The 2007 America 's Cup was the thirty-second challenge Competition for the America 's Cup and was won by Alinghi in the 7th race .

`` Alinghi '' , the syndicate representing the Société Nautique de Genève , the winners Competition of the thirty-first edition , are based in Switzerland which is a landlocked country , so `` Alinghi '' put Placing the hosting rights out to a competitive Competition bid Competition process .

`` Alinghi '' , the syndicate representing the Société Nautique de Genève , the winners Competition of the thirty-first edition , are based in Switzerland which is a landlocked country , so `` Alinghi '' put Placing the hosting rights out to a competitive Competition bid Competition process .

By winning Conquering the 32nd America 's Cup , `` Alinghi '' changed Exchange what seemed Change_sentiment to have become Becoming a tradition : that the winner of race three goes on to win Getting the match .

The winner , Emirates Team New Zealand , became Becoming the `` Challenger '' and raced Competition against the `` Defender '' , Alinghi , for the America 's Cup Competition .

In 2004 , Emirates Team New Zealand narrowly won over second place American challenger BMW Oracle Racing and third place Swiss defender Team Alinghi .