Louis Vuitton Acts

Act 3

Team Name	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Points	Ranking
Alinghi	4th	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	2nd	40	1
Team New Zealand	1st	2nd	1st	6th	5th	1st	38	2
BMW Oracle Racing	5th	6th	2nd	3rd	1st	3rd	34	3
Luna Rossa	3rd	4th	7th	2nd	4th	4th	30	4
K Challenge	8th	3rd	4th	4th	2nd	5th	28	5
Le Defi	2nd	7th	8th	5th	7th	8th	17	6
Team Shosholoza	7th	5th	5th	7th	8th	7th	15	7
+39 Challenge	6th	8th	6th	DNF	6th	6th	13	8

2005 ACC Championship

Act 4

• Act 4 saw the debut of RSA 83, the first IACC boat constructed in Africa, and SUI 75.
• Desafío Español 2007 sailed ESP 67, a rebadged USA 67 from OneWorld's 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup campaign while Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team sailed ITA 77, a rebadged USA 77 from Team Dennis Conner's 2003 campaign.
• Team Germany sailed GER 72, which was a rebadged ITA 72 from Mascalzone Latino, while China Team sailed CHN 69 as they had merged with Le Defi and acquired FRA 69.

Act 5 Act Five was sailed in Valencia, Spain. The Act consisted of five fleet races. Luna Rossa won Act 5. Team Name Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Points Ranking Luna Rossa 2nd 6th 6th 1st 4th 46 1 Alinghi 3rd 7th 2nd 2nd 5th 46 2 Team New Zealand 1st 9th 1st 5th 6th 43 3 BMW Oracle Racing 5th 5th 3rd 3rd 10th 39 4 Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team 12th 1st 5th 7th 2nd 38 5 Victory Challenge 4th 2nd 7th DSQ 3rd 36 6 K Challenge 7th 4th 4th 6th 9th 35 7 Desafío Español 2007 8th 8th 9th 8th 1st 31 8 +39 Challenge 10th 3rd 10th 9th 7th 26 9 United Internet Team Germany 6th 11th 8th 4th 11th 25 10 China Team 11th 12th 12th 10th 8th 12 11 Team Shosholoza 9th 10th 11th 11th 12th 12 12 Act 6 Act Six was held in Malmö, Skåne, Sweden. The Act consisted of a single round robin of match races. Alinghi won Act 6. Victory Challenge switched from SWE 63 to SWE 73, deciding it was better suited to the Swedish conditions Act 7 Act Seven was held in Malmö, Skåne, Sweden. The Act was to consist of five fleet races, however poor weather meant that the Act was reduced to three races. Alinghi won Act 7. Team Name Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Points Ranking Alinghi 2nd 4th 1st 32 1 BMW Oracle Racing 1st 2nd 4th 32 2 Luna Rossa 6th 3rd 2nd 28 3 Team New Zealand 4th 6th 3rd 26 4 Desafío Español 2007 3rd 5th 5th 26 5 K Challenge 10th 1st 9th 19 6 United Internet Team Germany 5th 10th 7th 17 7 +39 Challenge 9th 7th 6th 17 8 Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team 8th 8th 11th 12 9 Team Shosholoza 7th 11th 10th 11 10 Victory Challenge 12th 9th 8th 10 11 China Team 11th 12th 12th 4 12 Act 8 Act Eight was held in Trapani, Italy. The Act consisted of a single round robin of match races. Alinghi won Act 8. Act 9 Act Nine was held in Trapani,Italy. The Act consisted of five fleet races. Alinghi won Act 9. Team Name Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Points Ranking Alinghi 3rd 1st 1st 1st 3rd 56 1 BMW Oracle Racing 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 56 2 Team New Zealand 2nd 3rd 5th 3rd 6th 46 2 Desafío Español 2007 6th 6th 4th 8th 1st 40 4 Team Shosholoza 5th 5th 3rd 7th 8th 37 5 Luna Rossa 11th 4th 6th 6th 4th 34 6 +39 Challenge 8th 8th 7th 11th 5th 26 7 Victory Challenge 10th 11th 8th 5th 7th 24 8 United Internet Team Germany 4th 7th 11th 12th 9th 22 9 Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team 12th 10th 9th 4th 11th 19 10 China Team 9th 9th 12th 9th 10th 16 11 K Challenge 7th DNF 10th 10th DNS 12 12 2006 ACC Championship The 2006 ACC Championship was won by Team New Zealand. Country Team name Yacht Club Act 10 Act 11 Act 12 Points Ranking Emirates Team New Zealand Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron 3 3 1 32 1 Alinghi Société Nautique de Genève 4 1 2 32 2 BMW Oracle Racing Golden Gate Yacht Club 1 4 3 31 3 Luna Rossa Challenge Yacht Club Italiano 2 2 4 31 4 Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team Reale Yacht Club Canottieri Savoia 7 5 6 21 5 Desafío Español 2007 Real Federación Española de Vela 5 9 5 20 6 Team Shosholoza Royal Cape Yacht Club 8 6 8 17 7 Victory Challenge Gamla Stans Yacht Sällskap 7 10 7 16 8 Areva Challenge Cercle de la Voile de Paris 10 7 9 13 9 +39 Challenge Circolo Vela Gargnano 9 8 10 12 10 United Internet Team Germany Deutscher Challenger Yacht Club 11 11 11 6 11 China Team Qingdao International Yacht Club 12 12 12 3 12 Act 10 Act Ten was sailed in Valencia, Spain. The Act consisted of a singleround robin of match races. BMW Oracle Racing won Act 10. Act 10 saw the debut of USA 87, ITA 86 and NZL 84. Act 10 saw the introduction of CHN 79, a rebadged FRA 79 from Le Defi's 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup campaign, and ESP 65, formerly USA 65 from OneWorld's 2003 campaign. Act 11 Act Eleven was held in Valencia, Spain. The Act consisted of five fleet races. Alinghi won Act 11. Team Name Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Points Ranking Alinghi 6th 1st 1st 3rd 1st 53 1 Luna Rossa 10th 2nd 3rd 1st 4th 45 2 Team New Zealand 4th 7th 2nd 5th 2nd 45 3 BMW Oracle Racing 9th 6th 4th 2nd 3rd 41 4 Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team 2nd 10th 5th 4th 5th 39 5 Team Shosholoza 5th 5th 6th 8th 8th 33 6 Areva Challenge 7th 4th 8th 7th 7th 32 7 +39 Challenge 3rd 12th 7th 6th 6th 31 8 Desafío Español 2007 8th 3rd 10th 9th 9th 26 9 Victory Challenge 1st 8th 11th 10th 11th 24 10 United Internet Team Germany 11th 11th 9th 11th 10th 13 11 China Team 12th 9th 12th DNF DNS 6 12 Act 12 Act Twelve was sailed in Valencia, Spain. The Act consisted of a singleround robin of match races plus three divisions of knock out finals. Emirates Team New Zealand won Act 12. Act 12 saw the introduction of ESP 88. Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 2007 season No ACC Championship was awarded in 2007, instead the focus was on the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup and the 2007 America's Cup. Act 13 Act Thirteen was held in Valencia, Spain. The Act consisted of seven fleet races. Alinghi won Act 13. Act 13 was originally to be titled Act 14 due to the desire to avoid having a "thirteenth race" however the Act was later retitled Act 13 for simplicities sake. Act 13 saw the introduction of SUI 91, ITA 94, FRA 93, ITA 85, ESP 97, ITA 99, GER 89, CHN 95 and SWE 96. Team Name Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Points Ranking Alinghi 4th 1st 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 1st 78 1 Team New Zealand 5th 3rd 4th 5th 1st 3rd 6th 64 2 Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team 3rd 6th 5th 2nd 4th 5th 3rd 63 3 Luna Rossa 7th 5th 2nd 3rd 2nd 8th 4th 60 4 BMW Oracle Racing 1st 4th 7th 4th 10th 6th 2nd 57 5 Desafío Español 2007 8th 2nd 3rd 9th 6th 1st 7th 55 6 Team Shosholoza 2nd 8th 10th 7th 5th 7th 9th 43 7 Victory Challenge 12th 11th 6th 8th 7th 4th 8th 35 8 Areva Challenge 9th 10th 8th 10th 8th 10th 5th 31 9 United Internet Team Germany 6th 9th DSQ 6th 9th 9th 10th 29 10 +39 Challenge 10th 7th 5th* DNS DNS DNS DNS 17 11 China Team 11th 12th 9th 11th 11th 11th 11th 15 12 *+39 Challenge awarded redress after collision. Bonus Points Each challenger was awarded between 1-4 bonus points to take into the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup based on their performances in the last Ten Acts. Between 11-1 points were awarded to each team per Act based on the final position the syndicate when Alinghi was excluded. For 2006 Acts the points were doubled and the points were tripled for 2007 Acts. The 2004 Acts were not worth any points. Emirates Team New Zealand topped the table and took the maximum four bonus points into the Louis Vuitton Cup. Team Name Act 4 Act 5 Act 6 Act 7 Act 8 Act 9 Act 10 Act 11 Act 12 Act 13 Points Ranking Bonus Pts Team New Zealand 11 10 10 9 11 10 20 22 22 33 158 1 4 BMW Oracle Racing 10 9 11 11 11 11 22 18 20 24 147 2 3 Luna Rossa 9 11 10 10 11 7 20 22 18 27 145 3 3 Desafío Español 2007 8 5 8 9 6 9 16 8 16 21 106 4 3 Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team 6 8 6 4 4 3 12 16 14 30 103 5 2 Victory Challenge 8 7 5 2 7 5 16 6 12 15 83 6 2 Team Shosholoza 1 2 3 3 4 8 10 14 10 18 73 7 2 Areva Challenge 6 6 4 7 8 1 8 12 8 12 72 8 1 +39 Challenge 6 4 8 6 6 6 8 10 6 6* 66 9 2* United Internet Team Germany 3 3 3 6 2 4 4 4 4 9 42 10 1 China Team 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 18 11 1 *+39 Challenge awarded redress after collision in Act 13.