The World Match Racing Tour starts 2018 with a Valencia double header. First it was the Valencia Match Cup, and now it is time for the Malvarrosa Match Cup. Teams have already been enjoying sailing M32 catamarans as part of M32 Word’s Valencia Winter Series, and the venue has delivered on stunning conditions ideally suited to M32 sailing – a mixture of moderate winds and shifty conditions it will be a playground for WMRT skippers new and old.Racing takes place off the Malvarrosa Beach just outside the Port America’s Cup with the iconic Veles e Vents building. As the name suggests, competitors will enjoy match racing on the same waters as the great matches of the 32nd and 33rd America’s Cup.This event is packed with familiar Tour faces and old rivalries will spark once again. Keep watching to see who will finish in those top two qualifying positions to secure an invite to the third Championship level event of the 2018 World Match Racing Tour season.
FEBRUARY 23RD - 25TH
MALVARROSA, SPAIN
MALVARROSA MATCH CUP 2018
FORMAT OF RACING
QUALIFYING
ALL TEAMS WILL RACE EACH OTHER IN A 6 BOAT FLEET RACING FORMAT, ROTATING TO ALLOW ALL 10 TEAMS TO RACE EACH OTHER. THE TOP 2 TEAMS AT THE END OF THE QUALIFYING STAGE WILL PROGRESS TO THE QUARTER FINAL STAGE.
KNOCK OUT STAGES
THE SAIL OFF STAGE WILL TAKE THE BOTTOM 8 TEAMS FROM THE QUALIFYING STAGE, SENDING HOME 2 TEAMS WITH 6 PROGRESSING TO THE QUARTER FINAL STAGEWINNERS WILL PROGRESS THROUGH THE QUARTER FINAL, SEMI FINAL AND FINALS STAGES UNTIL WE HAVE A WINNER.
COURSE LAYOUT
Final Results
| Pos | Country | Skipper | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SWE | MÅNS HOLMBERG | HOLMBERG MATCH RACING TEAM | 12 |
| 2 | DEN | JONAS WARRER | WARRER RACING | 11 |
| 3 | SWE | NICKLAS DACKHAMMAR | ESSIQ RACING TEAM | 10 |
| 4 | SWE | JOHNIE BERNTSSON | BERNTSSON SAILING TEAM | 9 |
| 5 | SUI | ARNAUD PSAROFAGHIS | ALINGHI | 8 |
| 6 | SWE | KIM KLING | CAPRICE MATCH RACING TEAM | 7 |
| 7 | DEN | DANIEL BJØRNHOLT | YOUTH VIKINGS DENMARK | 6 |
| 8 | USA | MARKUS EDEGRAN | TEAM TORRENT | 5 |
| 9 | RUS | VLADIMIR LIPAVSKI | OST LEGAL SAILING | 4 |
| 10 | NED | PJ POSTMA | SAILING TEAM NL | 3 |
| POS | COUNTRY | SKIPPER | TEAM | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SWE | NICKLAS DACKHAMMAR | ESSIQ RACING TEAM | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | SWE | JOHNIE BERNTSSON | BERNTSSON SAILING TEAM | 0 | 0 |
| POS | COUNTRY | SKIPPER | TEAM | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEN | JONAS WARRER | WARRER RACING | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| 2 | SWE | JOHNIE BERNTSSON | BERNTSSON SAILING TEAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| POS | COUNTRY | SKIPPER | TEAM | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SWE | MÅNS HOLMBERG | HOLMBERG MATCH RACING TEAM | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 2 | SWE | NICKLAS DACKHAMMAR | ESSIQ RACING TEAM | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Pair 1
2018 Leaderboard Overall
Pair 2
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| Place | Round Robin 1 | PP | ND | JW | MH | JB | ME | KK | DB | VL | AP | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | PJ POSTMA | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | NICKLAS DACKHAMMAR | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | JONAS WARRER | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | MÅNS HOLMBERG | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | JOHNIE BERNTSSON | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | MARKUS EDEGRAN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 6 | KIM KLING | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | DANIEL BJØRNHOLT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | VLADIMIR LIPAVSKI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | ARNAUD PSAROFAGHIS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 5.5 |