Global MBA Trophy – The MBA Global Sailing League

POLIMI win their 4th Global MBA Trophy

8 May 2023

Ugo Alvazzi del Frate and his team from Polimi Graduate School of Management won a close contest at the Global MBA Trophy regatta in Piraeus, Greece on 21- 22 April. The Italian business school team won by one point over 6 races, winning the last three races to edge out newcomers Reichman business school from Israel.

The regatta was raced hard on Friday 21st, with the race committee getting 4 races away, anticipating lighter airs on the Saturday. 11 Platu 25s raced windward- leeward courses on the bay of Faliron, hosted by the Yacht club of Greece from their base in Microlimano harbour.

The MBA Sailing 2023 Racing Calendar

31 March 2023

We’re still waiting for official announcements for the second half of the year’s events, but this is how things are looking as it stands.

(14 April The IESE Spring Games, Barcelona Organised by IESE – does not qualify for the MBA Sailing League)
20 – 23 April 2023: The Global MBA Trophy, Piraeus, Greece. Organised by LBS.
(12 – 14 May 2023: Lisbon MBA Regatta, Lisbon, Portugal. Organised by The Yacht Week – does not qualify for the MBA Sailing League)
18 -21 May 2023: POLIMI Regatta, Lake Garda, Italy. Organised by POLIMI GSoM.
TBC June/July 2023: The RSM Regatta, Porto, Portugal. Organised by RSM
25 -27 August 2023: The Alumni Business Cup, Kiel Germany. Organised by WHU
TBC September 2023: The MBAs Cup, TBC, Italy. Organised by SDA Bocconi.
TBC October 2023: The Halloween Regatta, Lanzarote. Organised by IE

Global MBA Trophy announces 2023 dates

24 May 2022

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

London Business School Alumni Sailing Club and the Yacht Club of Greece have announced the dates of the 2023 Global MBA Trophy regatta: Thursday 20th April – Sunday 23rd April. The location will once again be Microlimano harbour in Piraeus, Greece.

Calendar 2022

18 May 2022

The MBA Sailing League Calendar for 2022 is as follows

Event	Location	Organised by	Dates
Global MBA Trophy	Piraeus, Greece	LBS	7 – 10 April
IESE Spring Games	Barcelona, Spain	IESE	22- 24 April
POLIMI Regatta	Capri, Italy	POLIMI	26 – 28 May
RSM Regatta	Porto, Portugal	RSM	30 June – 3 July
IE Haloween Regatta	Lanzarote, Spain	IE	29 Oct – 1 Nov

MIP top of the league and rankings

5 May 2022

MIP’s win in the Global MBA Trophy in Greece puts them top of the 2022 MBA Global Sailing League table. It also means that they climb to the top of the 12- month rankings, pushing Kellogg/WHU down to second place.

The full tables are published here: 2022 league and here: Rankings.

Third place in the rankings goes to Tuck, Imperial are 4th and LBS 5th.

MIP Win the Global MBA Trophy 2022

20 April 2022

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.

Athens Global MBA Trophy Regatta to return in 2022

14 October 2021

London Business School Alumni Sailing Club, the organisers of the Global MBA Trophy have announced the dates of the 2022 edition. The regatta will take place on 7 – 10 April, with racing on 8 and 9 April. The Regatta returns to the Yacht Club of Greece’s home port of Microlimano, in Piraeus, Greece. The event website is at https://globalmbatrophy.com/.

Global MBA Trophy 2021 called off

28 March 2021

The organisers of the Global MBA Trophy regatta which was due to take place in Piraeus, Greece at the end of April 2021 have announced that it will not be taking place.

They issued the following statement:

As we all probably expected, it’s become clear that we will not be able to run the Global MBA Trophy regatta in April. The Organisers, London Business School Alumni Sailing Club and the Yacht Club of Greece called off the regatta on 10th April.

There are a number of factors to the decision:

The ongoing lockdown, curfew etc.. in Athens and Attica, for which I do not believe there is a date for it to be lifted before May.The banning of all non- essential overseas flights from the UK until at least 17 May, meaning competitors resident in the UK will be unable to travel. There are similar travel bans in place in other countries.The fact that we have only got four boats registered and paid a deposit.

We would like to attempt to run the regatta again in September (23- 26) or October(21 – 24), but need to make sure that there is a free slot in the MBA sailing calendar at that time. If not, we will be back in April 2022

The 2021 Season: Global MBA Trophy announced

25 November 2020

Global MBA Trophy 2018©Nikos Alevromytis

MBA sailing looks set to return in 2021, with the announcement of the Global MBA Trophy regatta in Piraeus, Greece on the 22nd- 25th April. This will be the 16th time that the regatta has taken place. It is returning to Greece after it’s 15th edition in the Solent, England, and after two attempts to stage the event in COVID- hit 2020.

There will be two racing divisions: One in Platu 25 sportsboats and one in Bavaria 46 cruisers. Division A (Platu 25) will compete for the Global MBA Trophy and will count towards the 2021 MBA sailing league. Practice and welcome ceremonies are planned for 22 April, with racing on 23 and 24 April. A COVID- compliant social programme is planned.

The event website is www.globalmbatrophy.com

The Global MBA Trophy is hosted by London Business School and sponsored by Jack and Jenny, Cotswolds Distillery, Fever Tree and Hambledon Vineyard.

New dates announced for 2020 Global MBA Trophy

4 May 2020

0bb8PnOg The organisers of the Global MBA Trophy have announced the dates of the postponed 2020 regatta, to be held in Pireaus, Greece.

Coronavirus – permitting, the regatta will now be on 29 October – 1 November, with racing on 30 and 31 October. The regatta is hosted by the London Business School Alumni Sailing Club and the Yacht Club of Greece.