USA  2013 Defender		SWE Challenger Candidate		NZL 2013 Challenger		ITA Challenger Candidate
©2012 Guilain Grenier/Oracle Team USA		©2012 Gilles Martin-Raget/ACEA		©2012 CupInfo.com		©2012 Gilles Martin-Raget/ACEA
Oracle Team USA		Artemis Racing		Emirates Team New Zealand		Luna Rossa Challenge 2013
Golden Gate Yacht Club		Royal Swedish Yacht Club		Royal NZ Yacht Squadron		Circolo della Vela Sicilia
Skipper: James Spithill		CEO: Paul Cayard		Skipper: Dean Barker		Skipper: Massimiliano "Max" Sirena
Team Principal: Larry Ellison		Chairman: Torben Törnqvist		Team CEO: Grant Dalton		Team Principal: Patrizio Bertelli
Photos(2):©2012 Guilain Grenier/Oracle Team USA		Photos:©2012 ACEA/Gilles Martin-Raget (top), Sander van Der Borch/Artemis Racing (bottom)		Photos(2):©2012 Gilles Martin-Raget/ACEA		Photos(2):©2012 Gilles Martin-Raget/ACEA
Oracle defeated the Swiss Alinghi Team 2-0 in 2010 to win the 33rd America's Cup Match.  The team was a challenger candidate twice previously, losing in the Louis Vuitton Cup Final in 2003, and in the LVC Semi-Final in 2007.		Representing Kungliga Svenska Segel Sällskapet (Royal Swedish Yacht Club), this is the first America's Cup campaign for Artemis Racing, though their staff includes many Cup veterans as sailors and designers.		Team New Zealand won the America's Cup in 1995 as a challenger, and defended it in 2000 before losing to the Swiss Alinghi in 2003.  ETNZ won the Louis Vuitton Cup in 2007, before losing 5-2, again to Alinghi, in the 32nd America's Cup Match.		Luna Rossa won the Louis Vuitton Cup in 2000, before losing 0-5 to TNZ in the America's Cup Match.  Luna Rossa was a challenger candidate in 2003 and 2007 (losing 0-5 in the 2007 LVC Final against ETNZ).
Two AC72's: Boat #1 launched Aug 30, 2012; Boat #2 launched Apr 23, 2013.		Two AC72's: First sail boat #1 Nov 13, 2012; Second boat July 22, 2013		Two AC72's: First boat launched July 21, 2012 Boat #2 launched Feb 4, 2013		One AC72: Single boat launched Oct 26, 2012
ACWS Entries: 2 Oracle Team USA Spithill Oracle Team USA Coutts		ACWS Entries: 2 Artemis Red Artemis White		ACWS Entries: 1		ACWS Entries: 2 Luna Rossa Piranha Luna Rossa Swordfish
Twitter: @ORACLERacing		Twitter: @ArtemisRacing		Twitter: @EmiratesTeamNZ		Twitter: @LR_Challenge
Web: Team Site and Fanhub		Web: Team Site (offline)		Web: Team Site (offline) and Blog		Web: Team Site (offline)

KOR World Series Competitor		CHN World Series Competitor		FRA World Series Competitor		GBR World Series Competitor
©2012 Jürg Kaufmann/go4image.com		©2012 Jürg Kaufmann/go4image.com		©2012 Jürg Kaufmann/go4image.com		©2012 Gilles Martin-Raget/ACEA
Team Korea		China Team		Energy Team		Ben Ainslie Racing
Sail Korea YC		Mei Fan Yacht Club		Yacht Club de France		Royal Cornwall YC
Skipper: Peter Burling		Skippers: Fred Le Peutrec and Phil Robertson		Skipper: Loïck Peyron		Skipper: Ben Ainslie
						Photo:©2012 Lloyd Image/BAR
CEO: Kim Dong-Young		CEO: Chaoyong Wang		CEO: Bruno Peyron, left, with brother Loïck.
Photos:©2012 Guilain Grenier/Oracle(top) ©2012 Gilles Martin-Raget/ACEA		Photos(3): ©2012 Gilles Martin-Raget/ACEA		Photos(2): ©2012 Gilles Martin-Raget/ACEA
Team Korea, also referred to as the White Tiger Challenge, was the country's first America's Cup team, the fourth confirmed official challenger candidate for the 2013 regatta.  Peter Burling was added as Skipper in September 2012. Plans for one AC72 were announced, but though design and materials were said to be in hand, there was no construction reported underway.  In March 2013, the team confirmed they have withdrawn from 2013 America's Cup activities, including the ACWS.		China Team was not announced as a paid-up Challenger at the August 1, 2012 deadline, but was still at ACWS San Francisco in August and October as an America's Cup World Series competitor.  China's first America's Cup entry was in 2007.		Energy Team was the first America's Cup challenge entry from the Peyron brothers, two of the most accomplished sailors in the world at building and racing large oceangoing multihulls. Energy announced August 1, 2012, that they would not be able to field a challenging yacht for 2013, but will remain in the America's Cup World Series with an eye on becoming a full challenger for the following Defense of the Cup.  Loïck will also join Artemis Racing for the 2013 America's Cup.		J.P. Morgan/Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR) joined the ACWS circuit in San Francisco in August 2012, fresh off winning his fourth Olympic Gold Medal.  BAR is not a challenger for the 34th America's Cup in 2013, but hopes to secure sponsorship for the 35th Defense of the America's Cup.
ACWS Entries: 1 (withdrawn)		ACWS Entries: 1		ACWS Entries: 1		ACWS Entries: 1
Twitter: @acteamkorea		Twitter: @ChinaTeam1		Twitter: @energyteamFR		Twitter: @BARofficial
Web: Team Site (offline)		Web: Team Site (offline)		Web: Team Site (offline)		Web: Team Site (offline)

Note that the team sites for 2013 entries were hosted by Americascup.com, the official America's Cup site, as a requirement for the 2013 Protocol.  As of the start of 2014, the sites have been taken offline.

Also See:
2013 Challenger Index: Info on the formation of official, hopeful, and former teams for the 34th Defense
plus 2010 America's Cup Teams | 2007 America's Cup Teams
 

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