1/8 FINALS
G1 - Race 1
11:00
02 December 2026
BRAZIL
Participants
NZL
SUI
R2B1
R2A2
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1/8 FINALS
G1 - Race 2
12:30
03 December 2026
BRAZIL
Participants
NZL
SUI
R2B1
R2A2
Results
1/8 FINALS
G1 - Race 3
14:00
04 December 2026
BRAZIL
Participants
NZL
SUI
R2B1
R2A2
Results
1/8 FINALS
G1 - Race 4
15:30
05 December 2026
BRAZIL
Participants
NZL
SUI
R2B1
R2A2
Results
When a nation without sea surprises all
The home team means business in the SSL Gold Cup, will use all of its local knowledge to be faster than the challengers from abroad, and holds the trophy right in the first edition.
Located in the middle of Europe, Switzerland has a strong tradition in sailing on its various lakes and on the seas of the world. After the Whitbread Round the World Race in the eighties and early nineties, with a win in elapsed time for UBS Switzerland, Swiss sailors are also present in Ocean races like the Vendée Globe, Around Alone, with Bernard Stamm winning in 2002, as well as the Route du Rhum and Transat Jaques Vabre.
The perception of Switzerland as a sailing nation radically changed after Alinghi’s win in the America’s Cup, who went on to successfully defend the Cup in Valencia. Switzerland became the first European country to win the America’s Cup, increasing the popularity of sailing and giving the sailing community a strong boost.
Switzerland is also famous for its technological leadership, with many innovations in sailing having their origin around Lake Geneva, namely sail production technologies like 3DL and 3Di.
Statistics
THE COUNTRY
ACHIEVEMENTS
SSL RANKING
MAIN EVENTS
Not a big number, but not many nations have the honor of winning two America’s Cups in a row.
Eric Monnin
Self made talent and allrounder, the captain of SSL Team Switzerland has climbed up the Match Racing world rankings to become number one, and being twice European champion. After getting into sailing competition on the Surprise yacht of the family, Eric Monnin sailed on many monohull classes, having won the Platu 25 World championship, as well as on the D35 catamaran fleet on Lake Geneva, twice winning the Bol d’Or.
Laurane Mettraux
A member of Switzerland’s SailGP team for the past two years, Laurane Mettraux has over 10 years of sail racing experience at an international level, beginning with the Women’s World Match Racing Tour from 2012 to 2015. Laurane has competed across multiple boat classes during her career, including J70, J80, GC32s and TF35 — and was on board Teamwork, which finished first in the coastal race at the Tour de Bretagne 2021.
Nelson Mettraux
A seasoned Lake Geneva racer, D35 and TF35 specialist, match racer, and former administrator/director of the Centre d’Entraînement à la Régate (CER) in Geneva. Won the Grand Prix of Switzerland (Match Race Switzerland) on Lake Maggiore as skipper of the Geneva Matchrace team and competed as part of high-performance one-design and foiling circuits, including crew roles on the TF35 Trophy (such as Ylliam 17) and the SSL.
Kilian Wagen
Kilian started sailing at the age of 6, in Opti and then Laser 4.7, 420, and finally 470, where he campaigned for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, unfortunately without qualifying. He is currently learning to be a sailmaker, and he is the current J70 World Champion.
Simon Brügger
He grew up in the 420 and 470 and sailed at the Olympics in Sydney and Athens. As a member of the Swiss Match Race Team, he won 3 European titles. Simon is known as an experienced and successful Tactician and trimmer in different classes.
Switzerland has a very strong young generation of sailors, claiming Optimist World Champion titles in 2014 and 2016. The 2018 Finn Junior European, the 2019 World Champion and 2020 European Champion in the Women’s Laser 4.7 and Finn European classes confirmed these results for Maude Jayet and Nils Theuninck. Many youth sailors got the opportunity to prove their talent in the Youth America’s Cup, including a podium finish with Team Tilt. This has been crowned with a 4th place at the Tokyo Olympic Games in the 470 for Linda Fahrni and Maja Siegenthaler.
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Bow
Laurane Mettraux
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Midbow
Axel Grandjean
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Pit
Morgan Lauber
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Grinder
Nelson Mettraux
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Trimmer
Simon Brügger
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Trimmer
Jessica Berthoud
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Main Trimmer
Kilian Wagen
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Helm
Eric Monnin
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Tactician
Matias Bühler
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Captain
Eric Monnin
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Floater
Cyril Schüpbach
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Bow
Laurane Mettraux
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Midbow
Axel Grandjean
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Pit
Morgan Lauber
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Grinder
Nelson Mettraux
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Trimmer
Simon Brügger
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Trimmer
Jessica Berthoud
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Main Trimmer
Kilian Wagen
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Helm
Eric Monnin
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Tactician
Matias Bühler
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Captain
Eric Monnin
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Floater
Cyril Schüpbach
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| Eric Monnin | Simon Brügger |
| Nelson Mettraux | Kilian Wagen |
| Lukas Gerig | Mathieu Ravussin |
| Morgan Lauber | Axel Grandjean |
| Laurane Mettraux | Jessica Berthoud |
| Matias Bühler | Cyril Schüpbach |
| Maxime Bachelin | Arnaud Gavairon |
