News RIZZOTTI SAILS TEAM RACING EVENT
RIZZOTTI SAILS TEAM RACING EVENT
Seventeen teams from five continents (entry list) gathered in Venice for the 23rd edition of the Trofeo Marco Rizzotti, a team racing event organised each year by the Compagnia della Vela and of the Diporto Velico Veneziano. The sailors enjoyed excellent weather conditions: sunny skies, an 8 to 12 knot breeze and a long gentle Adriatic swell.
Seventeen teams from five continents (entry list) gathered in Venice for the 23rd edition of the Trofeo Marco Rizzotti, a team racing event organised each year by the Compagnia della Vela and of the Diporto Velico Veneziano. The sailors enjoyed excellent weather conditions: sunny skies, an 8 to 12 knot breeze and a long gentle Adriatic swell.
The Cup was run from May 14 to 17, with three days of sailing. The format included a preliminary round-robin, a qualifier round-robin, semi-finals and finals.
After the preliminary and qualifier round robins, which consisted of 36 and 28 races for each group of 9 and 8 teams respectively, teams from Poland, USA, Australia and Italy qualified for the semi finals and finals in the Gold group while Emilia, Garda, Veneto (local club teams) and CRO did the same in the Silver group.
In the Gold group finals, team USA Florida, defeated Italy after winning three out of four races and Poland earned their place on the podium with three victories over Australia in a five-race final.
See the ranking below and the complete results showing the different stages here.
Winning team USA Florida
Final Ranking
1st | USA Florida |
2nd | Italy |
3rd | Poland |
4th | Australia |
5th | Singapore 1 |
6th | Greece 1 |
7th | Singapore 2 |
8th | USA New York |
9th | Switzerland |
10th | Emilia Romagna |
11th | Veneto |
12th | Croatia |
13th | Garda |
14th | Greece 2 |
15th | Campania |
16th | Liguria |
17th | Algeria |