The 5th Busan Cup International Womens Match Race will be held on the 23rd to 28th of October in Haeundae, Busan, the Republic of Korea. Twelve teams from twelve countries will compete in this prestigious event - the only ISAF Grade 1 Womens Match Race event in Asia. The field is rich with talent - Six of the this years teams competed in the 2012 Olympic Womens Match Racing event in Weymouth including the Gold Medal team from Spain (Tamara Echegoyen, Angela Pumariega, and Sofia Toro). Although last years Busan Cup champion, Camilla Ulrikkeholm (DEN), is not here to defend her title, the 2010 winner (Claire Leroy - FRA) and 2009 winner (Lucy Macgregor - GBR) are here to fight it out.
Racing begins on Wednesday 24 October and continues through Sunday 28 October in the waters off Haeundae with activities planned on shore throughout the event. The twelve teams will compete in a round robin series followed knock out quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals to determine the champion and who will take home the coveted trophy and the winners share of the rich prize pool.
This event could well be a preview of the 2013 ISAF Womens Match Racing World Championship which will be held at this same venue in these same boats in June 2013.
Information will be posted live:
Twitter: @BusanMatch
Event website: www.busanmatch.com
Facebook: www.wimra.org
Teams Competing:
1 Lucy MACGREGOR - Emilie Sauven, Annie Lush, Libby Greenhalgh, Kate Macgregor - (GBR)
2 Claire LEROY - Morgane Gautier, Julie Gerecht, Claire Pruvot, Marie Riou - (FRA)
3 Tamara ECHEGOYEN - Sofia Basterra, Esperanza Barreras, Angela Pumariega, Sofia Toro - (ESP)
4 Ekaterina SKUDINA - Silke Hahlbrock, Irina Lotsmanova, Vera Dubina, Elena Syuzeva - (RUS)
5 Renee GROENEVELD - Froukje Feenstra, Brechtje van der Werf, Floortje Hendriksen, Annemieke Bes - (NED)
6 Alexa BEZEL - Laurane Mettraux, Nicole Bolliger, Elodie Mettraux, Corinne Meyer - (SUI)
7 Anna KJELLBERG - Astrid Gabriellson, Annika Carlunger, Vanja Lundberg, Lotta Harrysson - (SWE)
8 Ru WANG - Cai Liping, Wang XiaoLi, Pan Tingting, Li Xiaoni - (CHN)
9 Katarzyna TYLINSKA - Joanna Sowa, Aleksandra Tulodziecka, Karolina Skomaska, Zofia Truchanowicz - (POL)
10 Maiko SATO - Chie Takeuchi, Yuka Kawahara, M.Matsuishi, Y.Shozak - (JPN)
11 Guilia CONTI - Francesca Clapcich, Cecilia Carranza Saroli, Elena Orioli, Lisa Lardani - (ITA)
12 Sung-eun CHOI - Yun-hee Jung, Moon-mi Kim, Dasom Park, Da-eun Yang - (KOR)
For more information, please visit the event website: www.busanmatch.com