🌍 This is a transnational event
🚨 The closing date for entries is Monday 2 March 2026.
👀 Spectators/Kibitzers
No persons other than the active Players, TDs, and RealBridge support staff will be allowed in the RealBridge session. Captains, coaches, and players waiting to join the next round may join during the break between rounds.
Delayed online kibitzing of all tables will be available, through https://kibitz.realbridge.online. This will be deferred by 60 minutes
✉️ For further information please contact Mary Kelly Rogers at: wbfwomen@worldbridge.org

🚨 27 February 2026
Deadline for reduced entry fee payment.

🚨 2 March 2026
Closing date for entries

🚨 9 March 2026
Last day to fill in the Availability Form

🚨 16 March 2026
Last day to submit System Cards

🚨 16 March 2026
Last day for payment

🚨 24 March 2026
Last chance to change/add team members

🔴 Registration
1️⃣ Before registering: make sure you are in the database
All players wishing to take part in this event must be registered in the WBF database.
▸Not sure whether you are in the database? Search for your name in the People Finder. If it appears, you are already registered.
▸Not in the database? Fill in the form

2️⃣ Commitment Form
Make sure you have filled in the Commitment Form
⚠️ Under 18 players must also provide the Parental Consent Form

3️⃣ Register your team
When you are sure that all your players are registered in the WBF database, you can register your team
✍️ Register your team
Closing date for entries: 2 March, 2026.

📧 @Captains: provide your e-mail addresses
Each captain must ensure that their e-mail address is provided. They should check it regularly for information or queries from the organizers.

📄 System Cards
Submit system cards for all the pairs of your team.
System cards must be on the official WBF card
Changes to System cards are possible by uploading a new file, which will overwrite the previous version.
Last day to submit System Cards: 8 March, 2026

📝 Availability Form (see section Schedule)
Fill in the Availability Form before 9 March, 2026

The teams will not all be playing at the same time. The fact that the weekend is not the same in all nations has been taken into account in the scheduling system. Each team will have a schedule of dates and times, showing their opponents for each round.

No team will play any earlier than a normal start time in their own time zone (typically 9 am). Teams will complete their matches no later than a normal end time in their own time zone (typically 11 pm).

In advance of the event, each team will receive an email from RealBridge, giving the times of play etc, and asking them to respond and give their exact availability on the playing days using a form which will be provided. 

The completed Availability form constitutes a commitment to be able to play at those times. To facilitate scheduling across time zones, teams are asked to supply a total of at least 22 hours of availability. The Availability form must be returned to RealBridge by Monday 9 March 2026.

As soon as possible after this deadline, each team will be assigned to 12 or 13 matches at specified times within the periods that they are available. Where possible these will be grouped into larger sessions of several teams, each playing several matches in succession.

Match Draw will be sent to team captains by RealBridge on Monday 16 March 2026.

The Entry Fee is 80 euros if received by WBF Accounts by February 27th, 2026.

After this date it is 100 euros.

All entry fees must be paid by March 16th.

🌍 This is a transnational women’s event: the players of the same team can be from different NBOs.
👥 Teams can have up to 8 players.

Eligibility
All players must be compliant with the WBF Eligibility Code, including being in good standing with their Federation.

Each participant (player, captain or coach) must be a member of an NBO (either their country of birth or their country of residence) and must be registered in the WBF Database and must have a WBF Competitor’s Commitment Form registered since 2017 in place. Details of how to register and a copy of the form, which is digital and very easy to complete can be found by clicking here.

⚙️ Format
The event will be a partial Round Robin teams, played between Friday 27 March 2026 and Sunday 29 March 2026.
Each team will play 12 or 13 matches; each match will be 8 boards.
The winner is the team with most VPS.

Each match will be allocated 55 minutes, with 5 minutes between matches for teams that are also playing the next match.

🧮 Scoring
Standard WBF VP scale. The winner will be the team with the most VPs.

💻 RealBridge
The playing platform is RealBridge. There will be several opportunities to practice using the RealBridge platform in the weeks leading up to the tournament.

⏰ Time schedule
The teams will not all be playing at the same time. The fact that the weekend is not the same in all nations has been taken into account in the scheduling system. Each team will have a schedule of dates and times, showing their opponents for each round.

No team will play any earlier than a normal start time in their own time zone (typically 9 am). Teams will complete their matches no later than a normal end time in their own time zone (typically 11 pm).

⚠️ Please note this is an official WBF event, and all tables will be recorded, monitored and potentially broadcast in line with standard WBF promotion and integrity requirements.

🎟️ The first ranked team will be awarded free entry to the Women’s teams (McConnell Cup) in the World Bridge Series taking place in Katowice, Poland on 20 August – 3 September 2026 or receive vouchers to the same value to be distributed equally to the team members which can be used in any WBF event F2F or Online. Vouchers are valid to April 1st, 2027..

🎟️ The second placed team will gain entry to the McConnell Cup at 50% of the entry fee or receive vouchers to the same value to be distributed equally to the team members which can be used in any WBF event F2F or Online. Vouchers are valid to April 1st, 2027.

🎟️ The third ranked team will be awarded free entry to the 4th WBF Online Women’s Teams 2027.

🧾 WBF Certificates will be awarded to first, second and third ranked teams. Certificates will be presented at the World Bridge Series in Katowice, Poland.

🧮 WBF Master Points will be awarded according to the WBF scale for Online events.

You can register at this link:
https://db.worldbridge.org/Repository/tourn/womenonline.26/microsite/Participants.htm

Before registering, please check the to-do list.