Louis Vuitton Cup 1995

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The 4th Louis Vuitton Cup took place in 1995 in San Diego , California (USA) . The winner, Team New Zealand (NZL), won the right to compete as a challenger in the 28th America's Cup in 1995 against the defender Young America (USA).

4th Louis Vuitton Cup
Period January 12, 1995 - April 21, 1995
winner New ZealandNew Zealand Team New Zealand
venue San Diego , USA ( California )

The sailing teams

nation Sailing team Sailing club Skipper yacht
New ZealandNew Zealand Team New Zealand Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron Russell Coutts NZL-32
AustraliaAustralia One Australia Southern Cross Yacht Club John Bertrand AUS-31 & AUS-35
AustraliaAustralia Australian Challenge Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Syd Fischer OFF-29
SpainSpain Spanish Challenge Monte Real Club de Yates de Bayona Pedro Campos Calvo-Sotelo ESP-42
FranceFrance France America 95 Yacht Club de Séte Marc Pajot FRA-33 & FRA-37
JapanJapan Nippon Challenge Nippon Yacht Club Makoto Namba JAP-30 & JAP-41
New ZealandNew Zealand Tag Heuer Challenge Tutukaka South Pacific Yacht Club Chris Dickson NZL-39

Round Robin (RR)

Team name Races Victories RR1 points RR2 points RR3 points RR4 points Total points Precedence
New ZealandNew Zealand Team New Zealand 24 23 6th 10 24 30th 70 1
AustraliaAustralia One Australia 24 17th 3 10 20th 20th 53 2
New ZealandNew Zealand Tag Heuer Challenge 24 17th 5 8th 16 20th 49 3
JapanJapan Nippon Challenge 24 11 4th 6th 8th 10 28 4th
FranceFrance France America '95 24 8th 1 6th 8th 10 25th 5
SpainSpain Spanish Challenge 24 3 0 0 4th 10 14th 6th
AustraliaAustralia Australia Challenge 24 5 2 2 4th 5 13 7th

Final regattas

Semifinals

Team name Races Victories Precedence
New ZealandNew Zealand Team New Zealand 11 9 1
AustraliaAustralia One Australia 11 7th 2
New ZealandNew Zealand Tag Heuer Challenge 11 6th 3
JapanJapan Nippon Challenge 11 0 4th

final

Team name 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 total score
New ZealandNew Zealand Team New Zealand S (4:55) S (1:57) S (2:26) N S (3:04) S (2:13) - - - 5
AustraliaAustralia One Australia N N N S (0:15) N N - - - 1

S = victory, N = defeat

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