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Allianz Regatta

sailing regatta in the Netherlands

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ22570204 ↗
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Allianz Regatta, formerly known as the SPA Regatta, the Holland Regatta, the Delta Lloyd Regatta, and the Medemblik Regatta, is an annual sailing regatta in Almere, the Netherlands, first held in 1985 in Medemblik. It hosts the Olympic and Paralympic classes.

In 2005, the regatta became the Holland Regatta.

In 2015, it was part of the EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup.

Since 2022, it has been hosted in Almere, moving from Medemblik. Together with the Trofeo Princesa Sofía, Semaine Olympique Française, and Kiel Week regattas, Allianz Regatta is part of the Sailing World Cup in the 2023 and 2024 seasons.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1985, 2005, 2015, 2022—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Allianz, Regatta and sailing providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Allianz Regatta” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.