North American Collegiate Bridge Championship

North American Collegiate Bridge Championships are an intramural college competition run by the American Contract Bridge League.^[1] The finals are held every summer in conjunction with the North American Bridge Championships. Any college in the United States, Canada, Mexico and/or Bermuda is eligible to participate in the event. Teams must consist of four to six players all from the same college.

Competition

The competition started in 2006, with two parts of competition. Teams would play in a one-day online qualifier in January. The format was a bracketed round robin, with the top number of teams from each bracket, up to 8 total, qualifying to the finals. Players received lodging, airfare and spending money to attend. The finals were a two-day competition that took place at the summer North American Bridge Championship. The first day consisted of a complete round robin, with the top four teams qualifying to the second day. The second day was a semi-final and final bracketed knockout. The winning team received a $2,000 scholarship.

In 2014, the competition format changed. Rather than a one-day online qualifier in January, colleges were assigned two head-to-head online matches each month starting in October and concluding in March. Teams would accumulate victory points based on the results of each head-to-head match. The two teams with the highest victory points at the end of December earned the first two qualifying positions. The two teams with the highest victory points at the end of March earned the next two qualifying positions. Four teams total qualified for the two-day championship. Players received lodging, airfare and spending money to attend. The first day was a full-day semi-final round, with the second day being a full-day final round. The winning team received a $20,000 scholarship.^[2]

Championship locations

City	Year
Dallas, TX	2006
Nashville, TN	2007
Las Vegas, NV	2008
Washington, D.C.	2009
New Orleans, LA	2010
Toronto, ON	2011
Philadelphia, PA	2012
Atlanta, GA	2013
Las Vegas, NV	2014
Chicago, IL	2015

Participating colleges

College	Year(s) Won
Brandeis University
Brown University
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)	2008[3]
Claremont
College of William and Mary
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dalhousie University
Dartmouth College
Davidson College
Hamilton College
Harvard University
McGill University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
New York University
Ohio State University
Princeton University
Stanford University	2009[4]
Swarthmore College
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)	2007[5]
University of California, Berkeley	2014[6]
University of Chicago	2015[7]
University of Illinois
University of Michigan	2006[8]
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	2012[9]
University of Oklahoma
University of Pennsylvania	2010,[10] 2011[11]
University of Tennessee
University of Texas
University of Toronto
University of Washington	2013[12]
Whitman College
Yale University

References

1. http://www.acbl.org/learn_page/college-bridge-program/. Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |website= (help);
2. http://www.butlr.com/acbl/. Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |website= (help);
3. http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2008/02/bulletins/db2.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |website= (help);
4. http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2009/02/bulletins/db4.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |website= (help);
5. http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2007/02/bulletins/db4.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |website= (help);
6. http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |website= (help);
7. http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2015/02/bulletins/db4.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |website= (help);
8. http://web2.acbl.org/nabcbulletins/2006summer/db4.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |website= (help);
9. http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2012/02/bulletins/db4.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |website= (help);
10. http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2010/02/bulletins/db4.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |website= (help);
11. http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2011/02/bulletins/db5.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |website= (help);
12. http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/02/bulletins/db3.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |website= (help);