2026 College Bridge Bowl
Join us in Minneapolis, July 16–18, 2026, for the biggest collegiate bridge event of the year. Earn a travel package for your team or pair by competing in spring online tournaments and the CBO Daily Games.
2026 Team Travel Packages
What’s Included:
- ♠ Airfare up to $600 per person for up to six players
- ♠ Four nights of hotel accommodations (double occupancy)
- ♠ A $50 per diem per person
How to Qualify:
Each college can win one Team Travel Package during the Spring Online Team Tournaments. At least four team travel packages will be awarded at each event.
Tournament 1: Sunday, January 25, 2026: Registration Opening Soon.
Tournament 2: Saturday, February 7, 2026: Registration Opening Soon.
Conditions of Contest and Proctor Agreement coming soon. Each team must designate a proctor to audit play.
Important:
All participants must:
- ♠ Be paid ACBL members in good standing
- ♠ Be registered members of the College Bridge Online (CBO) Program
- ♠ Have completed at least two daily CBO games between August 2024 and the start of the tournament
- ♠ Submit a signed Agreement of Fair and Sportsmanlike Participation - before play begins.
New to online tournaments? Check out these helpful hints!
Stratified Pairs Tournament
What’s Included:
- ♠ Airfare up to $600 per person
- ♠ Three nights of hotel accommodations (double occupancy)
- ♠ A $50 per diem per person
How to Qualify:
Each school may win one pair travel package during the Spring Online Pair Tournament. Six pair packages will be awarded at this tournament.
Stratified Tournament: Sunday, April 12, 2026: Registration Opening Soon
Pairs Participation Packages
What’s Included:
- ♠ Airfare up to $600 per person
- ♠ Three nights of hotel accommodations (double occupancy)
- ♠ A $50 per diem per person
How to Qualify:
Pairs must register by Sunday, March 8, 2026. Participation points are earned by playing in CBO Daily Tournaments from March 15–April 30, 2026.
Note: Just Declare tournaments do not count toward participation points.
- ♠ One point per player per day
- ♠ Results calculated April 30 at midnight Pacific
- ♠ Winners announced Monday, May 4, 2026, excluding schools that have already won a pair package
- ♠ Ties broken by drawing
A total of six pair travel packages will be awarded based on participation.
2025 Collegiate Bridge Championship Results
The 2025 Collegiate Bridge Championship in Philadelphia was the largest Collegiate Bridge Bowl yet, bringing together 140 college students from 29 schools for an exciting weekend of competitive and fun bridge. Congratulations to all our winners.
Mitch Dunitz Team Championship
- First: Princeton University
- Second: University of California Berkeley
- Third: New York University
- Fourth: Georgia Institute of Technology
Open Pairs
- First: Western University
- Second: Georgia Institute of Technology
- Third: University of Waterloo
99er Pairs
- First: Georgia Institute of Technology
- Second: Princeton University
See the action:
We are already looking forward to the next Collegiate Bridge Championship in Minneapolis, MN, July 16–18, 2026. It is the perfect summer destination with beautiful parks, fascinating museums, and of course plenty of bridge!
