2021 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage) explained

2021 FEI World Cup Finals
Host City:Gothenburg, Sweden
Dates:30 March - 4 April 2021
Stadium:Scandinavium
Events:2
Level:Senior
Type:Indoor
Previous:2020
Next: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

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

Dressage qualifiers

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

width=200World Cup Leaguewidth=100Vacancieswidth=250Qualified athletes
Western European League 9 Jessica von Bredow-Werndl
Helen Langehanenberg
Patrik Kittel
Morgan Barbançon
Anna Merveldt
Thamar Zweistra
Christian Schumach
Carina Cassøe Krüth
Sahar Daniel Hirosh
Central European League 2 Regina Isachkina
Csaba Szokola
Pacific League 0
North American League 2 Olivia LaGoy-Weltz
Charlotte Jorst
Non-League 1 Yvonne Losos de Muñiz
Defending Champion 1 Isabell Werth
FEI Extra Starting Places 2+1 Antonia Ramel
Shelly Francis
Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu

Show jumping qualifiers

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]

width=200World Cup Leaguewidth=200Vacancieswidth=250Qualified athletes
Western European League
Top 11 athletes of the 2019-20 WEL standings
(max 2 per nation)
Switzerland
Belgium
Germany
Germany
France
Ireland
Belgium
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Great Britain
WEL NFs organisers of an FEI World Cup Event Belgium
Spain
Finland
France
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Switzerland
Sweden
North American League7+3 US-American competitors TBD
2 Canadian competitors TBD
2 Mexican competitors TBD
Arab League 3 from Middle East Ramzy Al-Duhami
2 from North Africa Mohd El-Borai
Central European League 3 TBD
South American South League 2 Geronimo Ciavaglia
José Roberto Filho
Australian League 2 TBD
Caucasus-Caspian League 1 TBD
Central Asian League 1 TBD
China League 1 TBD
Japan League 1 Jun Takada
New Zealand League 1 Annabel Francis
South African League 1 Christopher van der Merwe
South East Asian League 1 Steven Menayang
Defending Champion 1 Steve Guerdat

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FEI Dressage World Cup Final . 2021-03-10 .
  2. Web site: FEI Jumping World Cup - Season 2020-2021 . 2021-03-10 .
  3. Web site: FEI extends shutdown of international events in mainland Europe due to EHV-1 outbreak . FEI. 2021-03-12 . 2021-03-12 .
  4. Web site: FEI World Cup Finals 2020 in Las Vegas Cancelled Due to Coronavirus . United States Equestrian Federation. 2021-03-13 . 2021-03-10 .
  5. Web site: World Cup Freestyle, against all the odds . Gothenburg Horse Show. 2021-02-08 . 2021-03-10 .
  6. Web site: World turned upside down . Gothenburg Horse Show. 2021-02-08 . 2021-03-10 .
  7. Web site: FEI cancels European mainland events due to EHV-1 (neurological form) . . 2021-03-01 . 2021-03-10 .
  8. Web site: Definite Entries List - FEI Dressage World Cup Final . . 2021-03-10 . 2021-03-10 .
  9. Web site: FEI Jumping World Cup Rules 2020/2021, Covid-19 By-Laws for the 2020/2021 Season . . 2021-02-17 . 2021-03-10 .