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Rodion LUKA and George LEONCHUK (UKR), Olympic silver medallists went into the final day with a 14 point lead over Chris DRAPER and Simon HISCOCKS (GBR) and never looked like surrendering their position. This is LUKA and LEONCHUK's first 49er World Championship victory although they have twice finished on the podium, in 2001 and 2003. DRAPER and HISCOCKS dominated the qualification series but did not properly recover from a bad first day of finals and have to settle for their third silver medal at a 49er Worlds, having previously finished second in 2002 and 2004.

Third overall went to Pietro and Gianfranco SIBELLO (ITA), despite them having an awful final day, finishing 24 in races eleven and twelve. The SIBELLO's did manage to hold off the charge of 2004 Olympic gold medallists and defending champions Iker MARTINEZ and Xavier FERNANDEZ (ESP) who have posted erratic results throughout the championship. Going into the final day MARTINEZ and FERNANDEZ were in tenth position overall and it is a clear mark of their incredible talent in this class that they should end the day in fourth overall. They certainly went out with a bang, taking the bullet in the final race.

MARTINEZ and FERNANDEZ did indeed finish on equal points with Steve MORRISON and Ben RHODES (GBR) but their race victory gave them the edge in the final standings. The Spanish and the British illustrated again why they are consistently at the top of the 49er rankings with two Spanish teams and three British teams finishing in the top ten. John PINK and Alex HOPSON were the third British team finishing ninth overall after a fabulous final day brought them into the top ten. A 13, two thirds and a fourth boosted the pair into ninth overall and saw Marcus BAUR and Max GROY (GER) slide out to eleventh overall. The second Spanish team was Alberto PADRON and Javier DE LA PLAZA who had mixed results but finished up seventh overall.

Twelve races were sailed in the finals series with competitors counting their points from the qualification series as well.

Final Results - Top Ten

(R1 = points from qualification series)

Pos	Nation	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	Pts
1	UKR	Rodion LUKA	George LEONCHUK	54	3	1	8	9	1	4	12	3	7	13	13	2	104
2	GBR	Chris DRAPER	Simon HISCOCKS	31	20	9	21	1	24	1	6	DSQ	9	2	10	7	117
3	ITA	Piero SIBELLO	Gianfranco SIBELLO	64	2	7	10	5	2	3	10	19	10	24	24	8	140
4	ESP	Iker MARTINEZ	Xabier FERNANDEZ	85	19	8	5	14	5	16	2	2	4	9	11	1	146
5	GBR	Stephen MORRISON	Ben RHODES	69	5	21	4	2	8	11	11	7	2	21	6	25	146
6	GER	Jan PECKOLT	Hannes PECKOLT	39	15	5	13	13	15	14	18	24	16	1	5	12	148
7	ESP	Alberto PADRON	Javier De La PLAZA	79	8	16	3	4	20	2	15	1	18	5	3	24	154
8	DEN	Allan NORREGARD CHRISTENSEN	Jonatan PERSSON	79	9	RDG(12)	11	3	17	15	1	4	12	10	8	18	164
9	GBR	John PINK	Alex HOPSON	97	11	20	2	15	4	6	13	8	13	3	4	3	164
10	AUT	Nico DELLE-KARTH	Nikolaus RESCH	73	1	2	16	7	7	7	DSQ	14	19	11	16	17	171