The Brazilian Bridge Federation (Portuguese: Federação Brasileira de Bridge) is the national organization for bridge in Brazil and a member of the Confederacion Sudamericana de Bridge and the World Bridge Federation.[1] It was founded in 1945 as the Confederação Brasileira de Bridge (Brazilian Bridge Confederation), affiliated with the World Bridge Federation in 1979,[2] and fully recognized by it in June 1999.[3]
The organization is based in Rio de Janeiro.[3] Its president is Francisco de Assis Chagas de Mello e Silva and its vice president is Jeovani Salomão.[4] Ernesto d’Orsi was president from 1983 to 2001 and is now president emeritus.[5][6] As of 2013[update] it has 1,194 members.[1] Relatively few people play bridge in Brazil, approximately 40,000[6] or between 40,000 and 50,000.[7]
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