2024 Women’s America’s Cup: Preview, schedule, and how to watch Olympic sailing stars compete
The first-ever Women's America's Cup will run from 5 October until 13 October in Barcelona, Spain.
Sailing
Excitement is brewing ahead of the first-ever Women’s America’s Cup sailing competition, which begins on Saturday (5 October) in Barcelona.
The regatta will run until 13 October, bringing together some of the biggest names in the sport for the inaugural staging of the women’s event.
Split into twelve teams – America’s Cup teams and invited teams – a qualification series gets proceedings underway, which will see participants compete in a series of fleet races.
The top three teams from each group will progress to the semi-final series before a final match race to determine the overall champion.
Two-time Olympic gold medallist Hannah Mills is among those headlining the sides, saying: “This is such an opportunity for women to get experience in these boats.
“We’ve all raced Olympic boats but in this foiling era of sailing there is very little opportunity and experience with women sailors and this, really for me, marks a huge step forward.”
There will be 17 Olympic medallists in total, boasting seven gold medals, 11 silver, and four bronze.
Read on to find out all you need to know about the Women’s America’s Cup…
2024 PUIG Women’s America’s Cup: The teams
Group A: America’s Cup Teams
- New Zealand
- Great Britain
- Switzerland
- United States
- Italy
- France
Group B: Invited Teams
- Spain
- The Netherlands
- Canada
- Germany
- Sweden
- Australia
2024 PUIG Women’s America’s Cup: Olympic medallists on show
- Hannah Mills (two-time gold medallist, silver medallist)
- Ellie Aldridge (gold medallist)
- Anna Burnet (silver medallist)
- Saskia Clark (gold & silver medallist)
- Aloise Retornaz (bronze medallist)
- Jo Aleh (gold & silver medallist)
- Molly Meech (silver medallist)
- Erica Dawson (bronze medallist)
- Vilma Bobeck (silver medallist)
- Rebecca Netzler (silver medallist)
- Lovisa Karlsson (bronze medallist)
- Nina Curtis (silver medallist)
- Lisa Darmanin (silver medallist)
- Olivia Price (silver medallist)
- Annette Duetz (gold & bronze medallist)
- Odile van Aanholt (gold medallist)
- Tina Lutz (silver medallist)
2024 PUIG Women’s America’s Cup: Schedule and how to watch
- 5-10 October: Qualification Series
- 11 October: Semi-final series
- 13 October: Final race
All action from the Women’s America’s Cup will be free to watch on YouTube and on the competition’s official website.