{"id":20954,"date":"2014-08-21T15:08:45","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T15:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/?p=20954"},"modified":"2014-08-21T15:10:13","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T15:10:13","slug":"americas-cup-teams-officially-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/2014\/08\/americas-cup-teams-officially-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"America’s Cup Teams Officially Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AC<\/a><\/p>\n

Six teams have officially entered the race for the 35th America\u2019s Cup:\u00a0ORACLE TEAM USA<\/span> (USA), the defending champion, Artemis Racing<\/span> (SWE), Ben Ainslie Racing<\/span> (GBR),\u00a0Emirates Team New Zealand<\/span> (NZL),\u00a0Luna Rossa Challenge<\/span> (ITA) and\u00a0Team France<\/span> (FRA).<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s exciting to look at the roster of teams who are lining up against us,\u201d said Jimmy Spithill, the skipper of ORACLE TEAM USA, the winner of the last two America\u2019s Cup matches. \u201cWe\u2019re facing five strong challengers who have a lot of resources, talent and experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut our team is very competitive. We love challenges \u2013 the bigger, the better. It\u2019s very easy to get motivated when you see what we\u2019re going to be facing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 35th America\u2019s Cup begins in 2015 and 2016 with the America\u2019s Cup World Series, raced in venues around the world. This feeds into the main events in 2017, which will narrow the field to just two: the top challenger and the defender, ORACLE TEAM USA, who will then face each other in the America\u2019s Cup Match.<\/p>\n

Teams will be given the opportunity to host America\u2019s Cup World Series events at a venue of their choosing, while the final venue for the 35th America\u2019s Cup will be either Bermuda or San Diego, with the selection to be made before the end of the year.<\/p>\n

Under the rules of the event, late entries may be accepted at the discretion of the America\u2019s Cup organizers.<\/p>\n

Quotes from the challenging teams<\/b>:<\/p>\n

Iain Percy, Artemis Racing<\/b>: \u201cWe are not only in this competition to win the 35th America\u2019s Cup, but to dominate the America\u2019s Cup arena for the next decade. I\u2019m also passionate that Artemis Racing is about more than simply winning; it\u2019s about producing a legacy and winning in a certain way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ben Ainslie, Ben Ainslie Racing<\/b>: \u201cWe are delighted that Royal Yacht Squadron Racing’s challenge for the 35th America’s Cup has been officially accepted. The America’s Cup originates from the Squadron and it is our goal to return the Cup to where it belongs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dean Barker, Emirates Team New Zealand<\/b>: \u201cNew Zealand has a long and proud history in the America’s Cup. We see some formidable opposition taking shape in the 35th America’s Cup and we have no illusions about the job ahead. We have been working quietly behind the scenes towards this day almost since the last day of the 34th America’s Cup. Now the real work begins.\u201d<\/p>\n

Max Sirena, Luna Rossa Challenge<\/b>: \u201cThis is Luna Rossa’s fifth challenge to the America’s Cup, an historic record. Not only does it underline the attachment of our team to the America’s Cup, but it also shows our determination to bring the Cup to Italy. This edition will be very competitive and our team has already been preparing for several months now in view of a challenge that promises to be spectacular and exciting right from its preliminary events, the America’s Cup World Series, that will take place next year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Franck Cammas, Team France<\/b>: \u201cTeam France is very proud to be a challenger for the 35th America\u2019s Cup. We are taking the first step of a journey that we know will be very difficult. With Olivier de Kersauson, Michel Desjoyeaux and our team, we are determined to represent France at the highest level from a sporting and technological point of view. I thank all of our partners and supporters, as without you, we would not even see the beginning of our journey, much less the road ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

The teams for the 35th America\u2019s Cup will be introduced at a press conference in London, England on September 9.<\/p>\n

—–<\/p>\n

*Photo:
\nThe skippers for the 35th America’s Cup.
\nTop row (L-R) – Jimmy Spithill, Iain Percy, Ben Ainslie;
\nSecond row (L-R) – Dean Barker, Max Sirena, Franck Cammas<\/p>\n

Courtesy of\u00a0www.americascup.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Six teams have officially entered the race for the 35th America\u2019s Cup:\u00a0ORACLE TEAM USA (USA), the defending champion, Artemis Racing (SWE), Ben Ainslie Racing (GBR),\u00a0Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL),\u00a0Luna Rossa Challenge (ITA) and\u00a0Team France (FRA). \u201cIt\u2019s exciting to look at the roster of teams who are lining up against us,\u201d said Jimmy Spithill, the skipper of ORACLE TEAM USA, the winner of the last two America\u2019s Cup matches. \u201cWe\u2019re facing five strong challengers who have a lot of resources, talent and experience. \u201cBut our team is very competitive. We love challenges \u2013 the bigger, the better. It\u2019s very easy to get motivated when you see what we\u2019re going to be facing.\u201d The 35th America\u2019s Cup begins in 2015 and 2016 with the America\u2019s Cup World Series, raced in venues around the world. This feeds into the main events in 2017, which will narrow the field to just two: the top challenger and the defender, ORACLE TEAM USA, who will then face each other in the America\u2019s Cup Match. Teams will be given the opportunity to host America\u2019s Cup World Series events at a venue of their choosing, while the final venue for the 35th America\u2019s Cup will be either Bermuda …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[35],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20954"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20956,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20954\/revisions\/20956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}