FIN SSL GOLD CUP – By Sailors for Sailors

THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP... IN SAILING

QUALIFYING SERIES | MAY-JULY 2022 | Switzerland

FINAL SERIES | 10 NOVEMBER-3 DECEMBER 2023 | Spain

Events (Provisional dates)

Upcoming

1/16 FINALS

Group 2 - RACE 1

12:00

16 November 2023

Spain

Participants

FIN

HUN

TBD

Points

Upcoming

1/16 FINALS

Group 2 - RACE 2

13:00

17 November 2023

Spain

Participants

FIN

HUN

TBD

Points

Upcoming

1/16 FINALS

Group 2 - RACE 3

14:00

18 November 2023

Spain

Participants

FIN

HUN

TBD

Points

Upcoming

1/16 FINALS

Group 2 - RACE 4

11:00

19 November 2023

Spain

Participants

FIN

HUN

TBD

Points

Upcoming

1/16 FINALS

Group 2 - RACE 5

12:00

20 November 2023

Spain

Participants

FIN

HUN

TBD

Points

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NORTHERN MAGIC

Inspired by pure nature and powered by Northern magic

Proud to be a Finn with “Sisu” and determination (Otsikko)

We come from an extreme land of ice and snow. Still, we have a long history in the fleet and offshore racing from Whitbread to Olympics. We know we got to do something different and try to play with our own assets. High technology, top quality, maximum teamwork, and a bit of northern magic. We are used to sailing on our thousands of lakes and in the beautiful archipelago where you need to be a real wizard to find the best wind and routes. This might be our secret to success since after 2000 we have won 22 championship medals, Olympic Gold, Silver and Bronze. We know we need to work a little smarter and harder in our colder conditions but that gives us that extra push and never give up attitude.

We are ranked as the happiest nation in the world and at the same time, we enjoy the silence of our country. But all the team members are proud to have “Sisu” in their blood and that means that we have the determination to do whatever it takes to get to the top.

Once we get our boat handling in shape we will start to use our northern magic and give all the other teams a good fight. Bring it on. We will be ready.

Statistics

THE COUNTRY

ACHIEVEMENTS

SSL Ranking

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SSL best ranked man: #
SSL nations ranking: #

MAIN EVENTS

The captain

Thomas Johanson

The captain of SSL Team Finland is a Laser World Champion and double European Champion before going to win the Olympic Gold medal in 49er in Sydney 2000 with Jyrki Järvi. Since then he has been sailing Orma 60 trimarans and Volvo Ocean Race onboard Ericsson 3 in 2008/2009 and on Puma in 2012 on the Southern Ocean leg around Cape Horn. Thomas Johanson is a former ice-hockey player and knows what it takes to train in ice-cold conditions. Now a successful businessman and sailor he brings his passion, magic of winning, teamwork and never give up attitude to the team

THE LEADERS

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Confirmed Athletes

CAPTAIN | 10

TRIMMER | TBD

PIT | TBD

HELM | TBD

FLOATER | TBD

TRIMMER | TBD

TBD | TBD

GRINDER | TBD

TRIMMER | TBD

FLOATER | TBD

TBD | TBD

TBD | TBD

BOW | TBD

TBD | TBD

TBD | TBD

Potential Team Position

1 BOW Lucas Karlemo	2 MID-BOW
3 PIT Anton Eklund	4 GRINDER Iiro Tornström
5 TRIMMER Robert Nyberg	6 TRIMMER Victor Mesterton
7 MAIN TRIMMER	8 HELM Oskari Muhonen
9 TACTICIAN	10 CAPTAIN Thomas Johanson
11 FLOATER Jan Forsbom

BOW

Lucas Karlemo

MID-BOW

PIT

Anton Eklund

GRINDER

Iiro Tornström

TRIMMER

Robert Nyberg

TRIMMER

Victor Mesterton

MAIN TRIMMER

HELM

Oskari Muhonen

TACTICIAN

CAPTAIN

Thomas Johanson

FLOATER

Jan Forsbom

SQUAD

Thomas Johanson	Robert Nyberg
Anton Eklund	Oskari Muhonen
Jan Forsbom	Victor Mesterton
Kaarle Tapper	Iiro Tornström
Mikaela Wulff	Sinem Kurtbay
Martin Gahmberg	Akseli Keskinen
Lucas Karlemo	Thomas Tennström
Edvard Bremer	Ari Kokko