Canada 190-3 Bermuda fell at the final hurdle on Saturday, denied the pleasure of hoisting the spanking new Americas Cup trophy by host nation Canada as the inaugural version of the tournament concluded at G.Ross Lord Park.

Canada won the match by seven wickets, taking advantage of Bermuda's susceptibility to quality spin bowling as the Island's batsmen found runs hard to come by during the slog period of the innings.

Yet there were bright spots for Bermuda, as Janeiro Tucker once again showed why he is regarded as perhaps the Island's best allrounder, while opener Dennis Archer made statements of his demise appear very much premature.

The policeman blasted a fine 59 at the top of the order as Bermuda got off to a reasonable start, Archer and Curtis Jackson putting on a 49-run opening partnership.

Jackson was first to go, caught by John Davison off the bowling of Kevin Sandher.

The Cleveland County batsman's dismissal signalled the beginning of an all too familiar collapse, with Clay Smith (eight), skipper Charlie Marshall (three) and Archer sent packing to the pavilion and bringing together cousins Kwame and Janeiro Tucker.

The pair added 22 for the fifth wicket, slowly moving the total to 121 when Davison struck again, having Kwame Tucker caught for 21 by Brian Rajadurai.

Janeiro Tucker, though, soldiered on, adding a further 23 as the dominant partner with Stephen Outerbridge (seven) and another 27 while partnering Lionel Cann (14). He was finally dismissed for 43, caught by Surendra Seeraj off Nicholas Ifill.

Ifill and Davison each took three wickets for Canada while Joseph Harris notched two scalps.

"We just didn't apply ourselves like we should have when we were batting,'' said Janeiro Tucker, the team's vice-captain on the side's failure to go beyond 200 on a good batting pitch.

"If we had got 200 plus we would have been okay, but we lost a lot of wickets early on.

"Our approach to the spin bowling was not what it should have been and is something we would want to work on.'' Nevertheless, Bermuda were hopeful early on in the Canadian innings as they quickly reduced their opponents to 24 for two, with Archer and Herbie Bascome accounting for openers Rajadurai (12) and Damian Mills (eight).

But that would be their only success as Ifill and Harris embarked upon a 112-run third wicket partnership. Ifill batted his way to an unbeaten 78, while Harris scored 60 before being caught by Outerbridge off Smith.

Ifill found an able partner in Paul Preshad (20 not out), the pair moving Canada comfortably beyond the set target.

Bermuda, however, held their heads high and while winning was the desire, Tucker noted the knowledge gained in defeat may well serve them better in the future, especially with the ICC Tournament to be staged in the same country next year.

"It was a great learning experience for the young guys, and we had the youngest team out there,'' said Tucker. "We were really like a family out there, supporting one another, conducting ourselves in good fashion and we did the best we could.

"We're looking more to the ICC and now we know what the wickets are like, what the competition is like and how to better prepare.

"Everyone came away still positive, nobody's down. We're looking at what we need to improve upon and the guys are committed to doing just that.'' With Canada and Bermuda occupying the top two places it was left to United States, Cayman Islands and Argentina to fill the remaining slots.