appeared on the world bridge scene with a shocking second-place performance, represented by six players using the Precision Club bidding system recently invented by C. C. Wei. The Blue Team of Italy retired after winning its tenth consecutive Bermuda Bowl (from 1957) and ninth consecutive annual world championship in open teams (from 1961). The United States team included two members of the professional Dallas Aces, Eisenberg–Goldman and two young players who would be Aces, Hamman and Kantar. France finished fourth and Brazil fifth. 1970s 1970 Stockholm, Sweden The Aces won the 17th Bermuda Bowl, the first for a United States or North America team since they won the first four. Taiwan finished second again, with only five players and only two veterans from 1969. Norway and Brazil also finished ahead of Italy, the defending champion bridge nation represented by a wholly new team. Brazil finished fourth and the new Italy fifth. 1971 Taipei, Taiwan The Aces won as defending champions while the field expanded to include Australia. Taiwan finished fourth at home, one year after finishing second. 1973 Guarujá, Brazil The Blue Team had successfully completed a comeback by winning the 1972 Olympiad with its 1964–69 lineup. Three then retired permanently but its three greatest players continued to play for Italy (Belladonna, Forquet, and Garozzo), and to win. The second-place Aces were defending champions with one personnel change. North America finished fourth, represented by a team of six men from the US. 1974 Venice, Italy Italy defended its championship at home. The World Bridge Federation inaugurated its Venice Cup for "Women Teams", which increased in size and frequency to match the biennial Bermuda Bowl tournament for "Open Teams" in 1985. No woman had played for a Bermuda Bowl winner; only two had finished second. Meanwhile, the quadrennial Olympiad ran two tournaments, open and women, side by side from its start in 1960. * De Falco and Franco did not play enough boards to qualify for the title of World Champion. Indonesia finished fourth. 1975 Southampton, Bermuda For the 25th anniversary of the inaugural tournament, the 21st returned to Bermuda, as the 34th tournament would do for the 50th anniversary. Italy won its thirteenth Bermuda Bowl, its third in a row, and its last before 2005. Pietro Forquet missed this one, leaving Giorgio Belladonna alone with 13 Bowls. Indonesia finished fourth, Brazil fifth. 1976 Monte Carlo, Monaco The 22nd was the