One thing was certain after Team New Zealand retained the America’s Cup on Wednesday: beaten Italian challenger Luna Rossa will be back to try again. The team has twice reached the America’s Cup match and on both occasions — 20 years apart — has lost to the defender, Team New Zealand, in the waters around Auckland.

On the first occasion in 2000, it lost 5-0 in a best-of-nine race series. On Wednesday, its latest pursuit of the America’s Cup ended when it was beaten 7-3 by Team New Zealand in the 36th America’s Cup match, a best-of-13-race series.