American match racing star Chris Poole and his Riptide Racing team reclaimed the GKSS Match Cup Sweden title on Saturday, while France’s Pauline Courtois / Match in Pink successfully defended the Nordea Women’s Trophy.
Poole and his Riptide Racing crew of Adam Minoprio, Mal Parker and Luke Payne defeated local favourite Sweden’s Oscar Engström and Liros Racing 3-1 to lift the Match Cup Sweden trophy for the second time, adding the 2026 title to the crown they first won in 2024.
For Engström, the runner-up finish caps the strongest performance of his career in Marstrand. The Swedish skipper topping the round robin standings to earn direct passage to the semifinals before defeating fellow Swede Johnie Berntsson to reach his first GKSS Match Cup Sweden final.
In the Nordea Women’s Trophy running parallel with the Match Cup, the final produced another outstanding match as Pauline Courtois and her Match in Pink crew of Maëlenn Lemaitre, Laurane Mettraux and Théa Khelif successfully defended the title with a 3-1 victory over Sweden’s Martina Carlsson and Beyond Racing.
The battle for third place went to another Swedish crew, with former champion Anna Östling and WINGS Sailing defeating Denmark’s Lea Richter Vogelius and WOW Racing 2-0.
The 2026 GKSS Match Cup Sweden and Nordea Women’s Trophy this year celebrating its 32nd edition are official stages of the World Match Racing Tour and Women’s World Match Racing Tour.
The World Match Racing Tour now moves to Porninchet in France at the end of the month followed by the US Grand Slam events in Chicago, Detroit and New York.
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