United States Bridge Championships

The USBF holds tournaments to select United States International Teams. The Open USBC, which selects teams for Open World Championships, is held every year; the Open USBC held each even numbered year that is not divisible by four selects one team for the next year's Bermuda Bowl. The Women's USBC, which selects teams for Women's World Championships, is held in three out of four years; there is no Women's USBC in even numbered years that are not divisible by four. The Senior USBC, which selects teams for Senior World Championships, is held in three out of four years; there is no Senior USBC in even numbered years that are not divisible by four. The Mixed USBC, which selects teams for the Mixed World Championships, is heldin three out of four years. The Junior USBC, which selects teams for the World Junior Championships, is held in each odd numbered year, to select the teams for the following even numbered year.

2022 - TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

The 2022 World Championship will be the World Bridge Series, which is a completely Transnational tournament, to which the USBF does not send teams. Therefore, the only 2022 USBC will be the Open USBC, which will most likely have an online Round Robin to select 16 teams for face-to-face Knockout play at the Hyatt Regency in Schaumburg, Illinois. The exact format of the Round Robin will depend on the number of teams entered, but will be based on USBF general principles that any one stage of a Round Robin should not eliminate significantly more than 40% of the field, and if one cut is going to be steeper than another, the steeper cut should be in the earlier stage. The Knockout matches will be 2 days long, so the knockout stage of play will take a total of 8 days.

2023 - TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

The 2023 Open, Women's, Mixed, and Senior USBCs will be held in 2023. The Open USBC will select one team for the 2023 Bermuda Bowl. The other 3 USBCs will select two teams for their respective events. The face to face stages of play are likely to be in May. The exact rules that will apply to players who enter multiple events and qualify in an early event will be decided by the USBF Board in early 2022.