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 Team New Zealand leading Oracle Racing in the first race | |
Defender  United States | |
|---|---|
| Defender club: | Golden Gate Yacht Club |
| Yacht: | Oracle Team USA 17 |
Challenger  New Zealand | |
| Challenger club: | Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron |
| Yacht: | Aotearoa |
| Competition | |
| Location: | San Francisco, California |
| Dates: | September 2013 |
| Rule: | AC72 |
| Winner: | Golden Gate Yacht Club |
| Score: | 9  8 |
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The 34th America's Cup was a series of yacht races held in San Francisco Bay in September 2013. The series was contested between the defender Oracle Team USA team representing the Golden Gate Yacht Club, and the challenger Emirates Team New Zealand representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.
The format was changed radically to a best of 17, and Oracle Team USA defended the America's Cup by a score of 9 to 8 after Team New Zealand had built an 8 to 1 lead.[1] Team New Zealand won the right to challenge for the Cup by previously winning the 2013 Louis Vuitton Cup. The 34th America's Cup's race schedule was the longest ever, in terms of number of days and number of races, and the first since the 25th America's Cup to feature both teams in a match point situation.
- ^ "Oracle beats New Zealand to keep America's Cup". New Zealand Herald. Sep 26, 2013.