Canadian Bridge Championships Qualifiers: Pairs and Teams

(Dec. 1st) All players must earn or buy their qualification to participate in the Canadian Championships! CNTC-A, CSTC, CWTC, CMTC, COPC. A separate qualification is required for the COPC and Team events. A player qualifies as an individual. A team qualification is valid for any national team championship event.

The CBF will hold matches online in the fall of 2025 that will serve as qualifiers for 2026 Canadian Championships: Pairs Event (COPC) and Teams Events (CNTC-A, CSTC, CWTC, CMTC). You can also qualify at a sanctioned club game (extra MPs) to ensure you are eligible to play in the Canadian Championship Team Round Robin Stage being held online in January and February 2026.

• Qualifying matches for the COPC will be played on RealBridge as part of the Maple Leaf games on the dates listed below (3rd Friday of the month).
• Qualifying matches for the team events will be played on BBO or RealBridge depending on the dates.

CBF Schedule for Pairs and Teams Qualifiers

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RealBridge – Pair Qualifier: For information on creating a RealBridge account, depositing funds into the account, see the Maple Leaf Games page.

RealBridge Team Qualifier on December 29: 

• • Advance registration required – Registration Link. 
  • $8 PER player, payable when you log in to RealBridge for the match on December 29th. 
  • Team of 4 only.
  • MINIMUM 6 teams required to register in order for the game to proceed.
  • A RealBridge acccount is required in advance. (Same instructions for setting up the account and deposit funds as the Maple Leaf Games).

BBO – Team Qualifier – How to register:

• • Our club is an ACBL e-club, Our games appear on BBO 2 hours before game time. 
  • Once on BBO, go to Competitive – All tournaments and search for CBF.
  • Each pair registers separately and gets placed in the waiting room (Select teammates).
  • Once both pairs are registered, one of the 2 inviters needs to invite the other pair.
  • Then, the whole team appears under Entries.

Qualifying Criteria

Regardless of the scoring system used (VP’s or win/loss), a team achieves a qualifying position if it wins at least one half of its matches, computing one IMP as a win and a tie as one half; or if it is in the top 50% of the teams entered, based on the scoring system used, even if the team does not meet the first requirement above. In a stratified game, these rules apply to the CNTC-Flight A field, the CNTC-Flight B field and the CNTC-Flight C field.

Information on the 2026 CBC

Click Here : Dates, Venue, Conditions of Contest, etc.

You can contact admin@cbf.ca for more information.