The ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championships will be contested by 29 teams from around the world. Not only is it a prestigious event in itself, but the World Championships is also the primary qualifying event for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Check out the full 2011 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship gallery courtsey of WIMRA.

The teams competing are...

United States of America

Anna Tunnicliffe
Debbie Capozzi
Molly Vandemoer

Great Britain

Lucy Macgregor
Annie Lush
Kate Macgregor

France

Claire Leroy
Elodie Bertrand
Marie Riou

Australia

Nicky Souter
Jessica Eastwell
Katie Spithill

Russia

Ekaterina Skudina
Elena Siuzeva
Elena Oblova

Netherlands

Renee Groeneveld
Marcelien Bos-de Koning
Annemieke Bes

Spain

Tamara Echegoyen
Angela Pumariega
Sofia Toro

Finland

Silja Lehtinen
Silja Kanerva
Annina Takala

France

Anne-Claire Le Berre
Alice Ponsar
Myrtille Ponge

United States of America

Genny Tulloch
Alice Manard Leonard
Jenn Chamberlin

Spain

Silvia Roca Mata
Eva Gonzalez
Lara Cacabelos

Germany

Silke Hahlbrock
Maren Hahlbrock
Anke Christiane Lukosch

New Zealand

Stephanie Hazard
Jenna Hansen
Susannah Pyatt

Netherlands

Mandy Mulder
Annemiek Bekkering
Merel Witteveen

Brazil

Juliana Senfft
Fernanda Decnop
Luciana Kopschitz

Slovenia

Vesna Dekleva Paoli
Katarina Kersevan
Lena Koter

Portugal

Rita Gonçalves
Diana Neves
Mariana Lobato

Sweden

Anna Kjellberg
Malin Kallstrom
Lotta Harrysson

Australia

Olivia Price
Nina Curtis
Lucinda Whitty

Denmark

Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen
Tina Schmidt Gramkov
Susanne Boidin

Brazil

Renata Decnop
Larissa Bunese Juk
Gabriela Nicolino de Sa

Croatia

Petra Kliba
Gea Barbic
Tajana Ganic

Denmark

Trine Abrahamsen
Ida Hartvig Larsen
Trine Palludan

Argentina

Martina Silva
Ana Silva
Maria Silva

China, PR

Ru Wang
Xiaoni Li
Tingting Pan

Sweden

Caroline Sylvan
Louise Kruuse af Verchou
Frida Langenius

Peru

Tania Zimmermann
Nathalie Zimmermann
Josefina Roder Mori

Canada

Sharon Ferris-Choat
Joanne Prokop
Caroline Kaars Sijpesteijn

Canada

Jinnie Gordon
Laurel Gordon Taylor
Jessica Simons