Western European League 2011/2012 (show jumping)

The Western European League of the FEI World Cup Jumping 2011/2012 (Rolex FEI World Cup ™ Jumping 2011-2012 Western European League) was the 34th season of the Western and Central European League of the FEI World Cup Jumping . The World Cup is the most important tournament series in the indoor season in the Western European League.

Course of the tournament series

After the first European league of the Show Jumping World Cup in 1978/1979 comprised nine tests, the Western European League passed twelve stations in 2011/2012. All of these tournaments were advertised as CSI 5 *, the highest category in show jumping. They are marked with the suffix -W (i.e. CSI 5 * -W) to identify them as World Cup tournaments.

The series ran from October 12 to February 26 in the 2011/2012 season. The best 18 riders of the Western European League as well as individual additional participants ("extra competitors") qualified for the 2012 World Cup finals . The main sponsor of the Western European League and the World Cup finals is Rolex .

The World Cup special stages took place on Sunday afternoons and occasionally on Saturday evenings. They were advertised as a jumping competition with a single jump- off, the height of the obstacles was up to 1.60 meters. These exams were each endowed with at least € 100,000 .

media

The FEI broadcast the World Cup competitions of the Western European League for a fee via its Internet portal FEI TV. The World Cup competitions were mostly broadcast live on television in the host country, while the other competitions of the Western European League were also broadcast live with a time delay in individual European countries. Eurosport as a pan-European TV broadcaster showed summaries of the exams of the Western European League as part of the Wednesday evening program.

The exams

1st test: Oslo

The first World Cup competition in the Western European League traditionally takes place in Oslo . The Oslo Horse Show was held from October 12th to 16th, 2011 in the Telenor Arena . The world cup competition was held on October 16 from 3:30 p.m.

Of the 40 participating riders, 14 riders made it into the jump-off. With 34.12 seconds, Rolf-Göran Bengtsson had the fastest time with Casall , but had an obstacle release and was ninth. The winner of the test, Pius Schwizer , remained almost half a second slower, but without a mistake . The test was endowed with 98,000 euros and a car from the test sponsor Land Rover .

	equestrian	horse	1st round		Sting		scoring points
			Penalty points	Time ( s )	Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Pius Schwizer	Carlina	0	-	0	34.63	20th
2	Philipp Weishaupt	souvenir	0	-	0	35.87	17th
3	Luciana Diniz	Winning mood	0	-	0	36.64	15th

(Places one to three out of a total of 40 participants)

2nd test: Helsinki

The Helsinki International Horse Show will take place from October 20-23 , 2011 at Hartwall Areena in Helsinki . The second station of the West European League 2011/2012 was held here. The World Cup qualifying test took place on October 23, 2011 at 2:45 p.m. The course was set up in this test by the Brazilian Guilherme Jorge.

In the first lap, nine riders and their horses made no mistakes. In the jump-off, Patrice Delaveau achieved by far the fastest time (35.14 seconds), but had a goalkeeper throw. Four riders stayed clear, the victory went to Pius Schwizer, as in Oslo. This means that he is almost certainly qualified for the World Cup finals. The examination was endowed with 110,000 euros.

	equestrian	horse	1st round		Sting		scoring points
			Penalty points	Time ( s )	Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Pius Schwizer	Carlina	0	-	0	37.58	20th
2	Maikel van der Vleuten	Verdi	0	-	0	38.30	17th
3	Malin Baryard-Johnsson	Reveur de Hurtebise	0	-	0	40.62	15th

(Places one to three out of a total of 37 participants)

3rd test: Lyon

The Equitá Lyon has been a world cup tournament since 2009. This took place in 2011 from October 26th to 30th at Eurexpo in Lyon . The world cup competition was held on October 30th from around 3:00 p.m. The course for this test was built by the German course designer Frank Rothenberger.

Nine riders remained clear in the first round, one rider ( Malin Baryard-Johnsson ) had a time penalty. The nine participants contested the jump-off course with many tight turns in times of 40.88 to 44.24 seconds. The fastest time was set by Rolf-Göran Bengtsson, who made no mistakes and thus won the test. Prize money of € 200,000 was paid out in this test.

	equestrian	horse	1st round		Sting		scoring points
			Penalty points	Time ( s )	Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Casall	0	-	0	40.88	20th
2	Katharina Offel	Cathleen	0	-	0	40.95	17th
3	Steve Guerdat	Nino des Buissonnets	0	-	0	41.62	15th

(Places one to three out of a total of 40 participants)

4th test: Verona

The Italian stage of the Western European Show Jumping League took place from November 3rd to 6th 2011 as part of the Fieracavalli. The venue was the Veronafiere in Verona .

In the first round of the test, Eric Lamaze competed with Hickstead . After completing the course, Hickstead brought his rider together dead. As a result, the exam was stopped and there was a minute's silence.

5th exam: Stuttgart

The fifth evaluation test of the West European League 2011/2012 took place as part of the Stuttgart German Masters . The tournament was held from November 16-20, 2011. The Grand Prix, which represented the World Cup special test in Stuttgart, was held on November 20th from 2:55 pm. As in the previous year, the course was built by Christa Jung from Bad Friedrichshall .

Despite the tournament date less than a week before the final stage of the Global Champions Tour , the Grand Prix was very busy. Nevertheless, the first lap was a great challenge, eight out of forty riders did not finish the course, including last year's winner Carsten-Otto Nagel with Corradina . A total of six riders and their horses qualified for the jump-off, five of them also remained clear in the jump-off. The prize money was € 100,000 for those placed and a car from the test sponsor Mercedes-Benz for the winner.

	equestrian	horse	1st round		Sting		scoring points
			Penalty points	Time ( s )	Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Ludger Beerbaum	Gotha FRH	0	-	0	35.70	20th
2	Steve Guerdat	Nino des Buissonnets	0	-	0	35.93	17th
3	Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Quintero	0	-	0	36.55	15th

(Places one to three out of a total of 40 participants)

6. Exam: Geneva

The sixth World Cup tournament within the framework of the Western European League 2011/2012 took place at the Palexpo in Le Grand-Saconnex near Geneva . In 2011, the CHI Geneva was held from December 8th to 11th.

The Geneva World Cup competition took place on Sunday, December 11th, 2011 from 2:15 p.m. The course was built by the Swiss Rolf Lüdi.

In this test, the first round turned out to be a solvable task for the 40 participants, 16 of whom reached the jump-off. There were twelve zero-error laps here. Due to the large number of jump-off participants, the leaders in the jump-off were close together, the top five within a second. The prize money was 200,000 Swiss francs.

	equestrian	horse	1st round		Sting		scoring points
			Penalty points	Time ( s )	Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Álvaro A. de Miranda Neto	Ashleigh Thrush Dan	0	-	0	41.72	20th
2	Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Casall	0	-	0	42.22	17th
3	Patrice Delaveau	Orient express	0	-	0	42.42	15th

(Places one to three out of a total of 40 participants)

7. Exam: London

The Olympia London International Horse Show is already decorated for Christmas . This seventh World Cup of the Western European League was held from 13th to 19th December 2011 in London . The World Cup competition was held on December 18th from 3:00 p.m. local time. The course designer of this test was the Briton Bob Ellis.

As usual at the London International Horse Show, the number of participants at 34 in this test was not quite as extensive as at other stations in the Western European League. Five riders of the participants had to score more than eight penalty points in the first round, one rider did not finish the round. A total of eleven riders and their horses made no mistakes in the first round. Holger Wulschner just missed the jump-off with Cefalo , who exceeded the allowed time by eight hundredths of a second and thus had to record a time penalty.

In the jump-off there were several rounds with an obstacle release, only three riders were clear. With the victory, Ben Maher retained his position as the most successful rider of the tournament so far, while Marcus Ehning in second place retained second place in the ranking of the most successful rider in this tournament. The examination was endowed with 110,000 euros.

	equestrian	horse	1st round		Sting		scoring points
			Penalty points	Time ( s )	Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Ben Maher	Triple X III	0	-	0	38.71	20th
2	Marcus Ehning	Sabrina	0	-	0	39.05	17th
3	Dermott Lennon	Hallmark Elite	0	-	0	42.43	15th

(Places one to three out of a total of 34 participants)

8th test: Mechelen

The last major tournament of the equestrian year traditionally takes place in Mechelen , Belgium . This world cup tournament, called Jumping Mechelen - Vlaanderens Kerstjumping, took place in 2011, as in previous years, from December 26th to 30th. The world cup competition was held on the final day from 3:30 p.m.

The first round of the World Cup test turned out to be an appropriate task for participants: eight riders showed a faultless round with their horses and qualified for the jump-off, four riders did not finish the round, time penalties were only recorded sporadically. In the jump-off, five rider-horse pairs remained clear, with about 1.4 seconds between the time of the fastest and the slowest clear rider. The victory in the test in front of a home crowd went to Gregory Wathelet, the best rider from the German-speaking area was Hans-Dieter Dreher in third place. The prize money for the test was € 100,000 and a vehicle from the test sponsor Land Rover .

	equestrian	horse	1st round		Sting		scoring points
			Penalty points	Time ( s )	Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Grégory Wathelet	Copin van de Broy	0	-	0	36.69	20th
2	Kevin Staut	Silvana	0	-	0	36.80	17th
3	Rik Hemeryck	Quarco de Kerambars	0	-	0	37.45	15th

(Places one to three out of a total of 38 participants)

9. Examination: Leipzig

After a month's break in the World Cup, the Western European Show Jumping League was continued in 2012 from January 19th to 22nd. During this period the partner horse took place at the Leipzig exhibition center . The World Cup competition, the Grand Prix, took place on January 22, 2012 from around 2:30 p.m.

39 riders and their horses took part in the test, of which 13 riders remained without faults in the normal round and qualified for the jump-off. Rolf-Göran Bengtsson missed the jump-off due to a time penalty, three riders gave up and another rider did not finish the test either.

In the jump-off, Katrin Eckermann initially took the lead, but Christian Ahlmann was 17 hundredths of a second faster and took the lead. Marcus Ehning was only marginally slower and took third place. As no other rider in time and result was able to build these three riders, the victory went last year at the same place, Christian Ahlmann of the reigning World Cup winner with Taloubet Z . The examination was endowed with 150,000 euros.

	equestrian	horse	1st round		Sting		scoring points
			Penalty points	Time ( s )	Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Christian Ahlmann	Taloubet Z	0	-	0	40.60	20th
2	Katrin Eckermann	Carlson	0	-	0	40.77	17th
3	Marcus Ehning	Sabrina	0	-	0	40.86	15th

(Places one to three out of a total of 39 participants)

10th exam: Zurich

The CSI Zurich is the fourth time a World Cup of the Western European League. The in Zurich he Hallenstadion discharged tournament was held in 2012 from 27 to 29 January. The World Cup competition called Classic was held on January 29, 2012 from 1:45 p.m. The course was built by the Swiss Rolf Lüdi.

The first round was built to be technically very demanding, a total of seven riders with their horses made no mistakes. Five out of 40 riders gave up during the first round. In the jump-off, three riders remained clear, the victory went to a German rider as in the previous year. The prize money in this test was CHF 258,000 , including a vehicle from the test sponsor Mercedes-Benz worth over CHF 100,000.

	equestrian	horse	1st round		Sting		scoring points
			Penalty points	Time ( s )	Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Marco Kutscher	Cornet Obolensky	0	-	0	31.80	20th
2	Patrice Delaveau	Ornella Mail	0	-	0	32.26	17th
3	Edwina Tops-Alexander	Itot du Château	0	-	0	32.76	15th

(Places one to three out of a total of 40 participants)

11th test: Bordeaux

The second World Cup of the Western European League 2011/2012 in France is the Jumping International de Bordeaux . This tournament will take place from February 3rd to 5th, 2012 in the Parc de Expositions de Bordeaux .

The world cup jumping test did not take place on the final day, but on Saturday evening from 8:30 p.m., unlike in the other world cup tournaments. The first round of the test was contested by 22 of 38 riders with four or fewer penalty points. Ten of these riders remained clear and qualified for the jump-off. Of these, five riders and their horses remained flawless, with the lead of second and third place being almost one second.

	equestrian	horse	1st round		Sting		scoring points
			Penalty points	Time ( s )	Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Kevin Staut	Silvana	0	-	0	34.16	20th
2	Edwina Tops-Alexander	Itot du Château	0	-	0	34.59	17th
3	Rik Hemeryck	Quarco de Kerambars	0	-	0	35.54	15th

(Places one to three out of a total of 38 participants)

Vigo

The southernmost tournament of the Western European League was to take place from February 9th to 12th, 2012 in Vigo . In October 2011, the organizers of the Vigo World Cup announced that the tournament could not be held in 2012 due to economic difficulties.

12th test: Gothenburg

The 2012 season finale for the Western European League was the Göteborg Horse Show . The world cup competition in Gothenburg took place from February 23 to 26, 2012, the world cup competition was held on February 26 from 3:30 p.m.

A total of 38 riders started in the World Cup competition in Gothenburg, the course of which was built by Uliano Vezzani from Italy. The first round of the jump-off was demanding, only 15 riders with their horses had a result of four penalty points or better, five riders reached the jump-off with a faultless round.

In the jump-off, two out of five riders had no obstacle or time errors. Philipp Weishaupt started as the last rider in the jump-off with Monte Bellini , but with a result of nine penalty points he missed the chance of victory. For Marco Kutscher, who competed with Satisfaction FRH , this World Cup competition was the second victory in this Western European League season.

	equestrian	horse	1st round		Sting		scoring points
			Penalty points	Time ( s )	Penalty points	Time ( s )
1	Marco Kutscher	Satisfaction FRH	0	-	0	39.40	20th
2	Ludo Philippaerts	Kassini Jac	0	-	0	45.35	17th
3	Kevin Staut	Le Prestige de Hus	0	-	4th	37.41	15th

(Places one to three out of a total of 38 participants)

Overall rating

The overall ranking determines which 18 riders from the states in the Western European League qualify for the final. In addition, other riders from other countries can qualify for the World Cup finals via the Western European League, provided they live in the Central / Western European League.

The riders can also collect points in the North American World Cup (see "others" in the table below). Rating points from other World Cup leagues in the world, however, are not transferred to the Western European League.

The regulations can be found in the main article on the Show Jumping World Cup .

	equestrian	Oslo	Helsinki	Lyon	Verona	Stuttgart	Geneva	London	Mechelen	Leipzig	Zurich	Bordeaux	Vigo	Gothenburg	Further	scoring points
1	Kevin Staut	10	(0)	13	/	(0)	9	4th	17th	(0)	(0)	20th	/	15th	-	88
2	Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	7th	-	20th	/	15th	17th	12	-	(3)	3	-	/	5	-	79
3	Denis Lynch	12	(0)	11	/	11	8th	-	12	(0)	(0)	13	/	10	-	77
4th	Marco Kutscher	1	-	6th	/	13	7th	-	-	6th	20th	(0)	/	20th	-	73
5	Patrice Delaveau	3	12	4th	/	8th	15th	-	-	1	17th	(0)	/	-	-	60
6th	Pius Schwizer	20th	20th	(0)	/	(0)	(0)	0	-	8th	0	0	/	7th	-	55
7th	Steve Guerdat	0	6th	15th	/	17th	13	-	-	-	0	0	/	-	-	51
8th	Ludger Beerbaum	-	-	10	/	20th	0	-	-	9	4th	6th	/	0	-	49
9	Malin Baryard-Johnsson	0	15th	7th	/	-	-	1	-	-	6th	12	/	8th	-	49
10	Nick Skelton	-	-	-	/	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	/	-	48	48

Places one to ten

World Cup Finals

Together with the World Cup final for dressage riders, the World Cup final for show jumpers will be held from April 18-22, 2012 in 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands.

Web links

• Internet presence of the Show Jumping World Cup (English)
• FEI tournament calendar
• World Cup tournament calendar 2011/2012

Individual evidence

1. ^ FEI press release of October 10, 2008
2. ↑ Rules FEI World Cup Show Jumping 2011/12, version with markings : Article 654, number 6
3. ^ Result of the World Cup competition in Oslo 2011
4. ↑ Result of World Cup competition Helsinki 2011
5. ^ Result of World Cup competition in Lyon 2011
6. ↑ World-class horse Hickstead collapses dead ( memento of the original from November 9, 2011 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. , Handelsblatt , November 6, 2011 
7. ↑ Grand Prix of Stuttgart 2011: Course sketch (PDF; 30 kB)
8. ↑ Results of the World Cup competition in Stuttgart 2011
9. ↑ World Cup competition in Geneva 2011: course sketch (PDF; 329 kB)
10. ↑ Results of the World Cup competition in Geneva 2011
11. ^ Result of the World Cup competition in London 2011
12. ↑ Results of the World Cup Mechelen 2011
13. ^ Result of the World Cup competition in Leipzig 2012
14. ^ Result of the World Cup competition in Zurich 2012
15. ↑ Coachman wins Mercedes-Classic in Zurich , Neue Zürcher Zeitung , January 29, 2012
16. ^ Result of World Cup competition Bordeaux 2012
17. ↑ La organización del CSI de Vigo comunica que cancela el de 2012 , October 22, 2011 (Spanish)
18. ↑ Results of the World Cup competition in Gothenburg 2012
19. ↑ Status after Gothenburg ( Memento of the original from January 12, 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. (PDF; 600 kB)