# 2024 PUIG Women's America's Cup

The 2024 PUIG Women's America's Cup is the inaugural Women's Americas Cup and will be held in Barcelona, Spain. Both the Youth and Women's America's Cup will use the America's Cup 40 AC40 class, a one-design 12 m (40 ft) foiling monohull class. The yachts have 4 crew onboard (two helms and two trimmers) and many athletes also competed in the youth America's Cup. There are no age restrictions for athletes.

## Teams

Twelve teams are split into two pools of six for an initial fleet racing series, Group A contains clubs which entered into the America's Cup challenger series of that year and Group B contain clubs which have been invited to take part. After six fleet races the top three of each division then progress to the final series of 4 fleet races which decide the top two teams, who subsequently compete in a single match-race final to determine the overall winner of the event.
Nationality requirements stipulated in the protocol mean that 100% of the crew sailing each yacht in each race must be nationals of the country of the yacht club the team represents.

### Group A

| Team | Yacht Club | Skipper | Helmswomen |
| Athena Pathway | Royal Yacht Squadron | Hannah Mills | Hannah Mills Tasha Bryant Ellie Aldridge |
| Emirates Team New Zealand | Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron | | Jo Aleh Liz Mackay Erica Dawson |
| Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team | Circolo della Vela Sicilia | Guila Conti | Guila Conti Maria Vittoria Marchesini Margherita Porro |
| NYYC American Magic | New York Yacht Club | | Francesca Clapich Erika Reineke Helena Scutt |
| Alinghi Red Bull Racing | Société Nautique de Genève | Nathalie Brugger | Nathalie Brugger Alexandra Stalder Marie Mazuay |
| Orient Express Racing Team | Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez | Manon Audinet | Audrey Ogereau Pauline Coutois |

### Group B

| Team | Yacht Club | Skipper | Helmswomen |
| Sail Team Barcelona | Real Club Náutico de Barcelona | Silvia Mas | Silvia Mas Neus Ballester |
| Jajo Team DutchSail | Koninklijke Roei- en Zeilvereniging De Maas Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeil- en Roeivereeniging | | Willemijn Offerman Odiele van Aanholt Ismene Usman |
| Concord Pacific Racing | Royal Vancouver Yacht Club | Isabella Bertold | Isabella Bertold Ali Ten Hove Maggie Drinkwater |
| AC Team Germany | Kieler Yacht-Club Norddeutscher Regatta Verein | Carolina Werner | Tina Lutz Maru Scheel Victoria Jurczok |
| Swedish Challenge powered by Artemis Technologies | Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club Kungliga Svenska Segel Sällskapet | | Julia Gross Vilma Bobeck Lovisa Karlsson |
| Andoo Team Australia | Cruising Yacht Club of Australia | Olivia Price | Laura Harding Olivia Price |

## Results

Points are awarded to each of the finishing boats with 1st place awarded 10 pts, 2nd awarded 7, 3rd 5, 4th 3, 5th 2 and 6th 1. To progress to the semi-final series, teams must rank in the top three of their qualification series group. Likewise to qualify for the final, teams must rank in the top two of the semi-final series.

### Qualification Series
#### Group A

| Pos | Team |
| Pos | Team | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Points |
| 1 | Athena Pathway | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 46 |
| 2 | Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 39 |
| 3 | Emirates Team New Zealand | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 27 |
| 4 | Alinghi Red Bull Racing | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | NYYC American Magic | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | Orient Express Racing Team | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | INR$^{††}$ | 16 |
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#### Group B

| Pos | Team |
| Pos | Team | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Points |
| 1 | Swedish Challenge powered by Artemis Technologies | 1 | INR | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 61 |
| 2 | Jajo Team DutchSail | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 51 |
| 3 | Sail Team Barcelona | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 44 |
| 4 | Andoo Team Australia | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 39 |
| 5 | Concord Pacific Racing | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 (DNF)$^*$ | 5 (DNS)$^{**}$ | 5 | 6 (DNS) | 13 |
| 6 | AC Team Germany | 6 | DSQ $^†$ | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 (DNS) | 6 | 5 | 10 |
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$^†$ AC Team Germany were disqualified from the race and awarded 0 pts.
$^{††}$ Instructed Not to Race (INR) – Teams that are instructed not to race by the racing committee are awarded 4 points.
$^*$ Did Not Finish (DNF) – Teams are still awarded points for the place they would come in the race.
$^{**}$ Did Not Start (DNS) – Teams are awarded no points.

### Final Series

| Pos | Team |
| Pos | Team | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Points |
| 1 | Athena Pathway | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 27 |
| 2 | Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 27 |
| 3 | Sail Team Barcelona | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 |
| 4 | Swedish Challenge powered by Artemis Technologies | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Emirates Team New Zealand | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | Jajo Team DutchSail | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
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### The Final

| Team | 1 |
| Athena Pathway | |
| Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team | ● |
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