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 city | Gothenburg, Sweden  |
| Date(s) | 30 March - 4 April 2021 |
| Main stadium | Scandinavium |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Indoor |
| Events | 2 |
← 2020 2022 → | |
The Finals got cancelled on March 12, due to the EHV-1 outbreak in Europe.[3]
Background edit
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]
Dressage edit
Qualification edit
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 edit
Qualification edit
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 edit
- ^ "FEI Dressage World Cup Final". Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ "FEI Jumping World Cup - Season 2020-2021". Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ "FEI extends shutdown of international events in mainland Europe due to EHV-1 outbreak". FEI. 2021-03-12. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "FEI World Cup Finals 2020 in Las Vegas Cancelled Due to Coronavirus". United States Equestrian Federation. 2021-03-13. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ "World Cup Freestyle, against all the odds". Gothenburg Horse Show. 2021-02-08. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ "World turned upside down". Gothenburg Horse Show. 2021-02-08. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ "FEI cancels European mainland events due to EHV-1 (neurological form)". FEI. 2021-03-01. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ "Definite Entries List - FEI Dressage World Cup Final" (PDF). FEI. 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2021-03-10.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "FEI Jumping World Cup Rules 2020/2021, Covid-19 By-Laws for the 2020/2021 Season" (PDF). FEI. 2021-02-17. Retrieved 2021-03-10.[permanent dead link]
External links edit
- Gothenburg Horse Show (English / Swedish)