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Imperial win the Global MBA Trophy 2025

13 May 2025

Global MBA Trophy 2025 © Nikos Alevromytis

Imperial college Business School lifted the Global MBA Trophy aloft in Piraeus, Greece after two days of hard- fought racing. They beat 2024’s winners, SDA Bocconi into second place and 2023’s winners , POLIMI GSoM into third, scoring two wins, two second places and a third place. Racing was in Platu 25 sports boats. The event was presented in partnership with Mastercard by London Business School Alumni Sailing Club and the Yacht Club of Greece.

Bocconi stay consistent to lift the Global MBA Trophy 2024

23 April 2024

The crew from SDA Bocconi won the 2024 Global MBA Trophy over a 4- race day sailed out of Microlimano harbour in Piraeus, Greece on the 13th April. The crew, led by Gianpiero Menza came home in 4th, 2nd, 3rd and 1st, to win the trophy by 3 points. There were 12 teams racing in the “A” division of the regatta, from 9 business schools.

Global MBA Trophy announces competitor list

14 January 2024

Global MBA Trophy 2023 ©Nikos Alevromytis

London Business School, organisers of the 18th Global MBA Trophy in Piraeus, Athens, Greece in April 2024 have announced a preliminary list of participants.

The event website is Globalmbatrophy.com

Early Bird sign- up ends on 31 January. Also, after that date, the regatta will accept second entries from individual schools for division A spots.

In the Platu 25 Class, Division A, competing for the Global MBA Trophy and ranking in the MBA Sailing League, the following teams have signed up:

Cambridge Judge
IE
Imperial
London Business School
Oxford Said
POLIMI GSoM
WHU

MIP Win the Global MBA Trophy 2022

20 April 2022

Global MBA Trophy 2022 ©Nikos Alevromytis/www.alen.gr

The Global MBA Trophy returned after the Pandemic, back to its long- term home of Piraeus, Greece on the 7-10 April 2022. After a 2 year hiatus due to COVID and a 3 year gap since it was last held in Greece in 2018, normal service was resumed with Ugo Alvazzi del Frate’s MIP team winning the third regatta in a row in these waters.

London Business School Stay top of the league

14 June 2013

Despite INSEAD’s win at the ABC regatta, London Business School’s second place keeps them at the top of the 2013 league, albeit with only 1 point seperating them from INSEAD.

The League table for 2013 only contains results from two regattas so far: the Global MBA Trophy and the Alumni Business Cup.

Kellogg/WHU, who were part of the “MBA Fastnet” team at the ABC, drop one place to third. AUEB also part of that team drop to fourth. HEC’s third place at the regatta means they come into the league in 5th place, level with Warwick, who missed the action in Marseille.

School	LBS GMT Athens	ABC Marseille	TOTAL	Position	Number of Regattas	change
LBS	1	2	3	1	2	=
Insead	3	1	4	2	2	+1
Kellogg/WHU	2	6	8	3	2	-1
AUEB	3	6	9	4	2	=
HEC/ Trium	8	3	11	5=	1	+3
Warwick	4	7	11	5=	1	-1
Rotterdam	6	6	12	7	2	-1
Columbia	8	6	14	8=	1	=
IE	7	7	14	8=	1	-1

London Consolidate on top of the rankings

12 May 2013

London Business School’s first place in the Global MBA trophy means that they consolidate their place at the top of the MBA Sailing rankings, with their lead growing to 8 points over INSEAD.

Second Place in Athens’ Kellogg/WHU climb 3 places in the rankings to 8th. 3rd place INSEAD remain at second, while AUEB re- enter the rankings at 24th.

Bocconi, who missed the Athens regatta this year, while winning in 2012, slip one place to 4th while Cranfield rise to third. Continue reading “London Consolidate on top of the rankings”

London Business School Win in Athens

7 May 2013

249494_10151647074883408_190244245_n — Photo: Tim Williamson

London Business School, helmed by Klaus Rasmussen, won the 2013 Global MBA Trophy on the Faliron Bay, off Microlimano, Piraeus, Greece.

The regatta was sailed in One- design 25ft “Platu” boats, provided by the Platu Class Association of Greece. The boats are normally sailed by their owners or by professional sailors on the match- racing tour, and were challenging and great fun to sail. Continue reading “London Business School Win in Athens”