The Fédération Equestre Internationale Bureau has today, June 10, allocated host cities for a number of major FEI events over the next three years, including the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Show Jumping Final for 2015, the Longines FEI World Cup Show Jumping and FEI World Cup Dressage Finals in 2017 and FEI European Championships from 2015-2017. Barcelona has been allocated the 2015 Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Show Jumping Final for the third successive year. Omaha, Neb., will host the joint Longines FEI World Cup Show Jumping and FEI World Cup Dressage Finals in 2017, holding off strong challenges from Hong Kong (show jumping) and ‘s-Hertogenbosch (dressage). The joint finals will run from March 27 to April 2, 2017. The Swedish city of Gothenburg has won out in its joint-bid to host the 2017 FEI European Show Jumping, Dressage, Para-Dressage and Driving Championships (Aug. 22-27). Rotterdam, the Netherlands, was the other bidder for the 2017 European Show Jumping Championships. Another big winner in the allocation process was Strzegom, Poland, which won out over Fontainebleau, France, in the bid to host the 2017 FEI European Eventing Championships. It will be the first time that Strzegom has hosted the senior championships. “We have had some really fantastic bids for our major events,” FEI Secretary General Ingmar De Vos said. “It’s very exciting that Omaha, which has the full support of the local community and government, will be hosting both the Longines FEI World Cup Show Jumping and FEI World Cup Dressage Finals in 2017. And we are also very much looking forward to going to Gothenburg for the European Show Jumping, Dressage, Para-Dressage and Driving Championships in 2017, and to Strzegom for the European Eventing Championships 2017. “We’re also thrilled to have Barcelona hosting the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Show Jumping Final for the third year in a row. It’s become the home of the Furusiyya Final, and we know the Organizing Committee will do a fabulous job,” he continued. “The FEI always welcomes new venues for its championships and finals, and it’s good to see some different cities included in today’s allocations.” The allocations come on the back of the June 9 announcement that the FEI flagship event, the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games, will take place in Canada. The full list of events allocated by the FEI Bureau at its two-day meeting at FEI headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, is below. 2015: Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Show Jumping Final Barcelona, Spain, September-October TBD FEI European Show Jumping Championship For Young Riders, Juniors and Children Wiener Neustadt, Austria, date TBD FEI World Endurance Championship for Young Horses Valeggio Sul Mincio, Italy, Sept. 26-27 FEI Pan-American Endurance Championship Millbrook, Canada, Week of July 6 FEI European Reining Championship for Young Riders and Juniors Givrins, Switzerland, July 4-5 FEI World Vaulting Championship for Juniors Ermelo, the Netherlands, beginning August FEI European Championships for Ponies (show jumping, dressage and eventing) Malmo, Sweden, Aug. 5-9 2016: FEI European Show Jumping Championship for Young Riders, Juniors and Children Rotterdam, July 6-10 FEI European Jumping Championship for Veterans Arezzo, Italy, Sept. 8-11 FEI European Eventing Championship for Young Riders and Juniors Montelibretti, Italy, Sept. 22-25 FEI World Driving Championship Four in Hand Breda, the Netherlands, August or September FEI World Driving Championship for Singles Köflach, Austria, August 307 Longines FEI World Endurance Championship—allocation postponed FEI European Reining Championship for Young Riders and Juniors Givrins, July 2-3 FEI World Vaulting Championship Le Mans, France, Aug. 18-21 FEI European Vaulting Championship for Juniors Le Mans, Aug. 18-21 FEI North America Junior and Young Riders Championships (show jumping, dressage, eventing, endurance and reining) Parker Colo., dates TBD 2017: Longines FEI World Cup Show Jumping and FEI World Cup Dressage Finals Omaha, April 3-10 FEI European Championships for Jumping, Dressage, Para- Dressage and Driving Gothenburg, Aug. 22-27 FEI European Eventing Championship Strzegom, August 24-27 FEI World Driving Championship for Pairs Lipica, Slovakia, Sept. 20-24 FEI Championships multi-year applications FEI World Breeding Show Jumping Championship for Young Horses, 2016-2020 Lanaken, Belgium, second half of September each year FEI World Breeding Dressage Championship for Young Horses, 2016-2018 Ermelo, the Netherlands, Aug. 11-14, 2016, and August 2017 and 2018 FEI World Breeding Eventing Championship for Young Horses, 2016 and 2017 Le Lion D’Angers, France, third week in October © press
