America's Cup - Louis Vuitton Round Robin 1 & 2 Racing Schedule

Louis Vuitton Cup Round Robin One
Monday 16th April
Flight→ Flight 1 Match↓ Blue (Port Entry) Yellow (Starboard Entry)
1 Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team - Emirates Team New Zealand
2 +39 Challenge - Areva Challenge
3 Bye Desafío Español 2007
4 United Internet Team Germany - BMW ORACLE Racing
5 Team Shosholoza - Victory Challenge
6 China Team - Luna Rossa Challenge
Flight→ Flight 2 Match↓ Blue (Port Entry) Yellow (Starboard Entry)
1 Desafío Español 2007 - +39 Challenge
2 Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team - Areva Challenge
3 Bye Emirates Team New Zealand
4 United Internet Team Germany - Team Shosholoza
5 China Team - BMW ORACLE Racing
6 Victory Challenge - Luna Rossa Challenge
Tuesday 17th April
Flight→ Flight 3 Match↓ Blue (Port Entry) Yellow (Starboard Entry)
1 Luna Rossa Challenge - United Internet Team Germany
2 Victory Challenge - China Team
3 BMW ORACLE Racing - Team Shosholoza
Bye Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team
4 Areva Challenge - Desafío Español 2007
5 Emirates Team New Zealand - +39 Challenge
6
Flight→ Flight 4 Match↓ Blue (Port Entry) Yellow (Starboard Entry)
1 United Internet Team Germany - China Team
2 Team Shosholoza - Luna Rossa Challenge
3 Victory Challenge - BMW ORACLE Racing
Bye +39 Challenge
4 Areva Challenge - Emirates Team New Zealand
5 Desafío Español 2007 - Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team
6
Wednesday 18th April
Flight→ Flight 5 Match↓ Blue (Port Entry) Yellow (Starboard Entry)
1 China Team - Team Shosholoza
2 Emirates Team New Zealand - Desafío Español 2007
3 Bye Areva Challenge
4 Victory Challenge - United Internet Team Germany
5 Luna Rossa Challenge - BMW ORACLE Racing
6 +39 Challenge - Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team
Flight→ Flight 6 Match↓ Blue (Port Entry) Yellow (Starboard Entry)
1 China Team - Desafío Español 2007
2 Team Shosholoza - Emirates Team New Zealand
3 Bye BMW ORACLE Racing
4 Areva Challenge - Luna Rossa Challenge
5 United Internet Team Germany - Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team
6 +39 Challenge - Victory Challenge
Thursday 19th April
Flight→ Flight 7 Match↓ Blue (Port Entry) Yellow (Starboard Entry)
1 BMW ORACLE Racing - Areva Challenge
2 Luna Rossa Challenge - +39 Challenge
3 Bye Victory Challenge
4 United Internet Team Germany - Emirates Team New Zealand
5 Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team - China Team
6 Desafío Español 2007 - Team Shosholoza
Flight→ Flight 8 Match↓ Blue (Port Entry) Yellow (Starboard Entry)
1 Victory Challenge - Areva Challenge
2 BMW ORACLE Racing - +39 Challenge
3 Bye Luna Rossa Challenge
4 Desafío Español 2007 - United Internet Team Germany
5 Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team - Team Shosholoza
6 China Team - Emirates Team New Zealand
Saturday 21st April
Flight→ Flight 9 Match↓ Blue (Port Entry) Yellow (Starboard Entry)
1 BMW ORACLE Racing - Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team
2 Desafío Español 2007 - Victory Challenge
3 Emirates Team New Zealand - Luna Rossa Challenge
Bye United Internet Team Germany
4 Team Shosholoza - +39 Challenge
5 Areva Challenge - China Team
6
Flight→ Flight 10 Match↓ Blue (Port Entry) Yellow (Starboard Entry)
1 Luna Rossa Challenge - Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team
2 Emirates Team New Zealand - Victory Challenge
3 BMW ORACLE Racing - Desafío Español 2007
Bye Team Shosholoza
4 +39 Challenge - China Team
5 Areva Challenge - United Internet Team Germany
6
Sunday 22nd April
Flight→ Flight 11 Match↓ Blue (Port Entry) Yellow (Starboard Entry)
1 +39 Challenge - United Internet Team Germany
2 Team Shosholoza - Areva Challenge
3 Bye China Team
4 Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team - Victory Challenge
5 Luna Rossa Challenge - Desafío Español 2007
 6 Emirates Team New Zealand - BMW ORACLE Racing
Louis Vuitton Cup Round Robin 2
Wednesday 25th April
Flight→ Flight 1 Match↓ Blue (Port Entry) Yellow (Starboard Entry)
1 BMW ORACLE Racing - United Internet Team Germany
2 Victory Challenge - Team Shosholoza
3 Luna Rossa Challenge - China Team
Bye Desafío Español 2007
4 Emirates Team New Zealand - Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team
5 Areva Challenge - +39 Challenge
6
Thursday 26th April
Flight→ Flight 2 Match↓ Blue (Port Entry) Yellow (Starboard Entry)
1 Team Shosholoza - United Internet Team Germany
2 BMW ORACLE Racing - China Team
3 Luna Rossa Challenge - Victory Challenge
Bye Emirates Team New Zealand
4 +39 Challenge - Desafío Español 2007
5 Areva Challenge - Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team
6
Friday 27th April
Flight→ Flight 3 Match↓ Blue (Port Entry) Yellow (Starboard Entry)
1 Desafío Español 2007 - Areva Challenge
2 +39 Challenge - Emirates Team New Zealand
3 Bye Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team
4 United Internet Team Germany - Luna Rossa Challenge
5 China Team - Victory Challenge
6 Team Shosholoza - BMW ORACLE Racing
Saturday 28th April
Flight→ Flight 4 Match↓ Blue (Port Entry) Yellow (Starboard Entry)
1 Emirates Team New Zealand - Areva Challenge
2 Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team - Desafío Español 2007
3 Bye +39 Challenge
4 China Team - United Internet Team Germany
5 Luna Rossa Challenge - Team Shosholoza
6 BMW ORACLE Racing - Victory Challenge
Sunday 29th April
Flight→ Flight 5 Match↓ Blue (Port Entry) Yellow (Starboard Entry)
1 United Internet Team Germany - Victory Challenge
2 BMW ORACLE Racing - Luna Rossa Challenge
3 Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team - +39 Challenge
Bye Areva Challenge
4 Team Shosholoza - China Team
5 Desafío Español 2007 - Emirates Team New Zealand
6
Tuesday 1st May
Flight→ Flight 6 Match↓ Blue (Port Entry) Yellow (Starboard Entry)
1 Luna Rossa Challenge - Areva Challenge
2 Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team - United Internet Team Germany
3 Victory Challenge - +39 Challenge
Bye BMW ORACLE Racing
4 Desafío Español 2007 - China Team
5 Emirates Team New Zealand - Team Shosholoza
6
Wednesday 2nd May
Flight→ Flight 7 Match↓ Blue (Port Entry) Yellow (Starboard Entry)
1 Emirates Team New Zealand - United Internet Team Germany
2 China Team - Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team
3 Team Shosholoza - Desafío Español 2007
Bye Victory Challenge
4 Areva Challenge - BMW ORACLE Racing
5 +39 Challenge - Luna Rossa Challenge
6
Thursday 3rd May
Flight→ Flight 8 Match↓ Blue (Port Entry) Yellow (Starboard Entry)
1 United Internet Team Germany - Desafío Español 2007
2 Team Shosholoza - Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team
3 Emirates Team New Zealand - China Team
Bye Luna Rossa Challenge
4 Areva Challenge - Victory Challenge
5 +39 Challenge - BMW ORACLE Racing
6
Friday 4th May
Flight→ Flight 9 Match↓ Blue (Port Entry) Yellow (Starboard Entry)
1 +39 Challenge - Team Shosholoza
2 China Team - Areva Challenge
3 Bye United Internet Team Germany
4 Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team - BMW ORACLE Racing
5 Victory Challenge - Desafío Español 2007
6 Luna Rossa Challenge - Emirates Team New Zealand
Saturday 5th May
Flight→ Flight 10 Match↓ Blue (Port Entry) Yellow (Starboard Entry)
1 China Team - +39 Challenge
2 United Internet Team Germany - Areva Challenge
3 Bye Team Shosholoza
4 Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team - Luna Rossa Challenge
5 Victory Challenge - Emirates Team New Zealand
6 Desafío Español 2007 - BMW ORACLE Racing
Sunday 6th May
Flight→ Flight 11 Match↓ Blue (Port Entry) Yellow (Starboard Entry)
1 Victory Challenge - Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team
2 Desafío Español 2007 - Luna Rossa Challenge
3 BMW ORACLE Racing - Emirates Team New Zealand
Bye China Team
4 United Internet Team Germany - +39 Challenge
5 Areva Challenge - Team Shosholoza
Disclaimer: above racing schedule is subject to change and racing may be postponed or re scheduled as the Americas Cup jury seems fit.

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America's Cup - Final Act 13 concludes, Alinghi unstoppable, Shosholoza gains bonus point, +39 mast broken in collision

The Final Act 13 which was a fleet race, was concluded last Saturday. 7 races where scheduled in what was an unpredictable weather week in Valencia.

Alinghi demonstrated it's full defender status by winning 4 of the 7 races held. The remaining races where won by 3 different challenger's. Challenger of records BMW Oracle won the 1st race, when the last downwind leg proved to be a real challenge to the competitors, with unpredictable wind patterns and turning to be an upwind leg in the final stages. Before that +39 held the command of the race from the begining. Emirates Team New Zealand won race 5 in a very exciting head to head finish with Luna Rossa Challenge from Italy. Home team Desafio Espanol won race 6 in a dominant race from start to finish, managing to control second placed the Defender Alinghi. Other important results came from Team Shosholoza which managed to win an extra bonus point at the expense of French Team Areva Challenge while Italian team Mascalzone Latino claimed 3rd Spot and became top Italian challenger in this Act, ahead of highly rated challenger Luna Rossa which came in 4th place. Negative notes for +39 challenge which suffered a dismasting by Team Internet Germany during the 3rd Race. The challenger did not race after that, but was still awarded the 2 bonus points as Team Internet Germany was found guilty of the accident. Team Internet Germany was ordered to pay for the damage occurred to the Italian team.
Valencia Louis Vuitton Act. 13
1. Alinghi - SUI91. Points: 78
2. Emirates Team New Zealand - NZL84. Points: 64
3. Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team - ITA99. Points: 63
4. Luna Rossa Challenge - ITA94. Points: 60
5. BMW Oracle Racing - USA87. Points: 57
6. Desafio Espanol 2007 - ESP97. Points: 55
7. Team Shosholoza - RSA83. Points: 43
8. Victory Challenge - SWE96. Points: 35
9. Areva Challenge - FRA93. Points: 31
10. United Internet Team Germany - GER89. Points: 29
11. +39 Challenge - ITA85. Points: 17 (*awarded redress)
12. China Team - CHN95. Points: 15
Louis Vuitton Challengers Ranking
1. Emirates Team New Zealand. Points: 158. Bonus: 4
2. BMW Oracle Racing. Points: 147. Bonus: 3
3. Luna Rossa Challenge. Points: 143. Bonus: 3
4. Desafio Espanol 2007. Points: 106. Bonus: 3
5. Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team. Points: 103. Bonus: 2
6. Victory Challenge. Points: 83. Bonus: 2
7. Team Shosholoza. Points: 73. Bonus: 2
8. Areva Challenge. Points: 72. Bonus: 1
9. +39 Challenge. Points: 66. Bonus: 2 (*awarded redress)
10. United Internet Team Germany. Points: 42. Bonus: 1
11. China Team. Points: 18. Bonus:1

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America's Cup - 32nd Edition Valencia Spain

Today is the start of the 32nd Americas Cup with the unveiling ceremony for all 11 Challengers and the Defender team. The racing will begin the coming Tuesday with the final ACT no.13, which is a fleet race. These ACT's where held since September 2004 starting in Marseille ACT1, with a tour which continued in Valencia, Malmo, Trapani and retuned to Valencia again from ACT 10, May 2006 till the closing ACT which will start Tuesday. These ACT apart from being a promotional tour for the oldest ever competition give bonus points to the challengers for the final phase, the Luis Vuitton Cup which starts Monday, 16th April.
Declared boat's from Defender and Challengers:
Alinghi - SUI 100, SUI 91
BMW ORACLE Racing - USA 98, USA 87
Luna Rossa Challenge - ITA 94, ITA 86
Emirates Team New Zealand - NZL 92, NZL 84
Desafío Español 2007 - ESP 97, ESP 88
Victory Challenge - SWE 96, SWE 73
Mascalzone Latino-Capitalia Team - ITA 99, ITA 90
+39 Challenge - ITA 85
Team Shosholoza - RSA 83
Areva Challenge - FRA 93
United Internet Team Germany - GER 89
China Team - CHN 95
Racing Calendar: Valencia Luis Vuitton ACT 13
3 to 7 April 2007 Fleet races involving all 12 teams
Luis Vuitton Cup
Round Robins 16 April - 7 May 2007.
11 Teams battle for the four semi-final places.
Semi Final 14 - 25 May.
Final 1 - 12 June. Winner wins Luis Vuitton Cup and will face Defender in Americas Cup Final.
32nd America's Cup by Luis Vuitton
23 June - 7 July 2007. Defender vs Challenger.
Best of 9, first to five match races.
The 12 Teams
Defender
Alinghi, Societe Nautique De Geneve - Switzerland
Challenger of Records
BMW Oracle Racing, Golden Gate Yacht Club - USA
Challengers
+39 Challenge, Circolo Vela Gargnano - Italy

Team Shosholoza, Royal Cape Yacht Club - South Africa
Emirates Team New Zealand, Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron - New Zealand
Luna Rossa Challenge, Yacht Club Italiano - Italy

Areva Challenge, Cercle de la Voile de Paris - France

Victory Challenge, Gamla Stans Yacht Sallskap - Sweeden
Desafio Espanol 2007, Real Federación Española de Vela - Spain
Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team, Reale Yacht Club Canottieri Savoia - Italy
United Internet Team Germany, Deutscher Challenger Yacht Club - Germany
China Team, Qingdao International Yacht Club - China

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