The Grand National Teams (GNT) North American bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).

The Grand National Teams is a team knockout event. The event is broken into four flights (Championship, A, B, C). The event is restricted to those who have qualified in their local ACBL district. No player on a flight A team can have more than 6,000 masterpoints. No player on a flight B team can have more than 2,500 masterpoints. No player on a flight C team can have more than 500 masterpoints, or be a Life Master.

All flights typically begin play on Wednesday, two days before the main NABC events.

The 2011 host district won Flights B and C in Toronto and thereby won the unofficial GNT Cup.

History

The United States Bridge Association, established by Ely Culbertson and his staff, conducted a Grand National Team-of-Four championship from 1934 to 1937 (the lifetime of the organization before merger created the ACBL).

The extended, grass-roots tournament was re-established in 1973, when about 1500 teams participated."Grand National Teams". Initial stages were contested in the 25 geographically defined ACBL Districts. Champions of eight Zones were determined in a semifinal stage, who qualified for the final stage at one of the North American NABC meets.

By 1980 there were 6032 teams in the first stage, although the distinct Canadian National Teams championship was introduced by the Canadian Bridge Federation that year, leaving only the 23 U.S. or partly U.S. districts in the GNT. (The ACBL encompasses Mexico and Bermuda, but each is entirely within a partly U.S. District.)

The Zonal stage was eliminated in 1985; since then every District champion qualifies for the final at the Summer NABC. Conditions within the Districts differ; some now hold a single weekend tournament. Winners received some money to pay expenses in part.

Also in 1985, the event was divided in three Flights called A, B, and C. The Championship Flight was added in 2001. That is, Flights B and C were added to the Open Flight in 1985, with player eligibility restricted by upper limits on career masterpoints. In 2001 the previously Flight A was renamed "Championship" or "Superflight" and Flight A was restricted to players with fewer than 5,000 career masterpoints. the other ceilings were 2,000 points for Flight B players and 500 points for Flight C. In 2014 the cutoff for Flight A was raised to 6,000 masterpoints and the cutoff for Flight B was raised to 2,500 masterpoints.

The Open winners have their names engraved on the Morehead Trophy, donated by The New York Times in memory of its longtime bridge editor Albert H. Morehead.

Championship Flight

+Grand National Teams finalists, Open Flight Year Dist Winners Dist Runners-up 1973 9 Russ Arnold, James Beery, Jane Jaeger, Richard Pavlicek, William Seamon, Robert G. Sharp Dave Smith, Byron Economidy, Jerry Levitt, Roger Lord, Norb Kremer, Ron Smith 1974 Larry T. Cohen, Billy Eisenberg, Eddie Kantar, Richard H. Katz, Paul Soloway, John Swanson 12 Chuck Burger, Fred Hamilton, Howard Perlman, Stanley Smith, Jeffrey Starr, Dick Yanko 1975 16 John Fisher, Charles Gabriel, Bob Hamman, Jim Hooker, Charles Weed, Bobby Wolff Mike Cook, Jim Felts, Doug Hill, Reece Rogers, Ron L. Smith, Bernie Yomtov 1976 Billy Eisenberg, Eddie Kantar, Paul Soloway, John Swanson Marty Fleisher, Charlie Friedman, Ron Gerard, Halina Jamner, Archie McKellar, Neil Nathanson 1977 16 Bob Hamman, Dan Morse, Curtis Smith, Eddie Wold, Bobby Wolff 6 Bobby Lipsitz, Steve Parker, Steve Robinson, Kit Woolsey 1978 13 Gerald Caravelli, Charles Peres, William Rosen, Milton Rosenberg, Dan Rotman 9 Allan Cokin, Bobby Levin, Bud Reinhold, William Seamon, Steve Sion 1979 13 Greg DeFotis, Jerry Goldfein, Arnold Leavitt, Larry Robbins, Claude Vogel Marty Bergen, Chuck Lamprey, Warren Rosner, Allan Stauber 1980 Jack Bitman, Jan Janitschke, Craig Janitschke, Dick Lesko 9 Russ Arnold, Edith Kemp, Bill Passell, Cliff Russell, William Seamon, Dave Strasberg 1981 16 Ira Chorush, Jim Jacoby, Mike Passell, George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold 24 Mike Becker, Brian Glubok, John Lowenthal, Phillip Martin, Michael Rosenberg, Ron Rubin 1982 21 Ron Von der Porten, Hugh Ross, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Kyle Larsen, Peter Pender; Jeff Polisner (npc) 12 Steve Landen, Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Jeff Starr, Frank Bell, Chuck Burger 1983 21 Chip Martel, Hugh Ross, Peter Pender, Lew Stansby 7 Lou Blumn, Larry Gould, Randy Joyce, Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman 1984 6 Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield, Peter Boyd, Bobby Lipsitz, Steve Robinson 13 Greg DeFotis, Larry Robbins, Jerry Goldfein, Hal Mouser, Jack Oest, Gerry Caravelli 1985 21 Chip Martel, Hugh Ross, Lew Stansby, Peter Pender; Alfred Sheinwold (npc) 6 Steve Robinson, Eddie Manfield, Peter Boyd, Bobby Lipsitz 1986 16 Seymon Deutsch, Bobby Wolff, Bob Hamman, Jim Jacoby 13 Milt Rosenberg, Ralph Katz, Hal Mouser, Greg DeFotis, Larry Robbins, Howard Weinstein 1987 21 Chip Martel, Hugh Ross, Peter Pender, Lew Stansby, Mike Lawrence Frank Hoadley, Sidney Lazard, John Onstott, Jack LaNoue 1988 6 Steve Robinson, Ed Manfield, Peter Boyd, Bobby Lipsitz 13 Jack Oest, Steve Garner, Jerry Goldfein, Bart Bramley, Gerry Caravelli, Howard Weinstein 1989 25 Steve Sion, Robert Barr, Harold Stengel, Bernie Miller Tony Kasday, Paul Ivaska, Gaylor Kasle, Garey Hayden, Roger Bates 1990 11 Doug Simson, Walter Johnson, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Dennis Clerkin Kay Larsen, Chris Larsen, Joe Kivel, Robert Rosenblum, Evan Bailey 1991 13 Larry Robbins, Jerry Goldfein, Jack Oest, Peter Nagy, Steve Garner, Howard Weinstein Marty Bergen, Larry N. Cohen, Fred Stewart, Steve Weinstein 1992 6 Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Bobby Lipsitz, Ed Manfield 9 Mike Becker, Ron Rubin, Richard Pavlicek, Bill Root, Bobby Levin, Jeff Wolfson 1993 21 Ravindra Murthy, Brad Moss, Lew Stansby, Chip Martel, Hugh Ross, Jeff Ferro Brian Ellis, Asim Ulke, Florine Walters, Richard Finberg, Jay Apfelbaum, Piyush Vakil 1994 24 Jimmy Cayne, Alan Sontag, David Berkowitz, Larry N. Cohen 11 Doug Simson, Walter Johnson, Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth 1995 13 Steve Garner, Jack Oest, Larry Robbins, Jerry Goldfein, Gerald Caravelli, Gary Cohler Billy Cohen, Marc Jacobus, Harold Lilie, Peter Nagy 1996 21 Ralph Buchalter, Hugh Ross, Kyle Larsen, Ron Smith, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby 12 Chuck Burger, Geoff Hampson, Allan Falk, Perry Johnson 1997 9 Jeffrey Wolfson, Bobby Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Neil Silverman, Richard Pavlicek, Michael Seamon 10 Hjördis Eythorsdottir, Curtis Cheek, Steve Beatty, John Onstott 1998 22 Ross Grabel, Jon Wittes, Mark Itabashi, Fred Hamilton, Gene Simpson 16 Bobby Goldman, John Sutherlin, Malcolm Brachman, Mike Passell, Eddie Wold 1999 9 Joseph Shay, Michael Seamon, Bobby Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 23 Jill Meyers, Ed Davis, Mitch Dunitz, Iftikhar Baqai 2000 9 Joseph Shay, Michael Seamon, Bobby Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 21 Rose Meltzer, Peter Weichsel, Ron Smith, Kyle Larsen, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby 2001 23 Jill Meyers, Ed Davis, Mitch Dunitz, Iftikhar Baqai 21 Rose Meltzer, Peter Weichsel, Hugh Ross, Kyle Larsen, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby 2002 9 Russ Ekeblad, Sheila Ekeblad, Jeff Meckstroth, Michael Seamon, Eric Rodwell, Mark Molson 17 Lou Ann O'Rourke, Roger Bates, Garey Hayden, Billy Miller, Marc Jacobus 2003 21 Rose Meltzer, Peter Weichsel, Hugh Ross, Kyle Larsen, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby 9 Larry Griffey, Spike Lay, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Michael Seamon, Russ Ekeblad 2004 9 Jim Mahaffey, Michael Seamon, Gary Cohler, Barnet Shenkin, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 16 Malcolm Brachman, Bart Bramley, Sidney Lazard, Mike Passell, Eddie Wold 2005 12 Howard Perlman, Chuck Burger, Perry Johnson, Michael Zerbini 9 Jim Mahaffey, Barnet Shenkin, Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth, Michael Seamon, Gary Cohler 2006 16 Bob Hamman, Petra Hamman, Hemant Lall, Justin Lall, John Sutherlin, Peggy Sutherlin 21 Jan Martel, Chip Martel, JoAnna Stansby, Lew Stansby, Kit Woolsey, Sally Woolsey 2007 9 Mike Becker, Warren Spector, Larry N. Cohen, David Berkowitz, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 24 Glenn Milgrim, Chris Willenken, Roy Welland, Bobby Levin 2008 9 Mike Becker, Warren Spector, Larry N. Cohen, David Berkowitz, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 25 Doug Doub, Frank Merblum, John Stiefel, Lloyd Arvedon, Victor King, Sheila Gabay 2009 21 Rose Meltzer, Kyle Larsen, Chip Martel, Jan Martel, Kit Woolsey, Sally Woolsey 24 Joe Grue, John Hurd, Kevin Bathurst, Shane Blanchard, Bob Blanchard, Brian Glubok 2010 11 Walter Johnson, Doug Simson, Dennis Clerkin, Jerry Clerkin 23 Jill Meyers, Mitch Dunitz, Walter Schafer, Ed Davis 2011 9 Warren Spector, Mike Becker, David Berkowitz, Gary Cohler, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 6 Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Steve Landen, Bill Pettis, Bill Cole, Beth Palmer 2012 9 Warren Spector, Mike Becker, David Berkowitz, Gary Cohler, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 24Jared Lilienstein, Sam Lev, Brian Glubok, John Hurd, Michael Polowan, Joel Wooldridge 2013 9 Warren Spector, Mike Becker, David Berkowitz, Gary Cohler, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 24Jared Lilienstein, Sam Lev, Brian Glubok, John Hurd, Michael Polowan, Joel Wooldridge 2014 9 Michael Seamon, Richard Coren, Kevin Bathurst, Kevin Dwyer, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 21 Richard Spitalnick, Edward Barlow, Srikanth Kodayam, Nick Bykov, Chip Martel, Kit Woolsey 2015 9 Warren Spector, Mike Becker, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, David Berkowitz, Gary Cohler 19 Dick Yarington NPC, Ken Scholes, Bryan Maksymetz, Dan Jacob, Rock Shi Yan201625Douglas Doub, Franklin Merblum, Adam Grossack, Zachary Grossack21Chip Martel, Kit Woolsey, Lew Stansby, Jo Anna Stansby, Debbie Rosenberg, David Grainger201721Chip Martel, Kit Woolsey, Lew Stansby, Jo Anna Stansby, Debbie Rosenberg, David Grainger9Richard Coren, Kevin Bathurst, Kevin Dwyer, Russell Ekeblad, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell20189David Berkowitz, Eric Rodwell, Gary Cohler, Warren Spector, Jeff Meckstroth, Michael Becker17Joshua Donn, Roger Lee, Sylvia Shi, Daniel Korbel201917Fred Gitelman, Geoff Hampson, Haig Tchamitch, Roger Lee, Daniel Korbel, Sheri Winestock24Joe Grue, John Hurd, Kent Mignocchi, Gillian Miniter, Joel Wooldridge2020Cancelled20219Jeff Wolfson, Jeff Meckstroth, Kevin Dwyer, Shan Huang, Gary Cohler, David Berkowitz2Jacob Freeman, Daniel Lavee, John Carruthers, Martin Kirr, Bo Han Zhu, Darren Wolpert20227B Wayne Stuart III, Jerry Helms, Sam Marks, Dwight Meredith, George Woltman, Olin Hubert9Allison L Cappelletti, Janice Seamon-Molson, Mike Cappelletti Jr., Jack Weingold, Jeff Meckstroth, Gary Cohler20239Jeffrey Wolfson, Kevin Bathurst, David Berkowitz, Jeff Meckstroth, Jerry Stamatov, Jack Zhao25John Stiefel, Allan Graves, Franklin Merblum, Geoffrey Brod, Douglas Doub, Mark Aquino202417Alain Schreiber, Geoff Hampson, Bobby Levin, Billy Miller, Roger Lee, Brad Moss25Harrison Luba, Emma Kolesnik, Adam Grossack, Cenk Tuncok202525Gillian Miniter, Joe Grue, John Hurd, Joel Wooldridge, Iulian Rotaru6Steve Robinson, Bill Cole, Mark Shaw, Alan Schwartz, Alan Sontag, Mike Gill

Lower flights

+Grand National Teams finalists, Flight A (as second of four flights) Year Dist Winners Dist Runners-up From 2001 "A" is the second of four flights. Previously it was the Open flight (above). 2001 20 Merlin Vilhauer, Pam Stratton, Robert Johnson, Bruce Cuthbertson, Mark Litterman 6 Lyle Poe, Rusty Krauss, David Butler, Raphael Kahn, Barry Falgout, Mark Dahl 2002 9 Adrian Dovell, Patricia Dovell, John Moschella, John Brady, Bob Dennard, Brian Gunnell 14 Bob Balderson, Cindy Balderson, Kurt Schaeffer, Carole Miner 2003 16 Buddy Hanby, Sally Wheeler, Patricia Griffin, James Griffin 5 Niel Waletzky, Stan Dub, Don Sulgrove, Kathleen Sulgrove 2004 6 Sumner Steinfeldt, Marshall Kuschner, Hal Hindman, Mark Chen