{{expand French|date=July 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} The '''French Bridge Federation''' ({{langx|fr|'''Fédération Française de Bridge'''}} – ''FFB'') is the national organization for bridge in France.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ffbridge.fr/ |title=Fédération Française de Bridge |accessdate=23 July 2016}}</ref> The president is Patrick Grenthe and the treasurer is Guy Auer. There are also three vice-presidents and 29 regional committees, whose chairmen compose a federation council (''conseil fédéral''). The headquarters of the French Bridge Federation is in Saint-Cloud, near Paris.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://data.bnf.fr/11987268/federation_francaise_de_bridge/ |title=Fédération française de bridge |website=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |language=French |accessdate=23 July 2016}}</ref> It was founded in 1933 and is the third largest bridge federation in the world with over 100,000 members.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldbridge.org/Repository/zones/nbo.asp?orgid=11 |title=France |website=World Bridge Federation |accessdate=23 July 2016}}</ref>
The federation also organizes the French Bridge Championship (''Championnat de France de bridge'').
== Organisation == * President: Patrick Grenthe * Vice-president (Communications, development, marketing): Patrick Bogacki * Vice-president (competitions, international): Jean-Daniel Chalet * Vice-president (Bridge university): Pierre Saguet * Treasurer: Guy Auer * General secretary: Patern Henry
The president, the vice-presidents, and the general secretary are elected to 4-year terms.
==French bridge players== * Pierre Albarran, player and theorist * Jean-Daniel Chalet, vice-president of the French Bridge Federation * Pierre Jaïs, world champion * {{Interlanguage link|Michel Lebel|fr}}, world champion * Philippe Soulet, world champion * Roger Trézel, world champion
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Portal|France|Games|Sports}} * {{official website|http://www.ffbridge.fr/}}
{{Sports governing bodies in France}} {{Authority control}}
Bridge Category:Contract bridge governing bodies