 - Port Chester, New York, USA. This contest brought the entry of another new Zone, represented by Pakistan, who had just won the Inaugural Championships of the Bridge Federation of Asia and the Middle East. This relatively inexperienced team overcame Great Britain, Indonesia and Australia in the round robin and Argentina in the semi-finals. In the final against the United States, Zia Mahmood, Nisar Abedi, Masoon Salim, Jan-e-Alam Fazli, Munir Ata-Ullah and Nisar Ahmed led until half-way. In the end, they succumbed by 88 IMPs to the power of Eric Rodwell, Bobby Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Russ Arnold, John Solodar and Bud Reinhold.

1983 - Stockholm, Sweden. The USA registered a strong challenge from Italy, the lead changing hands a record number of times. The winners by a margin of 413 IMPs to 408 were Mike Becker, Robert Hamman. Ronald Rubin, Alan Sontag, Peter Weichsel and Bobby Wolff, with Joe Musumeci as non-playing captain.

1985 - São Paulo, Brazil. The USA (Robert Hamman, Chiop Martel, Peter Pender, Hugh Ross, Lew Stansby, Bobby Wolff and Alfred Sheinwold as non-playing captain) recorded their sixth successive victory when they defeated Austria, the European Champions, by 399 IMPs to 324, having survived a hair-raising semi-final against Brazil that went to the last board.

1987 - Ocho Rios, Jamaica. The USA (Robert Hamman, Mike Lawrence, Chip Martel, Hugh Ross, Lew Stansby, Bobby Wolff and Dan Morse as non-playing captain) resisted a strong challenge from Great Britain to win by 64 IMPs. Sweden took the bronze medal.

1989 - Perth, Australia. The long American domination finally came to an end when Brazil (Marcelo Branco, Pedro Branco, Carlos Camacho, Gabriel Chagas, Ricardo Janz, Roberto Mello and Pedro Paulo Assumpcao as non-playing captain) defeated the USA by 442-388 IMPs over 176 boards. Brazil had defeated Poland in the semi-finals, while the USA beat Australia. Poland won the third place play-off.

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