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The Championship Trophy of the World Match Racing Tour, from sponsor Wedgwood, is also awarded to the ISAF Match Racing World Champion. (World Tour/Guido Cantini photo)
The Championship Trophy of the World Match Racing Tour, from sponsor Wedgwood, is also awarded to the ISAF Match Racing World Champion. (World Tour/Guido Cantini photo)

2006-’07 Match Racing World
Championship Leaderboard

(As of December 11, 2007 // After Stage 15 of 15)
1. Ian Williams (GBR) Team Pindar
  • 172 points

  • 2. Mathieu Richard (FRA) Saba Sailing Team
  • 146 points

  • 3. Paolo Cian (ITA) Team Shosholoza
  • 132 points

  • 4. Bjorn Hansen (SWE) Team Apport.net
  • 117 points

  • 5. Peter Gilmour (AUS) Pro Sailing Team
  • 106 points

  • 6. Sebastien Col (FRA) Areva Challenge
  • 89 points

  • 7. Magnus Holmberg (SWE) Victory Challenge
  • 64 points

  • 8. Ed Baird (USA) Alinghi
  • 55 points

  • 9.Jesper Bank (DEN)
  • 53 points

  • 10.Jesper Radich (DEN)
  • 40 points]BUL
    =11.Peter Holmberg (ISV) Alinghi
  • 37 points

  • =11.Staffan Lindberg (FIN) Alandia Sailing Team
  • 37 points

  • =11. Eric Monnin (SUI)
  • 37 points

  • =14. Mark Mendelblatt (USA)
  • 35 points

  • =14. James Spithill (AUS)
  • 35 points


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    2006-2007 Leaderboard





  • Championship points are awarded to the top eight skippers at each event as follows:

    Finish Points
    1st Place 25 points
    2nd Place 20 points
    3rd Place 15 points
    4th Place 12 points
    5th Place 10 points
    6th Place 8 points
    7th Place 6 points
    8th Place 4 points


  • Rules: World Tour Scoring Regulations


  • Results: Final 2005-’06 Tour Standings

  • Results: 2005-’06 Results by Event


  • Results: Final 2004-’05 Tour Standings

  • Results: 2004-’05 Results by Event


  • Results: Final 2003-’04 Tour Standings

  • Results: 2003-’04 Results by Event


  • Statistics: 2004-’05 Season Statistics

  • Statistics: By the Numbers


  • List: Past Tour Championships

  • List: Tour Honor Roll (career victories)

  • List: Champions by Event

  • List: Past ISAF World Match Racing Champions

    PORTUGAL MATCH CUP 2006
    Final Standings (July 23, 2006)
    Prize Purse: $100,000
    Skipper (Country) Team, Record, Prize Money
    1. Chris Dickson (NZL) BMW Oracle Racing, 13-4, $35,000
    (Crew: Zack Hurst, Jann Neergaard, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Paul Westlake)
    2. Magnus Holmberg (SWE) Victory Challenge, 11-6, $20,000
    (Crew: Anders Dahlsjò, Lars Linger, Mal Parker, Stefan Rahm)
    3. Peter Gilmour (AUS) PST, 8-6, $15,000
    (Crew: Rod Dawson, Christian Scherrer, Ed Smyth, Yasuhiro Yaji)
    4. Jes Gram-Hansen (DEN) Mascalzone Latino –Capitalia Team, 8-8, $8,000
    (Crew: Matteo Auguadro, Pierluigui Defelice, Rasmus Kostner, Chresten Plinius)
    5. Mathieu Richard (FRA) Saba Sailing Team, 8-7, $7,000
    (Crew: Greg Evrard, Olivier Herledant, Jean-Philippe Saliou, Yannick Simon)
    6. Chris Law (GBR) The Outlaws, 6-8, $6,000
    (Crew: Matt Cornwell, Charles Nankin, Piotr Przybylski, Henrik Walderyd)
    7. Thierry Peponnet (FRA) Areva Challenge, 6-4, $5,000
    (Crew: Tanguy Cariou, Benoit Briand, Hervé Cunningham, Thierry Douillard)
    8. Staffan Lindberg (FIN) Alandia Sailing Team, 3-6, $4,000
    (Crew; Nils Bjerkas, Niklas Carlzon, Carl-Johan Skoterstan, Daniel Wallberg)

    DANISH OPEN 2006
    Final Standings (Aug. 13, 2006)
    Prize Purse: DKK375,000 (approx. $63,900)
    Skipper (Country) Team, Record, Prize Money*
    1. Sébastian Col (FRA) Areva Challenge, 12-6, DKK112,500 (approx. $19,000)
    (Crew: Christophe André, Jean-Francois Cuzon, Gilles Favennec, Teva Plichart)
    2. Jesper Bank (DEN) United Internet Team Germany, 14-4, DKK75,000 (approx. $12,700)
    (Crew: Henrik Blakskjaer, Thomas Jacobsen, Matti Paschen, Jan Schoepe)
    3. Jes Gram-Hansen (DEN) Mascalzone Latino – Capitalia, 10-6, DKK56,250 (approx. $9,500)
    (Crew: Rasmus Kostner, Chris Pedersen, Chresten Plinius, Frederik Sparvath)
    4. Staffan Lindberg (FIN) Alandia Sailing Team, 9-7, DKK45,000 (approx. $7,600)
    (Crew: Nils Bjerkås, Niklas Carlzon, Martin Krite, Daniel Wallberg)
    5. Ian Williams (GBR) Williams Sail Racing, 8-6, DKK33,700 (approx. $5,700)
    (Crew: Morten Henriksen, Mark Nichols, Simon Shaw, Mark Williams)
    6. Björn Hansen (SWE) Team Apport.net, 7-7, DKK16,800 (approx. $2,800)
    (Crew: Mathia Bredin, Oskar Ljung, Johan Qviberg, Anton Wester)
    7. Sten Mohr (DEN) BMW ORACLE Racing, 6-6, DKK16,875 (approx. $2,800)
    (Crew: Haydon Goodrick, Tony Kolb, Kasper Helweg Larsen, Jan Neergaard)
    8. Peter Wibroe (DEN) Team Wibroe, 4-8, DKK13,125 (approx. $2,200)
    (Crew: Joachim Carlsen, Phillip Guhle, Kristoffer Olesen, Jeppe Rasmussen)
    9. Dorte O. Jensen (DEN) Team Sjælsø Gruppen, 4-7
    (Crew: Jeppe Blak, Niels Gramkov, Thomas Hartvig, Henning Lambertsen)
    10. Simon Minoprio (NZL) Vision Yachting, 3-8
    (Crew: Willie Beavis, Charlie Carter, Luke Cross, Stew Gray)
    11. Mathieu Richard (FRA) Saba Sailing Team, 3-8
    (Crew: Greg Evrard, Olivier Herledant, Philippe Saliou, Yannick Simon)
    12. Mads Ebler (DEN), 2-9
    (Crew: George Bry, Niels Kinch, Roar Teglers, Søren Tønder)
    (1DKK=0.170414 USD on Aug. 13, 2006)

    ST. MORITZ MATCH RACE 2006
    Final Standings (Aug. 20, 2006)
    Prize Purse: SFr 150,000 (approx. $121,000)
    Skipper (Country) Team, Record, Prize Money*
    1. Paolo Cian (ITA) Team Viano Mercedes Benz, 13-6, SFr32,000 (approx. $25,000)
    (Crew: Pierluigi Fornelli, Nello Pavoni)
    2. Ed Baird (USA) Alinghi, 10-5, SFr22,000 (approx. $17,800)
    (Crew: Nils Frei, Mike Drummond)
    3. Mark Mendelblatt (USA) Team Kaenon, 9-5, SFr18,000 (approx. $14,500)
    (Crew: Cameron Dunn, Ed Smyth)
    4. Jochen Schuemann (GER) Alinghi, 8-5, SFr15,000 (approx. $12,100)
    (Crew: Claudio Celon, Peter Evans)
    5. Ian Ainslie (RSA) Team Shosholoza, 8-8, SFr13,000 (approx. $10,500)
    (Crew: Gian Matta, Alex Runciman)
    6. Peter Holmberg (ISV) Alinghi, 8-3, SFr11,000 (approx. $8,900)
    (Crew: Yves Detrey, Julien DiBiase)
    7. Eric Monnin (SUI) Team SailCom.ch, 6-4, SFr9,500 (approx. $7,600)
    (Crew: Jean-Claude Monnin, Marc Monnin)
    8. Sébastian Col (FRA) Areva Challenge, 3-7, SFr8,500 (approx. $6,800)
    (Crew: Christophé Andre, Jean-Francois Cruzon)
    9. Peter Gilmour (AUS) PST, 3-8, SFr6,000 (approx. $4,800)
    (Crew: David Gilmour, Graeme Spence)
    10. Ian Williams (GBR) Williams Sail Racing, 6-5, SFr5,000 (approx. $4,000)
    (Crew: Mark Nichols, Mark Williams)
    11. Philippe Presti (FRA) Luna Rossa Challenge, 6-7, SFr4,000 (approx. $3,200)
    (Crew: Stephane Christidis, Thomas Deplanque)
    12. Flavio Favini (ITA) Mascalzone Latino – Capitalia, 3-8, SFr3,000 (approx. $2,400)
    (Crew: Daniele De Luca, Flavio Grassi)
    13. Wearn Haw Tan (SIN) China Team, 2-6, SFr2,000 (approx. $1,600)
    (Crew: Charles Lim, Olivier Vigoureux)
    14. Arnaud Psarofaghis (SUI) Team Psaro, 0-8, SFr1,000 (approx. $800)
    (Crew: Cédric Schmidt, Loic Fuhrer)
    (1SFr = 0.811425USD on 8/20/06)

    KING EDWARD VII GOLD CUP 2006
    Final Standings (Oct. 15, 2006)
    Prize Purse: $50,000
    Skipper (Country) Team, Record, Prize Money
    1. Ian Williams (GBR) Williams Sail Racing, 13-6, $25,000
    (Crew: Bill Hardesty, Gerry Mitchell, Mark Nichols)
    2. Mathieu Richard (FRA) Saba Sailing Team, 13-4, $10,000
    (Crew: Greg Evrard, Olivier Herledant, Yannick Simon)
    3. Blythe Walker (BER), 10-10, $5,000
    (Crew: Adam Barboza, Carola Cooper, Somers Kempe)
    4. Eric Monnin (SUI) Team Monnin, 9-11, $3,500
    (Crew: Simon Brugger, Fabien Froesch, Alain Marchand, Marc Monnin)
    5. James Spithill (AUS) Luna Rossa Challenge, 10-4, $2,750
    (Crew: Magnus Augustson, Torben Grael, Christian Kamp)
    6. Björn Hansen (SWE) Team Apport.net, 8-6, $2,000
    (Crew: Martin Angsell, Pontus Meijer, Johan Tempelman)
    7. Staffan Lindberg (FIN) Alandia Sailing Team, 8-6, $1,250
    (Crew: Nils Bjerkas, Robert Skarp, Carl-Johan Uckelstam)
    8. Chris Law (GBR) The Outlaws, 5-7, $500
    (Crew: Karl Anderson, Mark Ivey, Scott Norris)

    ALLIANZ CUP PRESENTED BY ORACLE 2006
    Final Standings (Oct. 29, 2006)
    Prize Purse: $100,000
    Skipper (Country) Team, Record, Prize Money
    1. Ben Ainslie (GBR) Emirates Team New Zealand, 14-5, $25,000
    (Crew: James Dagg, Terry Hutchinson, Jeremy Lomas, Tony Rae)
    2. Ed Baird (USA) Alinghi, 13-5, $15,000
    (Crew: Mike Drummond, Nils Frei, Piet Van Nieuwenhuyzen, Craig Satterthwaite)
    3. Jesper Bank (DEN) United Internet Team Germany, 10-7, $14,000
    (Crew: Henrik Blaksjaer, Thomas Jacobsen, Mike Mottl, Jan Schoepe)
    4. Ian Williams (GBR) Team Pindar, $11,000
    (Crew: Bill Hardesty, Gerry Mitchell, Chresten Plinius, Mark Williams)
    5. Paolo Cian (ITA) Team Viano Mercedes Benz – Shosholoza, 9-4, $9,500
    (Crew: Ian Ainslie, Nando Colaninno, Pierluigi Fornelli, Nello Pavoni)
    6. Peter Gilmour (AUS) PST, 6-7, $9,000
    (Crew: Bill Colombo, Keith Love, Sean Svendsen, Yasuhiro Yaji)
    7. Chris Dickson (NZL) BMW ORACLE Racing, 6-7, $8,500
    (Crew: Zach Hurst, Jann Neegaard, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Paul Westlake)
    8. Peter Holmberg (ISV) Alinghi, 7-7, $8,000
    (Crew: Rodney Ardern, Curtis Blewett, Peter Evans, Lorenzo Mazza)

    MONSOON CUP 2006
    Final Standings (Dec. 3, 2006)
    Prize Purse: MYR 1,000,000 (approximately $278,000)
    Skipper (Country) Team, Record, Prize Money*
    1. Peter Holmberg (ISV) Alinghi, 14-9, MYR250,000 (approx. $69,500)
    (Crew: Rodney Ardern, Lorenzo Mazza, Dean Phipps, Piet van Nieuwenhuyzen)
    2. Mathieu Richard (FRA) Saba Sailing Team, 14-10, MYR150,000 (approx. $41,700)
    (Crew: Thierry Briend, Greg Evrard, Olivier Herledant, Yannick Simon)
    3. Ian Williams (GBR) Team Pindar, 15-5, MYR100,00 (approx. $27,800)
    (Crew: Bill Hardesty, Mark Nicholls, Simon Shaw, Mark Williams)
    4. Peter Gilmour (AUS) PST, 11-6, MYR90,000 (approx. $25,000)
    (Crew: Rick Brent, Christian Scherrer, Graeme Spence, Yasuhiro Yaji)
    5. Jesper Bank (DEN) United Internet Team Germany, 9-6, MYR80,000 (approx. $22,200)
    (Crew: Henrik Blaksjaer, Thomas Jacobsen, Mike Mottl, Jan Schoepe)
    6. Björn Hansen (SWE) Team Apport.net, 9-7, MYR70,000 (approx. $19,400)
    (Crew: Martin Berntsson, Kalle Kjerstadius, Staffan Lindberg, Magnus Woxen)
    7. Paolo Cian (ITA) Team Shosholoza, 6-8, MYR60,000 (approx. $16,600)
    (Crew: Ian Ainslie, Fernando Colaninno, Pierluigi Fornelli, David Rae)
    8. Sébastien Col (FRA) Areva Challenge, 6-8, MYR56,000 (approx. $15,500)
    (Crew: Christophe Andre, Benoit Briand, Gilles Favennec, Thierry Peponnet)
    9. James Spithill (AUS) Luna Rossa Challenge, 5-6, MYR46,000 (approx. $12,800)
    (Crew: Magnus Augustson, Torben Grael, Michele Ivaldi, Joe Newton)
    10. Adam Minoprio (NZL) Black Match Racing, 2-9, MYR40,000 (approx. $11,100)
    (Crew: Nick Blackman, Tom Powrie, Josh Puckey, Dave Swete)
    11. Wearn Haw Tan (SIN) China Team, 2-9 MYR30,000 (approx. $8,300)
    (Crew: Thierry Barot, Xavier Husson, Yurii Siegel, Zhang Wenpei)
    12. Tiffany Koo (MAL) Team Selangor Gapurna, 1-10, MYR28,000 (approx. $7,700)
    (Crew: Rolf Heemskerk, Jeremy Koo, Ong Khong Sing, Looi Sing Yew)
    (*1MYR = 0.278296 USD on Dec. 3, 2006)

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