The 29th
America's Cup
The America's Cup is a sailing competition and the oldest international competition still operating in any sport. America's Cup match races are held between two sailing yachts: one from the yacht club that currently holds the trophy (known ...
was contested between the winner of the
1995 Citizen Cup
The 1995 Citizen Cup was the defender selection series regatta for the 1995 America's Cup, held in the United States. Three defense syndicates (featuring four IACC yachts) competed over four Round-robin tournament, round robins and a semi-finals ...
,
Team Stars & Stripes, which switched to the yacht
''Young America'' (USA 36) for the competition, and the winner of the
1995 Louis Vuitton Cup,
Team New Zealand
Team New Zealand or TNZ is a Sailing (sport), sailing team based in Auckland, New Zealand, representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. The team has been branded as Emirates (airline), Emirates Team New Zealand at America's Cup competiti ...
, with the yacht
''Black Magic'' (NZL 32). New Zealand swept all five races to take the cup away from the US for only the second time in 144 years. For the first time since 1930, the format changed to a best-of-nine series, which remained through 2007.
Races
Crew
Team New Zealand
Team Stars & Stripes
References
ultimatesail.com
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1995
1995 was designated as:
* United Nations Year for Tolerance
* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...
America's Cup, 1995
Sports competitions in San Diego
1990s in San Diego
1995 in American sports