The competition was rocked by a cheating scandal in which Oracle Team USA had made an unauthorized modification by using additional ballast.

[1] The team withdrew from the competition on 8 August 2013.

[2] Penalties imposed included expelling three team members,[3] a $250,000 fine, and a one-point penalty for each of the first two races of the Match in which they would otherwise score a point.

[4] This also affected boats on loan to Ben Ainslie Racing[2] and HS Racing, which withdrew from the competition.

After reallocating points, overall winner for 2011/2012 was declared to be Team New Zealand, and for 2012/2013 it was Luna Rossa Piranha.