League table – The MBA Global Sailing League

Bocconi are 2025 MBA Sailing League Champions

28 September 2025

Global MBA Trophy 2025 © Nikos Alevromytis

SDA Bocconi’s sailing teams have ended the 2025 season as champions of the MBA Sailing League. Following their victory in Cascais, Portugal, the crew from the Milan- based business school crowned a season where they’ve consistently finished in the top 4 of regattas, scoring 2nd in Greece and Malta and first in Portugal. Bocconi were the defending 2024 champions and retain the MBA Sailing league trophy, which will be presented to them at the Global MBA Trophy regatta in Piraeus in April 2026.

Bocconi stay top after RSM regatta

11 September 2025

SDA Bocconi regained their position at the top of the 2025 MBA Sailing League table after the RSM regatta in Malta with their second place, their lead over second place POLIMI GSoM, who placed 5th in Malta, opening up to 2 points. IE in third place are just 1 point behind POLIMI. Winners in Malta, INSEAD, climb to 6th=, while LBS drop to 5th.

The season will be decided next week in Cascais, Portugal at the IE regatta.

Tight at the top of the league

20 May 2025

POLIMI GSoM sit at the top of the MBA Sailing League after two regattas, but with only 4 points separating first and fifth place, everything is still to play for in 2025.

The POLIMI team have 5 points scoring 3rd at the Global MBA Trophy in Greece and 2nd in the POLIMI regatta in Sardinia. Just behind are SDA Bocconi on 6 points, with a 2nd and a 4th, then LBS with 7 points, IE with 8 and Imperial with 9 points.

Next up is the RSM regatta in Malta in July.

School	LBS GMT, Piraeus	POLIMI GSoM Sardinia	TOTAL	Position	Number of Regattas	change
POLIMI GSoM	3	2	5	1	2	+2
SDA Bocconi	2	4	6	2	2	=
LBS	4	3	7	3	2	+1
IE	7	1	8	4	2	+2
Imperial	1	8	9	5	1	-4
WHU/Kellogg	5	8	13	6	1	-1
Oxford	9	6	15	7	2	+1
RSM	8	8	16	8	1	-1
Insead	10	8	18	9	1	=
Tuck	11	8	19	10	1	=

SDA Bocconi are the 2024 MBA Sailing League Champions

16 October 2024

SDA Bocconi’s triumph in Cascais in the IE regatta means they secure the top spot in the 2024 Global MBA Sailing League. They have won 3 out of this year’s 4 regattas, with LBS winning the one regatta where Bocconi didn’t attend.

The Global MBA Sailing League trophy will be presented to SDA Bocconi at the Global MBA Trophy regatta in Piraeus, Greece, in April next year.

Second place in the league went to LBS, with IE completing the podium.

Bocconi leading the 2024 league

3 August 2024

Bocconi’s close win at the RSM regatta in Valletta, Malta sees them return to the top spot of the 2024 MBA sailing league. They have 2 wins and a 6th, having not competed in Sardinia. LBS, missing the Malta regatta drop to second in the league, just 2 points behind them, while IE are third with their 2nd place, and being an ever- present in the 2024 season.

In the 12 month rankings, LBS stay top, although level on points with IE. Bocconi are third.

The season will see a final showdown in Cascais for the IE regatta in September. All three teams will be there. Bocconi need to finish less than 2 places behind LBS to win the 2024 league.

London Business School take the lead at the season’s half-way point

4 June 2024

With a first in Italy and a second place in Greece, London Business school are topping the MBA Sailing League after the first two events of 2024’s 4- event series. POLIMI sit in second place with a second and a third place. Athens champions, SDA Bocconi, who didn’t make it to Sardinia sit in third.

LBS also move top in the 12- month rankings, which take into account all the regattas since this time last year. IE sit second and POLIMI third.

POLIMI GSoM are the 2023 MBA Sailing League Champions

3 November 2023

Global MBA Trophy 2023 ©Nikos Alevromytis

The final scores are in, and the league table has been calculated… POLIMI GSoM win the 2023 MBA Sailing League by a single point, with IE in second place and LBS in third. Reichman come in fourth, just 4 points behind POLIMI.

POLIMI win the Global MBA Trophy regatta in Pireaus in April, came second at their own regatta in Garda, then missed the ABC regatta in Kiel and the IE regatta in Lanzarote, but held out to win the league.

The MBA Sailing League trophy will be presented at the Global MBA Trophy prizegiving in April 2024.

POLIMI last won the league in 2018. The league has been competed for since 2011.

POLIMI still leading despite Reichman win in Kiel

9 September 2023

POLIMI GSoM, from Milan remain top of the 2023 MBA Sailing league after the ABC regatta in Kiel. Reichman’s win in Germany takes them back up to second place, just 3 points behind. LBS and IE, who missed the ABC regatta, drop back to 3rd equal. The 2023 league table is here.

This means that POLIMI remain topping the 12- month rankings with LBS clinging onto 2nd place. The rankings are here.

Attention now switches to the IE regatta in Lanzarote next month. Both POLIMI ands Reichman are expected to take part, so there’ll be a showdown in the Canaries!

POLIMI consolidate 2023 league position

11 June 2023

POLIMI GSoM’s second place in their own regatta consolidates their position at the top of the MBA Sailing League table for 2023. IE and LBS’s placing in this regatta move them ahead of Reichman, who did not attend. Meanwhile Sapienza Roma climb to 5th place after their win in Garda. The 2023 League table is here.

In the 12- month rankings table, POLIMI switch places with LBS, who won in Capri in 2022, to lead the rankings by 1 point. The rankings table is here.

POLIMI lead the MBA Sailing League 2023

18 May 2023

POLIMI GSoM are the 2023 season’s first leaders after their win at the GLobal MBA Trophy in Pireaus. The table matches that of the LBS- hosted Greek regatta.

London Business School meanwhile top the 12 – month rankings, replacing a 4th place in 2022 with a 6th this year.