title: Defender (America's Cup)
text: # Defender (America's Cup)
  
  The Defender in the America's Cup sailing competition is the team that holds the trophy and has been challenged by another union for the title return.
  
  ## Defenders
  
  | Year | Venue | Defending club | Defender |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1851 | Isle of Wight | Royal Yacht Squadron | 8 cutters and 7 schooners, runner-up Aurora |
  | 1870 | New York City | New York Yacht Club | 17 schooners, winner Franklin Osgood's Magic |
  | 1871 | New York City | New York Yacht Club | Franklin Osgood, Columbia (2–1) and William Proctor Douglas, Sappho (2–0) |
  | 1876 | New York City | New York Yacht Club | John Stiles Dickerson, Madeleine |
  | 1881 | New York City | New York Yacht Club | Joseph Richard Busk, Mischief |
  | 1885 | New York City | New York Yacht Club | John Malcolm Forbes syndicate, Puritan |
  | 1886 | New York City | New York Yacht Club | Charles Jackson Paine, Mayflower |
  | 1887 | New York City | New York Yacht Club | Charles Jackson Paine, Volunteer |
  | 1893 | New York City | New York Yacht Club | Charles Oliver Iselin syndicate, Vigilant |
  | 1895 | New York City | New York Yacht Club | William K. Vanderbilt syndicate, Defender |
  | 1899 | New York City | New York Yacht Club | J. Pierpont Morgan syndicate, Columbia |
  | 1901 | New York City | New York Yacht Club | J. Pierpont Morgan syndicate, Columbia |
  | 1903 | New York City | New York Yacht Club | Cornelius Vanderbilt III syndicate, Reliance |
  | 1920 | New York City | New York Yacht Club | Henry Walters syndicate, Resolute |
  | 1930 | Newport | New York Yacht Club | Harold S. Vanderbilt syndicate, Enterprise |
  | 1934 | Newport | New York Yacht Club | Harold S. Vanderbilt syndicate, Rainbow |
  | 1937 | Newport | New York Yacht Club | Harold S. Vanderbilt, Ranger |
  | 1958 | Newport | New York Yacht Club | Henry Sears, Columbia |
  | 1962 | Newport | New York Yacht Club | Mercer, Walsh, Frese syndicate, Weatherly |
  | 1964 | Newport | New York Yacht Club | Eric Ridder syndicate, Constellation |
  | 1967 | Newport | New York Yacht Club | William Justice Strawbridge syndicate, Intrepid |
  | 1970 | Newport | New York Yacht Club | William Justice Strawbridge syndicate, Intrepid |
  | 1974 | Newport | New York Yacht Club | Robert Willis McCullough syndicate, Courageous |
  | 1977 | Newport | New York Yacht Club | Ted Turner, Courageous |
  | 1980 | Newport | New York Yacht Club | Freedom syndicate, Freedom |
  | 1983 | Newport | New York Yacht Club | Freedom syndicate, Liberty |
  | 1987 | Fremantle | Royal Perth Yacht Club | Kevin Parry, Kookaburra III |
  | 1988 | San Diego | San Diego Yacht Club | Sail America, Stars & Stripes 88 |
  | 1992 | San Diego | San Diego Yacht Club | Bill Koch, $America^3$ |
  | 1995 | San Diego | San Diego Yacht Club | Sail America, Young America |
  | 2000 | Auckland | Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron | Team New Zealand, NZL-60 |
  | 2003 | Auckland | Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron | Team New Zealand, NZL 82 |
  | 2007 | Valencia | Société Nautique de Genève | Alinghi, SUI-100 |
  | 2010 | Valencia | Société Nautique de Genève | Alinghi, Alinghi 5 |
  | 2013 | San Francisco | Golden Gate Yacht Club | Oracle Team USA, Oracle Team USA 17 |
  | 2017 | Bermuda | Golden Gate Yacht Club | Oracle Team USA, 17 |
  | 2021 | Auckland | Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron | Emirates Team New Zealand, Te Rehutai |
  