SDA Bocconi’s crew won the POLIMI GSoM regatta in Cala Dei Sardi, Sardinia, in May, with a second place and a first place in the gold fleet on finals day. They pipped first round leaders Imperial into second place, Imperial scored a third and a first. RSM rounded out the podium.
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The IE team took a tough route to winning the 20th Global MBA Trophy in Greece. The school from Madrid qualified for the Gold Fleet on Saturday by winning the qualifying round in the Platu fleet taking one win and two second places forward. They then scored a second, a first and a third in the RS21 Gold fleet to end the regatta with 8 points.
The regatta took place on 17 & 18 April in the bay of Faliron, off Microlimano harbour in Piraeus, Greece. It was organised by London Business School Alumni Sailing Club and hosted by the Yacht Club of Greece.
Second place SDA Bocconi, in the RS21s throughout scored 1,2,3 in qualifying and 1,4,2 in the Gold fleet, ending with 9 points. POLIMI GSoM were third with 11 points, winning the last race. Day 1 leaders London Business School qualified with a 1,1,2, but has to retire from day 2 with gear failure, ending in 5th place.
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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.
Continue reading “Bocconi are 2025 MBA Sailing League Champions”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.
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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 | = | |
The IE team won every race to bring home the POLIMI regatta title. The rest of the fleet were left looking on and fighting for second place. POLIMI GSoM came in second with 5 2nd places , with LBS in third the best of the rest.
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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.
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The 2025 POLIMI regatta returns to Cala dei Sardi in Sardinia, Italy. The 2025 dates have been announced as 8- 11 May 2025.
Details are published on the POLIMI GSoM regatta website: https://www.polimigsomregatta.it/
The regatta has two divisions, with division A qualifying for the MBA Sailing League, and division B aimed at less experienced sailors. The boat is the one-design J24, with Symetrical Spinnaker. They take crews of up to 5 sailors. Division B is placed on cruising boats, with crews of up to 8 persons.
The crew from SDA Bocconi, won the 8- race RSM Regatta on the 19/20 July 2024 in Malta. They won three of the races in the regatta, placing 2nd in two and 3rd in two more. They pipped the regatta leaders, IE in the final race, when IE scored a 5th place, after having won 4 of teh preceeding races. The remaining race was won by the “Caviar” team, while Imperial filled up the podium.
Six teams were racing SB20 sportsboats in the picturesque waters off Valletta, Malta. The regatta was organised by the RSM sailing club and hosted by the Royal Malta Yacht Club. Participants were hosted at a nearby hotel and enjoyed Maltese hospitality each evening.
The full results are displayed below
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.
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The MBA Global Sailing League 
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