Tournament regulations (DBV)
Turnierordnung
Issued byDBVDeutscher Bridge-Verband
Edition1 January 2026
In force from1 January 2026
StatusIn force
LanguageGerman
The German federation’s binding framework for tournaments: entries, conduct, system categories, convention cards, alerting and immediate explanations (Sofortauskunft), time rules, scoring and protests. International events in Germany use the EBL versions of the regulations instead.
Alerting at a glance
- Announcements
- Yes — "Sofortauskunft" (immediate explanation): for some calls the partner states the meaning straight away instead of alerting.
- Good to know
- International events in Germany use the EBL alerting rules. Online events follow the DBV online regulations.
More from Deutscher Bridge-Verband
| Document | Issued by | Edition | Official text |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laws of Duplicate Bridge 2017 — German translationTurnier-Bridge-Regeln 2017 (TBR) | DBV | 2017 (24 Feb 2018), amended 1 Jan 2024 | Web ↗ |
| Regulations for online tournaments (DBV)Ordnung für Online-Turniere | DBV | 2026 | PDF ↗ |
The world standard
| Document | Issued by | Edition | Official text |
|---|---|---|---|
| WBF Systems Policy | WBF | 2024 | PDF ↗ |
| WBF Psychic Bidding Guidelines | WBF | — | PDF ↗ |
This page is a summary written by Bridge Timer. The official text published by Deutscher Bridge-Verband is the only authoritative version.
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