 The 1960 "Olympiad" was the first meet organized by the WBF, although the organization has adopted one older event that now confers the title "World Champion", the Bermuda Bowl competition.The Olympiad championships differed from other world-level championships for "national"

teams primarily by inviting every WBF member country to enter a team in each tournament.Other world championships, including the older Bermuda Bowl for open teams that is now contested every odd-number year, require qualification at a "zone" level.