FEI Nations Cup 2017 (show jumping)

The FEI Nations Cup 2017 for show jumpers was a season of the FEI Nations Cup . He was thus in a tradition of more than a hundred years of Nations Cup competitions in show jumping.

Course of the tournament series

After five years, the sponsorship of the Saudi Equestrian Fund ended with the 2016 season, the Nations Cup series was thus without a main or name sponsor. Longines continued to sponsor the series as the “official timekeeper” .

There were significant changes to the regulations in comparison to the previous year in Europa League 1, on the one hand the number of teams (now eight) and on the other hand the system for awarding rating points.

There were also seven (theoretical) leagues distributed around the world: Europe 1, Europe 2, North and Central America, South America, the Middle East, Asia / Australasia and Africa. However, since there were no corresponding Nations Cup tournaments in Asia / Australasia, Africa and South America, only four leagues were organized.

Valuation points were awarded at each Nations Cup in the series. The points system revised for the 2014 season was used:

space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	Further
Points	100	90	80	70	60	55	50	45	40	35	no points

The number of Nations Cups at which the teams can collect points differed depending on the league: In the Europa League 1, each national association had to select six Nations Cups at the beginning of the season. The four best results of each team (at the selected Nations Cups) were included in the overall ranking. In the other leagues, a previous determination was not necessary; in the Europa League 2, a maximum of the points collected for four nations' prizes in this league counted per team.

The Nations Cup for the 2017 season ran from mid-February to early September. A final tournament was held at the end of the season. Barcelona was chosen as the venue for the fifth time in a row. Eighteen teams qualified for the final: seven from Europe 1, two from Europe 2, two from North and Central America, two from South America, two from the Middle East, two from Asia / Australasia and one team from Africa. If the host country did not qualify for the finals, it should start as the 19th team.

Middle East League

This season, too, the Middle East League only included one special stage, the United Arab Emirates' Nations Cup. The CSIO  5 * tournament President of UAE Show Jumping Cup took place in Al Ain from February 15 to 18, 2017.

The Nations Cup was held on Thursday afternoon (February 16). After the first round, France, Italy and Qatar were tied with four penalty points. The French managed to finish the second round without further penalty points, so that the victory went to France as in the previous year. The best team from the Middle East League was Qatar, and the team from the United Arab Emirates also qualified for the season finale in Barcelona.

	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 (team from the Europa League 1)	Philippe Rozier	Rahotep de Toscane	0	0
		Frederic David	Equador van't Roosakker	4th	0
		Adeline Hécart	Pasha you gue	(10)	(4)
		Patrice Delaveau	Aquila	0	0
				4th	0	4th			€ 38,500	-
2	Qatar	Hamad Al Attiyah	Appagino	(12)	4th
		Khalid al-Emadi	Tamira IV	4th	0
		Faleh Al Ajami	Armstrong van de Kapel	0	(15)
		Ali bin Chalid Al Thani	First devision	0	0
				4th	4th	8th			€ 31,000	90
3	Italy (team from the Europa League 1)	Michael Cristofoletti	Belony	4th	0
		Paolo Paini	Ottava Meraviglia di Ca 'San Giorgio	(4)	4th
		Francesco Turturiello	Quinoa des Pres	0	4th
		Emilio Bicocchi	Ares	0	(8th)
				4th	8th	12			€ 23,000	-
4th	Germany (team from Europa League 1)	Felix Hassmann	Cayenne	4th	0
		Niklas war	Carella	(12)	(8th)
		David Will	Monody H	4th	4th
		Mario Stevens	Baloubet	4th	0
				12	4th	16			€ 16,500	-
	Switzerland (team from the Europa League 1)	Romain Duguet	Twentytwo des Biches	4th	0
		Claudia Gisler	Cordel	(8th)	4th
		Philipp Züger	Casanova	4th	(8th)
		Christina Liebherr	Eagle Eye	0	4th
				8th	8th	16			€ 16,500	-
6th	Ireland (team from Europa League 1)			12	8th	20th			€ 12,000	-
7th	United Arab Emirates			16	20th	36			€ 10,000	50
8th	Great Britain (team from Europa League 1)			16	21st	37			€ 7,500	-
9	Saudi Arabia			24						40

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

North and Central America League

As in previous years, the tournament calendar of the North and Central American League (full name: North and Central America & Caribbean Division ) comprised three Nations Cup tournaments, all of which were held in the first half of the year.

1st test: United States

For the third year in a row, the US Nations Cup took place in the self-proclaimed Horse Capital of the World , Ocala . The CSIO 4 * tournament was held at the HITS Post Time Farm as the fifth week of the Ocala Winter Circuit tournament series held here from February 16 to 21, 2017.

The level of the participating teams differed significantly in the Ocala Nations Cup: While four teams got results between four and twelve penalty points in the first round, the teams from El Salvador and Venezuela were largely overwhelmed with the course. The victory went to Ireland with a total of 12 penalty 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	Ireland (team from Europa League 1)	Shane Sweetnam	Chaqui Z	0	4th
		Kevin Babington	Shorapur	4th	4th
		Richie Moloney	Carrabis Z	(12)	(12)
		Cian O'Connor	Seringat	0	0
				4th	8th	12			$ 37,500	-
2	United States	McLain Ward	Roth child	0	4th
		Lillie Keenan	Super Sox	8th	(4)
		Lauren Hough	Cornet	(12)	4th
		Beezie Madden	Breitling	0	0
				8th	8th	16			$ 22,000	90
3	Canada	Tiffany Foster	Victor	0	0
		Elizabeth Gingras	Coup de chance	8th	8th
		Amy Millar	hero	(8th)	(12)
		Ian Millar	Dixson	4th	4th
				12	12	24			US $ 17,500	80
4th	Mexico	Arturo Parada Vallejo	Constar	0	(13)
		Alberto Sánchez Cózar	Wupp	(12)	4th
		Gustavo Ramos	Izzy Miaki	4th	8th
		Eugenio Garza Perez	Victer Finn	4th	8th
				8th	20th	28			US $ 13,500	70
5	Colombia (team from South America)			28	24	52			US $ 9,500	-
6th	El Salvador			49	-	UP				55
7th	Venezuela (team from South America)			UP						-

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

2nd test: Mexico

The venue for the Mexican Nations Cup tournament was the Club Hipico Coapexpan in Xalapa . The CSIO 4 * tournament was held from May 4th to 7th, 2017, the Nations Cup itself was on the program on May 5th from 1:30 p.m. local time.

After their historic success in the previous year , the (first) Mexican team won again in 2017. The Mexicans didn't even need to start their last rider in the second lap, as they were already in the lead.

	team	equestrian	horse	1st round	2nd round	Penalty points (total)	Sting		Prize money	scoring points
				Penalty points	Penalty points		Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Mexico I	Antonio Mason	Galileo de Laubry	1	1
		Patricio Pasquel	Babel	(12)	4th
		Federico Fernández	Country Peter do Feroleto	5	5
		Jose Antonio Chedraui Eguia	Ninloubet	0	( N.GES. )
				6th	10	16			240,000  MXN	100
2	United States	Peter Lutz (show jumper)	Robin de Ponthual	4th	(12)
		Quentin Judge	Conrad	1	4th
		Adrienne Sternlicht	Cristalline	4th	4th
		Alison Robitaille	Ace	(8th)	0
				9	8th	17th			160,000 MXN	90
3	Canada	Christopher Surbey	Cavarola	12	4th
		Vanessa Mannix	Grand Cru vd Vijf Eiken	12	5
		Ali Ramsay	Hermelien vd Hooghoeve	(13)	(16)
		Keean White	For Freedom Z	1	0
				25th	9	34			115,000 MXN	80
4th	Mexico II (team does not count for Nations Cup classification)			20th	17th	37			85,000 MXN	-

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

3rd exam: Canada

For the second time, one of Canada's two Nations Cup tournaments took place in Langley (British Columbia). This CSIO 4 * tournament was held from May 31 to June 4, 2017 in the Thunderbird Show Park, where world cup tournaments have been held for years .

The Nations Cup, which counts for the North and Central American League, took place on the afternoon of June 2nd. After the first lap it looked like a clear victory for the United States team, which was 10 penalty points ahead. But with three flawless laps Canada caught up clearly in the second lap, the US team won the test by just one penalty point. As in Xalapa, Mexico competed with two teams, of which only the first counted for the Nations Cup ranking.

	team	equestrian	horse	1st round	2nd round	Penalty points (total)	Sting		Prize money	scoring points
				Penalty points	Penalty points		Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	United States	Heather Caristo-Williams	Qui Vive des Songes Z	(22)	(12)
		Catherine Nicole Tyree	Bokai	4th	4th
		Adrienne Sternlicht	Cristalline	0	1
		Margie Goldstein-Engle	Royce	0	4th
				4th	9	13			C $ 39,200	100
2	Canada	Tiffany Foster	Brighton	1	0
		Christopher Surbey	Chalacorada	5	0
		Keean White	For Freedom Z	(9)	(5)
		Ian Millar	Dixson	8th	0
				14th	0	14th			$ 25,600	90
3	Ireland (team from Europa League 1)	Daniel Coyle	Cita	0	0
		Robert Blanchette	Coupis	13	2
		Andrew Bourns	Inception	9	(8th)
		Conor Swail	Flower	(17)	1
				22nd	3	25th			C $ 20,100	-
4th	Mexico	Antonio Mason	Galileo de Laubry	9	(21)
		Patricio Pasquel	Babel	4th	4th
		Federico Fernández	Pegasso	(9)	9
		Eugenio Garza Perez	Victer Finn	5	1
				18th	14th	32			C $ 15,100	70
5	Mexico II (team does not count for Nations Cup classification)			39						-

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

Overall ranking of the North and Central American League

With one win and two second places, the teams of the United States collected the most points in the North and Central American leagues and thus secured a starting place at the Nations Cup final in Barcelona. The decision about second place on the grid was tight: Canada did not win any of the three Nations Cups, but still got 10 points more than Mexico.

		United States	MEX	CAN	scoring points
1	United States	90	90	100	280
2	Canada	80	80	90	250
3	Mexico	70	100	70	240
4th	El Salvador	55	-	-	55

European League 1

After four years with ten teams, the number of nations in the Europa League 1 ( Europe Division 1 ) was reduced to eight again. As a result, three teams were relegated at the end of the preseason.

The qualification rules for the 2017 season were clearer than in the previous year:

1. The teams from last year's Europa League 1 (Netherlands, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, France and Italy) who were in positions one to seven in the overall ranking of the previous year
2. The top ranked teams from Europa League 2 at the Nations Cup Final 2016 (Spain)

1st test: Belgium

The start of the Nations Cup season in Europe took place at the Belgian Nations Cup tournament in Lummen . After the tournament had to be almost completely canceled in the previous year due to heavy rainfall, it took place regularly from April 26th to 30th, 2017.

The Nations Cup was held on Friday (April 28th) from 4 p.m. This competition was a special one for the second rider in the Swiss line-up: Walter Gabathuler, now 62 years old, contested his first Nations Cup here since 2005. In the first round, France took the lead, the French were the only team so far without penalty points. However, the French result increased by eight penalty points in the second round. Thus, after two rounds, the teams from France, Germany and the hosts, who were relegated to the Europa League 2, were tied with eight penalty points in first place.

In the jump-off, which was therefore necessary, Belgium started with Pieter Devos with Dream of India . A refusal early in the jump-off course robbed the Belgians of the chance of victory. For Germany, national coach Otto Becker sent André Thieme into the jump-off. With his gray gelding Conthendrix , Thieme achieved the first clear round in the jump-off. France's Chef d'Equipe Philippe Guerdat decided to let Penelope Leprevost start in the jump-off. After two clear rounds, she also made no mistakes in the jump-off with Ratina d'La Rousserie , but she did not come close to André Thieme's time. The victory thus went to the German 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	Germany	André Thieme	Conthendrix	4th	0		0	39.75
		Maurice Tebbel	Chaccos' Son	0	(4)
		Holger Wulschner	Skipper	(12)	4th
		Mario Stevens	Baloubet	0	0
				4th	4th	8th	0	39.75	€ 64,000	100
2	France	Cédric Angot	Saxo de la Cour	0	4th
		Maelle Martin	Giovani de la Pomme	0	(12)
		Bernard Briand Chevalier	Qadillac du Heup	(4)	4th
		Pénélope Leprevost	Ratina d'La Rousserie	0	0		0	40.47
				0	8th	8th	0	40.47	€ 40,000	90
3	Belgium (team from Europa League 2)	Pieter Devos	Dream of India	0	(4)		4th	51.76
		Olivier Philippaerts	Convertible van de Heffinck	0	0
		Karel Cox	Cor van de Wateringhoeve	(4)	0
		Jérôme Guery	Garfield de Tiji des Templiers	4th	4th
				4th	4th	8th	4th	51.76	€ 32,000	-
4th	Italy	Juan Carlos García	Gitano v. Berkenbroeck	(OUT)	4th
		Paolo Paini	Ottava Meraviglia di Ca 'San Giorgio	0	(4)
		Emilio Bicocchi	Ares	4th	4th
		Bruno Chimirri	Tower Mouche	1	1
				5	9	14th			€ 24,000	70
5	Switzerland	Pius Schwizer	Balou Rubin R	(8th)	4th
		Walter Gabathuler	Fine Fleur du Marais	4th	0
		Nadja Peter-Steiner	Saura de Fondcombe	0	(8th)
		Paul Estermann	Lord Pepsi	4th	4th
				8th	8th	16			€ 16,000	-
6th	Ireland			8th	12	20th			€ 11,000	-
7th	Sweden			18th	5	23			€ 8,000	50
8th	Spain			16	9	25th			€ 5,000	45

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

2nd test: France

The French Nations Cup tournament was held in La Baule-Escoublac from May 11-14, 2017 . The Nations Cup took place on May 12th from 2 p.m.

Sweden was in the lead after the first round of the Nations Cup without penalty points, Belgium followed in second place with only two time penalty points. While the Belgians lost contact with the leaders in the second lap with 17 penalty points, the Swedes had a good chance of victory: Henrik von Eckermann as the last rider of the Swedish team could have secured victory with a flawless lap. But unlike in the first round, he didn't succeed with Copperhild . This meant that Sweden and France were tied for first place after the second round, a play-off was necessary.

In the jump-off, Kevin Staut presented with a clear round. Sweden sent Peder Fredricson into the jump-off, but he made mistakes with Christian K , eight penalty points in the jump-off prevented victory. This went to the hosts' team.

The best team in the second round was Spain. However, since the Spaniards had by far the worst result in the first lap, it was only enough for sixth place. With that they were still one place ahead of the German team, which got a total of 29 penalty points with mixed results in both rounds.

	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	Cédric Angot	Saxo de la Cour	4th	4th
		Kevin Staut	Reveur de Hurtebise	0	0		0	35.74
		Roger-Yves Bost	Sangria du Coty	(OUT)	( N.GES. )
		Pénélope Leprevost	Flora de Mariposa	0	0
				4th	4th	8th	0	35.74	€ 64,000	100
2	Sweden	Peder Fredricson	Christian K	0	0		8th	38.02
		Malin Baryard-Johnsson	Cue Channa	0	4th
		Angelie of Essen	Newton Abbot	(5)	4th
		Henrik von Eckermann	good luck	0	(9)
				0	8th	8th	8th	38.02	€ 40,000	90
3	Ireland	Denis Lynch	All star	5	4th
		Shane Breen	Golden Hawk	0	0
		Michael Duffy	Belcanto Z	1	4th
		Shane Sweetnam	Chaqui Z	(5)	(5)
				6th	8th	14th			€ 32,000	80
4th	Switzerland	Romain Duguet	Twentytwo des Biches	4th	(13)
		Christina Liebherr	Eagle Eye	1	9
		Paul Estermann	Lord Pepsi	0	0
		Steve Guerdat	Ulysse des Forets	(13)	4th
				5	13	18th			€ 24,000	70
5	Belgium (team from Europa League 2)			2	17th	19th			€ 16,000	-
6th	Spain			21st	1	22nd			€ 11,000	55
7th	Germany	Janne F. Meyer-Zimmermann	Goja	4th	12
		Maurice Tebbel	Chaccos' Son	1	4th
		Patrick Stühlmeyer	Lacan	(8th)	(13)
		Marcus Ehning	Funky Fred	4th	4th
				9	20th	29			€ 8,000	50
8th	Netherlands			14th	17th	31			€ 5,000	45

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

3rd test: Italy

For the 85th time, the traditional Italian Nations Cup tournament, the CSIO Rome, took place. The event, held in the heart of the city, on Piazza di Siena in the Villa Borghese park , took place from May 25th to 28th in 2017.

The Nations Cup was held on the afternoon of May 26th. After two nations' trophies, which were decided in the jump-off, two rounds were sufficient to determine the winner in this third stage of the Europa League 1. Already after the first round Italy and the Netherlands had separated from the rest of the starting field, both teams had only received four penalty points up to this point.

In the second round, Jeroen Dubbeldam was the first rider of the Dutch to give up after having finished the first round with 26 penalty points with Zenith . The three other Dutch riders were under pressure because of the missing result, their nine penalty points were fully included in the evaluation. The course of the Italians was the other way around: the first two riders crossed the finish line without penalty points, Lorenzo de Luca as the third starter got five penalty points. Bruno Chimirri with Tower Mouche had already delivered the cancellation result in the first round and in the second round he could not match the good results of his compatriots with 13 penalty points. But due to the only five penalty points from the first three rides, it was enough for first place at the end of the test. For Italy, one of the leading nations in show jumping after the Second World War, this was the first victory in the domestic Nations Cup in 32 years.

	team	equestrian	horse	1st round	2nd round	Penalty points (total)	Sting		Prize money	scoring points
				Penalty points	Penalty points		Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Italy	Piergiorgio Bucci	Casallo Z	4th	0
		Alberto Zorzi	Fair Light van't Heike	0	0
		Lorenzo de Luca	Ensor de Litrange LXII	0	5
		Bruno Chimirri	Tower Mouche	(9)	(13)
				4th	4th	9			€ 64,000	100
2	Netherlands	Jeroen Dubbeldam	Zenith	(26)	(AUFG)
		Gerco Schröder	Cognac Champblanc	0	4th
		Jur Vrieling	Glasgow van't Merelsnest	0	4th
		Marc Houtzager	Calimero	4th	1
				4th	9	13			€ 40,000	90
3	Ireland	Shane Sweetnam	Chaqui Z	(9)	0
		Paul Kennedy	Cartown Danger Mouse	4th	8th
		Mark McAuley	Utchan de Belheme	5	4th
		Shane Breen	Golden Hawk	4th	0
				13	4th	17th			€ 28,000	75
	Spain	Manuel Fernandez Saro	U watch	(17)	(9)
		Eduardo Álvarez Aznar	Rokfeller de Pleville	1	0
		Pilar Lucrecia Cordon	Galine La Cour Zichelhof	4th	4th
		Sergio Álvarez Moya	Arrayan	8th	0
				13	4th	17th			€ 28,000	75
5	France			12	8th	20th			€ 13,500	57.5
	Sweden			7th	13	20th			€ 13,500	57.5
7th	Switzerland	Pius Schwizer	Balou Rubin R	8th	4th
		Christina Liebherr	Eagle Eye	8th	4th
		Werner Muff	Daimler	(8th)	(4)
		Steve Guerdat	Bianca	0	0
				16	8th	24			€ 8,000	-
8th	Canada (team from the North and Central American League)			17th	12	29			€ 5,000	-

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

4th exam: Switzerland

The Swiss stage of the Europa League 1 of the Nations Cup was held in St. Gallen . The CSIO Switzerland , Switzerland 's Nations Cup tournament, took place from June 1st to 4th, 2017 in the Grundmoos stadium.

At the beginning of the Nations Cup, the results indicated an extremely demanding course: the first four riders crossed the finish line with eight penalty points each, the next four received four penalty points each. But as a result there were also several faultless rides. After the first round, France was clearly in the lead with no penalty points, the hosts' team followed in second place with eight penalty points.

But the second lap, during which heavy rain showers fell, turned this result completely on its head. Germany, which had been awarded the first starting place of the teams, came in penultimate place with 13 penalty points in the first round. The first rider in the second lap was André Thieme. Thieme and his 13-year-old gray Conthendrix made no mistakes. This should not have been the last clear round for the German team, Christian Kukuk and Marco Kutscher also remained flawless with their horses. This meant that Marcus Ehning no longer had to go to the start, and Germany fought its way up to third place. The second round was extremely unfortunate for France: The first three riders of the team crossed the finish line with 12 or more penalty points. Roger-Yves Bost's flawless ride at the end prevented the French from falling even further, so it was sixth place in the final result.

The Italians confirmed their form from the previous weekend, with a total of nine penalty points they also won in St. Gallen. The Swiss threatened to slip in the meantime in the second lap, but zero-error rides by Romain Duguet and Steve Guerdat secured second place.

	team	equestrian	horse	1st round	2nd round	Penalty points (total)	Sting		Prize money	scoring points
				Penalty points	Penalty points		Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Italy	Luca Marziani	Tokyo du Soleil	4th	0
		Paolo Paini	Ottava Meraviglia di Ca 'San Giorgio	1	0
		Emilio Bicocchi	Sassicaia Ares	(8th)	(4)
		Lorenzo de Luca	Armitages boy	4th	0
				9	0	9			€ 64,000	100
2	Switzerland	Romain Duguet	Twentytwo des Biches	8th	0
		Martin Fuchs	Clooney	0	4th
		Paul Estermann	Lord Pepsi	(8th)	(9)
		Steve Guerdat	Bianca	0	0
				8th	4th	12			€ 40,000	90
3	Germany	André Thieme	Conthendrix	(8th)	0
		Christian Kukuk	Limonchello	4th	0
		Marco Kutscher	Clenur	5	0
		Marcus Ehning	Pret A Tout	4th	( N.GES. )
				13	0	13			€ 32,000	80
4th	Belgium (team from Europa League 2)	Wilm Vermeir	IQ from het Steentje	5	0
		Catherine van Roosbroeck	Gautcho da Quinta	0	4th
		Pieter Clemens	Horizon de Regor	(8th)	(9)
		Gregory Wathelet	Eldorado van het Vijverhof	4th	4th
				9	8th	17th			€ 24,000	-
5	Sweden			16	8th	24			€ 16,000	60
6th	France			0	25th	25th			€ 11,000	55
7th	Ireland			12	16	28			€ 8,000	50
8th	Brazil (team from South America)			13	28	41			€ 5,000	-

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

5th test: Netherlands

The Netherlands Nations Cup tournament was held in Rotterdam. The CHIO Rotterdam took place for the 69th time, from June 22nd to 25th, 2017.

The show jumping Nations Cup began on June 23 at around 3 p.m. The first round was uneventful, 20 of 30 rides remained without errors, two riders no longer had to start for their team. The intermediate result after the first round was that four teams (Sweden, Switzerland, Ireland and Germany) were in the lead without penalty points, the other four teams shared fifth place with four penalty points. The time allowed was not a problem, none of the participants received time penalties.

Since both rounds of a Nations Cup have to be basically identical, the course designer Louis Konickx only had the option of increasing the height of the obstacles and the depth (width) of the oxer between the rounds. He made use of both options, which also had an impact on the results: While five of the first eight riders in the second round remained without errors, rides with errors increased. A number of riders received eight penalty points, including three riders from the German team. Part of this team was the 23-year-old German female show jumping champion, Laura Klaphake, who contested her first Nations Cup after her young rider time here.

Despite the absence of Rolf-Göran Bengtsson (due to the suspicion of an injury to his stallion Clarimo ) and thus the lack of a strike result, the Swedes got a final result of only four penalty points. Martin Fuchs went into the second lap as the last starter, with a clear lap from him Switzerland could have ridden for victory in a jump-off against Sweden. But Fuchs made a mistake with Clooney , these four penalty points let Switzerland fall back to second place.

	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	Henrik von Eckermann	Cantinero	0	0
		Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Clarimo	0	( N.GES. )
		Douglas Lindelow	Zacramento	0	4th
		Peder Fredricson	All in	( N.GES. )	0
				0	4th	4th			€ 64,000	100
2	Switzerland	Steve Guerdat	Bianca	0	0
		Romain Duguet	Twentytwo des Biches	0	(8th)
		Werner Muff	Daimler	0	4th
		Martin Fuchs	Clooney	( N.GES. )	4th
				0	8th	8th			€ 40,000	90
3	Italy	Piergiorgio Bucci	Casallo Z	0	4th
		Luca Marziani	Tokyo du Soleil	4th	(8th)
		Emanuele Gaudiano	Caspar	(16)	4th
		Lorenzo de Luca	Armitages boy	0	0
				4th	8th	12			€ 28,000	75
	Spain	Manuel Fernandez Saro	U watch	4th	0
		Pilar Lucrecia Cordon	Galine La Cour Zichelhof	(12)	(19)
		Eduardo Álvarez Aznar	Rokfeller de Pleville	0	0
		Sergio Álvarez Moya	Arrayan	0	8th
				4th	8th	12			€ 28,000	75
5	Netherlands			4th	12	16			€ 11,666.67	55
	Ireland			0	16	16			€ 11,666.67	55
	Germany	Marcus Ehning	Pret A Tout	0	0
		Andreas Kreuzer	Calvilot	(4)	8th
		Laura Klaphake	Catch Me If You Can	0	8th
		Marco Kutscher	Clenur	0	(8th)
				0	16	16			€ 11,666.67	55
8th	Belgium (team from Europa League 2)			4th	16	20th			€ 5,000	-

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

6th test: Sweden

At the southwestern tip of Sweden, in Skanör med Falsterbo , the Swedish Nations Cup tournament is held every year. The Falsterbo Horse Show took place from July 13th to 16th, 2017.

The show jumping Nations Cup started on Friday (July 14th) at 2:30 p.m. Norway and the United States of America started as visiting teams from other lying areas. After the first round, Ireland and the Netherlands were both in the lead without penalty points. Germany, Sweden and the United States followed closely behind with four penalty points each.

In the second round the first two Dutch riders each made an obstacle error, so that at least four penalty points were added to the team account. The Irish could still hope for their third and fourth riders after Cian O'Connor had received four penalty points. But Mark McAuley also got four penalty points, so that already after the third rider there was a lot to be said for a jump-off for the victory: The United States, Ireland, the Netherlands and Germany now had the chance to go into a jump-off for victory with another faultless ride get. After their third rider Adrienne Sternlicht had already collected twelve penalty points, the United States received a further eight penalty points from Alison Robitaille (formerly Alison Firestone). The three remaining teams, on the other hand, achieved the required error-free rides.

In the jump-off, Markus Beerbaum and Comanche had to start as the first rider . For Markus Beerbaum, Falsterbo was the first Nations Cup start in over ten years and the first active Nations Cup together with his wife Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum in 13 years. He rode a brisk lap and finished with no mistakes in 47.80 seconds. Denis Lynch tried to get a better time for Ireland, in which, after the second jump of the jump-off, he turned away in front of a wall obstacle for a double combination and thus had to start at an angle from the turn. But he made a mistake in the combination. Jur Vrieling and the stallion Glasgow van't Merelsnest did better for the Netherlands . They also turned in front of the wall, but it was better to come up with a double combination. Flawlessly and faster than Beerbaum, they secured the Dutch victory.

	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	Ruben Romp	Teavanta II CZ	0	4th
		Aniek Poels	Athena	0	(4)
		Michel Hendrix	Baileys	(4)	0
		Jur Vrieling	Glasgow van't Merelsnest	0	0		0	46.35
				0	4th	4th	0	46.35	€ 64,000	100
2	Germany	André Thieme	Conthendrix	4th	(4)
		Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum	Daisy	0	0
		Markus Beerbaum	Comanche	0	0		0	47.80
		Janne F. Meyer-Zimmermann	Goja	0	0
				4th	0	4th	0	47.80	€ 40,000	90
3	Ireland	Shane Sweetnam	Chaqui Z	0	0
		Cian O'Connor	Callisto	0	4th
		Mark McAuley	Miebello	0	4th
		Denis Lynch	All star	( N.GES. )	0		4th	46.65
				0	4th	4th	4th	46.65	€ 32,000	80
4th	Italy	Luca Marziani	Tokyo du Soleil	1	0
		Paolo Paini	Ottava Meraviglia di Ca 'San Giorgio	0	(8th)
		Giulia Martinengo Marquet	Fine Edition	(8th)	4th
		Emilio Bicocchi	Ares	4th	0
				5	4th	9			€ 24,000	70
5	Sweden			4th	8th	12			€ 13,500	57.5
	United States (North and Central American League team)			4th	8th	12			€ 13,500	-
7th	Switzerland	Janika Sprunger	Aris	0	(8th)
		Paul Estermann	Lord Pepsi	8th	4th
		Niklaus Rutschi	Cardano CH	4th	0
		Steve Guerdat	Ulysse des Forets	(8th)	4th
				12	8th	20th			€ 8,000	50
8th	Norway (team from Europa League 2)			16	14th	30th			€ 5,000	-

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

7. Examination: United Kingdom

At the end of July, the European League 1 of the Nations Cup series made a stop in Great Britain: The Royal International Horse Show formed the framework for the British Nations Cup in show jumping. The tournament was held from July 27th to 30th, 2017.

The Nations Cup test took place on the afternoon of July 28th. After the first round, the German team was in the lead without penalty points, Brazil followed behind with four penalty points.

In the second round Brazil (which won the test) and the Netherlands got no further penalty points. For the German team, however, the round was unhappy: Nations Cup debutant Kendra Claricia Brinkop and Mario Stevens each received 12 penalty points. Marcus Ehning initially succeeded in being the last German rider to lower the overall result to 12 penalty points with a clear round (which would have been sufficient for second place). But after the ride he was disqualified after a scratch from the spur was found on his stallion Comme il faut , on which a slight bleeding could be found. This means that his result was also deleted from the first round, with Germany falling back to the penultimate place. Only Spain was further behind in the ranking with a disastrous 51 penalty points.

The departure of Ehning, who is regarded as a stylist and equestrian role model for many show jumpers, was the second time within a few weeks that the "blood rule" had to be applied in top-class jumping (Scott Brash had previously met it in the context of the Global Champions League ) . As a result, the FEI Jumping Commission made the suggestion that unintentional injuries to the rider's thigh should only result in elimination (which in the case of Ehnings would have retained the result from the first round), "minor injuries" should have no consequences. If the proposal were implemented, disqualification would only occur in the case of injuries that indicate “excessive” use of the spurs.

	team	equestrian	horse	1st round	2nd round	Penalty points (total)	Sting		Prize money	scoring points
				Penalty points	Penalty points		Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Brazil (team from South America)	Marlon Modolo Zanotelli	Sirene de la Motte	0	0
		Pedro Veniss	For Felicila	0	0
		Yuri Mansur Guerios	Baby lotte	(12)	5
		Pedro Junqueira Muylaert	Prince Royal Z	4th	( N.GES. )
				4th	0	4th			€ 64,000	-
2	Netherlands	Harrie Smolders	Don Z	0	0
		Gerco Schröder	Cognac Champblanc	13	(12)
		Ruben Romp	Teavanta II CZ	1	0
		Jur Vrieling	Glasgow van't Merelsnest	(13)	0
				14th	0	14th			€ 40,000	90
3	Switzerland	Nadja Peter Steiner	Saura de Fondcombe	0	4th
		Romain Duguet	Sherazade du Gevaudan	8th	0
		Philipp Züger	Casanova FZ	(8th)	(13)
		Beat Mändli	Dsarie	0	4th
				8th	8th	16			€ 32,000	80
4th	Ireland	Daniel Coyle	Cita	4th	0
		Richard Howley	Chinook	8th	0
		Richie Moloney	Ypaja Yando	1	4th
		Shane Sweetnam	Main Road	(9)	(4)
				13	4th	17th			€ 24,000	70
5	Great Britain (team from Europa League 2)			11	9	20th			€ 16,000	-
6th	France			17th	4th	21st			€ 11,000	55
7th	Germany	Patrick Stühlmeyer	Lacan	0	4th
		Kendra Claricia Brinkop	A la Carte NRW	0	12
		Mario Stevens	Baloubet	4th	(12)
		Marcus Ehning	Comme il faut	( DISQ )	( DISQ )
				4th	28	32			€ 8,000	50
8th	Spain			23	28	51			€ 5,000	45

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

8th test: Ireland

Again on his usual date in August (2017 from August 9th to 13th) the conclusion of the European League 1 took place at the Dublin Horse Show. A little more than a week before the start of the European Championships in Gothenburg , the last points for this league were scored here of the Nations Cup series.

After the first round of the Nations Cup, no decision had yet been made, the best four teams were extremely close together with zero to two penalty points. While the Irish team, which had been faultless up to now, slacked off in terms of performance in the second round and fell back to fifth with 17 penalty points, the United States of America was able to maintain its zero-fault result. With this victory by a non-European team, no team was able to secure 100 points for the overall standings. France, which had shone in the first two stages of the league, but was then only able to achieve lower places, secured second place (and thus 90 evaluation points) with a result of four penalty 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	United States (North and Central American League team)	Lauren Hough	Oh la la	0	0
		Lillie Keenan	Super Sox	0	(5)
		Beezie Madden	Darry Lou	(4)	0
		Laura herb	Confu	0	0
				0	0	0			€ 64,000	-
2	France	Kevin Staut	For Joy van't Zorgvliet	0	4th
		Marc Dilasser	Cliffton Belesbat	(20)	0
		Marie Hécart	Cenwood delle Lame	1	(OUT)
		Olivier Robert	Eros	0	0
				1	4th	5			€ 40,000	90
3	Netherlands	Michael Greeve	Whitney	0	0
		Doron Kuipers	Charley	1	0
		Michel Hendrix	Baileys	1	(8th)
		Frank Schuttert	Chianti's Champion	(8th)	5
				2	5	7th			€ 32,000	80
4th	Spain	Manuel Fernandez Saro	U watch	(9)	0
		Alvaro Díaz García	Bacentus	2	6th
		Gerardo Menendez	Cassino	5	4th
		Eduardo Álvarez Aznar	Rokfeller de Pleville	0	4th
				7th	8th	15th			€ 24,000	70
5	Ireland			0	17th	17th			€ 16,000	60
6th	Switzerland	Werner Muff	Daimler	1	4th
		Edwin Smits	Rouge Pierreville	1	(8th)
		Niklaus Rutschi	Clearwater	4th	5
		Steve Guerdat	Hannah	(4)	4th
				6th	13	19th			€ 11,000	55
7th	Italy			15th	10	25th			€ 8,000	50
8th	Great Britain (team from Europa League 2)			22nd	25th	47			€ 5,000	-

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

Overall ranking Europa League 1

For the final of the Nations Cup, the seven best-placed teams in the overall standings qualified from the Europa League 1. Of six previously selected nations' prizes, the best four evaluation point results are included in the evaluation.

No team dominated the league in the 2017 season. The Dutch, who achieved top results at the end of the season, came first in the overall standings. Italy, which as the " elevator team " has repeatedly belonged to the (European) top Nations Cup series in the past 10 years, but has not been at the top in show jumping for a long time, strengthened in 2017. Also thanks to their top performers Lorenzo de Luca and Alberto Zorzi, who both were able to establish themselves in the top 20 of the world rankings, they came in second place in the overall ranking. Spain came eighth as the weakest team of the season, but as hosts of the Nations Cup finals, they are just as sure to qualify for the Nations Cup final.

		BEL	FRA	ITA	SUI	NED	SWE	GBR	IRL	scoring points
1	Netherlands	-	(45)	90	-	(55)	100	90	80	360
2	Italy	(70)	-	100	100	75	70	-	(50)	345
3	France	90	100	57.5	(55)	-	-	(55)	90	337.5
4th	Switzerland	-	70	-	90	90	(50)	80	(55)	330
5	Germany	100	(50)	-	80	55	90	(50)	-	325
6th	Sweden	(50)	90	(57.5)	60	100	57.5	-	-	307.5
7th	Ireland	-	80	75	-	(55)	80	70	(60)	305
8th	Spain	(45)	55	75	-	75	-	(45)	70	275

European League 2

All European teams that did not belong to the Europa League 1 could collect 2 rating points in the Europa League. The four best results from each nation went into the overall ranking.

The Europa League 2 comprised seven special stages in 2017. In March of that year, the league's calendar had to be revised again: The Danish Nations Cup tournament changed location, the Nations Cup tournaments in Celje (Slovenia) and Budapest (Hungary) were canceled. In return, the Drammen Nations Cup was included in the Europa League 2 and the CSI "Réiser Päerdsdeeg" was upgraded to the Luxembourg Nations Cup tournament.

Overall ranking Europa League 2

For the Nations Cup final, the two best-placed teams from the Europa League 2 qualified, with a maximum of four results per team being included in the ranking. After Ukraine, which dominated the previous year and was characterized by diplomatic entanglements for its patron Oleksandr Onyshchenko , no longer competed in the Nations Cup, Belgium was clearly the best team of the 2017 season. The relegated from the European top league won two stages and finished two more stations second place. Great Britain followed in second place with a clear gap as the second relegated team last year. The other nations up to ninth place were close together with 140 to 180 points.

		AUT	NOR	POR	THE	POLE	LUX	ESP	scoring points
1	Belgium	90	90	100	(70)	(55)	100	-	350
2	Great Britain	80	60	(55)	60	(0)	(55)	60	260
3	Luxembourg	-	45	45	-	-	90	-	180
4th	Denmark	55	0	-	100	-	17.5	-	172.5
5	Norway	(35)	35	-	50	40	40	-	165
6th	Austria	50	-	-	-	50	50	-	150
7th	Portugal	0	-	65	-	80	-	-	145
8th	Czech Republic	70	-	-	-	70	-	-	140
9	Poland	40	55	-	-	0	45	-	140
10	Hungary	60	-	-	-	60	0	-	120
11	Finland	-	0	-	17.5	-	-	-	17.5
12	Russia	0	-	-	-	0	-	-	0
	Turkey	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	0

final

General

Barcelona is also the venue for the fifth year since the re-introduction of the Nations Cup final . As part of the CSIO Barcelona , the final will be held from September 28th to October 1st 2017 on the grounds of the Real Club de Polo de Barcelona . The final tournament is already under the patronage of the title sponsor of the Nations Cup from 2018 and is therefore called the Longines FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final .

The first test for all teams in the final is a jumping competition for mistakes (one round). From this test, the eight best teams qualified for the final test. That final exam is advertised as a jumping competition based on mistakes and time . Errors from the first exam are not included in the final exam. In the event of a tie in first place, the final test will be decided in a jump-off, in which three riders per team will start.

A consolation test is planned for those teams that do not qualify for the final test in the first test of the final. Like the final test, this test is advertised as a jumping competition with a one-time jump-off, but in normal circulation time only plays a role in relation to time penalties.

Teams

On the basis of the Nations Cup regulations, 18 teams qualify for the final.

From the leagues these were the following teams:

• Europe League 1: Netherlands , Italy , France , Switzerland , Germany , Sweden , Ireland       
• Europe League 2: Belgium , Great Britain  
• Middle East League: Qatar , United Arab Emirates  
• North and Central America League: Canada , United States  

The following teams were named for the final tournament from the regions without Nations Cup leagues:

• South America: Brazil , Colombia  
• Asia / Australasia: Australia , New Zealand  
• Africa: Egypt 

Australia refused to start, Colombia and Egypt withdrew their start. If no substitute teams from those leagues can be named, the regulations provide for the starter field to be filled with teams from the Europa League 1. Only Spain from that league was not directly qualified for the final, but as hosts they would have been eligible to start anyway (as an additional team).

Results

Qualification test

So 15 teams started in the qualifying test. Only Canada remained without penalty points. In the final exam, the eight teams made it to a result of eight penalty points in 245.68 seconds or better. European Champion Ireland, weakened by the short-term failure of Cian O'Connor's horse Good Luck , narrowly missed the final exam. Far from it, however, was host Spain, who finished last with 40 penalty points.

	team	equestrian	horse	Penalty points
1	Canada	Yann Candele	Theodore Manciais	0
		Tiffany Foster	Triple X III	0
		Chris Pratt	Concorde	(8th)
		Eric Lamaze	Coco Bongo	0
				0
2	Netherlands	Jur Vrieling	Glasgow van't Merelsnest	0
		Michel Hendrix	Baileys	(8th)
		Marc Houtzager	Calimero	4th
		Harrie Smolders	Don Z	0
				4th
	Germany	Simone Blum	DSP Alice	4th
		Laura Klaphake	Catch me if you can	0
		Andreas Kreuzer	Calvilot	(4)
		Marcus Ehning	Pret A Tout	0
				4th
	United States	Lauren Hough	Oh la la	0
		Laura herb	Confu	(5)
		Beezie Madden	Darry Lou	4th
		McLain Ward	Azure	0
				4th
	France	Kevin Staut	Reveur de Hurtebise	0
		Pénélope Leprevost	Vagabond de la Pomme	4th
		Olivier Robert	Eros	0
		Roger-Yves Bost	Sydney Une Prince	(DISQ)
				4th
6th	Belgium	Pieter Devos	Espoir	(20)
		Niels Bruynseels	Cas de Liberte	4th
		Jérôme Guery	Grand Cru van de Rozenberg	4th
		Gregory Wathelet	Coree	0
				8th
	Sweden	Henrik von Eckermann	Mary Lou	0
		Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Spring Dark	(12)
		Douglas Lindelow	Zacramento	4th
		Peder Fredricson	Christian K	4th
				8th
	Switzerland	Werner Muff	Daimler	4th
		Niklaus Rutschi	Cardano CH	(8th)
		Martin Fuchs	Clooney	4th
		Steve Guerdat	Bianca	0
				8th
9	Ireland b			8th
10	Italy			13
11	Great Britain			16
12	New Zealand			21st
13	Brazil			25th
14th	United Arab Emirates			34
15th	Spain			40

^bIreland, like three other teams, got eight penalty points. In the event of a tie in eighth place, the regulations stipulated that the addition of the times of the three best riders of the teams were used as a distinguishing criterion. Ireland came in here on 246.17 seconds, this was the slowest time of the eight penalty point teams. Therefore, the Irish were ranked ninth.

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

Consolation test

The rider of the United Arab Emirates team, who is otherwise rarely found at top tournaments, achieved their greatest success of the season in the Challenge Cup, the consolation test for the teams that did not qualify for the final test. After they only came second to last in the qualifying test with 34 penalty points, they did not make a single mistake in the Challenge Cup. The team didn't even have to bring their last starter to the start, as the victory was already certain here.

Even though only one of their riders had no jumps, Ireland came second in the consolation test. The fifth place out of seven nations represented Great Britain for the entire Nations Cup season: after relegation from the European top league in the previous year, the Nations Cups of the Europa League 2 only reached middle to lower ranks and only competed because of participation all Nations Cups of the league qualified for the final. For Italy, however, the final in Barcelona was atypical compared to the rest of the season: after two Nations Cup victories, the Europa League 1 had finished in second place. In the final, however, you found yourself in the last place in the consolation test.

	team	equestrian	horse	Penalty points	Prize money
1	United Arab Emirates	Abdullah Mohd al-Marri	Sama Dubai	2
		Abdullah Humaid Al Muhairi	Cha Cha Cha	0
		Mohammed Ghanem al-Hajri	Pour Le Poussage	1
		Sheikh Majid bin Abdullah Al Qassimi	Celtion	(N.GES.)
				3	€ 65,000
2	Ireland	Shane Sweetnam	Chaqui Z	5
		Bertram Allen	Molly Malone V.	4th
		Shane Breen	Laith	0
		Denis Lynch	All star	9
				9	€ 63,500
3	Brazil	Luiz Felipe de Azevedo filho	Chacito	6th
		Eduardo Menezes	Quintol	(13)
		Yuri Mansur Guerios	Baby lotte	4th
		Pedro Veniss	Quabri de L'Isle	1
				11	€ 53,500
4th	Spain	Manuel Fernandez Saro	Santiago de Blondel	4th
		Laura Roquet Puignero	Sandi Puigroq	6th
		Julio Arias Cueva	Lennox Luis	(17)
		Eduardo Álvarez Aznar	Rokfeller de Pleville	5
				15th	€ 43,500
5	Great Britain	Scott Brash	Forever	4th
		Guy Williams	Rouge de Ravel	(AUFG)
		William Whitaker	Utamaro d'Ecaussines	1
		Ben Maher	Quilata	12
				17th	€ 33,500
6th	New Zealand	Samantha McIntosh	Check in	5
		Richard Gardner	Calisto	9
		Daniel Meech	Fine	6th
		Bruce Goodin	Centina	(AUFG)
				20th	€ 23,500
7th	Italy	Juan Carlos García	Gitano v. Berkenbroeck	(13)
		Alberto Zorzi	Ego van Orti	9
		Emilio Bicocchi	Ares	5
		Bruno Chimirri	Tower Mouche	12
				26th	€ 17,500

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

Final exam (Nations Cup Final 2017)

The starting time for the final examination of the Nations Cup final was Saturday (September 30, 2017) at 9 p.m. However, since a floodlight had failed and part of the course was therefore partly in darkness, the start was delayed until further notice. After an hour it was decided to build a modified course that left out the dark parts of the square. Since the floodlight then worked again, the course was set up again in its original form, and the test then started shortly before 11 p.m.

The course was highly demanding, adapted to the occasion and the prize money of 1.25 million euros. The time allowed was affordable, but the long course also tempted some riders to ride safely and thus collect time penalties. Werner Muff was the first starter to fail with the nine-year-old Daimler , while the next two starters each got eight penalty points. As the first starter for Germany, Simone Blum started with Alice . Barcelona was their first ever Nations Cup. After four penalty points in the qualification test, Blum now had no obstacle errors, but was 73 hundredths of a second too slow.

After two riders per team, the Netherlands was the only team without obstacle errors in the lead. Marc Houtzager had the chance to win the Dutchman already here, but a fallen pole and thus four penalty points during his ride prevented this. Sweden had changed the team compared to the qualifying test, Evelina Tovek was now part of the team in place of Rolf-Göran Bengtsson. Tovek had won the Global Champions Tour stage in Rome with Castello a week earlier , but luck was not with them in Barcelona. With 32 penalty points, Tovek was the clear result for Sweden. The Nations Cup was also unfortunate for Canada: After winning the undoped qualification test on Saturday, after three riders, results of nine, four and nine penalty points were available. Even a clear lap from Eric Lamaze, who was the last rider to start, could no longer prevent them from coming in eighth.

At the end of this highly successful green season 2017, Harrie Smolders once again showed a clear round with Don , which secured victory for the Netherlands. Smolders could not have allowed himself an obstacle error, as Belgium and the United States also got a total of four penalty points with clear rounds from their last rider. Five penalty points as the final result were possible for France and Germany before the last rider. After Roger-Yves Bost was disqualified in the qualifying test due to a non-compliant change to the rear gaiters (removal of a hard part of the gaiter), he and Sydney Une Prince were well on their way to a clear round. But in the final line, in the triple combination, after two obstacle errors, Bost did not get a suitable distance to the third jump. Since his result would have been the cancellation result anyway, he gave up, so that France fell back to penultimate place. Marcus Ehning also got four penalty points on the final line when he had a throw-off with Pret A Tout at the built-up water hazard in front of the triple combination. This meant that the German team fell behind Switzerland and Sweden.

	team	equestrian	horse	1st round		Prize money
				Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Netherlands	Jur Vrieling	Glasgow van't Merelsnest	0
		Michel Hendrix	Baileys	1
		Marc Houtzager	Calimero	(4)
		Harrie Smolders	Don Z	4th
				4th	240.31	€ 417,000
2	United States	Lauren Hough	Oh la la	0
		Laura herb	Confu	(4)
		Beezie Madden	Darry Lou	4th
		McLain Ward	Azure	0
				4th	237.00	€ 251,000
3	Belgium	Pieter Devos	Espoir	(8th)
		Niels Bruynseels	Cas de Liberte	4th
		Jérôme Guery	Grand Cru van de Rozenberg	0
		Gregory Wathelet	Coree	0
				4th	238.15	€ 167,000
4th	Switzerland	Werner Muff	Daimler	0
		Niklaus Rutschi	Cardano CH	(8th)
		Martin Fuchs	Clooney	4th
		Steve Guerdat	Bianca	4th
				8th	237.17	€ 113,000
5	Sweden	Henrik von Eckermann	Mary Lou	8th
		Douglas Lindelow	Zacramento	0
		Evelina Tovek	Castello	(32)
		Peder Fredricson	Christian K	0
				8th	239.06	€ 91,000
6th	Germany	Simone Blum	DSP Alice	1
		Laura Klaphake	Catch me if you can	4th
		Andreas Kreuzer	Calvilot	(9)
		Marcus Ehning	Pret A Tout	4th
				9	237.44	€ 75,000
7th	France	Kevin Staut	Reveur de Hurtebise	8th
		Pénélope Leprevost	Vagabond de la Pomme	1
		Olivier Robert	Eros	4th
		Roger-Yves Bost	Sydney Une Prince	(AUFG)
				16	225.15	€ 70,000
8th	Canada	Yann Candele	Theodore Manciais	9
		Tiffany Foster	Triple X III	4th
		Chris Pratt	Concorde	(9)
		Eric Lamaze	Coco Bongo	0
				13	242.25	€ 66,000

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

Web links

• FEI Nations Cup Jumping on the FEI website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FEI Nations Cup ™ Jumping 2017: Simply the Best ... , Louise Parkes / fei.org, February 13, 2017.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Rules FEI Nations Cup Series ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2017 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. , Version with changes marked, as of March 1, 2017 (English) 
3. ^ Result Nations Cup al-Ain 2017
4. ↑ Result of the Nations Cup Ocala 2017
5. ↑ Mexico posts historic Furusiyya Nations Cup victory in Coapexpan , Louise Parkes for the FEI, April 30, 2016 (English)
6. ^ Result of the Nations Cup Xalapa-Coapexpan 2017
7. ↑ Result of the Langley Nations Cup 2017
8. ↑ Overall ranking of the North and Central American League ( Memento of the original from August 10, 2017 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. (PDF) 
9. ↑ Start of the Nations Cup series for show jumpers and how it works , Andy Kistler / Swiss Equestrian Federation, April 18, 2017
10. ↑ Lummen: Germany victorious in the Nations Cup , St. Georg, April 30, 2017
11. ↑ Result of the Nations Cup Lummen 2017
12. ↑ Nations Cup La Baule: France winner, Germany seventh , St. Georg, May 12, 2017
13. ↑ Result of the Nations Cup La Baule 2017
14. ↑ CSIO5 * Rome: Home win in the Nations Cup for Italy , St. Georg, May 28, 2017
15. ↑ Result of the Nations Cup Rome 2017
16. ↑ Result of the Nations Cup St. Gallen 2017
17. ↑ Så är läget med Clarimo , tidningenridsport.se, 23 June 2017
18. ↑ Result of the Nations Cup Rotterdam 2017
19. ↑ Falsterbo: Second place for the German jumping team , press release of the German Equestrian Association, June 14, 2017
20. ↑ Result of the Nations Cup Falsterbo 2017
21. ↑ Starting order 2nd round, Hickstead Nations Cup 2017
22. ↑ Hickstead: Brazil wins the Nations Cup, Germany beaten , Dominique Wehrmann / St. Georg, July 28, 2017
23. ↑ Wait a minute! Gabriele Pochhammer: Passable and lazy compromises , Gabriele Pochhammer / St. Georg, August 2, 2017
24. ↑ Result of the Nations Cup Hickstead 2017
25. ↑ Result of the Nations Cup Dublin 2017
26. ↑ Overall ranking Europa League 1 (PDF)
27. ↑ Final result of the overall ranking Europa League 2
28. ^ Longines FEI Nations Cup ™ Jumping Final - Barcelona , fei.org
29. ↑ Participating Nations to the 2017 FEI Nations Cup ™ Jumping Series, Qualified Nations for the Final , inside.fei.org, accessed on September 22, 2017
30. ↑ Result of qualification test Nations Cup Final 2017 (PDF)
31. ↑ Result of the consolation test Nations Cup Final 2017 (PDF)
32. ↑ Barcelona: Roger Yves Bost disqualified , Stina Berghaus / horseweb.de, September 28, 2017
33. ↑ FEI Nations Cup finals 2017: Victory for the Netherlands, sixth place for the Germans , St. Georg, October 1st, 2017
34. ↑ Result of the final examination Nations Cup final 2017 (PDF)