SUMMARY: Louis Vuitton Cup semifinals

Semifinals (4 boats, best of 7 races):

Monday Dec 9 - Monday Dec 16 2002

Alinghi SUI-64 v Oracle BMW USA-76

1. Alinghi bt Oracle BMW (Dec 10, 2002)

2. Alinghi bt Oracle BMW (Dec 11, 2002)

3. Alinghi bt Oracle BMW (Dec 12, 2002)

4. Alinghi bt Oracle BMW (Dec 16, 2002 - short course)

Alinghi advances to Louis Vuitton Cup final.

Oracle BMW goes to semifinal repechage.

Prada ITA-74 v OneWorld USA-67

OneWorld started with a 1-point penalty so needed to win 5 races of the "best-of-seven" series.

1. OneWorld bt Prada (Dec 10, 2002)

2. Prada bt OneWorld (Dec 11, 2002)

3. OneWorld bt Prada (Dec 12, 2002)

4. OneWorld bt Prada (Dec 16, 2002 - short course)

5. OneWorld bt Prada (Dec 16, 2002 - short course)

6. Prada bt OneWorld (Dec 17, 2002 - short course)

The series ended after six races as all race days on the schedule had been used. OneWorld won the series 3-2.

OneWorld advances to the Semifinal Repechage.

Prada eliminated.

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