NZL wins BMW Sailing Cup World Final

View the finals press release here!

New Zealand has beaten Italy in the BMW Sailing Cup - World Final. 
Yesterday the 'Kiwis' had won the Quarterfinals one point ahead of their closest rivals from Italy. Team New Zealand opted for Team Great Britain as their opponent in the Semifinal. This left Team Italy sailing against Team Denmark in the other Semifinal.

Both best-of-5 match racing series have been completed by Friday afternoon, with New Zealand (3:1) and Italy (3:0) making it to the finals. Great Britain and Denmark will meet in the Petite Final.

The winning team are; Roger Pagani, Graeme Sutherland, Nick Bastow, Josh Puckey & Sam Bell. (All four crew are graduates of the RNZYS Lion Foundation Youth Training Programme)!

View the finals video footage

Video footage available here www.bmw-web.tv Regatta Information The World Final of the 2008 BMW Sailing Cup took place in Malcesine on Lake Garda (Italy). Victorious teams from eight countries competed for the overall victory in one-design yachts.

Host Yacht Club Yacht Club Italiano

Boats Bénéteau First Class 7.5

View more information on the BMW Sailing Cup - World Final on the BMW Yachtsport website