WBF Conditions of Contest
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All World Championships are conducted under the International Code of Laws of Duplicate Bridge and special Conditions of Contest.
The WBF issues General Conditions of Contest which are applicable in all WBF tournaments. In addition Supplemental Conditions of Contest, relating to each specific tournament are published.
When these documents are revised, please be sure to do a control-refresh to clear your cache. The revised document will also have the date of revision at the top of the document.
Current General and Supplemental Conditions of Contest
General Conditions of Contest (GCoC) Revised January 2024
The Supplemental Conditions of Contest (SCoC) will be published here when they are finalised
The Ancillary Documents:
- Procedures for Tie Breaking– updated 14 August 2023, (Section 5)
- Procedures for dealing with unplayable or fouled Boards
- Procedures for Apportioning Penalties
- Procedures for Forfeits and Withdrawals
- Regulations for Screens, Bidding and Entering Scores
- Regulations for the Registration and Use of Systems
- Regulations governing Seating Rights – updated 9 August 2023
- Adjustments to Rankings – published February 2024
- The WBF Systems Policy updated August 2022
- The WBF Dress Code – updated October 2023
- The WBF Alerting Policy
- WBF Psychic Bidding Guidelines
- Review Procedures
Codes
General information
- Archive Conditions of Contest – NOTE these are no longer in force and should only be used for reference.