The Venice Cup is the World Championship for Women's Teams and has been run as a parallel championship with the Bermuda Bowl since 1981. This is the first time the Venice Cup has been held in Bermuda. A warm welcome is awaiting the best in the World as teams from 20 countries vie for the Venice Cup.

The Venice Cup, which was presented by the Italian Bridge Federation, is the trophy awarded to the winners of the World Championship for Women's teams. This contest is more of recent origin than the Bermuda Bowl, but in other respects the development of the two competitions has been remarkably similar. Like the older Bermuda Bowl event, the Venice Cup was born of a challenge match in 1975 between Italy's women's team representing Europe and a United States women's team.

Beginning in 1985, the WBF Executive Council decided to hold the Venice Cup every two years, at the same time and place as the Bermuda Bowl. The Council also decided that the two contests should be in almost all respects similar, including eligibility requirements and format. The length of the semi-final and final would differ, the Venice Cup being somewhat shorter.

For Venice Cup past results click here.