Louis Vuitton Cup 2000

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The 5th Louis Vuitton Cup took place in Auckland , New Zealand in 1999/2000 . The winner, Prada Challenge (ITA), won the right as a challenger in the 29th America's Cup of 2000 against the defender New Zealand (NZL).

5th Louis Vuitton Cup
Period October 18, 1999 - February 6, 2000
winner ItalyItaly Italy Prada Challenge
venue Auckland , New Zealand

The sailing teams

nation Sailing team Sailing club Skipper Yachts
ItalyItaly Italy Prada Challenge Yacht Club Punta Ala Francesco de Angelis ITA-45, ITA-48
United StatesUnited States United States America One St. Francis Yacht Club Paul Cayard USA-49
United StatesUnited States United States Aloha Racing Waikiki Yacht Club John Kolius USA-50, USA-54
United StatesUnited States United States America True San Francisco Yacht Club Dawn Riley USA-51
SpainSpain Spain Desafío Español Monte Real Club de Yates de Bayona Pedro Campos Calvo-Sotelo ESP-47, ESP-56
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland Almost 2000 Club Nautique de Morges Marc Pajot SUI-59
FranceFrance France Le Defi BTT Union Nationale Pour La Course au Large Bertrand Pacé FRA-46
JapanJapan Japan Nippon Challenge Nippon Yacht Club Peter Gilmour JAP-44, JAP-52
United StatesUnited States United States Team Dennis Conner Cortez Racing Association Dennis Conner USA-55
United StatesUnited States United States Young America New York Yacht Club Ed Baird USA-53, USA-58
AustraliaAustralia Australia Young Australia Cruising Yacht Club of Australia James Spithill OFF-31

Round Robin (RR)

Team_name Races Victories RR1 points RR2 points RR3 points total score Precedence
ItalyItaly Prada Challenge 29 26th 10 36 63 109 1
JapanJapan Nippon Challenge 30th 20th 6th 24 72 102 2
United StatesUnited States America True 30th 21st 6th 32 63 101 3
United StatesUnited States AmericaOne 30th 22nd 8th 28 63 99 4th
United StatesUnited States Team Dennis Conner 30th 18th 5 28 54 87 5
FranceFrance Le Defi BTT 29 12 2 12 63 77 6th
SpainSpain Desafio Espanol 30th 14th 5 12 54 71 7th
United StatesUnited States Young America 30th 16 8th 16 36 60 8th
United StatesUnited States Aloha Racing 30th 11 4th 12 36 52 9
AustraliaAustralia Young Australia 30th 4th 1 8th 9 18th 10
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Almost 2000 30th 2 0 8th 0 8th 11

Final regattas

Semifinals

Team name Races Victories Precedence
United StatesUnited States AmericaOne 10 8th 1
ItalyItaly Prada Challenge 10 7th 2
United StatesUnited States Team Dennis Conner 10 7th 3
JapanJapan Nippon Challenge 10 5 4th
United StatesUnited States America True 10 3 5
FranceFrance Le Defi BTT 10 2 6th

final

Team name 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 Total points
ItalyItaly Prada Challenge S (0:25) N S. S. N N N S (0:37) S (0:49) 5
United StatesUnited States AmericaOne N S (1:33) DNF DNF S (0:34) S (0:09) S (1:06) N N 4th

S = victory, N = defeat, DNF = abandonment (did not finish)

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