Louis Vuitton Cup Official Opening Ceremony
LOUIS VUITTON CUP OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY
The official opening of the Louis Vuitton Cup took place this afternoon with a parade of the eleven teams along the streets of Auckland.
A traditional Maori haka followed and the teams received welcomes from the Prime Minister, the Governor General of New Zealand and the Mayor of Auckland.
The skippers from each team were then called for the Official Draw Ceremony; the pairings for Round Robin One are the following:
Race 1
1st Match Young America vs America
True
2nd Match The Nippon vs Abracadabra 2000
3rd
Match FAST2000 vs Prada Challenge
4th Match Le Defi
Francais vs Stars & Stripes
5th Match AmericaOne vs
Spanish Challenge
Not racing Young Australia 2000
Race
2
1st Match Prada Challenge vs The Nippon
Challenge
2nd Match The Spanish Challenge vs Young
America
3rd Match America True vs AmericaOne
4th Match
Young Australia 2000 vs Le Defi Francais
5th Match
Abracadabra 2000 vs FAST2000
Not racing Stars &
Stripes
Race 3
1st Match Le Defi Francais vs The
Spanish Challenge
2nd Match AmericaOne vs FAST2000
3rd
Match Abracadabra 2000 vs Stars & Stripes
4th Match Prada
Challenge vs Young Australia 2000
5th Match Young America
vs Nippon Challenge
Not racing America True
Race 4
1st Match Young Australia 2000 vs Abracadabra
2000
2nd Match FAST2000 vs Young America
3rd Match
Nippon Challenge vs AmericaOne
4th Match Stars & Stripes
vs Prada Challenge
5th Match America True vs Le Defi
Francais
Not racing Spanish Challenge
Race 5
1st
Match Spanish Challenge vs Prada Challenge
2nd Match
Nippon Challenge vs Stars & Stripes
3rd Match Young
America vs Le Defi Francais
4th Match Abracadabra 2000 vs
America True
5th Match FAST2000 vs Young Australia
2000
Not racing AmericaOne
Race 6
1st Match Le Defi
Francais vs AmericaOne
2nd Match Young Australia 2000 vs
Nippon Challenge
3rd Match Abracadabra 2000 vs Spanish
Challenge
4th Match America True vs Prada
Challenge
5th Match Stars & Stripes vs FAST2000
Not
racing Young America
Race 7
1st Match Spanish
Challenge vs Young Australia 2000
2nd Match America True
vs Stars & Stripes
3rd Match Nippon Challenge vs Le Defi
Francais
4th Match Young America vs Abracadabra
2000
5th Match Prada Challenge vs AmericaOne
Not
racing FAST2000
Race 8
1st Match Le Defi Francais vs
FAST2000
2nd Match Stars & Stripes vs The Spanish
Challenge
3rd Match Young Australia 2000 vs America
True
4th Match AmericaOne vs Abracadabra 2000
5th
Match Prada Challenge vs Young America
Not racing Nippon
Challenge
Race 9
1st Match AmericaOne vs Stars &
Stripes
2nd Match America True vs FAST2000
3rd Match
Young America vs Young Australia 2000
4th Match Spanish
Challenge vs Nippon Challenge
5th Match Abracadabra 2000
vs Le Defi Francais
Not racing Prada Challenge
Race 10
1st Match Young Australia 2000 vs AmericaOne
2nd
Match Le Defi Francais vs Prada Challenge
3rd Match
Nippon Challenge vs America True
4th Match FAST2000 vs
Spanish Challenge
5th Match Stars & Stripes vs Young
America
Not racing Abracadabra 2000
Race 11
1st
Match FAST2000 vs Nippon Challenge
2nd Match Prada
Challenge vs Abracadabra 2000
3rd Match Spanish Challenge
vs America True
4th Match AmericaOne vs Young
America
5th Match Stars & Stripes vs Young Australia
2000
Not racing Le Defi
Francais