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FEI looks to expand Nations Cup jumping outside Europe
September 24, 2008
The FEI has announced a new formula for the Nations' Cup series for 2009, and is currently in advanced negotiations with a new sponsor.
FEI First Vice-President Sven Holmberg said the long-term plan for the series was to include more nations and move the sport outside Europe to enable more countries to take part at top level.
"There has been criticism of the current format which has been described as 'a closed shop' with very little opportunity for new countries to break in, and with the same countries re-entering the series after being relegated," he said.
A proposed new format was presented in April at a meeting in Interlaken, Switzerland, and further developed following discussions during CHIO Aachen in July and a meeting of the FEI Jumping Committee at FEI headquarters in Lausanne last Tuesday.
In summary, in the new series, each Nations' Cup competition will offer at least €300,000 in prizemoney with an additional €300,000 on offer in the Grand Prix at each venue. The sponsor will provide the Nations' Cup prizefund and the show organiser will provide the Grand Prix prize fund.
There will be a maximum of eight events with a total of 10 teams. If the host country is not qualified, the home team is entitled to participate at the event. There will be a maximum of five riders and 12 horses from each nation, and in the first season three teams will qualify through the Rolex World Rankings as at 31 December 2008.
In future, there will be three tiers of Nations' Cup competition - Top Level, Promotional (which will include events from 2-Star to 5-Star level) and Lower Level which will include only 2-Star shows. The 2009 series will include La Baule, Rome, St Gallen, Falsterbo, Rotterdam, Aachen, Hickstead and Dublin.
After the first year, the format will be reviewed and modified, the FEI said.
Source : horsetalk.co.nz
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