Event title: Latium Match Cup
Host club: Fiumicino Yacht Club
Location: Rome, Italy
Dates: September 23-28, 2008
Prize purse: $260,000.00 (approximately €210,000.00)
Event Web site: Latium Match Cup Boat: Solaris 36
Summary The Latium Match Cup, named after the central Lazio region of Italy (Latium is the Latin term for the region) will take place from 11-16 September in Fiumicino, approximately 26km west of the city of Rome.
The Latium Cup is being organised by the ‘Civitavela Organising Committee’, in partnership with Circolo Velico Fiumicino, the Regional Government of Latium, the Municipality and Provincial Government of Fiumicino, the Provincial Government of Rome, CNL-Consorzio Nautico del Lazio Spa, and APOF – Associazioni Operatori Porto Fiumicino. The CivitaVela Sail Show 2007 will take place in the Fiumicino darsena with a 50,000 square-metre exhibition area to be fully dedicated to sailing over the 6 day event.