Challenger (America's Cup)

Emirates Team New Zealand, the challenger syndicate in 2013.

The Challenger in the America's Cup sailing competition is the team that challenges the defender to win the prestigious trophy.^[1]

Challengers[]

Only seven times in America's Cup history has a challenger syndicate won the trophy.

Winner of the America's Cup

Year	Venue	Challenger	Challenging club
1851	Isle of Wight	John Cox Stevens syndicate, America	New York Yacht Club
1870	New York City	James Lloyd Ashbury, Cambria	Royal Thames Yacht Club
1871	New York City	James Lloyd Ashbury, Livonia	Royal Harwich Yacht Club
1876	New York City	Charles Gifford, Countess of Dufferin	Royal Canadian Yacht Club
1881	New York City	Alexander Cuthbert, Atalanta	Bay of Quinte Yacht Club
1885	New York City	Sir Richard Sutton, Genesta	Royal Yacht Squadron
1886	New York City	Lt. & Mrs. William Henn, Galatea	Royal Northern Yacht Club
1887	New York City	James Bell syndicate, Thistle	Royal Clyde Yacht Club
1893	New York City	Earl of Dunraven, Valkyrie II	Royal Yacht Squadron
1895	New York City	Earl of Dunraven syndicate, Valkyrie III	Royal Yacht Squadron
1899	New York City	Sir Thomas Lipton, Shamrock	Royal Ulster Yacht Club
1901	New York City	Sir Thomas Lipton, Shamrock II	Royal Ulster Yacht Club
1903	New York City	Sir Thomas Lipton, Shamrock III	Royal Ulster Yacht Club
1920	New York City	Sir Thomas Lipton, Shamrock IV	Royal Ulster Yacht Club
1930	Newport	Sir Thomas Lipton, Shamrock V	Royal Ulster Yacht Club
1934	Newport	Sir Thomas Sopwith, Endeavour	Royal Yacht Squadron
1937	Newport	Sir Thomas Sopwith, Endeavour II	Royal Yacht Squadron
1958	Newport	Hugh Goodson syndicate, Sceptre	Royal Yacht Squadron
1962	Newport	Sir Frank Packer, Gretel	Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron
1964	Newport	Anthony Boyden, Sovereign	Royal Thames Yacht Club
1967	Newport	Emil Christensen, Dame Pattie	Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron
1970	Newport	Sir Frank Packer, Gretel II	Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron
1974	Newport	Alan Bond, Southern Cross	Royal Perth Yacht Club
1977	Newport	Alan Bond, Australia	Sun City Yacht Club
1980	Newport	Alan Bond, Australia	Royal Perth Yacht Club
1983	Newport	Alan Bond, Australia II	Royal Perth Yacht Club
1987	Fremantle	Sail America, Stars & Stripes 87	San Diego Yacht Club
1988	San Diego	Fay Richwhite, KZ-1	Mercury Bay Boating Club
1992	San Diego	Raul Gardini, Il Moro di Venezia	Compagnia della Vela di Venezia
1995	San Diego	Team New Zealand, NZL-32/Black Magic	Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron
2000	Auckland	Prada Challenge, Luna Rossa	Yacht Club Punta Ala
2003	Auckland	Alinghi, SUI-64	Société Nautique de Genève
2007	Valencia	Team New Zealand, NZL-92	Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron
2010	Valencia	BMW Oracle Racing, USA-17	Golden Gate Yacht Club
2013	San Francisco	Team New Zealand, Aotearoa	Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron
2017	Bermuda	Team New Zealand, Aotearoa^[2]	Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron
2021	Auckland	Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli	Circolo della Vela Sicilia