The 2024 Louis Vuitton Cup is a sailing competition held to determine the official challenger in the 2024 America's Cup yachting competition to challenge the defender Emirates Team New Zealand. The races were held from August 29 to October 7, 2024, in Barcelona, Spain.
Teams Five teams competed for the title of challenger against defender Emirates Team New Zealand in the 2024 America's Cup. Emirates Team New Zealand took part in Round Robin races but was not part of the final Round Robin Classification.
Team Yacht Club Skipper Helmsmen Completion INEOS Britannia Ben Ainslie Ben Ainslie Dylan FletcherWinner. Qualified as challenger for the 37th America's Cup Emirates Team New Zealand Peter Burling Peter Burling Nathan Outteridge Automatically qualified as defender to 37th America's Cup Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team Max Sirena James Spithill Francesco Bruni Eliminated in final by INEOS Britannia NYYC American Magic Terry Hutchinson Tom Slingsby Paul Goodison Lucas Calabrese Eliminated in Semi-Final Group 1 by Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team Alinghi Red Bull Racing Arnaud Psarofaghis Arnaud Psarofaghis Maxime Bachelin Eliminated in Semi-Final Group 2 by INEOS Britannia Orient Express Racing Team Quentin Delapierre Quentin Delapierre Kevin Peponnet Eliminated after Louis Vuitton Cup Double Round Robin
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, Emirates Team New Zealand 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. Team Louis Vuitton Cup† All Races QualificationWinsLossesRacesWinsLossesRaces1 INEOS Britannia6287310Advanced to knock-out stage, chose semi-final opponent2 Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team6287310Advanced to Knock-out stage3 NYYC American Magic4484 6104 Alinghi Red Bull Racing35837105 Orient Express Racing Team1781910 EliminatedNC Emirates Team New Zealand_8210 Qualified directly to 37th America's Cup Citation:
† 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: + Race Date Time Port Entry Starboard Entry Time Course Legs Start Gate 1 Gate 2 Gate 3 Gate 4 Gate 5 Finish 1August 29 24' 55" Orient Express Racing Team Alinghi Red Bull Racing +0' 24" C 6 -0' 01" -0' 27" -0' 13" -0' 46" -0' 33" -0' 48" -0' 24" 2† +0' 12" Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team Emirates Team New Zealand 21' 07" C 6 -0' 01" -0' 11" -0' 05" -0' 06" -0' 22" -0' 21" -0' 12" 3 24' 16" INEOS Britannia NYYC American Magic +0' 14" C 6 -1' 10" -1' 06" -1' 02" -0' 59" -0' 39" -0' 41" -0' 14" 4 +1' 24" Orient Express Racing Team Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team 23' 20" C 6 -0' 01" -0' 27" -0' 34" -0' 26" -0' 56" -0' 51" -1' 24" 5August 30 31' 54" NYYC American Magic Alinghi Red Bull Racing +2' 58" C 4 -1' 08" -1' 27" -1' 38" -15' 27" ~ ~ -2' 58" 6† DNS Emirates Team New Zealand INEOS Britannia C 6 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Awarded 7August 31 22' 17" Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team NYYC American Magic +0' 24" C 6 -0' 01" -0' 02" -0' 03" -0' 20" -0' 20" -0' 25" -0' 24" 8† Emirates Team New Zealand Orient Express Racing Team DNS C 6 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Awarded 9 +1' 25" Alinghi Red Bull Racing INEOS Britannia 26' 05" C 6 -0' 52" -2' 12" -1' 54" -1' 54" -2' 36" -2' 26" -1' 25" 10 DNF Orient Express Racing Team NYYC American Magic C 6 -0' 24" -0' 41" -0' 28" -0' 13" -0' 38" ~ Awarded 11 +1' 24" INEOS Britannia Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team 21' 28" C 6 -0' 01" -0' 25" -2' 05" -2' 17" -1' 54" -1' 30" -1' 24" 12†September 1 DSQ Alinghi Red Bull Racing Emirates Team New Zealand C 6 -0' 01" -0' 17" -0' 18" -0' 45" ~ ~ Awarded 13 22' 57" INEOS Britannia Orient Express Racing Team +0' 16" C 6 -0' 01" -0' 13" -0' 03" -0' 20" -0' 12" -0' 11" -0' 16" 14 +0' 26" Alinghi Red Bull Racing Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team 22' 08" C 6 -0' 01" -0' 04" -0' 11" -0' 28" -0' 21" -0' 16" -0' 26" 15† +0' 29" NYYC American Magic Emirates Team New Zealand 24' 10" C 6 -0' 01" -0' 10" -0' 09" -0' 05" -0' 08" -0' 16" -0' 29"Citation:
Round Robin 2 Races held from September 3 to 8: + Race Date Time Port Entry Starboard Entry Time Course Legs Start Gate 1 Gate 2 Gate 3 Gate 4 Gate 5 Finish 16September 3 21' 42" Alinghi Red Bull Racing Orient Express Racing Team +1' 10" F 6 -0' 05" -1' 38" -1' 36" -1' 15" -1' 12" -1' 05" -1' 10" 17† DSQ Emirates Team New Zealand Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team F 6 -0' 00" -0' 16" -0' 17" -0' 23" -0' 31" -0' 59" Awarded 18September 5 24' 07" NYYC American Magic INEOS Britannia +0' 13" A 6 -0' 02" -0' 20" -0' 29" -0' 16" -0' 09" -0' 03" -0' 13" 19 21' 57" Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team Orient Express Racing Team +1' 02" A 6 -0' 05" -0' 10" -0' 27" -0' 37" -0' 40" -0' 37" -1' 02" 21† +3' 02" INEOS Britannia Emirates Team New Zealand 24' 20" A 6 -0' 01" -0' 24" -0' 15" -0' 33" -0' 27" -2' 13" -3' 02" 20 21' 35" Alinghi Red Bull Racing NYYC American Magic +0' 38" A 6 -0' 01" -0' 10" -0' 14" -0' 23" -0' 42" -0' 42" -0' 38" 24† DNF Orient Express Racing Team Emirates Team New Zealand 23' 43" A 6 -0' 14" -0' 21" -0' 14" -1' 53" ~ ~ Awarded 22September 7 +0' 22" NYYC American Magic Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team 23' 24" A 6 -0' 01" -0' 14" -0' 03" -0' 07" -0' 19" -0' 26" -0' 22" 23 20' 39" INEOS Britannia Alinghi Red Bull Racing + 0' 53" A 6 -0' 01" -0' 12" -0' 21" -0' 28" -0' 39" -0' 45" -0' 53" 26 22' 23" NYYC American Magic Orient Express Racing Team +0' 15" A 6 -0' 02" -0' 08" -0' 14" -0' 15" -0' 20" -0' 18" -0' 15" 27† 21' 36" Emirates Team New Zealand Alinghi Red Bull Racing +0' 38" A 6 -0' 02" -0' 07" -0' 13" -0' 20" -0' 23" -0' 38" -0' 38" 25 +0' 25" Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team INEOS Britannia 21' 43" A 6 -0' 01" -0' 08" -0' 08" -0' 22" -0' 29" -0' 30" -0' 25" 28September 9 +1' 11" Orient Express Racing Team INEOS Britannia 23' 00" B 6 -0' 01" -0' 25" -0' 47" -1' 24" -1' 04" -0' 55" -1' 11" 29 DSQ Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team Alinghi Red Bull Racing B 6~~~~~~ Awarded 30† 22' 25" Emirates Team New Zealand NYYC American Magic +2' 37" B 6 -0' 02" -0' 07" -0' 31" -0' 22" -1' 21" -2' 22" -2' 37" 31 (Sail Off) 22' 12" INEOS Britannia Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team +0' 42" B 6 -0' 01" -0' 18" -0' 29" -0' 33" -0' 49" -0' 37" -0' 42"Citation:
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 +Races won12345678Total Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team ● ● ● ● ●5 NYYC American Magic ● ● ●3
+ Race Date Time Port Entry Starboard Entry Time Course Legs Start Gate 1 Gate 2 Gate 3 Gate 4 Gate 5 Finish 1September 14 22' 12" Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team NYYC American Magic +0' 07" B 6- 00:06.7- 00:06.2 - 00:20.1 - 00:15.4 - 00:02.6 - 00:21.4 - 00:06.8 2 +0' 18" NYYC American Magic Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team 24' 26" B 6 - 00:00.5 - 00:12.3 - 00:07.9 - 00:19.5 - 00:15.1 - 00:13.5 - 00:17.8 3September 15 +0' 26" NYYC American Magic Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team 22' 29" B 6 - 00:00.4 - 00:12.0 - 00:15.3 - 00:31.9 - 00:23.3 - 00:33.5 - 00:25.4 4 22' 50" Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team NYYC American Magic +0' 02" B 6 - 00:00.6 - 00:06.2 - 00:10.5 - 00:12.2 - 00:09.2 - 00:03.9 - 00:02.7 5September 16 DNF Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team NYYC American Magic 26' 45" B 6 - 00:02.6 - 00:14.5 - 00:20.2 - 00:03.6 - 00:03.3 ~ ~ 6September 18 27' 18" NYYC American Magic Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team DSQ C 4- 00:01.7 - 00:45.8 - 00:02.0 - 02:32.5 ~ ~~ 7 22' 02" NYYC American Magic Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team DNF C 6- 00:00.0 - 00:03.7 - 00:05.3 - 00:03.1~~~ 8September 19 22' 56" Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team NYYC American Magic +1' 01" B 6- 00:00.9- 00:18.6- 00:21.2- 00:07.4- 00:23.1- 00:52.5- 00:61.0Citation:
Notes: Gate time gaps may differ from live TV coverage as they are based on publicly available race telemetry data.
Semi-Final Group 2 +Races wonTeam1234567Total INEOS Britannia ● ● ● ● ●5 Alinghi Red Bull Racing ● ●2
+ Race Date Time Port Entry Starboard Entry Time Course Legs Start Gate 1 Gate 2 Gate 3 Gate 4 Gate 5 Finish 1September 14 +2' 05" Alinghi Red Bull Racing INEOS Britannia 23' 32" B 6 - 00:04.5 - 00:10.9 - 00:22.3 - 00:45.0 - 01:24.0 - 01:20.5 - 02:05.1 2 20' 33" INEOS Britannia Alinghi Red Bull Racing +1' 37" B 6 - 00:09.8 - 01:14.1 - 01:22.6 - 01:16.4 - 01:33.7 - 01:36.2 - 01:36.6 3September 15 22' 31" INEOS Britannia Alinghi Red Bull Racing +2' 20" B 6 - 00:43.5 - 01:19.3 - 01:28.3 - 01:39.5 - 01:48.5 - 02:02.3 - 02:19.8 4 +0' 48" Alinghi Red Bull Racing INEOS Britannia 22' 23" B 6 - 00:00.2 - 00:15.2 - 00:23.0 - 00:36.8 - 00:39.2 - 00:47.1 - 00:48.3 5September 16 41' 22" Alinghi Red Bull Racing INEOS Britannia DNF B 5 - 00:01.1 - 00:15.0 - 01:11.3 - 08:39.6 ~ ~ ~ 6September 18 +1' 23" INEOS Britannia Alinghi Red Bull Racing 20' 22" C 6 - 00:01.4 - 00:03.1 - 01:02.6 - 01:01.5 - 01:23.2 - 00:42.5 - 01:22.97 23' 47" INEOS Britannia Alinghi Red Bull Racing +1' 08" C 6 - 00:03.2 - 00:21.8 - 00:30.3 - 00:51.0 - 00:39.7 - 01:10.0 - 01:10.1Citation:
Notes: Gate time gaps may differ from live TV coverage as they are based on publicly available race telemetry data.
Final +Races wonTeam1234567891011Total INEOS Britannia●●●●●●●7 Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team●●● ●4
+ Race Date Time Port Entry Starboard Entry Time Course Legs Start Gate 1 Gate 2 Gate 3 Gate 4 Gate 5 Gate 6 Gate 7 Finish 1September 26 27' 03" Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team INEOS Britannia +0' 46" A 8 - 00:03.1 - 00:10.6 - 00:12.5 - 00:25.2 - 00:19.3 - 00:33.6 - 00:28.5 - 00:42.0 - 00:46.7 2 27' 25" INEOS Britannia Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team +0' 18" A 8 - 00:00.7 - 00:08.6 - 00:17.5 - 00:07.5 - 00:12.3 - 00:09.8 - 00:16.0 - 00:17.9 - 00:18.5 3 abandonedSeptember 28 INEOS Britannia Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team C 6 - 00:00.1 - 00:17.0 - 00:15.8 - 01:29.5 - 01:09.1 - 06:01.6 ~ ~ ~ 3September 29 INEOS Britannia Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team DSQ A 8 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Awarded 4 26' 38" Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team INEOS Britannia +0' 04" A 8 - 00:00.3 - 00:04.2 - 00:05.4 - 00:04.1 - 00:06.6 - 00:19.3 - 00:21.1 - 00:04.5 - 00:04.6 5September 30 +00' 12" Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team INEOS Britannia 27' 06" A 8 - 00:06.1 - 00:05.0 - 00:04.3 - 00:07.6 - 00:10.3 - 00:06.0 - 00:10.3 - 00:08.7 - 00:12.1 6 +00' 17" INEOS Britannia Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team 26' 56" A 8 - 00:00.6 - 00:02.4 - 00:05.5 - 00:12.1 - 00:13.2 - 00:15.7 - 00:13.5 - 00:19.3 - 00:16.9 7October 1 INEOS Britannia Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team DSQ A 8 - 00:00.2 - 00:00.8 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Awarded 8 26' 32" Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team INEOS Britannia +00' 16" A 8 - 00:04.8 - 00:12.2 - 00:07.3 - 00:05.8 - 00:06.0 - 00:08.1 - 00:11.6 - 00:16.7 - 00:15.6 9October 2 +00' 23" Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team INEOS Britannia 27' 35" D 8- 00:00.6- 00:02.1- 00:11.4- 00:09.0- 00:06.9- 00:17.5- 00:16.2- 00:14.4- 00:22.9 10 27' 29" INEOS Britannia Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team +00' 08" D 8- 00:00.7- 00:04.8- 00:11.3- 00:11.2- 00:09.3- 00:08.4- 00:12.8- 00:09.6- 00:08.4 11October 4 26' 46" INEOS Britannia Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team +00' 17" B 8- 00:00.3- 00:10.5- 00:11.2- 00:09.9- 00:07.5- 00:03.9- 00:08.9- 00:08.5- 00:17.5Citation:
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