The 2024 Unicredit Youth America's Cup is the 3rd Youth Americas Cup and will be held in Barcelona, Spain, from 17 to 26 September. Both the Youth and Women's America's Cup will use the America's Cup 40 AC40 class, a one-design 12 m (40 ft) foiling monohull class. The yachts have 4 crew onboard (two helms and two trimmers) and teams can have mixed crews with many female athletes competing in the youth and 2024 PUIG Women's America's Cup. All athletes must be aged between 18 and 25.
Teams
Twelve teams are split into two pools of six for an initial fleet racing series, Group A contains clubs which entered into the America's Cup challenger series of that year and Group B contain clubs which have been invited to take part. The top three of each division then progress to the final series of 3–4 fleet races which decide the top two teams, who subsequently compete in a single match-race final to determine the overall winners of the event.
Group A
Team | Yacht Club | Skipper | Helm |
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Nick Robins[1] | Nick Robins James Grummet[2] |
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Leo Takahashi Seb Menzies[3] | |
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Marco Gradoni Gianluigi Ugolini[4] | |
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Harry Melges Kyle Navin[5] | |
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Jann Schüpbach | Arnaud Grange Andrea Aschieri Joshua Richner[6] |
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Enzo Balanger | Matisse Pacaud Enzo Balanger[7] |
Group B
Team | Yacht Club | Skipper | Helmswomen |
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Andrew Wood | [10] |
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Julian Hoffman[11] | |
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Oscar Engström Lugvig Lindqvist Hanno Seifert[12] | |
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Cole Tapper[13] |
Results
Points are awarded to each of the finishing boats with 1st place awarded 10 pts, 2nd awarded 7, 3rd 5, 4th 3, 5th 2 and 6th 1. To progress to the semi-final series teams must rank in the top three of their qualification series group. Likewise to qualify for the final teams must rank in the top two of the semi-final series.
Qualification series
Group A
Pos | Team | ||||||||||
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R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Points | |||
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1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 63 | |
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2 | 1 | INR† | INR | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 50 | |
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4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 37 | |
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INR | INR | INR | INR | 3 | 4 | 1 | DNF†† | 35 | |
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3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 34 | |
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5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | |
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† Instructed Not to Race (INR) – Teams that are instructed not to race by the racing committee are awarded 4 points.
†† Did Not Finish (DNF) – Team withdrew part way through the race. The team is still awarded 1 pt.
Group B
Pos | Team | ||||||||||
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R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Points | |||
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3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 62 | |
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1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 45 | |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 43 | |
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2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 31 | |
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DNS* | 3 | 3 | 5 | INR | 2 | 5 | 4 | 28 | |
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4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | |
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* Did Not Start (DNS) – Teams are awarded no points.
Semi-final series
Pos | Team | ||||||||||
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R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Points | |||||||
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2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 31 | |||||
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5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 | |||||
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3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | |||||
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1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | |||||
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6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 14 | |||||
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4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | |||||
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Final
Team | 1 | |
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References
- ^ Athena Pathway (17 September 2024). "Athena Pathway ready to defend Youth America's Cup for Britain". yachtsandyachting.com. Yachts and Yachting. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ "OFFICIAL COMPETITORS IN THE UNICREDIT YOUTH AND PUIG WOMEN'S AMERICA'S CUP". Athena Pathway. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "UNICREDIT YOUTH AMERICA'S CUP TEAM". Emirates Team New Zealand. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "TEAM". Luna Rossa Challenge. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "NYYC American Magic Youth". American Magic. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "Youth and Women's America's Cup Team". Alinghi Red Bull Racing. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "Youth America's Cup". Orient Express Racing Team. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "Sail Team BCN Youth America's Cup Team". Sail Team BCN (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "Youth Team". DutchSail. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "YOUTH & PUIG WOMEN'S AMERICA'S CUP TEAM CANADA 2024". Concord Pacific Racing. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Youth AC Team Germany". AC Team Germany (in German). Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "Youth Team". Swedish Challenge. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "Team Australia Challenge Squad". Team Australia Challenge. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Unicredit Youth America's Cup Results". America's Cup. Americas Cup. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
External links
- Americascup.com, the official website of the competition