Keohane North American Swiss Teams
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The Keohane North American Swiss Teams national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League
American Contract Bridge League
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 (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship
North American Bridge Championships
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 (NABC).

The Keohane North American Swiss Teams is a six session Swiss Teams event, two qualifying sessions, two semi-final sessions and two final sessions that takes place over three days.
The event typically starts on the second Friday of the NABC.
The event is open.

History

The event was introduced in 1977.
The trophy was donated by Ethel Keohane in memory of her husband, William H. Keohane (1896–1972).

The Keohane Trophy was presented for the Open Individual Championship until it was re-designated in 1995 by the ACBL Board of Directors for the North American Swiss Teams.

Winners

Winners of Keohane North American Swiss Teams
Year Winners Runners-Up
1977 Neil Chambers, Jim Donaldson, Bruce Ferguson, Clarence Goppert, John Schermer Dennis Clerkin, Jerry Clerkin, John Herrmann, Ken Schutze
1978 Barry Crane
Barry Crane
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, Bob Kehoe, Mike Smolen, Charles Weed, Billy Cohen
Ira Chorush, Thomas Peters, Ely Solomon, John Zilic, Virginia Zilic
1979 Hermine Baron, R. Jay Becker, Paul Ivaska, Jim Robison Gerald Caravelli, Mark Cohen, Ralph Katz
Ralph Katz
Ralph Katz is an American bridge player.Domestically, he has won 20 North American Bridge Championships and twice the Open Team Trials. Internationally, he has many top finishes, highlighted by a win in the 2009 Bermuda Bowl...

, Harvey Miller, Ken Schutze, Russell Shoup
1980 1-2. Steve Becker, Philip Cowan, Rich DeMartino, Judy Rich; 1-2. Dale Beers, William Epperson, Dave Furman, Dave Treitel
1981 Ron Beall, Bob Etter
Bob Etter
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, Ann Jacobson, Bob Thomson
Lea Dupont, Benito Garozzo
Benito Garozzo
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, Glenn Lublin, Claire Tornay
1982 Gaylor Kasle, Garey Hayden, Garnet Snyder, Martha Beecher, David Ashley, Dave Treadwell Andy Bernstein, Jim Foster, Tom Sanders, John Sutherlin
1983 Sylvia Summers, Harve Waken, Robert Radwin, Gene Simpson, Steve Sturm 2-3. Philip Cowan, Michael Kopera, Alan Miller, John Heller, George Berger; 2-3. Richard Capps, John Onstott, Dan Requard, Syd Levey
1984 Grant Baze, Rhoda Walsh, Lea Dupont, Benito Garozzo
Benito Garozzo
Benito Garozzo is one of the most famous bridge players in the history of the game. He has won 13 world championship titles with the Italian Blue Team, playing with Pietro Forquet and later Giorgio Belladonna...

William Laubenheimer, Stephen Kanzee, Marc Renson, Hamish Bennett
1985 Jack Coleman, Rhoda Walsh, Jim Jacoby, Gaylor Kasle, Garey Hayden Nadine Wood, Jonathan Steinberg, Eric Hochman, Mike Cappelletti
Mike Cappelletti
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1986 Marc Jacobus, Joey Silver, Jim McDonough, George Mittelman, Allan Graves Jack Coleman, Rhoda Walsh, Mark Itabashi, Gaylor Kasle, Garey Hayden
1987 Henry Bethe, Kitty Bethe, Alan Truscott
Alan Truscott
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, Dorothy Hayden Truscott
Dorothy Hayden Truscott
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Jill Meyers, Beverly Rosenberg, Stelios Touchtidis, Steve Cohen, Pam Wittes, Carol Pincus
1988 John Zilic, David Siebert, Allan Siebert, Sylvia Summers, Paul Munafo Rita Rand, Gerald Caravelli, Joel Friedberg, Ethan Stein, Jerry Goldfein
1989 Eugene Gardner, Kenneth Meyer, Ed Shapiro, Bruce Silverstein Joel Friedberg, Rita Rand, Ethan Stein, Gerald Caravelli, Jerry Goldfein
1990 1-2. Larry Mori, Kitty Bethe, Juanita Chambers, Jim Robison; 1-2. George Rosenkranz
George Rosenkranz
George Rosenkranz is a Mexican scientist in steroid research and a professional bridge player. He was born in Hungary, educated in Switzerland and lived in Mexico for 66 years...

, Miguel Reygadas, Gaylor Kasle, Garey Hayden, Roger Bates, John Grantham
1991 Keith Wilson, Gary Peterson, Dennis Hesthaven, Ralph Letizia, Benton Wheeler Jack Coleman, Judi Radin, Fred Hamilton, Dennis Sorensen, Mike Shuman
1992 Lewis Kaplan, Boris Baran, Geoff Hampson, Mark Molson, Mark Stein Jack Coleman, Mike Shuman, Larry T. Cohen, Dan Rotman, Fred Hamilton
1993 Alan Lebendig, Tom Clarke, Joe Quinn, Shawn Womack Lynn Blumenthal, Steve Bruno, Loren Hawkins, Darrell Keel, Sue Lyski
1994 Jack Coleman, Drew Cannell, Mark Molson, Boris Baran, Mark Stein Barry Rigal, JoAnn Manfield, Alan Truscott
Alan Truscott
Alan Fraser Truscott was a bridge player, author and columnist. He wrote the daily bridge column for The New York Times for 41 years, from 1964 to 2005 and served as Executive Editor for all six editions of The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge, 1964 to 2002.- Britain :Truscott was born in Brixton,...

, Dorothy Truscott
Dorothy Hayden Truscott
Dorothy Hayden Truscott was the top-ranked woman in bridge for many years and authored or co-authored books on the game.-Career:...

1995 Jack Coleman, Drew Cannell, Mark Molson, Boris Baran, Mark Stein Irina Levitina
Irina Levitina
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, Judy Tucker, Benito Garozzo
Benito Garozzo
Benito Garozzo is one of the most famous bridge players in the history of the game. He has won 13 world championship titles with the Italian Blue Team, playing with Pietro Forquet and later Giorgio Belladonna...

, Lea Dupont, Karen Allison, Mike Ledeen
1996 Rita Rand, Gerald Caravelli, Arnie Fisher, Steve Garner, Richard Colker John Begley, Mike Lawrence
Michael Lawrence (bridge player)
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, John Sutherlin, Dan Morse, Hugh Ross
1997 John Malley, Dan Colatosti, Bill Hunter, Shome Mukherjee Jacob Podbilevich, Gonzalo Herrera, Jim Looby, Cameron Doner
1998 Steve Beatty, John Onstott, Bobby Goldman
Bobby Goldman
Robert Goldman was an American bridge player, teacher and author. He won three Bermuda Bowls , Olympiad Mixed Teams 1972, and 20 North American Bridge Championships...

, Mark Lair
Jack Coleman, Chris Compton, Boris Baran, Mike Shuman, Mark Molson
1999 David Berkowitz
David Berkowitz (bridge player)
David L. Berkowitz is an American professional bridge player.In 1998, he came as close as it is possible to come to a world championship without winning it. In the World Open Pairs, he and Larry Cohen led throughout the five-session final, only to be overtaken on the last two boards...

, Larry N. Cohen
Larry Cohen (bridge player)
Larry Neil Cohen is an American bridge player and writer. He is the winner of 25 North American Bridge Championships including the Vanderbilt, two Spingolds, two Reisingers, three Life Master Pairs, and four Blue Ribbon Pairs as well as a two-time winner of the Cavendish Invitational Pairs.He...

, Jeff Wolfson, Neil Silverman
Billy Miller, Curtis Cheek, Brian Gunnell, Kyle Larsen
2000 Steven Cooper, Kitty Munson Cooper, Mel Colchamiro, Janet Colchamiro, Betty Bloom, Steve Bloom Benito Garozzo
Benito Garozzo
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, Lea Dupont, Steve Levinson, Barnet Shenkin
2001 Richard Coren, Billy Eisenberg
Billy Eisenberg
William Eisenberg is an American bridge and backgammon professional. In bridge, Eisenberg has won five Bermuda Bowl world team titles and in backgammon he won the world title in 1975...

, Larry T. Cohen, Drew Casen
Drew Casen
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Richard Haplerin, Colin Revell, Leonard Ernst, Paul Erb, George Pisk
2002 Mark Gordon, Richard Zucker, Winthrop Allegaert, Jaggy Shivdasani
Jaggy Shivdasani
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, Mark Molson, Boris Baran
Robert Hollman, Marc Jacobus, Gaylor Kasle, Eric Greco, Geoff Hampson
2003 David Siebert, Allan Siebert, Greg Hinze, Nagy Kamel Ron Feldman, B. Wayne Stuart, Steve Cohen, Drew Casen
Drew Casen
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, Larry T. Cohen, Wafik Abdou
2004 Larry Mori, Venkatrao Koneru, Marty Fleisher
Martin Fleisher
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, Vincent Demuy, Barnet Shenkin, Gavin Wolpert
Piotr Tuszynski, Jaroslaw Piasecki, Farid Assemi, Eduard Wojewoda, Waldemar Frukacz, Apolinary Kowalski
2005 Barry Rigal, Pam Granovetter, Joe Quinn, Shawn Quinn, Becky Rogers, Renee Mancuso Dan Morse, Ira Hessel, Nagy Kamel, Greg Hinze
2006 Tony Kasday, Disa Eythorsdottir, Jon Baldursson, Thorlakur Jonsson, Bjarni Einarsson, Sigurbjorn Haraldsson Carolyn Lynch, Dennis Dawson, Eddie Wold, Mike Passell, Larry N. Cohen
Larry Cohen (bridge player)
Larry Neil Cohen is an American bridge player and writer. He is the winner of 25 North American Bridge Championships including the Vanderbilt, two Spingolds, two Reisingers, three Life Master Pairs, and four Blue Ribbon Pairs as well as a two-time winner of the Cavendish Invitational Pairs.He...

, David Berkowitz
David Berkowitz (bridge player)
David L. Berkowitz is an American professional bridge player.In 1998, he came as close as it is possible to come to a world championship without winning it. In the World Open Pairs, he and Larry Cohen led throughout the five-session final, only to be overtaken on the last two boards...

2007 Larry Mori, Rick Kaye, Kazuo Furuta, Hiroki Yokoi, Kelley Hwang, Leonard Melander William Watson, Ed Barlow, Bill Harker, Ronald Powell, Yul Inn, Rob Stevens
2008 Carolyn Lynch, Mike Passell, Joe Grue, Curtis Cheek, Bart Bramley, Eddie Wold Waldemar Frukacz, Ron Zambonini, Krzysztof Kotorowicz, Jacek Kalita
2009 Cezary Balicki, Aleksander Dubinin, Andrew Gromov, Carolyn Lynch, Mike Passell, Adam Zmudzinski Winthrop Allegaert, Judy Bianco, Lapt Chan, Justin Lall, Hemant Lall, Jaggy Shivdasani
2010 Dennis Clerkin, Jerry Clerkin, Mike Levine, Dennis McGarry, David Siebert Josef Blass, Rafal Jagniewski, Krzysztof Jassem, Michal Kwiecien, Krzysztof Martens

Sources

List of previous winners, Page 7
2008 winners, Page 1
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