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Teams

Five teams competed for the title of challenger against defender

in the

took part in Round Robin races but was not part of the final Round Robin Classification.

Double Round Robin

Standings

The qualification for the Semi-Final of the top four Challengers is based on their race results between each other. The team winning the round robins classification (excluding results with the defender) will be able to choose its opponent in the Semi-Final. As the Defender,

will automatically progress to the Final Match after Round Robin 2. In case of a tie in points for the first or last position in the round robins, a tie-breaker race will be held to determine the final ranking. ^† All five challenger teams race New Zealand twice during the double round robin phase, but these are dead rubbers as points are not scored.

Round Robin 1

Races held from August 29 to September 1:

Round Robin 2

Races held from September 3 to 8: Notes:

Knock-out stage

The knockout stage consists of two semi-finals run as a best-of-nine match race series, followed by the final run as a best-of-13 match race series.

Semi-Final Group 1

Notes: Gate time gaps may differ from live TV coverage as they are based on publicly available race telemetry data.

Semi-Final Group 2

Notes: Gate time gaps may differ from live TV coverage as they are based on publicly available race telemetry data.

Final

Notes: * Race 3 on 28th of September was abandoned due to time limits after a sudden wind drop * LRPP did not take part in Race 3 on 29th of September due to a broken mainsail * LRPP suffered a mechanical failure during race 7 causing it to abandon the race

References

External links

* {{America'sCup

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