17th November 2009, Louis Vuitton Trophy, Day 11, Ben Ainslie, Skipper and Helmsman, TEAMORIGIN at the Louis Vuitton press conference. Image copyright Ian Roman/TeamOrigin.
by Leslie Ryan
TEAMORIGIN will sail the Italian Azzurra in best of three semi finals of the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice regatta, starting Thursday.
Following a racing result of eight wins and three loses from the two Round Robins in of the Louis Vuitton Trophy, TEAMORIGIN qualified in second place for the Semi Final round. At the skippers’ press conference on Tuesday afternoon the number one ranked team in the Louis Vuitton Trophy regatta, Emirates Team New Zealand, chose the Russian Synergy team as its opponent leaving the other two teams in the top four, TEAMORIGIN and the Italian Azzurra, to make the second pair.
Skipper Ben Ainslie commented on his assigned opponent thus: “We’ll be ready to race the Italian team on Thursday. Wednesday is a day off for all teams. We’ve learnt a lotover these last few days racing against everyone and we’ll put those lessons towards hopefully prevailing in the Semi Finals”.
TEAMORIGIN’s next race, the first of the best of three series against Azzurra will be the first match raced on Thursday morning. The following semi final match, or matches should three be required, will be on Friday.
Notes on Louis Vuitton Regatta Format
The Louis Vuitton Trophy regatta format keeps all eight teams racing right up to the end of the event next weekend. The top four teams advance to a conventional Semi Final series where the top ranked boat, Emirates Team New Zealand, will chose its opponent, at the conclusion of racing on Tuesday, from amongst the teams ranked two to four for a best of three series, the remaining pair doing the same. The winner of these two matches then go to the Grand Final where they will again race a best of three series to determine the winner of the Louis Vuitton Trophy. The two defeated teams will sail each other in one match for third and fourth position.
The teams ranked five to eight will also race in a semi final series, again the top ranked team in the group, which is Artemis, will chose its opponent from the other three. In this semi final each pair will have a winner declared after just one match and these winners then go on to race for fifth and sixth place overall, the two defeated teams will race for seventh and eighth, these matches will be decided after just one race.
Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d’Azur
Semi Final A Pairings (Teams ranked 1-4 after two Round Robins)Emirates Team New Zealand vs Synergy
TEAMORIGIN vs Azzurra
Semi Final B Pairings (Teams ranked 5-8 after two Round Robins)BMW ORACLE Racing vs Team French Spirit-Pages Jaunes
Artemis vs ALL4ONE
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Louis Vuitton Trophy
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