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The 2024 America's Cup was the 37th staging of the America's Cup yacht race. It was contested from 12 October 2024 as a first-to-seven-wins match-race series in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, between Taihoro, representing the defender, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron; [2] and Britannia, representing the Royal Yacht Squadron of the United Kingdom, which won the Louis Vuitton Challenger ...
New Zealand is trying to win the America’s Cup for a third straight time and fifth overall. The British have never won it in its 173-year history and are in their first final in six decades .
The America's Cup is a sailing competition and the oldest international competition still operating in any sport. [1] [2] [3] America's Cup match races are held between two sailing yachts: one from the yacht club that currently holds the trophy (known as the defender) and the other from the yacht club that is challenging for the cup (the challenger).
Emirates Team New Zealand showed why it is the two-time defending America’s Cup champion after jumping out to a 2-0 lead over INEOS Britannia in their first-to-seven-wins final on Saturday. As ...
The 2024 Louis Vuitton Cup is a sailing competition held to determine the official challenger in the 2024 America's Cup yachting competition to challenge the defender Emirates Team New Zealand. The races are being held from August 29 to October 7, 2024 in Barcelona, Spain .
Emirates Team New Zealand clinched match point in the 37th America’s Cup on Saturday, beating INEOS Britannia 7-2 in the best-of-13 final off Barcelona’s beachfront. The team led by Grant ...
NYYC American Magic and Switzerland's Alinghi Red Bull Racing won to avoid elimination and keep alive their slims hopes of advancing in the America's Cup challenger semifinals on Monday. American ...
A total of 12 races were contested during the double round-robin seeding round. [6] [7] All races were 6 legs (3 upwind and 3 downwind), except for Race 7 which was 8 legs (Excess wind), Race 9 which was 4 legs (Course Shorten mid race [8]), Race 10 which was 5 legs (Light winds) and Race 12 which was 4 legs (Light winds).