Although the Olympiad has been discontinued, its main constituent championships continue within or beside the World Mind Sports Games, first held October 2008 in Beijing, China,[1] and the subsequent results are listed here.
Other world championships, including the older Bermuda Bowl for open teams that is now contested every odd-number year, require qualification at a "zone" level.
For example, about 40 national open teams from European Bridge League member countries may compete biennially for eight entries in the Bermuda Bowl tournament.
Seniors participation increased to 34 at the second WMSG in 2012 while the numbers of open and women entries dropped to 60 and 43.
The Italian Blue Team won three in a row 1964 to 1972, overlapping its run of ten Bermuda Bowls (1957–1969).
Another Italian team won the last two Olympiads and made it three in a row in the first rendition as part of the World Mind Sports Games, 2000 to 2008, overlapping its run of seven European championships (1995–2006).
England won the first rendition as part of the World Mind Sports Games, beating host China by one IMP in 2008.
Teams representing the United States won both renditions of the Senior International Cup.
)[citation needed] Maastricht, Netherlands 24 teams born 1944 or earlier Istanbul, Turkey
29 teams born 1949 or earlier Beijing, China World Mind Sports Games non-medal event
32 teams born 1950 or earlier Lille, France World Mind Sports Games non-medal event
[20] The multi-event "World Team Olympiad" was discontinued in favor of participation in the WMSG but the constituent events of the Olympiad continue—Teams championships in Open and Women categories as part of the WMSG; in Seniors and Transnational categories as non-medal side events.