Louis Vuitton Acts

The Louis Vuitton Acts were a series of International America's Cup Class regattas leading up to the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup and 2007 America's Cup. Thirteen regattas or acts were held in total. These regattas involved all eleven challengers plus the holder of the America's Cup, Alinghi, and allowed the challengers to earn bonus points that went towards the Louis Vuitton Cup. The 2004-2007 period was the first time this format had been used in America's Cup racing.

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2004 ACC Championship

The 2004 ACC Championship was won by Team New Zealand.

Country Team name Yacht Club Act 1 Act 2 Act 3 Points Ranking
 New Zealand Emirates Team New Zealand Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron 3 1 2 6 1
 United States BMW Oracle Racing Golden Gate Yacht Club 1 3 3 7 2
 Switzerland Alinghi Société Nautique de Genève 2 4 1 7 3
 Italy Luna Rossa Challenge Yacht Club Italiano DNC* 2 4 13 4
 France Le Défi Union Nationale Pour La Course au Large 4 5 6 15 5
 France K Challenge Cercle de la Voile de Paris 5 6 5 16 6
 South Africa Team Shosholoza Royal Cape Yacht Club 6 8 7 21 7
 Italy +39 Challenge Circolo Vela Gargnano DNC* 7 8 22 8

* The two teams that DNC in Act 1 received 7 points.

Act 1

Act One was sailed in Marseille, France. The Act was scheduled to consist of six fleet races and a round robin of match races, however two fleet races were canceled due to poor weather. BMW Oracle Racing won Act 1.

Team Name Fleet Race 1 Fleet Race 3 Fleet Race 5 Fleet Race 6 Fleet Racing Pts Match Racing Pts Total Pts Ranking
BMW Oracle Racing (USA 76) 3rd 1st 1st 1st 22 24 46 1
Alinghi (SUI 64) 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd 20 24 44 2
Team New Zealand (NZL 82) 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 18 24 42 3
Le Defi (FRA 69) 6th 6th 6th 5th 5 12 17 4
K Challenge (FRA 57) 4th 4th 5th 4th 11 6 17 5
Team Shosholoza (RSA 48) 5th 5th 4th 6th 8 0 8 6
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Act 2

Act Two was sailed in Valencia, Spain. This was the first regatta in the port that was to host the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup and America's Cup. Three rounds of racing were lost to poor weather. The Act consisted of a double round robin of match races. Emirates Team New Zealand won Act 2.

Team Name Won Lost Postponed Total Pts Ranking
Team New Zealand (NZL 81) 10 1 3 11.5 1
Luna Rossa (ITA 74) 9 2 3 10.5 2
BMW Oracle Racing (USA 71) 8 3 3 9.5 3
Alinghi (SUI 64) 8 3 3 9.5 4
Le Defi (FRA 69) 4 7 3 5.5 5
K Challenge (FRA 60) 3 8 3 4.5 6
+39 Challenge (ITA 59) 2 9 3 3.5 7
Team Shosholoza (RSA 48) 0 11 3 1.5 8
KCH LDF +39 LRS TNZ TSH ALI BMW
KCH W/L W/P L/P L/L W/P L/L L/L
LDF L/W W/L L/L L/P W/W L/P L/P
+39 L/P L/W L/P L/L W/P L/L L/L
LRS W/P W/W W/P W/L W/P L/W W/W
TNZ W/W W/P W/W L/W W/W W/P W/P
TSH L/P L/L L/P L/P L/L L/L L/L
ALI W/W W/P W/W W/L L/P W/W L/P
BMW W/W W/P W/W L/L L/P W/W W/P

Act 3

Act Three was sailed in Valencia, Spain. The Act was scheduled to consist of seven fleet races, however one fleet race was canceled due to poor weather. Alinghi won Act 3.

Team Name Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Points Ranking
Alinghi (SUI 64) 4th 1st 3rd 1st 3rd 2nd 40 1
Team New Zealand (NZL 81) 1st 2nd 1st 6th 5th 1st 38 2
BMW Oracle Racing (USA 71) 5th 6th 2nd 3rd 1st 3rd 34 3
Luna Rossa (ITA 74) 3rd 4th 7th 2nd 4th 4th 30 4
K Challenge (FRA 60) 8th 3rd 4th 4th 2nd 5th 28 5
Le Defi (FRA 69) 2nd 7th 8th 5th 7th 8th 17 6
Team Shosholoza (RSA 48) 7th 5th 5th 7th 8th 7th 15 7
+39 Challenge (ITA 59) 6th 8th 6th DNF 6th 6th 13 8

2005 ACC Championship

The 2005 ACC Championship was won by Alinghi.

Country Team name Yacht Club Act 4 Act 5 Act 6 Act 7 Act 8 Act 9 Points Ranking
 Switzerland Alinghi Société Nautique de Genève 1 2 1 1 1 1 71 1
 New Zealand Emirates Team New Zealand Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron 2 3 3 4 2 3 61 2
 United States BMW Oracle Racing Golden Gate Yacht Club 3 4 2 2 4 2 61 3
 Italy Luna Rossa Challenge Yacht Club Italiano 4 1 4 3 3 6 57 4
 Spain Desafío Español 2007 Real Federación Española de Vela 6 8 5 5 8 4 42 5
 Sweden Victory Challenge Gamla Stans Yacht Sällskap 5 6 8 11 6 8 34 6
 France K Challenge Cercle de la Voile de Paris 7 7 9 6 5 12 32 7
 Italy +39 Challenge Circolo Vela Gargnano 9 9 6 8 7 7 32 8
 Italy Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team Reale Yacht Club Canottieri Savoia 8 5 7 9 9 10 30 9
 Germany United Internet Team Germany Deutscher Challenger Yacht Club 10 10 10 7 11 9 21 10
 South Africa Team Shosholoza Royal Cape Yacht Club 12 12 11 10 10 5 18 11
 China China Team Qingdao International Yacht Club 11 11 12 12 12 11 9 12

Act 4

Act Four was sailed in Valencia, Spain. The Act consisted of a singleround robin of match races. Alinghi won Act 4.

Team Name Raced Won Lost Points Ranking
Alinghi (SUI 75) 11 11 0 11 1
Team New Zealand (NZL 82) 11 10 1 10 2
BMW Oracle Racing (USA 76) 11 9 2 9 3
Luna Rossa (ITA 74) 11 8 3 8 4
Victory Challenge (SWE 63) 11 6 5 6 5
Desafío Español 2007 (ESP 67) 11 6 5 6 6
K Challenge (FRA 60) 11 4 7 4 7
Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team (ITA 77) 11 4 7 4 8
+39 Challenge (ITA 59) 11 4 7 4 9
United Internet Team Germany (GER 72) 11 3 8 3 10
China Team (CHN 69) 11 1 10 1 11
Team Shosholoza (RSA 83) 11 0 11 0 12
ALI BMW +39 TSH ETNZ LRS KCH VCH DESP MLCT UITG CHN
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Act 5

Act Five was sailed in Valencia, Spain. The Act consisted of five fleet races. Luna Rossa won Act 5.

Team Name Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Points Ranking
Luna Rossa (ITA 74) 2nd 6th 6th 1st 4th 46 1
Alinghi (SUI 75) 3rd 7th 2nd 2nd 5th 46 2
Team New Zealand (NZL 82) 1st 9th 1st 5th 6th 43 3
BMW Oracle Racing (USA 76) 5th 5th 3rd 3rd 10th 39 4
Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team (ITA 77) 12th 1st 5th 7th 2nd 38 5
Victory Challenge (SWE 63) 4th 2nd 7th DSQ 3rd 36 6
K Challenge (FRA 60) 7th 4th 4th 6th 9th 35 7
Desafío Español 2007 (ESP 69) 8th 8th 9th 8th 1st 31 8
+39 Challenge (ITA 59) 10th 3rd 10th 9th 7th 26 9
United Internet Team Germany (GER 72) 6th 11th 8th 4th 11th 25 10
China Team (CHN 69) 11th 12th 12th 10th 8th 12 11
Team Shosholoza (RSA 83) 9th 10th 11th 11th 12th 12 12

Act 6

Act Six was held in Malmö, Skåne, Sweden. The Act consisted of a single round robin of match races. Alinghi won Act 6.

Team Name Raced Won Lost Points Ranking
Alinghi (SUI 75) 11 11 0 11 1
BMW Oracle Racing (USA 76) 11 10 1 10 2
Team New Zealand (NZL 82) 11 8 3 8 3
Luna Rossa (ITA 74) 11 8 3 8 4
Desafío Español 2007 (ESP 67) 11 6 5 6 5
+39 Challenge (ITA 59) 11 6 5 6 6
Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team (ITA 77) 11 5 6 5 7
Victory Challenge (SWE 73) 11 4 7 4 8
K Challenge (FRA 60) 11 3 8 3 9
United Internet Team Germany (GER 72) 11 2 9 2 10
Team Shosholoza (RSA 83) 11 2 9 2 11
China Team (CHN 69) 11 1 10 1 12
ALI BMW +39 TSH ETNZ LRS KCH VCH DESP MLCT UITG CHN
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ETNZ L L L W W W W W W W W
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CHN L L L L L L W L L L L

Act 7

Act Seven was held in Malmö, Skåne, Sweden. The Act was to consist of five fleet races, however poor weather meant that the Act was reduced to three races. Alinghi won Act 7.

Team Name Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Points Ranking
Alinghi (SUI 75) 2nd 4th 1st 32 1
BMW Oracle Racing (USA 76) 1st 2nd 4th 32 2
Luna Rossa (ITA 74) 6th 3rd 2nd 28 3
Team New Zealand (NZL 82) 4th 6th 3rd 26 4
Desafío Español 2007 (ESP 67) 3rd 5th 5th 26 5
K Challenge (FRA 60) 10th 1st 9th 19 6
United Internet Team Germany (GER 72) 5th 10th 7th 17 7
+39 Challenge (ITA 59) 9th 7th 6th 17 8
Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team (ITA 77) 8th 8th 11th 12 9
Team Shosholoza (RSA 83) 7th 11th 10th 11 10
Victory Challenge (SWE 73) 12th 9th 8th 10 11
China Team (CHN 69) 11th 12th 12th 4 12

Act 8

Act Eight was held in Trapani, Italy. The Act consisted of a single round robin of match races. Alinghi won Act 8.

Team Name Raced Won Lost Points Ranking
Alinghi (SUI 75) 11 9 2 9 1
Team New Zealand (NZL 82) 11 9 2 9 2
Luna Rossa (ITA 74) 11 9 2 9 3
BMW Oracle Racing (USA 76) 11 9 2 9 4
K Challenge (FRA 60) 11 7 4 7 5
Victory Challenge (SWE 63) 11 6 5 6 6
+39 Challenge (ITA 59) 11 4 7 4 7
Desafío Español 2007 (ESP 67) 11 4 7 4 8
Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team (ITA 77) 11 3 8 3 9
Team Shosholoza (RSA 83) 11 3 8 3 10
United Internet Team Germany (GER 72) 11 2 9 2 11
China Team (CHN 69) 11 1 10 1 12
ALI BMW +39 TSH ETNZ LRS KCH VCH DESP MLCT UITG CHN
ALI L W W W W L W W W W W
BMW L W W L L W W W W W W
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TSH DNS L L L L W L L L W W
ETNZ L W W W W L W W W W W
LRS DNF W W W L W W W W W W
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VCH L L W W L L W W L W W
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Act 9

Act Nine was held in Trapani,Italy. The Act consisted of five fleet races. Alinghi won Act 9.

Team Name Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Points Ranking
Alinghi (SUI 75) 3rd 1st 1st 1st 3rd 56 1
BMW Oracle Racing (USA 76) 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 56 2
Team New Zealand (NZL 82) 2nd 3rd 5th 3rd 6th 46 2
Desafío Español 2007 (ESP 67) 6th 6th 4th 8th 1st 40 4
Team Shosholoza (RSA 83) 5th 5th 3rd 7th 8th 37 5
Luna Rossa (ITA 74) 11th 4th 6th 6th 4th 34 6
+39 Challenge (ITA 59) 8th 8th 7th 11th 5th 26 7
Victory Challenge (SWE 63) 10th 11th 8th 5th 7th 24 8
United Internet Team Germany (GER 72) 4th 7th 11th 12th 9th 22 9
Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team (ITA 77) 12th 10th 9th 4th 11th 19 10
China Team (CHN 69) 9th 9th 12th 9th 10th 16 11
K Challenge (FRA 60) 7th DNF 10th 10th DNS 12 12

2006 ACC Championship

The 2006 ACC Championship was won by Team New Zealand.

Country Team name Yacht Club Act 10 Act 11 Act 12 Points Ranking
 New Zealand Emirates Team New Zealand Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron 3 3 1 32 1
 Switzerland Alinghi Société Nautique de Genève 4 1 2 32 2
 United States BMW Oracle Racing Golden Gate Yacht Club 1 4 3 31 3
 Italy Luna Rossa Challenge Yacht Club Italiano 2 2 4 31 4
 Italy Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team Reale Yacht Club Canottieri Savoia 7 5 6 21 5
 Spain Desafío Español 2007 Real Federación Española de Vela 5 9 5 20 6
 South Africa Team Shosholoza Royal Cape Yacht Club 8 6 8 17 7
 Sweden Victory Challenge Gamla Stans Yacht Sällskap 7 10 7 16 8
 France Areva Challenge Cercle de la Voile de Paris 10 7 9 13 9
 Italy +39 Challenge Circolo Vela Gargnano 9 8 10 12 10
 Germany United Internet Team Germany Deutscher Challenger Yacht Club 11 11 11 6 11
 China China Team Qingdao International Yacht Club 12 12 12 3 12

Act 10

Act Ten was sailed in Valencia, Spain. The Act consisted of a singleround robin of match races. BMW Oracle Racing won Act 10.

Team Name Raced Won Lost Points Ranking
BMW Oracle Racing (USA 87) 11 10 1 10 1
Luna Rossa (ITA 86) 11 9 2 9 2
Team New Zealand (NZL 84) 11 9 2 9 3
Alinghi (SUI 75) 11 9 2 9 4
Desafío Español 2007 (ESP 65) 11 6 5 6 5
Victory Challenge (SWE 63) 11 6 5 6 6
Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team (ITA 77) 11 5 6 5 7
Team Shosholoza (RSA 83) 11 4 7 4 8
+39 Challenge (ITA 59) 11 3 8 3 9
Areva Challenge (FRA 60) 11 3 8 3 10
United Internet Team Germany (GER 72) 11 2 9 2 11
China Team (CHN 79) 11 0 11 0 12
ALI BMW +39 TSH ETNZ LRS ARV VCH DESP MLCT UITG CHN
ALI W W W L L W W W W W W
BMW L W W W W W W W W W W
+39 L L L L L W L L L W W
TSH L L W L L W L W L L W
ETNZ W L W W L W W W W W W
LRS W L W W W W W L W W W
ARV L L L L L L L W L W W
VCH L L W W L L W L W W W
DESP L L W L L W L W W W W
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Act 11

Act Eleven was held in Valencia, Spain. The Act consisted of five fleet races. Alinghi won Act 11.

Team Name Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Points Ranking
Alinghi (SUI 75) 6th 1st 1st 3rd 1st 53 1
Luna Rossa (ITA 86) 10th 2nd 3rd 1st 4th 45 2
Team New Zealand (NZL 84) 4th 7th 2nd 5th 2nd 45 3
BMW Oracle Racing (USA 87) 9th 6th 4th 2nd 3rd 41 4
Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team (ITA 77) 2nd 10th 5th 4th 5th 39 5
Team Shosholoza (RSA 83) 5th 5th 6th 8th 8th 33 6
Areva Challenge (FRA 60) 7th 4th 8th 7th 7th 32 7
+39 Challenge (ITA 59) 3rd 12th 7th 6th 6th 31 8
Desafío Español 2007 (ESP 65) 8th 3rd 10th 9th 9th 26 9
Victory Challenge (SWE 63) 1st 8th 11th 10th 11th 24 10
United Internet Team Germany (GER 72) 11th 11th 9th 11th 10th 13 11
China Team (CHN 79) 12th 9th 12th DNF DNS 6 12

Act 12

Act Twelve was sailed in Valencia, Spain. The Act consisted of a singleround robin of match races plus three divisions of knock out finals. Emirates Team New Zealand won Act 12.

Team Name Raced Won Lost Points Ranking
Team New Zealand (NZL 84) 11 11 0 11 1
Luna Rossa (ITA 86) 11 10 1 10 2
Alinghi (SUI 75) 11 8 3 8 3
BMW Oracle Racing (USA 87) 11 8 3 8 4
Desafío Español 2007 (ESP 88) 11 7 4 7 5
Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team (ITA 77) 11 6 5 6 6
Victory Challenge (SWE 63) 11 6 5 6 7
Team Shosholoza (RSA 83) 11 3 8 3 8
Areva Challenge (FRA 60) 11 3 8 3 9
+39 Challenge (ITA 59) 11 3 8 3 10
United Internet Team Germany (GER 72) 11 1 10 1 11
China Team (CHN 79) 11 0 11 0 12
ALI BMW +39 TSH ETNZ LRS ARV VCH DESP MLCT UITG CHN
ALI W W W L L W L W W W W
BMW L W W L L W W W W W W
+39 L L W L L L L L L W W
TSH L L L L L W L L L W W
ETNZ W W W W W W W W W W W
LRS W W W W L W W W W W W
ARV L L W L L L L L L W W
VCH W L W W L L W L L W W
DESP L L W W L L W W W W W
MLCT L L W W L L W W L W W
UITG L L L L L L L L L L W
CHN L L L L L L L L L L L

Division 1

  Semi-finals Final
  Team New Zealand  2  
  BMW Oracle Racing  1  
 
1st and 2nd place
      Team New Zealand  2
    Alinghi  1
Third place
3rd and 4th place
  Luna Rossa  0   BMW Oracle Racing  2
  Alinghi  2     Luna Rossa  0

Division 2

  Semi-finals Final
  Desafío Español 2007  2  
  Team Shosholoza  1  
 
5th and 6th place
      Desafío Español 2007  2
    Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team  0
Third place
7th and 8th place
  Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team  2   Team Shosholoza  1
  Victory Challenge  0     Victory Challenge  2

Division 3

  Semi-finals Final
  Areva Challenge  2  
  China Team  0  
 
9th and 10th place
      Areva Challenge  2
    +39 Challenge  0
Third place
11th and 12th place
  +39 Challenge  2   China Team  0
  United Internet Team Germany  0     United Internet Team Germany  2

2007 season

No ACC Championship was awarded in 2007, instead the focus was on the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup and the 2007 America's Cup.

Act 13

Act Thirteen was held in Valencia, Spain. The Act consisted of seven fleet races. Alinghi won Act 13.

Team Name Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Points Ranking
Alinghi (SUI 91) 4th 1st 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 1st 78 1
Team New Zealand (NZL 84) 5th 3rd 4th 5th 1st 3rd 6th 64 2
Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team (ITA 99) 3rd 6th 5th 2nd 4th 5th 3rd 63 3
Luna Rossa (ITA 94) 7th 5th 2nd 3rd 2nd 8th 4th 60 4
BMW Oracle Racing (USA 87) 1st 4th 7th 4th 10th 6th 2nd 57 5
Desafío Español 2007 (ESP 97) 8th 2nd 3rd 9th 6th 1st 7th 55 6
Team Shosholoza (RSA 83) 2nd 8th 10th 7th 5th 7th 9th 43 7
Victory Challenge (SWE 96) 12th 11th 6th 8th 7th 4th 8th 35 8
Areva Challenge (FRA 93) 9th 10th 8th 10th 8th 10th 5th 31 9
United Internet Team Germany (GER 89) 6th 9th DSQ 6th 9th 9th 10th 29 10
+39 Challenge (ITA 85) 10th 7th 5th* DNS DNS DNS DNS 17 11
China Team (CHN 95) 11th 12th 9th 11th 11th 11th 11th 15 12

*+39 Challenge awarded redress after collision.[3]

Bonus Points

Each challenger was awarded between 1-4 bonus points to take into the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup based on their performances in the last Ten Acts. Between 11-1 points were awarded to each team per Act based on the final position the syndicate when Alinghi was excluded. For 2006 Acts the points were doubled and the points were tripled for 2007 Acts. The 2004 Acts were not worth any points. Emirates Team New Zealand topped the table and took the maximum four bonus points into the Louis Vuitton Cup.

Team Name Act 4 Act 5 Act 6 Act 7 Act 8 Act 9 Act 10 Act 11 Act 12 Act 13 Points Ranking Bonus Pts
Team New Zealand 11 10 10 9 11 10 20 22 22 33 158 1 4
BMW Oracle Racing 10 9 11 11 11 11 22 18 20 24 147 2 3
Luna Rossa 9 11 10 10 11 7 20 22 18 27 145 3 3
Desafío Español 2007 8 5 8 9 6 9 16 8 16 21 106 4 3
Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team 6 8 6 4 4 3 12 16 14 30 103 5 2
Victory Challenge 8 7 5 2 7 5 16 6 12 15 83 6 2
Team Shosholoza 1 2 3 3 4 8 10 14 10 18 73 7 2
Areva Challenge 6 6 4 7 8 1 8 12 8 12 72 8 1
+39 Challenge 6 4 8 6 6 6 8 10 6 6* 66 9 2*
United Internet Team Germany 3 3 3 6 2 4 4 4 4 9 42 10 1
China Team 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 18 11 1

*+39 Challenge awarded redress after collision in Act 13.[3]

External Links & References

References

  1. ^ 2004: Valencia Louis Vuitton Act 2 America's Cup Official Website, 02.11.2004
  2. ^ Louis Vuitton Act 13 Yachting World, 31 January 2006
  3. ^ a b +39 Challenge wins protest, is awarded redress America's Cup Official Website, 05.04.2007

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