New Match Race European Champion: Staffan Lindberg from Finland

It was a thriller on the water. The best twelve European Match Race sailors
competed from the 30th September until the 3rd of October on Hamburg’s river
Alster against each other. Finally the Nordic sailors decided the victory
among each other. Staffan Lindberg from Finland and his crew could beat
Swedish Björn Hansen in an exciting final. Eric Monnin from Switzerland
gained the third place in the petit final against the Italian Skipper Matteo
Simoncelli.

Final results, 3. Oktober 2006

Final (Best of 5):
1. FIN Staffan Lindberg 3:1
2. SWE Björn Hansen 1:3

Petit Final (Best of 3):
3. SUI Eric Monnin 2:0
4. ITA Matteo Simoncelli 0:2

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