Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d’Azur
Azzurra
Location	Nice Nice Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...

The Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d’Azur was the first in a series of regattas that form the Louis Vuitton Trophy. The regatta was held in Nice

Nice

Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...

 between 7 and 22 November 2009. The regatta used four loaned International America's Cup Class yachts.

The Louis Vuitton Trophy series was formed after the legal battles around the 2010 America's Cup and the success of the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series

Louis Vuitton Pacific Series

The Louis Vuitton Pacific Series was a match race regatta in America's Cup Class yachts in Auckland, New Zealand during January and February 2009. Racing started on 30 January. The Louis Vuitton Pacific Series was organised in association with the New Zealand Government, Emirates Team New Zealand,...

. The Nice event was hosted by ALL4ONE Challenge and Club Nautique de Nice.

The Yachts

For the event Mascalzone Latino provided ITA-90 and ITA-99 while All4One and Team Origin

Team Origin

Team Origin is Great Britain's bid to compete in the 33rd and 34th America's Cups. The syndicate was founded by Sir Keith Mills, the man behind London's successful 2012 Olympic bid...

 loaned FRA-93 and GBR-75 respectively.

Teams

Eight teams are participating in the Nice event. Despite loaning two boats to the event, Mascalzone Latino is not participating.

Ranking	Country	Team	Club	Skipper	Notes
1		Azzurra Azzurra Azzurra is a yacht racing team that competes in America's Cup style sailing out of the yacht club Yacht Club Costa Smeralda.-Early history:Managed by Luca Cordero di Montezemolo and funded by Aga Khan IV and Gianni Agnelli, Azzurra began to compete in 1982...	Yacht Club Costa Smeralda Yacht Club Costa Smeralda Yacht Club Costa Smeralda was established by the Aga Khan in 1967. It is situated at Porto Cervo in Costa Smeralda, northern Sardinia and provides services for recreational sailors....	Francesco Bruni Francesco Bruni (sailor) Francesco Bruni is a professional sailor from Italy.Career Results Highlights* 12th at the 1996 Olympics in the Laser* 11th at the 2000 Olympics in the 49er* 7th at the 2004 Olympics in the Star-Reference:... , Tommaso Chieffi
2		Team New Zealand Team New Zealand Team New Zealand is a sailing team based in Auckland, New Zealand representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.Team New Zealand has become a household name in their home country following their consecutive wins in the America's Cup in 1995 and 2000...	Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron is one of New Zealand's more prestigious yacht clubs, and the club behind New Zealand's America's Cup campaigns, under the guise of Team New Zealand....	Dean Barker
3		Synergy Russian Sailing Team		Karol Jablonski
4		Team Origin Team Origin Team Origin is Great Britain's bid to compete in the 33rd and 34th America's Cups. The syndicate was founded by Sir Keith Mills, the man behind London's successful 2012 Olympic bid...	Royal Thames Yacht Club Royal Thames Yacht Club The Royal Thames Yacht Club is the oldest sailing club in the United Kingdom. Its headquarters are located at 60 Knightsbridge, London, England, overlooking Hyde Park....	Ben Ainslie Ben Ainslie Charles Benedict Ainslie, CBE is an English sailor and three-times Olympic gold medalist. He started sailing at the age of 8 and first competed at the age of 10...
5	/	ALL4ONE Challenge	Cercle de la Voile de Paris/Kieler Yacht-Club Kieler Yacht-Club Kieler Yacht-Club or Kiel Yacht Club , is one of the oldest yacht clubs in Germany. It is located in the harbor city of Kiel.This club is well-known for some of the yacht racing events it organizes...	Sébastien Col, Jochen Schümann Jochen Schümann Jochen Schümann is a German sailor and olympic champion.He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won a gold medal in the finn class....	Host
6		BMW Oracle Racing BMW Oracle Racing Oracle Racing is an American sailboat racing syndicate initially formed to compete for the 2003 America’s Cup. They competed again in the 2007 event before winning the 33rd America's Cup regatta in 2010 - representing the Golden Gate Yacht Club....	Golden Gate Yacht Club Golden Gate Yacht Club The Golden Gate Yacht Club is a yacht club founded in 1939 and is the current holder of the America's Cup won by its racing team BMW Oracle Racing.In 1939 the first members built a clubhouse on a barge in the San Francisco Marina...	Gavin Brady, Hamish Pepper
7		Team Artemis Team Artemis Artemis Racing is a professional sailing team challenging for the 34th America’s Cup. Artemis Racing is competing in the America’s Cup World Series, the Extreme Sailing Series and on the RC44 Championship Tour...	Royal Swedish Yacht Club	Paul Cayard Paul Cayard Paul Pierre Cayard is an American yachtsman and professional sailor. He has competed at multiple world championship level sailing events, including the America's Cup, the Volvo Ocean Race and the Olympic Games. In 1998 he was selected as the Rolex Yachtsmen of the Year...
8		TFS - Pages Jaunes		Bertrand Pacé

Round Robin One

7 November - 14 November

Up to four flights per day were scheduled through the conclusion of the round robin and lasted no longer than one hour in duration. The first three days were characterised by light winds and only two races were completed each day. However on day four the race organisers completed four full flights (eight races) to get the regatta back on schedule.

EWLINE Team Name Races W L   Team New Zealand 7 6 1   Azzurra 7 6 1   Team Origin 7 5 1   Team Artemis 7 3 4   Synergy Russian Sailing 7 3 4   BMW Oracle Racing 7 3 4    ALL4ONE Challenge 7 2 5   TFS - Pages Jaunes 7 0 7

EWLINE TNZ BOR ART A4O TFS SYN AZZ ORG Total TNZ 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 BOR 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 ART 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 A4O R 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 TFS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SYN 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 AZZ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 ORG 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 5

A = Abandoned, P = Postponed, R = Retired

Round Robin Two

14 November-18 November

Stage 2 was a half round robin where the top four teams raced the bottom four teams. As the half round robin was not completed, teams received half points for matches sailed twice.

EWLINE Team Name Races W L RR1 Total Points   Team New Zealand 3 3 0 6 9 6   Synergy Russian Sailing 3 3 0 3 6 4.5   Azzurra 4 1 3 6 7 4.5   Team Origin 4 3 1 5 8 4.5   BMW Oracle Racing 4 1 3 3 4 3   Team Artemis 4 2 2 3 5 3    ALL4ONE Challenge 4 1 3 2 3 2   TFS - Pages Jaunes 4 1 3 0 1 0.5

EWLINE SYN BOR A4O TFS Total TNZ 1 1 1 A 3 AZZ 0 1 0 0 1 ORG 0 1 1 1 3 ART 0 0 1 1 2 TNZ AZZ ORG ART Total SYN A 1 1 1 3 BOR 0 0 0 1 1 A4O 0 1 0 0 1 TFS 0 1 0 0 1

A = Abandoned, P = Postponed, R = Retired

Ranking Phase

Teams in the bottom half of the Round Robin will sail off for places 5-8.

Finals

As Team New Zealand won the Round Robin, they got to choose their Semi Final opponents from the top four. The first to score two wins will win each series.

*Team New Zealand were penalised a point and Synergy was penalised half a point for failing to avoid a collision. Synergy were then further penalised half a point for not doing everything to keep clear in the same incident.

2009 Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice
Azzurra First Title

Junior Series

During the regatta forty junior french sailors competed in Open Bic boats. The winner received an Open Bic boat and a chance to be 18th man during the Trophy finals.

External links

• Official Website