2007 America's Cup
Alinghi (left) and Emirates Team New Zealand (right) in race one
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Defender  Switzerland
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| Defender club: |
Société Nautique de Genève 
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| Yacht: | SUI-100 |
Challenger  New Zealand
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| Challenger club: |
Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron 
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| Yacht: | NZL-92 |
| Competition | |
| Location: | Port America's Cup, Valencia, Spain |
| 39°28′N 0°18.5′W / 39.467°N 0.3083°WCoordinates: 39°28′N 0°18.5′W / 39.467°N 0.3083°W | |
| Dates: | 25 April – 3 July 2007 |
| Rule: | International America's Cup Class |
| Winner: | Société Nautique de Genève |
| Score: | 5–2 |
The 2007 America's Cup was the thirty-second challenge for the America's Cup and was won by Alinghi in the 7th race. The Cup is the most famous and most prestigious regatta and Match Race in the sport of sailing.
As per the Deed of Gift of the America's Cup the yacht club that holds the Cup is the one that chooses the location for the next challenge to take place. Alinghi, the syndicate representing the Société Nautique de Genève, the winners of the thirty-first edition, are based in Switzerland which is a landlocked country, so Alinghi put the hosting rights out to a competitive bid process. During a preliminary selection the bids of Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Porto Cervo and Elba were eliminated. The four finalists were Cascais (near Lisbon), Marseille, Naples (ITA) and Valencia. On November 27, 2003 it was announced that the venue would be Valencia, Spain. A new building, Veles e Vents designed by David Chipperfield, was built in the harbour of Valencia to house the central base for all the America's Cup teams.
By winning the 32nd America's Cup, Alinghi changed what seemed to have become a tradition: that the winner of race three goes on to win the match. Emirates Team New Zealand, despite winning the third heat, was not able to capture the Cup. The score of the 32nd America's Cup has also differentiated the match from previous editions. The past three America's Cups – 1995, 2000 and 2003 – were all sweeps, with the victorious boat taking all races.
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