SSL Gold Cup

THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP... IN SAILING

QUALIFYING SERIES | MAY-JULY 2022 | Switzerland

FINAL SERIES | NOV-DEC 2023 | Spain

Events

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QS ROUND 1

Group 1

19-22 May 2022

Grandson

SWITZERLAND

Participants

ANT

TAH

BER

PUR

Points

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QS ROUND 1

Group 2

19-22 May 2022

Grandson

SWITZERLAND

Participants

EST

IRL

SRB

BEL

Points

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QS ROUND 2

Group 3

01-03 Jun 2022

Grandson

SWITZERLAND

Participants

SLO

LTU

ECU

Points

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QS ROUND 3

Group 4

07-12 Jun 2022

Grandson

SWITZERLAND

Participants

POR

CZE

BUL

TUR

Points

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QS ROUND 3

Group 5

07-12 Jun 2022

Grandson

SWITZERLAND

Participants

PER

CHI

URU

VEN

Points

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QS ROUND 4

Group 6

30 Jun-02 Jul 2022

Grandson

SWITZERLAND

Participants

OMA

CUB

GUA

MEX

Points

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QS ROUND 5

Group 7

14-17 Jul 2022

Grandson

SWITZERLAND

Participants

RSA

MAS

IND

Points

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QS ROUND 5

Group 8

14-17 Jul 2022

Grandson

SWITZERLAND

Participants

UKR

THA

SGP

KOR

Points

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1/32 FINALS

Group 1

10-13 Nov 2023

Gran Canaria

SPAIN

Participants

TAH

SLO

BUL

PER

Points

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1/32 FINALS

Group 2

10-13 Nov 2023

Gran Canaria

SPAIN

Participants

POR

EST

CHI

CUB

Points

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1/32 FINALS

Group 3

10-13 Nov 2023

Gran Canaria

SPAIN

Participants

MAS

BER

ANT

UKR

Points

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1/32 FINALS

Group 4

10-13 Nov 2023

Gran Canaria

SPAIN

Participants

LTU

RSA

CZE

OMA

Points

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1/16 FINALS

Group 1

16-19 Nov 2023

Gran Canaria

SPAIN

Participants

AUT

CHI

MAS

EST

Points

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1/16 FINALS

Group 2

16-19 Nov 2023

Gran Canaria

SPAIN

Participants

HUN

TAH

FIN

BER

Points

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1/16 FINALS

Group 3

16-19 Nov 2023

Gran Canaria

SPAIN

Participants

POR

RSA

ANT

CRO

Points

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1/16 FINALS

Group 4

16-19 Nov 2023

Gran Canaria

SPAIN

Participants

SLO

LTU

CAN

JPN

Points

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1/8 FINALS

Group 1

21-24 Nov 2023

Gran Canaria

SPAIN

Participants

MAS

HUN

ARG

USA

Points

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1/8 FINALS

Group 2

21-24 Nov 2023

Gran Canaria

SPAIN

Participants

LTU

BRA

TAH

POL

Points

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1/8 FINALS

Group 3

21-24 Nov 2023

Gran Canaria

SPAIN

Participants

ANT

SUI

RSA

NOR

Points

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1/8 FINALS

Group 4

21-24 Nov 2023

Gran Canaria

SPAIN

Participants

POR

SWE

FRA

SLO

Points

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1/4 FINALS

Group 1

27 Nov 2023-30 Nov 2022

Gran Canaria

SPAIN

Participants

GBR

FRA

MAS

DEN

Points

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1/4 FINALS

Group 2

27 Nov 2023-30 Nov 2022

Gran Canaria

SPAIN

Participants

HUN

GER

NED

CHI

Points

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1/4 FINALS

Group 3

27 Nov 2023-30 Nov 2022

Gran Canaria

SPAIN

Participants

BRA

AUS

POR

NZL

Points

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1/4 FINALS

Group 4

27 Nov 2023-30 Nov 2022

Gran Canaria

SPAIN

Participants

ESP

ITA

SUI

LTU

Points

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1/2 FINALS

Group 1

02 Dec 2023

Gran Canaria

SPAIN

Participants

ITA

NED

GBR

BRA

Points

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1/2 FINALS

Group 2

02 Dec 2023

Gran Canaria

SPAIN

Participants

ESP

HUN

NZL

FRA

Points

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FINAL

Group 1

03 Dec 2023

Gran Canaria

SPAIN

Participants

HUN

ITA

NED

ESP

Points

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Sailing has its own World Cup, finally! Like football in 1930 and rugby in 1987, the SSL Gold Cup is designed to crown the best sailing nation of all! The World Top 56 countries, selected on their SSL Nation ranking, will battle their way through to raise the coveted and only Sailing World Cup trophy. The SSL Gold Cup will start on May 19th with the Qualifying Series in Grandson, Lake Neuchatel (Switzerland). All teams ranked from the Top 25 to 56 in the January 2022 SSL Nations ranking will meet in 8 groups of 4 teams each. There will be 5 sessions of the Qualifying Series running from May 19th to July 17th. After 3 to 4 days of racing, only the top two teams of each group will go through to the Final Series that will take place in Bahrain from October 28th to November 20th, 2022, to defend their national colors.

Participants

GROUPING

The SSL GOLD CUP is a thrilling elimination series that leads to the supreme title. This innovative format enhances the tradition of sailing competitions and aims to crown the Top Sailing. Nation at the end of breath-taking and easy-to-understand single race Grand Final. The format was designed by the athletes in 2012 and subsequently tested at the inaugural SSL Finals in Nassau in 2013. Since then, it has been used every year at major SSL events and has found its definitive format thanks to improvements suggested by top athletes including Ian Williams,Torben Grael and Robert Scheidt.

As in tennis tournaments and the football Champions League, the lowest ranked participants in the SSL Nations Ranking will start the competition first.

QUALIFYING SERIES / NATIONS RANKED 25-56 IN SSL RANKING HAS TO PARTICIPATE
5 ROUNDS 4 nations in each of the 8 groups. Top two teams from each group are qualified.

FINAL SERIES / TOP 24 NATIONS IN SSL RANKING + 16 FROM QUALIFYING SERIES
1/32 FINALS Top 16 nations from Qualifying Series
1/16 FINALS 8 nations from 17-24 positions in SSL Ranking + 8 teams from 1/32 Finals
1/8 FINALS 8 nations from 9-16 positions in SSL Ranking + 8 teams from 1/16 Finals
1/4 FINALS 8 nations from 1-8 positions in SSL Ranking + 8 teams from 1/8 Finals
1/2 FINALS Top 8 nations from 1/4 Finals
FINAL Top 4 nations from 1⁄2 Finals

QUALIFYING SERIES