America's Cup 2021 - Daily Race Schedule for Prada Cup and America's Cup Jan Feb March

General Schedule for each stage. (Scroll down to view the Daily Calendar)

Prada Cup: Rounds Robin	Prada Cup Semi-Final	Prada Cup Final	America's Cup Match
Jan 15-24	Jan 29-Feb 2	Feb 13-22	Mar 6-15
Four Rounds Robin, All Teams Race each other, 2 Races per day. Top team direct to Final.	Best of 7 Series (First to win 4 points). 2 Races per day. Winner to Final.	Best of 13 Series (First to win 7 points) 2 Races per day. Winner challenges for America's Cup.	Best of 13 Series (First to win 7 points) 2 Races per day

How does the regatta format work? See detailed Regatta Format explanation

Daily Calendar for Prada Cup and America's Cup:
Last update Mar 6, 2021.

Dates and times listed are Auckland local time (New Zealand Time/GMT+13)

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Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Sun Jan 9	Mon Jan 10	Tue Jan 11	Wed Jan 13 Declaration of Yacht Configuration for RR Stage 3:12pm	Thu Jan 14	Fri Jan 15 Prada Cup Round Robin Round Robin 1 Races 1, 2 R1: GBR d. USA R2: GBR d. ITA 3:12pm	Sat Jan 16 Prada Cup Round Robin Round Robin 1-2 Races 3 and 1 R3: ITA d. USA R1: GBR d. USA 3:12pm
Sun Jan 17 Prada Cup Round Robin Round Robin 2 Races 2-3 R2: GBR d. ITA R3: ITA d. USA 3:12pm	Mon Jan 18 Reserve Day	Tue Jan 19 Reserve Day	Wed Jan 20 Declaration of Yacht Configuration for RR Stage 3:12pm	Thu Jan 21	Fri Jan 22 Prada Cup Round Robin Round Robin 3 Races 1-2 R1: GBR vs. USA† R2: ITA vs. GBR 3:12pm	Sat Jan 23 Prada Cup Round Robin Round Robin 3-4 Races 3 and 1 R3: ITA vs. USA† R1: GBR vs. USA‡ 3:12pm
Sun Jan 24 Prada Cup Round Robin Round Robin 4 Races 2-3 R2: ITA vs. GBR‡ R3: ITA vs. USA‡ 3:12pm	Mon Jan 25 Reserve Day	Tue Jan 26 Reserve Day	Wed Jan 27 Declaration of Yacht Configuration for Semi-Final 3:12pm	Thu Jan 28	Fri Jan 29 Prada Cup Semi-Final Races 1 & 2 ITA d. USA ITA d. USA 3:12pm	Sat Jan 30 Prada Cup Semi-Final Races 3 & 4 ITA d. USA ITA d. USA 3:12pm
Sun Jan 31 Prada Cup Semi-Final Races 5* & 6* ITA vs. USA not sailed 3:12pm	Mon Feb 1	Tue Feb 2 Prada Cup Semi-Final Race 7* ITA vs. USA 3:12pm	Wed Feb 3 Reserve Day	Thu Feb 4 Reserve Day	Fri Feb 5	Sat Feb 6
Sun Feb 7	Mon Feb 8 Declaration of Yacht Configuration for Final 4:12pm	Tue Feb 9	Wed Feb 10	Thu Feb 11	Fri Feb 12	Sat Feb 13 Prada Cup Final Races 1-2 R1: ITA d. GBR R2: ITA d. GBR 4:12pm
Sun Feb 14 Prada Cup Final Races 3-4 R3: ITA d. GBR R4: ITA d. GBR 4:12pm	Mon Feb 15	Tue Feb 16 Reserve Day See Note 1	Wed Feb 17 Prada Cup Final Racing Postponed ~~Races 5-6~~ R5: ITA vs. GBR R6: GBR vs. ITA 4:12pm	Thu Feb 18 Reserve Day	Fri Feb 19 Prada Cup Final See Note 2 Racing Postponed Races 7-8* R7: ITA vs. GBR R8: GBR vs.ITA 4:12pm	Sat Feb 20 Prada Cup Final Races 5-6 R5: ITA d. GBR R6: GBR d. ITA 4:12pm
Sun Feb 21 Prada Cup Final Races 7-8* R7: ITA d. GBR R8: ITA d. GBR 4:12pm	Mon Feb 22 Prada Cup Final See Note 3 Races 9-10 if needed R9: ITA vs. GBR R10: GBR vs. ITA 4:12pm	Tue Feb 23 Reserve Day See Note 3 Races 11-12 if needed	Wed Feb 24 Reserve Day See Note 3 Race 13* if needed	Thu Feb 25	Fri Feb 26	Sat Feb 27
Sun Feb 28	Mon Mar 1 Declaration of Yacht Configuration 4:12pm	Tue Mar 2	Wed Mar 3	Thu Mar 4	Fri Mar 5	Sat Mar 6 America's Cup Match Postponed Races 1-2 NZL vs. ITA ITA vs. NZL 4:00pm
Sun Mar 7 America's Cup Match Postponed Races 3-4 NZL vs. ITA ITA vs. NZL 4:00pm	Mon Mar 8	Tue Mar 9 Reserve Day See Note 4	Wed Mar 10 America's Cup Match ~~Races 5-6~~ Races 1-2 NZL d. ITA ITA d. NZL 4:12pm	Thu Mar 11	Fri Mar 12 America's Cup Match See Note 5 Races 7-8* Races 3-4 ITA d. NZL NZL d. ITA 4:12pm	Sat Mar 13 America's Cup Match Races 9-10 Races 5-6 ITA d. NZL NZL d. ITA 4:12pm
Sun Mar 14 America's Cup Match Postponed Races 11-12 Races 7-8* NZL vs. ITA ITA vs. NZL 4:12pm	Mon Mar 15 America's Cup Match Race 13* Races 7-8 NZL d. ITA NZL d. ITA 4:12pm	Tue Mar 16 ~~Reserve Day~~ America's Cup Match Races 9-10 NZL d. ITA 4:12pm	Wed Mar 17 ~~Reserve Day~~ America's Cup Match Race 10-11 NZL d. NZL ITA vs. NZL** 4:12pm	Thu Mar 18 ~~Reserve Day~~ America's Cup Match Race 12-13 NZL vs. ITA NZL vs. ITA 4:12pm	Fri Mar 19 Reserve Day	Sat Mar 20 Reserve Day

Dates and times are Auckland local time (New Zealand Time/GMT+13), which is one day ahead of the US. The listed times are for the Warning Signal, with the Starting Gun three minutes later. Actual times may be adjusted depending on weather conditions and other factors, at the Race Director's direction.

Two races are intended each race day, unless otherwise announced. Races are intended to be approximately 25-30 minutes long, and there is a time limit of 45 minutes per race. Where two races per day are held, the second race will be set to start at least 25 minutes after the end of the first race.

The "Best of 9" and "Best of 13" descriptions are nominal; the winner is actually determined by points earned, 1 point per race win.

Races indicated with an asterisk (*) are to be sailed only if needed. Races 5-7 of the Prada Cup Semi-Finals, Races 8-13 of Prada Cup Final, and Races 8-13 of the America's Cup Match will be sailed only as needed to decide the match winner.

Races indicated with double asterisks (**) are races that were ultimately not needed to decide the match.

Races with a single dagger symbol (†) were races USA was unable to start, the so-called ghost races. ITA or GBR was required to start those races in order to record a win and earn points.

Races with a double-dagger (‡) were unnecessary in the Rounds Robin after GBR clinched the top finish, and GBR/ITA elected not to sail those races.

Reserve Days, Schedule Adjustments, and Tie-Breaks

A "Reserve Day" may be used by for racing to keep the series on schedule if a previous race was not completed as planned. The Race Director makes this decision in consultation with the competitors. Some days have specific criteria per the official documents:

Prada Cup:

Feb 17:
Racing on Feb 17 was postponed due to Covid Level 3 Notice being declared in Auckland. Racing resumed Saturday, Feb 20.

Notes:

Note 1)
Feb 16 may be used as a Race Day if the stage is behind schedule after Feb 13-14.

Note 2)
Friday Feb 19 will not be used as a Race Day if the Race Director expects the day is not needed to complete the Prada Cup Final over the weekend of the Feb 20-21. As an option, the 19th may also consist of a single race.

Note 3)

a) If the Prada Cup Final is not completed on the 21st, then racing will be held every day through the 24th until the Final is decided (per Prada Cup Conditions).

b) If no competitor has reached seven points through the 24th, the winner shall be the competitor with the highest number of points. (RRSAC, A2.3(b))

c) If on the last two reserve days of the Final, Feb 23rd and 24th, one competitor leads the series by a greater number of points than there are races remaining, then that competitor will win the series and the remaining races will not be sailed. (per Prada Cup Conditions)

d) If the competitors are tied after the final scheduled day, the tie-break winner will be the winner of the most recent race. (RRSAC, A3.2(a)(1))

e) If on the final scheduled day there is a tie before the first race, there will be only one race. (per Prada Cup Conditions)

f) These conditions apply only in the Prada Cup.

America's Cup:

March 6-7:
Covid Alert Level 3 in Auckland was announced Feb 28, to last seven days. The first weekend of racing, March 6th and 7th, was postponed. It was announced on March 5 that with a reduction to Alert Level 2 or lower expected on Sunday, March 7, racing would begin March 10, and follow the previously agreed days, unless the contestants agree to any further changes. This means that racing from March 12 onward will be continuous unless the two competitors can agree otherwise.

March 14:
Racing on Sunday, March 14, was postponed due to light wind.

March 16:
The second race on March 16th was postponed as wind shift did not allow a course to be set before time ran out.

Notes:

Note 4)
March 9 may be used as a Race Day if the Match is behind schedule after March 6-7.

Note 5)
March 12 will not be used as a Race Day if the Regatta Director expects that the day is not required to complete the Match over the weekend of March 13-14. As an option, the 12th may also consist of a single race. (Update, with the late start to the match, these schedule adjustments are not likely.)

Note 6)
If the Match is not completed March 14, then racing will continue every day from March 15 onward until completion. A competitor must win 7 points to win the match. No tie-break applies in the America's Cup Match.

Important: This schedule is subject to change by America's Cup event organizers at any time. Make plans at your own risk. The information is believed correct at time of publication, but we assume no responsibility for errors, omissions, updates, or subsequent modifications.

References and Additional Info:

The details of the schedule for the Prada Cup are established in the Prada Cup Conditions/Notice of Race, under provisions listed in the Protocol, Article 3.

The tie-break and scoring provisions are per the Racing Rules of Sailing for the America's Cup (RRSAC), Appendix A.

The schedule and format for the America's Cup Match are listed in the COR/D Notice #7, under provision of Protocol Article 4.

For copies of the official documents, see the America's Cup Notice Board

Official Version:
See the official schedule and format at americascup.com

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