2021 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage)

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]

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

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   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

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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
  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 League 7+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

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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