1 MICHAEL LINDQVIST (DEN)
2 FRANCOIS BRENAC (FRA)
3 JES GRAM-HANSEN (DEN)
4 LUC PILLOT (FRA)
5 JESPER RADICH (DEN)
6 ANDREW ARBUZOV (RUS)
7 JOHNIE BERTNTSSON (SWE)
8 HUGO ROCHA (POR)
9 GEIR SVENSEN (NOR)
10 SAM OHMAN (FIN)
11

JOAO SOUSA (POR)
12

CRISTINA PEREIRA (POR)
  ROUND FINALS
  (Source: Mathieu Honoré on ffvoile.org)
Sensation to Porto-Santo ! Till this sunday, everything was clear for the danish Jes Gram-Hansen and French Luc Pillot, assured to meet itself encounter during finale. The last day of will have finally been fatal for the favorites.

The danish Michael Lindqvist (21e at the ISAF Ranking) defeated French François Brenac (11e) in the final of the European Match Racing Championship Grade 2 Match Race event at Porto-Santo, Madeira. Lindqvist swept past Brenac 2 races to 1 in the first-to-three- final.

Jes Gram-Hansen defeated Luc Pillot 2-1 in the petit final to claim third place.

In the semifinals raced earlier in the day, first to secure a place in the finals was François Brenac after outdueled Luc Pillot two races to zero. The danish pairing needing three matches to determine a victor featured Jes Gram-Hansen against Michael Lindqvist. Lindqvist crew dropped the first match to Gram-Hansen before rallying to take two in a row, winning the deciding match and denying the favoite to go on to the final.

In the resulting sail-off action for places five through eight, Jesper Radich wins over Andrew Arbuzov to claim fifth place, Johnie Berntsson defeated Hugo Rocha to finish seventh.
 
  ROUND ROBIN
  (Source: matchracing.madinfo.pt )

No surprise in Porto-Santo and on the second day of European Match Racing Championship, in winds reaching 18 knots and a blazing sun, the round robin was completed. The favorites progress to the quaterfinals .

Jes Gram-Hansen received most of the attention prior to the event. To this point, through the round robin portion of the regatta, Gram-Hansen has lived up to his billing. He led the way, registering 10 wins, to sit a top the Group standings as quarterfinal action looms on WE. Gram-Hansen' only misstep on his methodical march to the quarterfinals was a loss to fellow Dane Jesper Radich in Flight 2.

Also advancing are Luc Pillot (8 wins), Jesper Radich (7 wins), François Brénac and Andrew Arbuzov (6 wins), Michael Lindqvist, Johnie Berntsson and the "local" Hugo Rocha (5 wins).

 
LP
SO
HR
JS
AA
FB
JB
GS
ML
CP
JGH
JR
TOTAL
Luc Pillot
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
-
1
8
Sam Öhman
0
1
1
0
0
-
0
0
1
0
0
3
Hugo Rocha
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
5
João Sousa
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
Andrew Arbuzov
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
6
François Brenac
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
6
Johnie Berntsson
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
5
Geir Svenden
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
4
Michael Lindqvist
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
5
Cristina Pereira
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Jes Gram-Hansen
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
10
Jesper Radich
-
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
7
 
  PREVIEW
  (Source: matchracing.madinfo.pt )

Twelve teams from eight nations are gathering at Porto Santo (Madeira), in the middle of the Atlantic Ocea, for the 2001 European Match Racing Championship.

The event, an ISAF Grade 2 match race, has attracted a class field of international competitors, who have battled it out in Clube Navale de Porto Santo's fleet of J22 yachts.

European Match Racing Championship 2001's twelve teams comprise of 2 danish teams (Jesper Radich and Jes Gram-Hansen), 2 French teams (François Brenac and Luc Pillot), 2 swedish teams (Michael Lindqvistand and Johnie Berntsson), 3 portuguese teams (Hugo Rocha, João Sousa and Cristina Pereira) and 1 team each from Russia (Andrew Arbuzov), finland (Sam Öhman) and norway (Geir Victor Svenden).