2024 Louis Vuitton Cup

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.^[1]

10th Louis Vuitton Cup

Event information
Type	challenge race for 2024 America's Cup
Dates	August 29 to October 5, 2024
Host city	Barcelona, Spain
Boats	NYYC American Magic INEOS Britannia Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team Alinghi Red Bull Racing Orient Express Racing Team Emirates Team New Zealand
Website	www.americascup.com
Succession
Previous	2021 Prada Cup
Next	2027 Louis Vuitton Cup

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	Royal Yacht Squadron	Ben Ainslie	Ben Ainslie Dylan Fletcher	Winner. Qualified as challenger for the 37th America's Cup
Emirates Team New Zealand	Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron	Peter Burling	Peter Burling Nathan Outteridge	Automatically qualified as defender to 37th America's Cup
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team	Circolo della Vela Sicilia	Max Sirena	James Spithill Francesco Bruni	Eliminated in final by INEOS Britannia
NYYC American Magic	New York Yacht Club	Terry Hutchinson	Tom Slingsby Paul Goodison Lucas Calabrese	Eliminated in Semi-Final Group 1 by Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team
Alinghi Red Bull Racing	Société Nautique de Genève	Arnaud Psarofaghis	Arnaud Psarofaghis Maxime Bachelin	Eliminated in Semi-Final Group 2 by INEOS Britannia
Orient Express Racing Team	Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez	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.

Pos	Team	Louis Vuitton Cup†			All Races			Qualification
		Wins	Losses	Races	Wins	Losses	Races
1	INEOS Britannia	6	2	8	7	3	10	Advanced to knock-out stage, chose semi-final opponent
2	Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team	6	2	8	7	3	10	Advanced to Knock-out stage
3	NYYC American Magic	4	4	8	4	6	10
4	Alinghi Red Bull Racing	3	5	8	3	7	10
5	Orient Express Racing Team	1	7	8	1	9	10	Eliminated
NC	Emirates Team New Zealand	_			8	2	10	Qualified directly to 37th America's Cup
Citation:[2]

^† 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
1	August 29[3]	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"
5	August 30[4][5]	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
7	August 31[6]	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[7]	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:[2]

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
16	September 3[8]	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
18	September 4 September 5[9][10]	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
22	September 7[11]	+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"
28	September 8 September 9[12][13]	+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:[2]

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-finals				Final
	Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team	5
	NYYC American Magic	3
					Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team	4
					INEOS Britannia	7
	INEOS Britannia	5
	Alinghi Red Bull Racing	2

Semi-Final Group 1

Races won

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
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
1	September 14[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
3	September 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
5	September 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	~	~
6	September 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	~	~	~
8	September 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	- 00:61.0
Citation:[2][15]

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 won

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
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
1	September 14[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
3	September 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
5	September 16	41' 22"	Alinghi Red Bull Racing	INEOS Britannia	DNF		B	5	- 00:01.1	- 00:15.0	- 01:11.3	- 08:39.6	~	~	~
6	September 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	- 01:22.9
7		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	- 01:10.1
Citation:[2][15]

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

Final

Races won

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
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
1	September 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 abandoned	September 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	~	~	~
3	September 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
5	September 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
7	October 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
9	October 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
11	October 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	- 00:17.5
Citation:[2][15]

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