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1991 - Yokohama, Japan. In one of the most surprising tournaments ever, Iceland (Jon Baldursson, Adalsteinn Jorgensen, Orn Arnthorsson, Gudlaugur Johansson, Thorlakur Jonsson, Gudmundur Arnson and Bjorn Eysteinsson as non-playing captain) squeezed through their semi-final against Sweden and then beat Poland fairly comfortably 415-376. Sweden beat Brazil in the bronze medal play-off.

1993 - Santiago, Chile. Once again the winners came from Europe, and once again they had only qualified by finishing fourth in the European Championships. Both semi-finals were in doubt until the last board was played with the Netherlands edging out USA II, while Norway scraped past Brazil. In the final, the Netherlands beat Norway by 350-316. Congratulations to the youngest ever team in the competition, Piet Jansen, Wubbo de Boer, Enri Leufkens, Jan Westerhof, Bauke Muller and Berry Westra with non-playing captains Jaap Trouwborst and Henk Schippers. Brazil took the bronze medal.

1995 - Beijing, China. For the first time in the history of the Bermuda Bowl, two North American teams met in the final. These championships were marked by tremendous press and TV coverage including the live broadcasting of the semi-final and the final on CCTV. The USA (Dick Freeman, Robert Hamman, Jeff Meckstroth, Nick Nickell, Eric Rodwell, Robert S. Wolf and Edgar Kaplan as non-playing captain) defeated Canada (Boris Baran, Fred Gitelman, Eric Kokish, George Mittelman, Mark Molson, Joseph Silver and Litvak Irving as non-playing captain) by 338-295. The bronze medal went to France.

1997- Hammamet, Tunisia. The field was the strongest one in the history of the Bermuda Bowl and Venice Cup. The final was very exciting. France (Paul Chemla, Alain Levy, Christian Mari, Herve Mouiel, Franck Multon, Michel Perron and Jean-Louis Stoppa) won the gold with the USA (Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman and Walt Walvick as non-playing captain) winning the silver. The Bronze medal went to Norway.

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