WORLD MATCH RACING TOUR ANNOUNCES 2024 CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON

The World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) today announced its 2024 championship season with a fifteen-event schedule across ten countries, concluding at the WMRT Final Shenzhen Baoan, China in December.  This year marks the 24^th consecutive year of WMRT, the world’s longest running professional sailing series and Special Event of World Sailing, the world governing body of the sport.

The 2024 world tour will kick off in April with back-to-back events in Long Beach, California at the Ficker Cup and the 59^th edition of The Congressional Cup, a founding event of WMRT hosted by Long Beach Yacht Club. The Congressional Cup is the oldest continuously held sailing match race regatta in the world.

Two other founding WMRT events return for 2024 with the 30^th edition of GKSS Match Cup in Marstrand, Sweden (1-6 July), and the 72^nd edition of the Bermuda Gold Cup (29 Oct – 3 Nov). The King Edward VII Gold Cup awarded at the Bermuda event is one of the most coveted match racing trophies in the world, won by many of sailing’s great names including Chris Dickson (NZL), Peter Gilmour (AUS), Russell Coutts (NZL), Eddie Warden-Owen (GBR), James Spithill (AUS), Ben Ainslie (GBR), Ian Williams (GBR), Taylor Canfield (USA), Johnie Berntsson (SWE) and Francesco Bruni (ITA).

The WMRT season comprises of ‘World Tour’ events and ‘World Championship’ events, each event organised under official World Sailing rules as Open match racing events, allowing both men and women skippers to compete, as well as mixed teams. ‘World Championship’ level events award higher points to the annual WMRT leaderboard.

2024 World Match Racing Tour Schedule (Race Days published)

1. FICKER CUP, LONG BEACH, CA, USA, 13–16 APRIL
2. *CONGRESSIONAL CUP, LONG BEACH, CA, 24-28 APRIL 
3. PORTO MONTENEGRO MATCH RACE, 10-12 MAY
4. NJK OPEN SPRING CUP, FINLAND, 24-26 MAY
5. OM INTERNATIONAL LEDRO MATCH RACE, ITALY, 21-23 JUNE
6. *GKSS MATCH CUP SWEDEN, MARSTRAND  1-6 JULY 
7. INTERNATIONAUX FRANCE MATCH RACE, PORNICHET, FRANCE, 19-21 JUL
8. OAKCLIFF INTERNATIONAL, OYSTER BAY NY, USA, 3-6 AUGUST
9. THOMPSON CUP, OYSTER BAY NY, USA, 8-11 AUGUST
10. CHICAGO GRAND SLAM, USA, 16-18 AUGUST
11. THE DETROIT CUP, USA, 22-25 AUGUST
12. DBS MARINA BAY CUP, SINGAPORE 20-22 SEPTEMBER
13. SZCZECIN MATCH RACE, POLAND, 18-20 OCT
14. *BERMUDA GOLD CUP, 29 OCT – 3 NOV
15. WMRT FINAL SHENZHEN BAO’AN, CHINA, 10-15 DECEMBER

*World Championship Events 

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