Esailing Team World Championship
ESports tournament
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The Esailing Team World Championship also known as the Esailing Nations' Cup is an annual esports competition, first held in 2020 and officially recognised by World Sailing the main sports governing body.
| Year | Finals Location | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Discipline | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Virtual | - | Team Fleet Racing | [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] | ||
| 2021 | Virtual | [8][9][10][11][12][13] | ||||
| 2022 | Virtual | [14] | ||||
| 2023 | Virtual | [15] | ||||
| 2024 | Virtual | [16] | ||||
| 2025 | Virtual | [17] |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Established | 2020 |
Number of tournaments | Annual |
| Administrator | World Sailing |
Tournament format | brackets |
| Host | World Sailing |
| Venue | virtual |
| Website | www |
| Current champion | |
| France | |
Teams are composed by National sailing federation and must contains male and female players, as well as at least one U21 player.[18][19][20][21] [22][23]
Nations Cup 2020
Participating teams
13 teams participated in the 2020 nations cup. A fleet seeding round allowed to populate a bracket tournament which ran over the months of September to November 2020.[24][25][26]
Great Britain (GBR),
Spain (ESP),
Japan (JPN),
France (FRA),
Ireland (IRL),
Sweden (SWE),
Denmark (DEN),
Poland (POL),
Switzerland (SUI),
Germany (GER),
Italy (ITA),
The netherlands (NED),
Russia (RUS)
winning team: Great Britain
| Name |
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Championship final table
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Nations Cup 2021
Participating teams
15 teams participated in the 2021 nations cup. A fleet seeding round allowed to populate a bracket tournament which ran over the months of September to November 2021.[28][29][30][31][32]
Great Britain (GBR),
Spain (ESP),
Japan (JPN),
France (FRA),
Ireland (IRL),
Sweden (SWE),
Denmark (DEN),
Poland (POL),
Switzerland (SUI),
Germany (GER),
Italy (ITA),
The netherlands (NED),
Russia (RUS),
Oman (OMA),
Turkey (TUR)
Winning team: France
| Name |
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Championship final table
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 8 | Third place | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 8 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Nations Cup 2022
Participating teams
15 teams participated in the 2022 nations cup. Teams have been first been split in 4 Groups of 4 for a Round Robin phase. Each first and second of each group qualified to populate a bracket tournament that ran over the month of November & December 2022.
Great Britain (GBR),
Spain (ESP),
Japan (JPN),
France (FRA),
New Zelande (NZL),
Sweden (SWE),
Denmark (DEN),
Poland (POL),
Switzerland (SUI),
Germany (GER),
Italy (ITA),
The netherlands (NED),
Australia (AUS),
Brasil (BRA),
Turkey (TUR)
Winning team: France
| Name |
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Championship final table
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||
| 1st GrA | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 2nd GrC | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 1st GrD | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 2nd GrB | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 1st GrB | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 2nd GrD | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Third place | |||||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 1st GrC | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2nd GrA | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||
Nations Cup 2023
Participating teams
8 teams have been participating in the 2023 nations cup. Teams have been first been split in 2 Groups of 4 for a Round Robin phase.
Japan (JPN),
France (FRA),
Sweden (SWE),
Poland (POL),
Switzerland (SUI),
Germany (GER),
Italy (ITA),
Turkey (TUR)
First and second of each group then seeded a bracket tournament that ran in December 2023, with the final taking place on 17th of December.
France (FRA) and
Japan (JPN) qualified from group A.
Italy (ITA) and
Poland (POL) from group B.
Championship final table
| Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||
| 1st Grp A | 6 | ||||||||
| 2nd Grp B | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||
| 1st Grp B | 5 | ||||||||
| 2nd Grp A | 4 | Third place | |||||||
| 4 | |||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||
Winning team: Italia
| Name |
|---|
Nations Cup 2024
Participating teams
7 teams have been participating in the 2024 nations cup. Teams have first meet in a round Robin phase.
Japan (JPN),
France (FRA),
Sweden (SWE),
Poland (POL),
Switzerland (SUI),
Germany (GER),
Italy (ITA)
The round roobin results of the teams allowed to seed the nation's cup knockout table. Quarter finals were held in december 2025 while semi were held in january 2025 with bronze finale and finale taking place on 25 and 26th of january 2025.
Championship final table
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Third place | |||||||||||||
| 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | 9 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
Winning team: France
| Name |
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Nations Cup 2025
Participating teams
8 teams are participating in the 2025 nations cup. Teams have first been split in 2 Groups of 4 for a Round Robin phase.
Group A : [44]
Italy (ITA) 11 pts
Sweden (SWE) 10 pts
Germany (GER) 5 pts
Hungary (HUN) 4 pts
Group B : [45]
Japan (JPN) 11 pts
France (FRA) 10 pts
Poland (POL) 5 pts
Switzerland (SUI) 4 pts
The round robin were run on December 2025. and results allowed to seed the full nations cup knockout table.
The knockout table games has been run over the month of January 2026 and grand final held on 1 February 2026 with Japan winning its first nations's cup.[46] [47]
Championship final table
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Third place | |||||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||
Winning team: Japan
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