Stena Match Cup Sweden

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Stena Match Cup Sweden
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Finals in Match Cup Sweden 2016 between Phil Robertson (NZL) och Taylor Canfield (USA).
Organizer Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club
Brandspot
Type match racing final on the World Match Racing Tour
Classes M32
Venue Marstrand, Sweden
Competitors20
Champion Björn Hansen
Most titles Peter Gilmour (6)
Website www.matchcupsweden.com

Match Cup Sweden (previously Swedish Match Cup, Stena Match Cup Sweden) is a sailing event on the World Match Racing Tour held in Marstrand, Sweden in the beginning of July every year. Organizers of Match Cup Sweden are The Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club and Brandspot.

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The tournament consists of an open class and a women's class, both of which compete in match race sailing. It is one of the pivotal events on the World Match Racing Tour, being among the longest running events on the tour. The event has attracted well over 100.000 spectators [1] on an annual basis.

History

The first edition of Match Cup Sweden was held in 1994, then as Swedish Match Cup. The initiator of the event was Swedish sailing legend Magnus Holmberg, [2] who with the help from The Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club and Swedish Match arranged the first event in Marstrand, Sweden.

Between 1994 and 2002 the tournament used the DS 37 Matchracer boat, until the introduction of the Swedish Match 40 in 2003. The new boat was designed by another sailing legend, Pelle Petterson, specifically for the Swedish Match Tour, which was the equivalent of today's World Match Racing Tour.

Due to a change of the Swedish legislation prior to the 2006 event, Swedish Match, being a tobacco company, were prohibited of sponsoring the event. Losing its title sponsor, the 2006 event had to be cancelled, only to return in 2007 under the new name ’’’Match Cup Sweden’’’. The organizers then decided to go back to the original DS 37 Matchracer boats. [1]

Hall of Fame

For the 15th edition of Match Cup Sweden in 2009, the organizers set up a Hall of Fame. Two inductees were elected for the opening of the Hall of Fame; Magnus Holmberg and Peter Gilmour.[ citation needed ]

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Marstrand seen from the East

Results

Open class

YearChampionRunner-upThird placeFourth place
1994 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Gilmour Flag of the United States.svg Ed Baird Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Holmberg Flag of New Zealand.svg Russell Coutts
1995 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Gilmour Flag of the United States.svg Ed Baird Flag of France.svg Bertrand Pacé Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Holmberg
1996 Flag of France.svg Bertrand Pacé Flag of New Zealand.svg Russell Coutts Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Gilmour Flag of the United States.svg Ed Baird
1997 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Gilmour Flag of the United States.svg Ed Baird Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper Bank Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Holmberg
1998 Flag of Japan.svg Peter Gilmour [a] Flag of Denmark.svg Sten Mohr Flag of New Zealand.svg Dean Barker Flag of France.svg Bertrand Pacé
1999 Flag of Japan.svg Peter Gilmour [a] Flag of the United States.svg Ed Baird Flag of Croatia.svg Tomislav Basic Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Holmberg
2000 Flag of New Zealand.svg Dean Barker Flag of France.svg Bertrand Pacé Flag of Denmark.svg Sten Mohr Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Holmberg
2001 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Russell Coutts [b] Flag of France.svg Luc Pillot Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Holmberg Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Hansen
2002 Flag of New Zealand.svg Dean Barker Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Russell Coutts [b] Flag of the United States.svg Ed Baird Flag of New Zealand.svg Bertrand Pacé
2003 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Law Flag of Poland.svg Karol Jabłoński Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg Peter Holmberg Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper Bank
2004 Flag of New Zealand.svg Russell Coutts Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Gilmour Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Holmberg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Law
2005 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Gilmour Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Holmberg Flag of New Zealand.svg Dean Barker Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg Peter Holmberg
2006no races
2007 Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Hansen Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Holmberg Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper Radich Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Rahm
2008 Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Rahm Flag of Australia (converted).svg Torvar Mirsky Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Holmberg Flag of France.svg Mathieu Richard
2009 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Gilmour Flag of France.svg Mathieu Richard Flag of France.svg Sebastien Col Flag of France.svg Damien Iehl
2010 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ben Ainslie Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper Radich Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Holmberg Flag of Australia (converted).svg Torvar Mirsky
2011 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian Williams Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Hansen Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper Radich Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Gilmour
2012 Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Hansen Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Gilmour Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian Williams Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phil Robertson
2013 Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Hansen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phil Robertson Flag of Italy.svg Simone Ferrarese Flag of Australia (converted).svg Keith Swinton
2014 Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Hansen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian Williams Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg Taylor Canfield Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Bruni
2015 Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Hansen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian Williams Flag of Australia (converted).svg Keith Swinton Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg Taylor Canfield
  1. 1 2 under Japanese nationality.
  2. 1 2 under Swiss nationality.

Women’s class

YearChampionRunner-upThird placeFourth place
1999 Flag of Denmark.svg Dorte O. Jensen Flag of France.svg Christine Briand Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Alison Flag of Sweden.svg Marie Björling
2000 Flag of Denmark.svg Dorte O. Jensen Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Alison Flag of Sweden.svg Malin Källström Flag of Sweden.svg Marie Björling
2001 Flag of Denmark.svg Dorte O. Jensen Flag of Sweden.svg Malin Källström Flag of Sweden.svg Malin Millbourn Flag of New Zealand.svg Sharon Ferris
2002 Flag of Sweden.svg Marie Björling Flag of Denmark.svg Dorte O. Jensen Flag of Sweden.svg Malin Millbourn Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Alison
2003 Flag of Sweden.svg Marie Björling Flag of Sweden.svg Malin Källström Flag of Denmark.svg Annette Ström Flag of Sweden.svg Malin Millbourn
2004 Flag of Sweden.svg Marie Björling Flag of Denmark.svg Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen Flag of France.svg Claire Leroy Flag of the United States.svg Betsy Alison
2005 Flag of Sweden.svg Malin Millbourn Flag of Sweden.svg Marie Björling Flag of France.svg Claire Leroy Flag of Sweden.svg Linda Rahm
2006no races
2007no women's class
2008 Flag of France.svg Claire Leroy Flag of Sweden.svg Anna Kjellberg Flag of Sweden.svg Linda Rahm Flag of Sweden.svg Jenny Axhede
2009 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Katie Spithill Flag of Sweden.svg Anna Kjellberg Flag of Sweden.svg Linda Rahm Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lucy MacGregor
2010 Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Skudina Flag of the Netherlands.svg Renee Groeneveld Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lucy MacGregor Flag of Australia (converted).svg Katie Spithill
2011 Flag of France.svg Claire Leroy
2012no women's class
2013 Flag of the United States.svg Stephanie Roble
2014no women's class
2015no women's class

References

  1. 1 2 WMRT.com, Event information.
  2. A Perfect Match, written by Joakim Hermansson, p. 26-29.