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2021 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage)

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2021 FEI World Cup Finals
Host cityGothenburg, Sweden Sweden
Date(s)30 March - 4 April 2021
Main stadiumScandinavium
LevelSenior
TypeIndoor
Events2
2020
2022

The 2021 FEI World Cup Finals for both dressage and show jumping were scheduled to be held between March 30 and April 4, 2021 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The event was to be held in the Scandinavium Arena and should have represented the conclusion of the 2020-21 Dressage and Show jumping World Cup Seasons.[1][2]

The Finals got cancelled on March 12, due to the EHV-1 outbreak in Europe.[3]

Overview

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 FEI World Cup Finals in Las Vegas got cancelled on short notice. It was the first time that the FEI World Cup Finals got cancelled since their inclusion in 1978 for show jumping, and 1985 for dressage.[4]

The pandemic affected the 2020-21 World Cup Seasons in both dressage and jumping. Numerous qualifiers, including the complete Western European and North American jumping circuits, got scratched. This forced the FEI to introduce new qualifying procedures for the Finals in Gothenburg.[5][6]

In February 2021, an outbreak of an aggressive strain of the neurological form of Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) was reported in Valencia, Spain. This caused the International Equestrian Federation to cancel all competition on the European mainland through March 28. The outbreak put the 2021 FEI World Cup Finals under uncertainty, and the competition eventually got cancelled once the cancellation period got extended to April 11.[7]

Qualifiers

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Dressage qualifiers

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The list of qualified athletes was released on March 11, 2021.[8]

World Cup League Vacancies Qualified athletes
Western European League 9 Germany Jessica von Bredow-Werndl
Germany Helen Langehanenberg
Sweden Patrik Kittel
France Morgan Barbançon
Republic of Ireland Anna Merveldt
Netherlands Thamar Zweistra
Austria Christian Schumach
Denmark Carina Cassøe Krüth
Israel Sahar Daniel Hirosh
Central European League 2 Russia Regina Isachkina
Hungary Csaba Szokola
Pacific League 0
North American League 2 United States Olivia LaGoy-Weltz
United States Charlotte Jorst
Non-League 1 Dominican Republic Yvonne Losos de Muñiz
Defending Champion 1 Germany Isabell Werth
FEI Extra Starting Places 2+1 Sweden Antonia Ramel
United States Shelly Francis
Canada Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu

Show jumping qualifiers

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For the show jumping, due to a number of cancelled qualifiers, most qualification spots for the Finals have been distributed to national federations (NFs) rather than specific athletes. National federations are tasked with the athlete selection.[9]

World Cup League Vacancies Qualified athletes
Western European League
Top 11 athletes of the 2019-20 WEL standings
(max 2 per nation)
Switzerland Switzerland
Belgium Belgium
Germany Germany
Germany Germany
France France
Republic of Ireland Ireland
Belgium Belgium
Italy Italy
Netherlands Netherlands
Norway Norway
United Kingdom Great Britain
WEL NFs organisers of an FEI World Cup Event Belgium Belgium
Spain Spain
Finland Finland
France France
United Kingdom Great Britain
Germany Germany
Italy Italy
Netherlands Netherlands
Norway Norway
Switzerland Switzerland
Sweden Sweden
North American League 7+3 US-American competitors TBD
2 Canadian competitors TBD
2 Mexican competitors TBD
Arab League 3 from Middle East Saudi Arabia Ramzy Al-Duhami
2 from North Africa Egypt Mohd El-Borai
Central European League 3 TBD
South American South League 2 Brazil Geronimo Ciavaglia
Brazil José Roberto Filho
Australian League 2 TBD
Caucasus-Caspian League 1 TBD
Central Asian League 1 TBD
China League 1 TBD
Japan League 1 Japan Jun Takada
New Zealand League 1 New Zealand Annabel Francis
South African League 1 South Africa Christopher van der Merwe
South East Asian League 1 Indonesia Steven Menayang
Defending Champion 1 Switzerland Steve Guerdat

References

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  1. ^ "FEI Dressage World Cup Final". 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  2. ^ "FEI Jumping World Cup - Season 2020-2021". 3 August 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  3. ^ "FEI extends shutdown of international events in mainland Europe due to EHV-1 outbreak". FEI. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  4. ^ "FEI World Cup Finals 2020 in Las Vegas Cancelled Due to Coronavirus". United States Equestrian Federation. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  5. ^ "World Cup Freestyle, against all the odds". Gothenburg Horse Show. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  6. ^ "World turned upside down". Gothenburg Horse Show. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  7. ^ "FEI cancels European mainland events due to EHV-1 (neurological form)". FEI. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Definite Entries List - FEI Dressage World Cup Final" (PDF). FEI. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "FEI Jumping World Cup Rules 2020/2021, Covid-19 By-Laws for the 2020/2021 Season" (PDF). FEI. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.[permanent dead link]
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