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America's Cup at a Glance

Posted: Thursday February 13, 2003 7:34 PM
Updated: Wednesday February 26, 2003 11:28 AM
Off Auckland, New Zealand

America's Cup
(Best-of-nine)

Saturday, Feb. 15
   Alinghi def. Team New Zealand, New Zealand withdrew 
   due to gear breakage. (Alinghi leads 1-0). 
Sunday, Feb. 16
   Team New Zealand def. Alinghi by 7 secs. (Alinghi leads 2-0).
Tuesday, Feb. 18
   Alinghi def. Team New Zealand by 23 secs. (Alinghi leads 3-0).
Thursday, Feb. 20
   Team New Zealand vs. Alinghi, ppd. light winds.
Saturday, Feb. 22
   Team New Zealand vs. Alinghi, ppd. light winds
Sunday, Feb. 23
   Team New Zealand vs. Alinghi, ppd. light winds.
Monday, Feb. 24
   Team New Zealand vs. Alinghi, ppd. light winds.
Tuesday, Feb. 25
   Team New Zealand vs. Alinghi, ppd. light winds.
Thursday, Feb. 27
   Team New Zealand vs. Alinghi
Saturday, March 1
   Team New Zealand vs. Alinghi
Sunday, March 2
   Team New Zealand vs. Alinghi, if necessary
Tuesday, March 4
   Team New Zealand vs. Alinghi, if necessary
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Louis Vuitton Cup
Opening Challenger Round Robins
                          R    W   L   Pts
Alinghi                   16  13   3    13
Oracle                    16  12   4    12
x-OneWorld                16  13   3    12
Prada                     16  11   5    11
Victory                   16   7   9     7
GBR  Challenge            16   7   9     7
Stars&Stripes          	  16   6  10     6
Le  Defi                  16   2  14     2
Mascalzone  Latino  	  16   1  15     1
   Note:Each win worth one point; one team to be eliminated after 
   two round-robins. 
   x-OneWorld deducted one point by arbitration panel 
   for pre-regatta violation. 
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First Round Robin
Tuesday, Oct. 1
   Alinghi, Switzerland, def. Le Defi, France, by 4 mins, 48 secs. 
   Stars & Stripes, New York, def. GBR Challenge, Britain, by 20 secs. 
   Oracle, San Francisco, def. Prada, Italy, by 42 seconds. 
   OneWorld, Seattle, def. Mascalzone Latino, Italy, by 5:43. 
   Bye: Victory Challenge, Sweden.
Wednesday, Oct. 2
   Racing postponed due to high wind.
Thursday, Oct. 3
   Racing postponed due to high wind.
Friday, Oct. 4
   Stars & Stripes def. Prada by 35 seconds. 
   OneWorld def. Alinghi by 10 seconds. 
   Oracle def. Mascalzone Latino by 2 minutes, 3 seconds. 
   Victory Challenge def. Le Defi by 1:06. 
   Bye: GBR Challenge.
Saturday, Oct. 5
   OneWorld def. GBR Challenge by 3 minutes, 22 seconds. 
   Victory Challenge def. Stars & Stripes by 33 seconds. 
   Alinghi def. Mascalzone Latino by 7:08. 
   Prada def. Le Defi, did not finish. 
   Bye: Oracle.
Sunday, Oct. 6
   Victory Challenge def. Mascalzone Latino by 35 seconds. 
   Alinghi def. Prada by 1 minute, 32 seconds. 
   GBR Challenge def. Le Defi by 3 seconds. 
   Oracle def. Stars & Stripes by 1:58. 
   Bye: OneWorld.
Monday, Oct. 7
   Alinghi def. GBR Challenge by 4 minutes, 33 seconds. 
   OneWorld def. Stars & Stripes by 1:21. 
   Oracle vs. Victory Challenge, deferred due to light wind. 
   Prada vs. Mascalzone Latino, deferred due to light wind. 
   Bye: Le Defi.
Tuesday, Oct. 8
   Prada def. Victory Challenge by 2 minutes, 35 seconds. 
   Le Defi vs. Stars & Stripes, abandoned and deferred. 
   Oracle vs. OneWorld, abandoned and deferred. 
   GBR Challenge vs. Mascalzone Latino, abandoned and deferred. 
   Bye: Alinghi.
Wednesday, Oct. 9
   Racing postponed due to light wind.
Thursday, Oct. 10
   Oracle def. Le Defi by 2 minutes, 52 seconds. 
   Alinghi def. Stars & Stripes by 1:10. 
   Prada def. GBR Challenge by 22 seconds. 
   OneWorld def. Victory Challenge by 59 seconds. 
   Bye: Mascalzone Latino.
Friday, Oct. 11
   GBR Challenge def. Victory Challenge by 48 seconds. 
   OneWorld def. Le Defi by 21 seconds. 
   Alinghi def. Oracle by 1 minute, 43 seconds. 
   Stars & Stripes def. Mascalzone Latino 1:36. 
   Bye: Prada.
Saturday, Oct. 12
   Mascalzone Latino def. Le Defi by 5 minutes, 19 seconds. 
   OneWorld def. Prada by 1:11. 
   Alinghi def. Victory Challenge by 25 seconds. 
   GBR Challenge def Oracle by 36 seconds. 
   Bye: Stars & Stripes.
Sunday, Oct. 13
   Deferred first-round matches postponed due to light wind.
Monday, Oct. 14
(Courses shortened from 18.5 to 12.5 nautical miles)
   OneWorld def. Oracle by 40 seconds. 
   GBR Challenge def. Mascalzone Latino by 54 seconds. 
   Stars & Stripes def. Le Defi, forfeited with gear damage. 
   Oracle def. Victory Challenge by 10 minutes, 45 seconds. 
   Prada vs. Masclazone Latino, deferred to second round.
Tuesday, Oct. 22
Deferred first-round match
   Prada vs. Mascalzone Latino, ppd., high wind.
Wednesday, Oct. 23
Deferred first-round match
   Prada def. Mascalzone Latino by 4 minutes, 28 seconds. 
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Second Round Robin
Wednesday, Oct. 23
   OneWorld def. Mascalzone Latino by 4 minutes, 1 second. 
   Prada def. Oracle by 1:55. 
   GBR Challenge def. Stars & Stripes by 46 seconds. 
   Alinghi def. Le Defi by 5:54. 
   Bye: Victory Challenge.
Thursday, Oct. 24
   Victory Challenge def. Le Defi by 1 minute, 19 seconds. 
   Oracle def. Mascalzone Latino by 2:40. 
   Alinghi def. OneWorld by 27 seconds. 
   Prada def. Stars & Stripes by 41 seconds. 
   Bye: GBR Challenge.
Friday, Oct. 25
   Racing postponed due to high wind.
Saturday, Oct. 26
   Racing posptoned due to high wind.
Sunday, Oct. 27
   Racing postponed due to high wind.
Monday, Oct. 28
   Racing postponed due to high wind.
Tuesday, Oct. 29
   Prada def. Le Defi by 1 minute, 4 seconds. 
   Alinghi def. Mascalzone Latino by 2:11. 
   Victory Challenge def. Stars & Stripes by 13 seconds. 
   OneWorld def. GBR Challenge by 1:05. 
   Victory Challenge def. Mascalzone Latino by 1:17. 
   Oracle vs. Stars & Stripes, ppd., Stars & Stripes gear damage. 
   GBR Challenge vs. Le Defi, ppd., gear damage to Le Defi. 
   Alinghi vs. Prada, ppd., gear damage to Prada.
Wednesday, Oct. 30
   Prada def. Mascalzone Latino by 1 minute, 42 seconds. 
   Alinghi def. GBR Challenge by 7:45. 
   Oracle vs. Victory Challenge, abandoned, time limit exceeded. 
   Stars & Stripes vs. OneWorld, abandoned, time limit exceeded. 
   Mascalzone Latino vs. GBR Challenge, ppd. light wind. 
   Prada vs. Victory Challenge, ppd., light wind. 
   OneWorld vs. Oracle, ppd., light wind. 
   Stars & Stripes vs. Le Defi, ppd., light wind.
Thursday, Oct. 31
   GBR Challenge def. Mascalzone Latino by 1 minute, 40 seconds. 
   Prada def. Victory Challenge by 10 seconds. 
   Oracle def. OneWorld by 40 seconds. 
   Stars & Stripes def. Le Defi by 1:12. 
   Prada def. GBR Challenge by 16 seconds. 
   OneWorld def. Victory Challenge by 21 seconds. 
   Alinghi def. Stars & Stripes by 49 seconds. 
   Oracle vs. Le Defi, ppd., gear damage to Le Defi.
Friday, Nov. 1
   Victory Challenge def. GBR Challenge by 1 minute, 1 second. 
   Le Defi beat OneWorld by 57 seconds. 
   Oracle def. Alinghi by 4 seconds. 
   Stars & Stripes def. Mascalzone Latino by 1:09. 
   Oracle def. Stars & Stripes by 18 seconds. 
   GBR Challenge def. Le Defi by 14 seconds. 
   Alinghi vs. Prada, ppd., high wind.
Saturday, Nov. 2
   Le Defi def. Mascalzone Latino by 1 minute, 10 seconds. 
   OneWorld def. Prada by 54 seconds. 
   Alinghi def. Victory Challenge by 29 seconds. 
   Oracle def. GBR Challenge by 2:00. 
   OneWorld def. Stars & Stripes by 1:19. 
   Oracle vs. Victory Challenge, ppd., gear damage to Oracle. 
   Alinghi def. GBR Challenge by 1:26.
Sunday, Nov. 3
   Oracle def. Le Defi by 1 minute, 7 seconds. 
   Oracle def. Victory Challenge by 43 seconds. 
   Alinghi vs. Prada, abandoned, agreed not to race. 
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Quarterfinals
(Best-of-seven)
   Winners of top-half quarters advance to semis. 
   Losers meet in repechage against winners 
   from bottom-half quarters.
Tuesday, Nov. 12
   Top four: Alinghi vs. Prada; Oracle vs. OneWorld, ppd., high wind. 
   Bottom four: Victory vs. Le Defi; 
                Stars & Stripes vs. GBR, ppd., high wind.
Wednesday, Nov. 13
   Alinghi def. Prada by 1 minute, 18 seconds. 
   Oracle def. OneWorld by 12 seconds. 
   Victory def. Le Defi by 2:03. 
   GBR def. Stars & Stripes by 1:00.
Thursday, Nov. 14
   Alinghi def. Prada by 8 seconds. 
   Oracle def. OneWorld by 17 seconds. 
   Victory def. Le Defi by 1 minute, 10 seconds. 
   Stars & Strips def. GBR by 1:17.
Friday, Nov. 15
   Alinghi def. Prada by 8 seconds. 
   Oracle def. OneWorld by 19 seconds. 
   Victory def. Le Defi by 1 minute, 12 seconds. 
   Stars & Strips def. GBR by 2:10.
Saturday, Nov. 16
   Alinghi def. Prada, forfeit (Alinghi wins series 4-0). 
   Oracle def. OneWorld by 33 seconds (Oracle wins series 4-0). 
   Le Defi def. Victory by 34 seconds. 
   Stars & Stripes def. GBR by 34 seconds.
Sunday, Nov. 17
   Racing postponed due to high wind.
Monday, Nov. 18
   Victory def. Le Defi by 2 mins, 34 secs (Victory wins series 4-1). 
   Stars & Stripes def. GBR by 1:42 (Stars & Stripes win series 4-1). 
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Quarterfinal Repechages
(Best-of-seven)
Saturday, Nov. 23
   Racing postponed due to light wind.
Sunday, Nov. 24
   Racing postponed due to high wind.
Monday, Nov. 25
   Racing postponed due to light wind.
Tuesday, Nov. 26
   OneWorld def. Stars & Stripes by 1 minute, 16 seconds. 
   Prada def. Victory by 1:31.
Wednesday, Nov. 27
   OneWorld def. Stars & Stripes by 1 minute, 50 seconds. 
   Prada def. Victory by 1:23 seconds.
Thursday, Nov. 28
   OneWorld def. Stars & Stripes by 1 minute, 2 seconds. 
   Prada def. Victory by 51 seconds.
Friday, Nov. 29
   OneWorld def. Stars & Stripes by 1 minute (OneWorld wins series 4-0). 
   Prada def. Victory by 1:37 (Prada wins series 4-0). 
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Semifinals
(Best-of-seven)
(OneWorld penalized one point for pre-regatta rules violation)
Monday, Dec. 9
   Alinghi vs. Oracle (winner advances to challenger final; 
   loser to semifinal repechage), ppd., high wind. 
   OneWorld vs. Prada (winner to meet Alinghi-Oracle loser 
   in semifinal repechage; loser eliminated), ppd., high wind.
Tuesday, Dec. 10
   Alinghi def. Oracle by 1 minute, 11 seconds. 
   OneWorld def. Prada by 47 seconds.
Wednesday, Dec. 11
   Alinghi def. Oracle by 29 seconds. 
   Prada def. OneWorld by 20 seconds.
Thursday, Dec. 12
   Alinghi def. Oracle by 46 seconds. 
   OneWorld def. Prada by 33 seconds.
Friday, Dec. 13
   Racing postponed due to high wind.
Saturday, Dec. 14
   Racing postponed due to high wind.
Sunday, Dec. 15
   Racing postponed due to high wind.
Monday, Dec. 16
(Courses shortened from 18.5 to 12.5 nautical miles)
   Alinghi def. Oracle by 48 seconds (Alinghi wins series 4-0). 
   OneWorld def. Prada by 58 seconds. 
   OneWorld def. Prada by 2 minutes, 32 seconds.
Tuesday, Dec. 17
   Prada def. OneWorld by 17 minutes, 46 seconds. 
   OneWorld vs. Prada, ccd., time limit (OneWorld wins series 3-2). 
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Semifinal Repechage
(Best-of-seven)
(Winner advances to challenger final against Alinghi, loser eliminated)
(OneWorld penalized one point for pre-regatta rules violation)
Friday, Dec. 20
   Oracle def. OneWorld by 4 minutes, 8 seconds.
Saturday, Dec. 21
   Oracle def. OneWorld by 3 seconds.
Sunday, Dec. 22
   Oracle def. OneWorld by 55 seconds.
Monday, Dec. 23
   Oracle def. OneWorld by 1 minute, 4 seconds (Oracle wins series 4-0). 
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Louis Vuitton Cup
(Best-of-nine)
Saturday, Jan. 11
   Oracle vs. Alinghi, ppd., high winds.
Sunday, Jan. 12
   Alinghi def. Oracle by 1 minute, 24 seconds.
Monday, Jan. 13
   Alinghi def. Oracle by 40 seconds.
Wednesday, Jan. 15
   Alinghi def. Oracle by 1 minute, 1 second.
Thursday, Jan. 16
   Oracle def. Alinghi by 2 minutes, 13 seconds.
Friday, Jan. 17
   Alinghi def. Oracle by 13 seconds.
Sunday, Jan. 19 
   Alinghi def. Oracle by 2 minutes, 34 seconds (Alinghi wins 5-1). 

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