2012 FEI Nations Cup
The FEI Nations Cup 2012 Jumping was the fourth season of the FEI Nations Cup, formerly the Meydan FEI Nations Cup, as the successor of the Samsung Super League. He is thus in a hundred -year-long tradition of Nations tournaments in show jumping.
The end of the tournament series
The series consisted of in 2012, the period from May 10 to August 19. The last stop in the series was again, as in the years 2009 and 2010, at the traditional tournament in Dublin instead.
All the Nations Cup tournaments were held in Europe, were allowed to start eight of the best nations in the show jumping. At the end of the season, two teams in the Nations " FEI Nations Cup Promotional Leagues ," a kind of " second league " of show jumping Nations prices descend. These Are the two climbers resulted in the 2012 season, Switzerland and Sweden.
Whether at the end of the season it is applied ascent and descent mode, was far from clear. At the beginning of the season, which was founded by the Saudi King Abdullah bin Abd al - Aziz of Saudi Equestrian Fund was unveiled as the new sponsor of the Nations series. The end of 2012 it was decided that the two descending teams of Europe II League of Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup will consist of 2013, while the remaining six Equipen as well as the two rising stars of the new Europe I- League are assigned ..
All eight tests were conducted as part of CSIO 5 * tournaments, the highest category in jumping instead. The special stages were wearing on a Friday afternoon. Exception made the Nations Cup at CHIO Aachen, which takes place media attention on Thursday night.
The tender of the checks provided for a jumping competition with two identical rounds and a possible jump-off, the barrier height is up to 1.60 meters. The tests are each endowed with € 200,000. Each four riders representing their country per the Nations Cup, the worst result per cycle per nation has been deleted. The penalties of the remaining riders were added. As far as after two rounds of two or more teams were in first place, was a jump-off for the victory.
Media
In the German speaking Euro Sport showed each to one of the following Wednesday evenings a one-hour summary of Nations prices. The tests were also regularly broadcast live in their respective host countries.
In addition, the FEI Nations' all the series rendered on its website free of charge.
The tests
1st test: France
Traditional start of the Nations Cup series is the French Nations Cup tournament. This took place in 2012 in La Baule from 10 to 13 May. The special stage was on 11 May 2012 from 14.05 clock local time.
In the very first test of the 2012 season had to be stung for the win between two teams. First rider in the jump was here in the Netherlands Albert Voorn, who was previously his seven-year time out ended a year from international sports and now in La Baule again rode a Nations Cup for the first time. However, the victory went to Belgium, whose rider Gregory Wathelet showed the faster round with his horse in the jump with the same number of penalty points. The indisputable course was devised by Frédéric Cottier and Serge Houtmann.
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2nd test: Italy
The Italian Nations Cup tournament will be held until May 27, 2012 at the Piazza di Siena in Rome from 24. The tournament will be held in 2012 for the 80th time.
The special stage was held on 25 May 2012 from 15:15 clock to local time.
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3rd test: Switzerland
The third test of the FEI Nations Cup took place in Switzerland. The CSIO Switzerland, the Nations Cup tournament in Switzerland, will be held at Gründenmoos stadium in St. Gallen on 31 May to 3 June 2012.
The Swiss Nations Cup was held on June 1, 2012 from 14:45 clock to local time. The victory went to the previous year on the team of the Netherlands, as well as in 2011, share second place on points the teams in Switzerland and Great Britain.
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4th Test: Netherlands
The Nations Cup tournament in the Netherlands, the CHIO Rotterdam is discharged after one year in the late summer in 2012, again in June. The tournament will take place until 24 June 2012 from 20.
The Nations Cup Jumping test was held on 22 June from 16:30 clock. The course was built by Dutchman Louis Koninckx. The examination was characterized by a tightly spaced time allowed, many riders had recorded time penalty points. Dominant team was in the second round Sweden, whose team remained completely without time and penalty points in the second round. However, the German team was already in the first round in a strong performance, so they won the class with a distance of a point.
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5th Test: Germany
Beginning of July 2012 made the Nations Cup in Germany Station: the CHIO Aachen place over two weeks from 29 June to 8 July 2012, the special stage was carried out on 5 July 2012.
The German Nations Cup tournament will be held in the Soers. Venue for the show jumping competitions at the CHIO Aachen is the main stadium. The Nation's test is different than the other tournaments in the Nations Cup series, not been held in Aachen for several years, on Friday. Instead, the exam will be held media meet on Thursday evening from 19:30 clock, the second round was held under floodlights.
The long road to the big square of Aachen led together with demanding tasks obstacle to many errors in the teams. After the first round only had three teams have a realistic chance of winning: the Netherlands with eight penalty points, Germany with four penalties and France, that with just one time penalty point was in the lead. The remaining five Equipen had 12 to 17 penalty points.
In the second round sat down in the meantime the German team in the lead. However, after Janne -Friederike Meyer recorded eight penalty points and Marco Kutscher with his stallion Cornet Obolensky ( as already in the first round ) achieved a score of 16 penalty points, the guide was no longer tenable. Since the Netherlands had to report several errors in the second round and her last rider did not come to the starting line, the victory went to the team of France.
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6 Examination: Sweden
The Swedish leg of the FEI Nations Cup took place at the Falsterbo Horse Show in Skanör med Falsterbo. The tournament will be held until July 15, 2012 from 12. DI special stage was held on July 13, 2012 from 14:30 clock.
After one week before the last chance for many Raeiter was in Aachen, yet to present themselves for the Olympic Games, according to Falsterbo only horse - rider combinations were deployed, which are not provided for the Olympic Reitsportwettberbe. An exception to this was the Swedish team: Sweden offered the domestic Nations as intended for the Olympic Games team in and under the barn on.
In line with the weaker participants, the teams had to report many errors obstacle to time penalties came it as well as not at all. After two rounds had three Equipen 12 penalty points as a result and was thus in the lead. These teams each posted a rider in the jump-off, with a clear lead of three seconds won Jens Fredricson with Lunatic for the home team.
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7 Examination: United Kingdom
The seventh station led the FEI Nations Cup in the United Kingdom. The UK leg will be held from 19 to 22 July 2012 as part of the Royal International Horse Show in Hickstead.
Just one week and 60 kilometers from the Olympic equestrian competitions, lacked the starting at the Olympic Games horses in the Nations of Hickstead. In many cases, were riders from the "second row " a starting place, but for Olympic rider started with their second horses. The course was created by Bob Ellis, who will also be in the Olympics of course designer.
After the first round there were three teams - Germany, France and Ireland - in the first place. With two error-free riders in the second round, it abolished the Irish team to sit alone in first place at the end of the test.
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8 Test: Ireland
The conclusion of the Nations Cup Jumping series made in 2012, the Dublin Horse Show. The Nations Cup tournament in Ireland found, less than two weeks after the Olympic show jumping competitions, from 15 to 19 August, 2012 Dublin instead.
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