FEI Nations Cup 2012 (show jumping)

The FEI Nations Cup 2012 for show jumping was the fourth season of the FEI Nations Cup , formerly Meydan FEI Nations Cup , as the successor to the Samsung Super League . He stands in a tradition of Nations Cup tournaments in show jumping that has lasted for over a hundred years.

Course of the tournament series

In 2012, the series covered the period from May 10th to August 19th. The last stop in the series took place again, as in 2009 and 2010, at the traditional tournament in Dublin.

All Nations Cup tournaments took place in Europe; eight of the best nations in show jumping were eligible to start. At the end of the season, two national teams are to be relegated to the “FEI Nations Cup Promotional Leagues”, a kind of “second league” of the show jumping Nations Cup. These leagues resulted in the two promoted teams in the 2012 season, Switzerland and Sweden.

It was not clear for a long time whether this promotion and relegation mode would be used at the end of the season. At the beginning of the season, the Saudi Equestrian Fund, founded by the Saudi King Abdullah ibn Abd al-Aziz , was presented as the new sponsor of the Nations Cup series. At the end of 2012 it was decided that the two descending teams will belong to the Europa II league of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup 2013 , while the six remaining teams and the two promoted teams will be assigned to the new Europa I league.

All eight tests took place in the context of CSIO 5 * tournaments, the highest category in show jumping. The special stages were held on Friday afternoons. The exception to this was the Nations Cup at the CHIO Aachen , which takes place on Thursday evening with media coverage.

The announcement of the tests provided for a jumping competition with two identical rounds and a possible jump- off, the height of the obstacles is up to 1.60 meters. The exams are endowed with € 200,000 each . Four riders represented their country in each Nations Cup, and the worst result per nation was deleted for each round. The penalty points of the remaining riders were added. If two or more teams were in first place after two laps, there was a jump-off for victory.

media

In German-speaking countries, Eurosport showed a one-hour summary of the Nations Cup on one of the following Wednesday evenings. The exams were also regularly broadcast live in their respective host countries.

In addition, the FEI broadcast all of the series' national prizes on its website for a fee.

The exams

1st test: France

The traditional start of the Nations Cup series is the French Nations Cup tournament. This took place in 2012 in La Baule-Escoublac from May 10th to 13th. The special stage took place on May 11, 2012 from 2:05 p.m. local time.

Right in the first test of the 2012 season, the victory between two teams had to be stung. The first rider in the jump-off for the Netherlands was Albert Voorn , who had ended his seven-year break from international sport a year earlier and was now riding a Nations Cup again for the first time in La Baule. The victory went to Belgium, whose rider Gregory Wathelet showed the faster lap with his horse in the jump-off with the same number of penalty points. The course to be contested was conceived by Frédéric Cottier and Serge Houtmann.

	team	equestrian	horse	1st round	2nd round	Penalty points (total)	Sting		Prize money	scoring points
				Penalty points	Penalty points		Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Belgium	Philippe Le Jeune	Vigo d'Arsouilles	0	0
		Dirk Demeersman	Bufero van het Panishof	0	4th
		Niels Bruynseels	Conisha van de Helle	1	8th
		Grégory Wathelet	Cadjanine Z	0	0		4th	41.71
				0	4th	4th	4th	41.71	€ 64,000	10
2	Netherlands	Albert Zoer	Sam	4th	4th
		Leon Thijssen	Tyson	0	0
		Albert Voorn	Tobalio	0	4th		4th	44.16
		Marc Houtzager	opium	0	0
				0	4th	4th	4th	44.16	€ 40,000	7th
3	Sweden	Jens Fredricson	Lunatic	8th	0
		Peder Fredricson	Artic Aurora Borealis	0	0
		Lisen Bratt Fredricson	matrix	4th	0
		Henrik von Eckermann	Indeed	1	0
				5	0	5			€ 32,000	6th
4th	Germany	Janne Friederike Meyer	Lambrasco	4th	0
		Hans-Dieter Dreher	Magnus Romeo	1	0
		Thomas Voss	Carinjo	1	1
		Philipp Weishaupt	Catoki	4th	0
				6th	0	6th			€ 24,000	5
5	Switzerland	Steve Guerdat	NASA	9	0
		Werner Muff	Kiamon	4th	0
		Claudia Gisler	Touchable	8th	4th
		Pius Schwizer	Carlina IV	0	0
				12	0	12			€ 11,666	3
	Great Britain	Nick Skelton	Big star	0	0
		Guy Williams	Depardieu van het Keizelhof	4th	8th
		Peter Charles	Vindicat W	0	4th
		Ben Maher	Triple X	4th	4th
				4th	8th	12			€ 11,666	3
	Ireland	Shane Sweetnam	Amaretto D'Arco	0	4th
		Jessica Kürten	Vincente	5	0
		Cian O'Connor	Blue Loyd	4th	0
		Denis Lynch	Lantinus	4th	4th
				8th	4th	12			€ 11,666	3
8th	France	Simon Delestre	Valentino Velvet	9	4th
		Jerome Hurel	Ohm de Ponthual	1	5
		Eugénie Angot	Old Chap Tame	12	1
		Pénélope Leprevost	Jerusalem artichoke	0	0
				10	5	15th			€ 5,000	1

(Gray penalty points do not count as a crossed result for the team result)

2nd test: Italy

The Italian Nations Cup tournament will take place from May 24th to 27th, 2012 on the Piazza di Siena in Rome . The tournament will be held for the 80th time in 2012.

The special stage was held on May 25, 2012 at 3:15 p.m. local time.

	team	equestrian	horse	1st round	2nd round	Penalty points (total)	Sting		Prize money	scoring points
				Penalty points	Penalty points		Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Germany	Marco Kutscher	Cornet Obolensky	0	4th
		Christian Ahlmann	Taloubet Z	4th	0
		Marcus Ehning	Copin van de Broy	0	0
		Ludger Beerbaum	Gotha FRH	0	not started
				0	4th	4th			€ 64,000	10
2	Switzerland	Paul Estermann	Castlefield Eclipse	0	0
		Janika Sprunger	Uptown boy	4th	8th
		Simone Wettstein	Cash and Go	4th	0
		Clarissa Crotta	West side of Meerputhoeve	4th	0
				8th	0	8th			€ 40,000	7th
3	Belgium	Ludo Philippaerts	Challenge van de Begijnakker	0	22nd
		Olivier Philippaerts	Convertible van de Heffnink	0	4th
		Nicola Philippaerts	Carlos VHPZ	12	4th
		Jos Lansink	Valentina	4th	0
				4th	8th	12			€ 32,000	6th
4th	Italy	Juan Carlos Garcia	Bonzai van de Warande	8th	0
		Francesca Capponi	Stallone	0	0
		Luca Marziani	Wivina	12	4th
		Natale Chiaudani	Almero	4th	4th
				12	4th	16			€ 23,000	-
5	France	Patrice Delaveau	Ornella Mail	4th	16
		Marc Dilasser	Obiwan de Piliere	4th	4th
		Roger-Yves Bost	Nippon d'Elle	0	8th
		Kevin Staut	Silvana	12	0
				8th	12	20th			€ 15,000	5
6th	Netherlands	Harry Smolders	Regina Z	4th	4th
		Marc Houtzager	Voltaire	4th	8th
		Jur Vrieling	Bubalou	0	8th
		Gerco Schröder	New Orleans	4th	4th
				8th	16	24			€ 8,500	3.5
	Great Britain	William Funnell	Billy Angelo	9	12
		Tina Fletcher	Hello Sailor	4th	4th
		Scott Brash	Hello Sanctos	0	0
		Peter Charles	Vindicat	4th	12
				8th	16	24			€ 8,500	3.5
8th	Sweden	Helena Persson	Bonzai H	12	12
		Angelica Augustsson	Mic Mac du Tillard	0	eliminated
		Lisen Bratt Fredricson	matrix	8th	4th
		Henrik von Eckermann	Indeed	0	4th
				8th	20th	28			€ 5,000	2
9	Ireland	Shane Sweetnam	Amaretto D'Arco	0	8th
		Niall Talbot	Nicos de la Censes	eliminated	not started
		Cian O'Connor	Blue Loyd	20th	4th
		Billy Twomey	Tinka's serenade	0	0
				20th	12	32			€ 4,000	1

1. ↑ Host, not a regular participant in the FEI Nations Cup 2012

(Gray penalty points do not count as a crossed result for the team result)

3rd exam: Switzerland

The third test of the FEI Nations Cup took place in Switzerland. The CSIO Switzerland , Switzerland 's Nations Cup tournament, will be held in the Grundmoos stadium in St. Gallen from May 31 to June 3, 2012.

The Swiss Nations Cup took place on June 1st, 2012 at 2:45 p.m. local time. As in the previous year, the victory went to the team from the Netherlands, and as in 2011, the teams from Switzerland and Great Britain share second place with equal points.

	team	equestrian	horse	1st round	2nd round	Penalty points (total)	Sting		Prize money	scoring points
				Penalty points	Penalty points		Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Netherlands	Leon Thijssen	Tyson	4th	0
		Marc Houtzager	Voltaire	1	4th
		Jeroen Dubbeldam	Utasha	1	0
		Gerco Schröder	New Orleans	9	1
				6th	1	7th			€ 64,000	10
2	Switzerland	Werner Muff	Kiamon	0	0
		Janika Sprunger	Palloubet d'Halong	8th	0
		Clarissa Crotta	West side of Meerputhoeve	0	0
		Pius Schwizer	Carlina	12	given up
				8th	0	8th			€ 36,000	6.5
	Great Britain	Nick Skelton	Carlo	4th	0
		Michael Whitaker	Viking	4th	12
		Tim Stockdale	Kalico Bay	0	0
		John Whitaker	Maximillian	4th	0
				8th	0	8th			€ 36,000	6.5
4th	Germany	Christian Ahlmann	Taloubet Z	1	0
		René Tebbel	Light On	0	8th
		Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum	Bella Donna	0	8th
		Marcus Ehning	Plot Blue	8th	0
				1	8th	9			€ 24,000	5
5	Belgium	Niels Bruynseels	Conisha van de Helle	4th	12
		Dirk Demeersman	Bufero van het Panishof	4th	4th
		Rik Hemeryck	Quarco de Kerambars	1	4th
		Gregory Wathelet	Cadjanine Z	8th	8th
				9	16	25th			€ 16,000	4th
6th	Ireland	Shane Sweetnam	Amaretto D'Arco	4th	8th
		Jessica Kürten	Voss	9	0
		Cian O'Connor	Blue Loyd	8th	4th
		Billy Twomey	Je T'Aime Flamenco	4th	12
				16	12	28			€ 11,000	3
7th	France	Simon Delestre	Napoli du Ry	4th	4th
		Patrice Delaveau	Ornella Mail	4th	10
		Pénélope Leprevost	My lord Carthage	8th	5
		Olivier Guillon	Lord de Theize	20th	given up
				16	19th	35			€ 8,000	2
8th	Sweden	Jens Fredricson	Lunatic	0	4th
		Peder Fredricson	Arctic Aurora Borealis	0	18th
		Helena Persson	Chamonix H.	13	13
		Linda Heed	Bee Wonderful	given up	not started
				13	35	48			€ 5,000	1

(Gray penalty points do not count as a crossed result for the team result)

4th test: Netherlands

After a year in late summer, the Netherlands' Nations Cup tournament, the CHIO Rotterdam, will be held again in June 2012. The tournament will take place from June 20th to June 24th, 2012.

The show jumping Nations Cup competition was held on June 22nd from 4:30 p.m. The course was built by Louis Koninckx from the Netherlands. The test was characterized by a tight time limit, many riders had to record time penalties. The dominant team in the second round was Sweden, whose team remained completely without time and obstacle errors in the second round. However, the German team showed a strong performance in the first lap, so that they won the test with a margin of one point.

	team	equestrian	horse	1st round	2nd round	Penalty points (total)	Sting		Prize money	scoring points
				Penalty points	Penalty points		Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Germany	Marcus Ehning	Copin van de Broy	9	4th
		Ludger Beerbaum	Gotha FRH	0	1
		Philipp Weishaupt	Monte Bellini	1	0
		Marco Kutscher	Cornet Obolensky	1	1
				2	2	4th			€ 64,000	10
2	Sweden	Jens Fredricson	Lunatic	4th	0
		Malin Baryard-Johnsson	Tornesch	0	0
		Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Carusso	1	0
		Henrik von Eckermann	Indeed	8th	0
				5	0	5			€ 40,000	7th
3	France	Patrice Delaveau	Orient express	1	0
		Eugénie Angot	Old Chap Tame	9	1
		Pénélope Leprevost	My lord Carthage	5	8th
		Kevin Staut	Silvana	4th	0
				10	0	10			€ 32,000	6th
4th	Ireland	Cian O'Connor	Blue Loyd	5	0
		Jessica Kürten	Voss	5	8th
		Clement McMahon	Pacino	1	4th
		Denis Lynch	Abbervail van het Dingeshof	4th	1
				10	5	15th			€ 24,000	5
5	Switzerland	Paul Estermann	Castlefield Eclipse	0	0
		Claudia Gisler	Touchable	11	8th
		Janika Sprunger	Palloubet D'Halong	9	0
		Steve Guerdat	Nino des Buissonnets	4th	4th
				13	4th	17th			€ 16,000	4th
6th	Great Britain	Tim Stockdale	Kalico Bay	17th	8th
		Tina Fletcher	Hello Sailor	5	5
		Scott Brash	Hello Sanctos	4th	0
		Peter Charles	Vindicat W	0	4th
				9	9	18th			€ 11,000	3
7th	Netherlands	Jur Vrieling	Bubalou	5	0
		Maikel van der Vleuten	Verdi	4th	8th
		Jeroen Dubbeldam	Utasha	4th	17th
		Gerco Schröder	London	4th	4th
				9	12	21st			€ 8,000	2
8th	Belgium	Ludo Philippaerts	Challenge van de Begijnakker	0	8th
		Rik Hemeryck	Quarco de Kerambars	19th	13
		Nicola Philippaerts	Carlos VHPZ	4th	9
		Jos Lansink	Valentina	9	5
				13	22nd	35			€ 5,000	1

(Gray penalty points do not count as a crossed result for the team result)

5th exam: Germany

At the beginning of July 2012, the Nations Cup stopped in Germany: the CHIO Aachen will take place over two weeks from June 29th to July 8th, 2012; the special test was carried out on July 5th, 2012.

The German Nations Cup tournament is held in the Aachen he Soers . The main stadium in Aachen is the venue for the show jumping competitions at the CHIO . For some years now, the Nations Cup competition in Aachen has not been held on Friday, unlike the other tournaments in the Nations Cup series. Instead, the exam will be held on Thursday evening from 7.30 p.m., the second round took place under floodlights.

The long distances on the large Aachen square, together with demanding obstacle tasks, led to many mistakes in the teams. After the first round, only three teams had a realistic chance of victory: the Netherlands with eight penalty points, Germany with four penalty points and France, which was in the lead with only one time penalty. The remaining five teams had between 12 and 17 penalty points.

In the second lap, the German team took the lead. However, after Janne-Friederike Meyer recorded eight penalty points and Marco Kutscher with his stallion Cornet Obolensky (as in the first round) scored 16 penalty points, the lead could no longer be maintained. Since the Netherlands also had to record several mistakes in the second lap and their last rider did not start, the victory went to the French team.

	team	equestrian	horse	1st round	2nd round	Penalty points (total)	Sting		Prize money	scoring points
				Penalty points	Penalty points		Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	France	Eugénie Angot	Old Chap Tame	0	5
		Roger-Yves Bost	Nippon d´Elle	1	5
		Pénélope Leprevost	My lord Carthage	0	0
		Olivier Guillon	Lord de Theize	4th	4th
				1	9	10			€ 72,000	10
2	Germany	Marcus Ehning	Plot Blue	0	0
		Christian Ahlmann	Codex One	0	0
		Janne Friederike Meyer	Lambrasco	4th	8th
		Marco Kutscher	Cornet Obolensky	16	16
				4th	8th	12			€ 44,000	7th
3	Ireland	Denis Lynch	Lantinus	4th	8th
		Dermott Lennon	Lou-Lou	4th	16
		Billy Twomey	Je T'Aime Flamenco	12	0
		Cian O'Connor	Blue Loyd	4th	0
				12	8th	20th			€ 34,000	6th
4th	Switzerland	Werner Muff	Kiamon	8th	12
		Paul Estermann	Castlefield Eclipse	0	0
		Steve Guerdat	Carpalo	5	8th
		Pius Schwizer	Carlina	8th	0
				13	8th	21st			€ 25,000	5
5	Great Britain	Nick Skelton	Carlo	4th	5
		Guy Williams	Titus II	17th	16
		Scott Brash	Intertoy Z	12	4th
		Michael Whitaker	Amai	1	5
				17th	14th	31			€ 18,000	4th
6th	Netherlands	Leon Thijssen	Tyson	0	12
		Marc Houtzager	Tamino	4th	4th
		Harrie Smolders	Walnut de Muze	4th	8th
		Maikel van der Vleuten	Verdi	4th	not started
				8th	24	32			€ 12,000	3
7th	Sweden	Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Casall	4th	4th
		Peder Fredricson	Arctic Aurora Borealis	eliminated (fall)	not started
		Lisen Bratt Fredricson	matrix	4th	16
		Henrik von Eckermann	Indeed	4th	4th
				12	24	36			€ 9,000	2
8th	Belgium	Dirk Demeersman	Bufero van het Panishof	8th	8th
		Olivier Philippaerts	Convertible van de Heffinck	0	9
		Niels Bruynseels	Conisha van de Helle	8th	12
		Ludo Philippaerts	Challenge van de Begijnakker	7th	8th
				15th	25th	40			€ 6,000	1

(Gray penalty points do not count as a crossed result for the team result)

6th test: Sweden

The Swedish stage of the FEI Nations Cup was held at the Falsterbo Horse Show in Skanör med Falsterbo . The tournament will take place from July 12th to 15th, 2012. The special test was held on July 13, 2012 from 2:30 p.m.

After the last chance for many riders to present themselves for the Olympic Games a week earlier in Aachen, only horse-rider pairs that were not intended for the Olympic equestrian competitions were sent to Falsterbo. The Swedish team was an exception to this: Sweden offered its team intended for the Olympic Games in and under the stable for the domestic Nations Cup.

Corresponding to the weaker participants, the teams had to record many obstacle errors, and there were hardly any time penalties at all. After two laps, three teams had 12 penalty points as a result and were thus in the lead. These teams each sent one rider to the jump-off, with a clear lead of three seconds Jens Fredricson won with Lunatic for the home team.

	team	equestrian	horse	1st round	2nd round	Penalty points (total)	Sting		Prize money	scoring points
				Penalty points	Penalty points		Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Sweden	Jens Fredricson	Lunatic	0	0		0	37.62
		Malin Baryard-Johnsson	Tornesch	0	8th
		Henrik von Eckermann	Coupe de Coeur	12	8th
		Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Ninja	4th	0
				4th	8th	12	0	37.62	€ 64,000	10
2	Great Britain	William Funnell	Billy Angelo	0	0		0	40.75
		Alexandra Thornton	Caballero	12	17th
		Tina Fletcher	Ursula XII	0	8th
		Robert Smith	Voila	4th	0
				4th	8th	12	0	40.75	€ 40,000	7th
3	France	Jerome Hurel	Ohm De Ponthual	0	0		4th	43.74
		Aymeric de Ponnat	Armitages boy	0	8th
		Marc Dilasser	Obiwan de Piliere	4th	16
		Pénélope Leprevost	Jerusalem artichoke	0	4th
				0	12	12	4th	43.74	€ 32,000	6th
4th	Switzerland	Arthur Gustavo da Silva	Luis della Caccia	0	4th
		Martin Fuchs	Principal	12	not started
		Christina Liebherr	Callas custom Z	4th	4th
		Clarissa Crotta	West side van de Meerputhoeve	0	4th
				4th	12	16			€ 24,000	5
5	Germany	Holger Wulschner	Cefalo	4th	12
		Jörg Naeve	Commanchi	0	4th
		Tim Rieskamp-Goedeking	Chopin	4th	4th
		Thomas Voss	Carinjo	8th	4th
				8th	12	20th			€ 16,000	4th
6th	Belgium	Ludo Philippaerts	Kassini Jac	4th	4th
		Donaat Brondeel	Adorado	4th	4th
		Nicola Philippaerts	Carlos VHPZ	4th	4th
		Koen Vereecke	Allegro C van de Donkhoeve	given up	8th
				12	12	24			€ 11,000	3
7th	Netherlands	Mathijs van Asten	Credence Z	4th	4th
		Hendrik-Jan Schuttert	Cerona	12	4th
		Leon Thijssen	Haertthago	12	12
		Jeroen Dubbeldam	Quality time	0	4th
				16	12	28			€ 8,000	2
8th	Ireland	Shane Breen	Cos I Can	16	0
		Capt. David O'Brien	Annestown	24	16
		Shane Carey	Ballymore Eustace	0	5
		Clement McMahon	Pacino	13	0
				29	5	34			€ 5,000	1

(Gray penalty points do not count as a crossed result for the team result)

7. Examination: United Kingdom

The seventh station was the FEI Nations Cup in the United Kingdom. The British stage will be held from July 19-22, 2012 as part of the Royal International Horse Show in Hickstead .

Only a week and 60 kilometers away from the Olympic equestrian competitions , the horses starting at the Olympic Games were missing from the Hickstead Nations Cup. Often riders from the "second row" got a starting place, but Olympic riders started with their second horses. The course was created by Bob Ellis, who will also be the course designer at the Olympic Games.

After the first round, three teams - Germany, France and Ireland - were in first place. With two faultless riders in the second lap, the Irish team managed to take first place alone at the end of the test.

	team	equestrian	horse	1st round	2nd round	Penalty points (total)	Sting		Prize money	scoring points
				Penalty points	Penalty points		Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Ireland	Shane Breen	Cos I Can	0	8th
		Richie Moloney	Maple van de Zuuthoeve	0	0
		Darragh Kerins	Lisona	0	4th
		Clement McMahon	Pacino	given up	0
				0	4th	4th			€ 64,000	10
2	France	Eugénie Angot	Old Chap Tame	0	0
		Kevin Staut	Reveur de Hurtebise	0	4th
		Aymeric de Ponnat	Armitages boy	0	4th
		Pénélope Leprevost	Jerusalem artichoke	not started	given up
				0	8th	8th			€ 40,000	7th
3	Germany	Philipp Weishaupt	Catoki	0	4th
		Holger Wulschner	Cefalo	4th	12
		Ludger Beerbaum	Chiara	0	4th
		Marco Kutscher	Cornet Obolensky	0	4th
				0	12	12			€ 32,000	6th
4th	Great Britain	William Funnell	Billy Angelo	4th	4th
		Peter Charles	Nevada	4th	4th
		Tina Fletcher	Hello Sailor	0	4th
		John Whitaker	Argento	8th	4th
				8th	12	20th			€ 24,000	5
5	Sweden	Douglas Lindelow	Udermus	4th	0
		Angelie of Essen	Carrento Ztar	4th	8th
		Daniel Zetterman	Glory Days	8th	0
		Helena Persson	Chamonix H.	8th	8th
				16	8th	24			€ 13,500	3.5
	Belgium	Niels Bruynseels	Conisha van de Helle	8th	0
		Maurice van Roosbroeck	Dylano	16	4th
		Rik Hemeryck	Quarco de Kerambars	0	8th
		Dominique Hendrickx	Cor van de Wateringhoeve	8th	4th
				16	8th	24			€ 13,500	3.5
7th	Netherlands	Leon Thijssen	Tyson	8th	4th
		Albert Zoer	Sam	12	4th
		Hendrik-Jan Schuttert	Cerona	16	0
		Albert Voorn	Tobalio	0	8th
				20th	8th	28			€ 8,000	2
8th	Switzerland	Claudia Gisler	Touchable	12	8th
		Simone Wettstein	Cash and Go	0	13
		Marc Oertly	Tamira IV	4th	4th
		Andreas Ott	Loxy de la Reselle CH	24	12
				16	24	40			€ 5,000	1

(Gray penalty points do not count as a crossed result for the team result)

8th test: Ireland

The Dublin Horse Show concluded the show jumping Nations Cup series in 2012. The Nations Cup of Ireland took place less than two weeks after the end of the Olympic Show Jumping competitions from August 15-19, 2012 in Dublin .

	team	equestrian	horse	1st round	2nd round	Penalty points (total)	Sting		Prize money	scoring points
				Penalty points	Penalty points		Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Ireland	Clement McMahon	Pacino	0	0
		Richie Moloney	Maple van de Zuuthoeve	1	0
		Darragh Kerins	Lisona	0	4th
		Cian O'Connor	Blue Loyd	4th	not started
				1	4th	5			€ 64,000	10
2	France	Pénélope Leprevost	Jerusalem artichoke	4th	eliminated
		Roger-Yves Bost	Nippon d'Elle	0	0
		Jerome Hurel	Ohm de Ponthual	8th	0
		Kevin Staut	Reveur de Hurtebise	0	4th
				4th	4th	8th			€ 40,000	7th
3	Great Britain	Nick Skelton	Carlo	16	0
		Robert Smith	Voila IV	5	4th
		Tina Fletcher	Hello Sailor	0	0
		John Whitaker	Argento	8th	given up
				5	4th	9			€ 32,000	6th
4th	Netherlands	Albert Voorn	Tobalio	4th	0
		Jur Vrieling	Bubalu	4th	0
		Marc Houtzager	opium	4th	4th
		Jeroen Dubbeldam	Quality time	12	4th
				12	4th	16			€ 24,000	5
5	Switzerland	Arthur Gustavo da Silva	Luis della Caccia	4th	4th
		Steve Guerdat	Carpalo	8th	12
		Janika Sprunger	Palloubet d'Halong	4th	8th
		Pius Schwizer	Verdi III	4th	0
				12	12	24			€ 13,500	3.5
	Belgium	Ludo Philippaerts	Challenge van de Begijnakker	4th	0
		Dirk Demeersman	Bufero van het Panishof	4th	0
		François Mathy Jr	D'Athlantique Royale	8th	8th
		Olivier Philippaerts	Convertible van de Heffinck	12	8th
				16	8th	24			€ 13,500	3.5
7th	Sweden	Jens Fredricson	Lunatic	0	0
		Angelica Augustsson	Level	0	8th
		Daniel Zetterman	Glory Days	4th	16
		Lisen Bratt Fredricson	matrix	4th	20th
				4th	24	28			€ 8,000	2
8th	Germany	Carsten-Otto Nagel	Corradina	0	4th
		Tim Rieskamp-Goedeking	Chopin	8th	12
		Jörg Naeve	Commanchi	12	8th
		Hans-Dieter Dreher	Magnus Romeo	9	0
				17th	12	29			€ 5,000	1

(Gray penalty points do not count as a crossed result for the team result)

Overall rating

		FRA	ITA	SUI	NED	GER	SWE	GBR	IRL	scoring points
1	Germany	5	10	5	10	7th	4th	6th	1	48
2	France	1	5	2	6th	10	6th	7th	7th	44
3	Ireland	3	1	3	5	6th	1	10	10	39
4th	Great Britain	3	3.5	6.5	3	4th	7th	5	6th	38
5	Switzerland	3	7th	6.5	4th	5	5	1	3.5	35
6th	Netherlands	7th	3.5	10	2	3	2	2	5	34.5
7th	Sweden	7th	2	1	7th	2	10	3.5	2	33.5
8th	Belgium	10	6th	4th	1	1	3	3.5	3.5	32

Web links

• Internet presence of the FEI Nations Cup (English)
• FEI tournament calendar
• Individual stages:
  • CSIO 5 * La Baule
  • CSIO 5 * Rome
  • CSIO 5 * St. Gallen
  • CSIO 5 * Rotterdam
  • CSIO 5 * Aachen
  • CSIO 5 * Falsterbo
  • CSIO 5 * Hickstead
  • CSIO 5 * Dublin

Individual evidence

1. ↑ see the article Nations Cup (show jumping)
2. ↑ Saudi Equestrian Fund to finance FEI Nations Cup ™ Face-lift , FEI press release, April 30, 2012 (English)
3. ↑ Internet presence of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ rules Jumping (English)
5. ↑ Season 2012: TV schedule ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)  
6. ↑ FEI TV (English)
7. ↑ Albert Voorn starts comeback  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , May 5, 2011  
8. ↑ Result FEI Nations Cup La Baule 2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ↑ Results FEI Nations Cup Rome 2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ↑ Result of the FEI Nations Cup St. Gallen 2012 ( Memento of the original from June 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
11. ↑ Result FEI Nations Cup Rotterdam 2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
12. ^ Result FEI Nations Cup Aachen 2012 (PDF; 439 kB)
13. ↑ Result FEI Nations Cup Falsterbo 2012 before the jump-off ( Memento of the original from July 17th, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
14. ^ Result jump-off, FEI Nations Cup Falsterbo 2012 ( Memento of the original from July 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
15. ↑ FEI Nations Cup 2012 - Round 7: Surprise Victory for Ireland at Hickstead , FEI press release, July 20, 2012 (English)
16. ↑ Result FEI Nations Cup Hickstead 2012 ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
17. ↑ Result of the FEI Nations Cup Dublin 2012 ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
18. ↑ Irish make it a double in Dublin as Germany claims the 2012 title , FEI press release with the overall ranking FEI Nations Cup 2012