BMW Austria will stage a BMW Sailing Cup regatta as part of the Austrian International BMW Offshore Championship in Biograd, Croatia, from 6th to 12th October 2012. The winning national crew will be determined at this event.

Turkey has entered the BMW Sailing Cup for the first time in 2012. The national qualification event will be held at the 2012 BMW Bosphorus Sailing Festival in Istanbul on 14th April 2012.

105 boats have entered the regatta, which will be sailed under a yardstick system.

In Italy, the national BMW Sailing Cup will be held off the coast of Malcesine, on Lake Garda, from 14th to 16th September 2012. The same venue hosted the International Final in 2009.

2012 sees BMW invite all regatta and amateur sailors to the seventh year of its unique amateur sailing series. The 2012 BMW Sailing Cup Germany will host several qualification regattas throughout Germany.

All regattas feature Fleet racing. The winning teams at all the regattas will be rewarded with a ticket to the German Final to be held in Hamburg.

The BMW Offshore Yachting Championship Romania is organised by Yacht Club Romania and supported by BMW Group Romania as official partner. The winner of the Championship will have the opportunity to represent Romania in the BMW Sailing Cup International Final.

The regatta is organised by Yacht Club Romania and LZ Yachting Bulgaria, with the support of the Varna and Mangalia Municipalities. The international Race Committee is composed of members from Romania, Bulgaria and Greece. The Principal Race Officer is Yannis Kleidonas, CEO of the Offshore Yachting Club of Rhodes.

In Portugal, the national BMW Sailing Cup will be held from 6th to 7th October 2012. Portugal hosted the International Final in 2011 - and Team Portugal won their home regatta.