# French Bridge Federation

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The '''French Bridge Federation''' ({{langx|fr|'''Fédération Française de Bridge'''}} – ''FFB'') is the national organization for [bridge](/source/contract_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](/source/Patrick_Grenthe) and the treasurer is [Guy Auer](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Biblioth%C3%A8que_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](/source/World_Bridge_Federation) |accessdate=23 July 2016}}</ref>

The federation also organizes the [French Bridge Championship](/source/French_Bridge_Championship) (''Championnat de France de bridge'').

== Organisation ==
* President: [Patrick Grenthe](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Pierre_Albarran), player and theorist
* [Jean-Daniel Chalet](/source/Jean-Daniel_Chalet), vice-president of the French Bridge Federation
* [Pierre Jaïs](/source/Pierre_Ja%C3%AFs), world champion
* {{Interlanguage link|Michel Lebel|fr}}, world champion
* [Philippe Soulet](/source/Philippe_Soulet), world champion
* [Roger Trézel](/source/Roger_Tr%C3%A9zel), world champion

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Portal|France|Games|Sports}}
* {{official website|http://www.ffbridge.fr/}}

{{Sports governing bodies in France}}
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Category:Contract bridge governing bodies

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