LONDON, UK (14 October, 2025) The 2025 Szczecin Match Race, an official Grade 2 stage of the 2025 World Match Racing Tour, will take place from 17–19 October on Lake Dąbie in north-western Poland. The event will bring together a record entry list of sixteen world class match racing teams for three days of intense, head-to-head racing in identical RS21 yachts.
Located near the Baltic Sea, Szczecin is one of Poland’s most dynamic maritime cities — a hub for sailing, shipbuilding, and waterfront culture. The Szczecin Match Race is hosted by Polish Match Tour, Poland’s leading professional sailing circuit founded and managed by Maciej Cylupa, and which has developed into one of Europe’s premier match racing events. Since its inception in 2007, the Polish Match Tour has introduced the excitement of tactical match racing to venues across Poland, earning international recognition as an official stage on the World Match Racing Tour.
“We have been organizing the Polish Match Tour for 19 years now, and the Szczecin Match Race has become an almost legendary event in our calendar” commented Event Director Maciej Cylupa. “It’s the grand finale of the Polish sailing season, delivering a spectacular match racing show featuring some of the world’s top skippers. Past winners include former world no. 1 Ian Williams, Maxime Mesnil, Staffan Lindberg, David Chapman, Eric Monnin, as well as our Polish stars Patryk Zbroja, Marek Stańczyk and Przemysław Tarnacki — all three returning for the 2025 edition. We can’t wait for the matches to begin this week!”
The 2025 Szczecin Match Race will feature 16 skippers from nine nations, including several of the world’s top-ranked match racers. The 2024 defending champion Timothee Rossi has been unable to compete in the event this year, giving an opportunity for 2024 runner-up Tom Foucher, also from France, to improve his podium place this year.
- 🇫🇷 Tom Foucher, FRA (Rank #11)
- 🇳🇱 Lennard Bal, NED (Rank #18)
- 🇵🇱 Patryk Zbroja, POL (Rank #21)
- 🇫🇷 Martin Allix, FRA (Rank #27)
- 🇦🇺 Tom Picot, AUS (Rank #30)
- 🇩🇰 Jeppe Borch, DEN (Rank #32)
- 🇫🇷 Victorien Eon, FRA (Rank #42)
- 🇵🇱 Piotr Harasimowicz, POL (Rank #49)
- 🇸🇪 Björn Hansen, SWE (Rank # 53)
- 🇳🇱 Paul Hameeteman, NED (Rank #56)
- 🇫🇷 Julia D’Amodio, FRA (Rank #102)
- 🇵🇱 Michal Gryglewski, POL (Rank #114)
- 🇵🇱 Szymon Jablkowski, POL (Rank #123)
- 🇵🇱 Kuba Golebiowski, POL (Rank #154)
- 🇵🇱 Marek Stanczyk, POL (Rank #184)
- 🇵🇱 Przemyslaw Tarnacki, POL (Rank #578)
Starting 17 October for 3 days, the format will open with a round-robin series, followed by knockout semifinals and finals to decide the 2025 Szczecin Match Race champion.
Polish Match Tour is supported by Pomorze Zachodnie (Western Pomerania), City of Szczecin, Centrum Żeglarskie & Żegluga Szczecińska Turystyka Wydarzenia and RS Sailing and Harken.
For media inquiries:
Polish Match Tour
Stanisław Konarzewski, Communication Manager
Mail: stan@ligazeglarska.pl | WhatsApp: +48 730 545 988 | www.polishmatch.pl
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Founded in 2000, the World MatchRacing Tour (WMRT) promotes the sport of match racing around the world and is the longest running global professional series in the sport of sailing. TheWMRT is awarded ‘Special Event’ status by the sport’s world governing body –World Sailing – and the winner of the WMRT each year is crowned World Sailing Match Racing World Champion. Since 2000, the World Match Racing Tour and its events have awarded over USD24million in prize money to sailors which has helped to contribute to the career pathway of many of today’s professional sailors. www.wmrt.com