2014 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage)
# 2014 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage)

The 2014 FEI World Cup Finals in Lyon was held between April 17 and April 21, 2014. It was the final of the Show jumping and Dressage World Cup series. The finals were held in the Lyon Euroexpo. For the first time since 1987, the Show Jumping World Cup Final was held in France while the Dressage World Cup Final had not been held in France since 1991.

## Dressage

### Qualification

| World Cup League | Number of competitors of this league eligible to start in this World Cup Final | Qualified riders |
| - | - | - |
| Central European League | 2 | Katsiaryna Varchenia Tatiana Dorofeeva Inessa Merkulova* Elena Sidneva* |
| North American League | 2 | Tina Konyot César Parra |
| North American League | 1 | Lars Petersen* Mikala Münter Gundersen*** |
| Pacific League | 1 | Mary Hanna |
| Western European League | 9 | Anna Kasprzak Nanna Skodborg Merrald Jessica von Bredow-Werndl Isabell Werth Edward Gal Danielle Heijkoop Hans Peter Minderhoud Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfvén Marcela Krinke-Susmelj Charlotte Dujardin** |
| Competitors from Asia or South America | 1 | Dong-Seon Kim |
| Wild cards of the FEI | 1 | Marc Boblet |
| Defending champion | 1 | Helen Langehanenberg |

* Extra competitor (a rider representing a country which is not affiliated to the World Cup League. The rider competes in qualifying rounds in their own country. At the end of the season the rider's score is deducted from the qualifying scores of this league. If they have just as many or more points as the lowest qualified rider, they have the chance to start at the World Cup Final) ** Qualified on reallocation *** Qualified as an extra athlete after Anna Kasprzak withdrew

### Agenda and results

**Grand Prix**

On April 19, 2014 (15:00) the Grand Prix was held. It was the first competition of the Dressage World Cup final, but it did not count for the final ranking. Every rider competing in the Grand Prix qualified for the Grand Prix Freestyle. Denmark's Nanna Skodborg Merrald was scheduled to compete, but had to withdraw after her horse failed to pass the veterinary test.

Result:

| Rank | Rider | Horse | Percentage |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Charlotte Dujardin | Valegro | 87.129 % |
| 2 | Helen Langehanenberg | Damon Hill NRW | 83.343 % |
| 3 | Edward Gal | Glock's Undercover | 79.957 % |
| 4 | Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfvén | Don Auriello | 75.086 % |
| 5 | Isabell Werth | El Santo NRW | 74.186 % |
| 6 | Hans Peter Minderhoud | Glock's Johnson | 73.771 % |
| 7 | Danielle Heijkoop | Kingsley Siro | 72.857 % |
| 8 | Jessica von Bredow-Werndl | Unee BB | 72.686 % |
| 9 | Marc Boblet | Noble Dream Concept Sol | 71.814 % |
| 10 | Inessa Merkulova | Mister X | 71.057 % |
| 11 | Tina Konyot | Calecto V | 70.443 % |
| 12 | Mikala Münter Gundersen | My Lady | 69.429 % |
| 13 | Mary Hanna | Sancette | 68.471 % |
| 14 | Marcela Krinke-Susmelj | Smeyers Lazander | 67.743 % |
| 15 | Elena Sidneva | Romeo-Star | 67.629 % |
| 16 | César Parra | Van The Man | 65.543 % |
| 17 | Kim Dong-seon | Bukowski | 64.471 % |

**Grand Prix Freestyle**

The second competition of the Dressage World Cup final was the Grand Prix Freestyle, held on the afternoon of Sunday, April 21. Charlotte Dujardin won her first World Cup title with Valegro. Dujardin also set the new highest winning score, becoming the first rider to score above 90% at the World Cup final. Result:

| | Rider | Horse | Percentage |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Charlotte Dujardin | Valegro | 92.176% |
| 2 | Helen Langehanenberg | Damon Hill NRW | 87.339% |
| 3 | Edward Gal | Glock's Undercover | 83.696% |
| 4 | Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven | Don Auriello | 80.946% |
| 5 | Isabell Werth | El Santo NRW | 79.086% |
| 6 | Danielle Heijkoop | Siro | 77.946% |
| 7 | Jessica von Bredow-Werndl | Unee BB | 77.768% |
| 8 | Hans Peter Minderhoud | Glock's Johnson | 77.625% |
| 9 | Marc Boblet | Noble Dream | 74.875% |
| 10 | Inessa Merkulova | Mister X | 73.786% |
| 11 | Mikala Münter Gundersen | My Lady | 72.250% |
| 12 | Tina Konyot | Calecto V | 71.929% |
| 13 | Elena Sidneva | Romeo-Star | 71.018% |
| 14 | Marcela Krinke-Susmelj | Smeyers Lazander | 69.857% |
| 15 | Mary Hanna | Sancette | 69.821% |
| 16 | César Parra | Van The Man | 68.429% |
| 17 | Kim Dong-seon | Bukowski | 68.089 % |

## Show jumping

### Qualification

| World Cup League | Number of competitors of this league eligible to start in this World Cup Final | Competitors who took part in this World Cup Final |
| - | - | - |
| Arab League | 3 | Abdelkebir Ouaddar Hamad Ali Mohamed Al Attiyah Abdullah Waleed Sharbatly |
| Australian League | 2 | Jamie Kermond Billy Raymont |
| Caucasian League | 1 | Jamal Rahimov |
| Central American and Caribbean Islands League | 1 | Alvaro Tejada |
| Central American and Caribbean Islands League | 1 | Manuel Espinosa* |
| Central Asian League | 1 | Umid Kamilov |
| Chinese League | 1 | Liu Tongyan |
| Central European League | 3 | Ales Opatrny Kristaps Neretnieks Andrius Petrovas Natalia Simonia** |
| Japan League | 1 | Tae Sato |
| North American League | 2 Canadian competitors | Chad Bretton Elizabeth Gingras |
| North American League | 2 Mexican competitors | Enrique Gonzalez Patricio Pasquel |
| North American League | 10 US-American competitors | Leslie Burr-Howard Ashlee Clarke Kirsten Coe Saer Coulter Katherine Dinan Kent Farrington Brianne Goutal Charlie Jayne Mandy Porter McLain Ward Charlie Jacobs** Jenni Martin-McAllister** |
| North American League | 5 | Nayel Nassar* Richie Moloney* Conor Swail* Ljubov Kochetova* Andres Rodriguez* |
| New Zealand League | 1 | Samantha McIntosh |
| South African League | 1 | Jeanne Engela |
| South American North League | 1 | Juan Manuel Gallego |
| South American South League | 2 | Cesar Almeida Yuri Mansur Guerios |
| South East Asia League | 1 | Kurniadi Katompo |
| Western European League | 18 | Francois Jr. Mathy Nicola Philippaerts Roger-Yves Bost Patrice Delaveau Kevin Staut Christian Ahlmann Daniel Deusser Marcus Ehning Lars Nieberg Scott Brash Joe Clee Tim Gredley Ben Maher Billy Twomey Maikel van der Vleuten Luciana Diniz Steve Guerdat Pius Schwizer Michael Whitaker** Malin Baryard-Johnsson** Simon Delestre** Ludger Beerbaum** |
| Western European League | 2 | Edwina Tops-Alexander* Lucy Davis* |
| Defending champion | 1 | Beezie Madden |

* Extra competitor (a rider representing a country which is not affiliated to the World Cup League. The rider competes in qualifying rounds in their own country. At the end of the season the rider's score is deducted from the qualifying scores of this league. If they have just as many or more points as the lowest qualified rider, they have the chance to start at the World Cup Final) ** Qualified on reallocation

### Agenda and results

**World Cup**

**Final I**

The first competition of the Show Jumping World Cup Final, a speed and handiness competition, was held at Friday evening (April 18, 2014). The results of this competition were converted into faults for the World Cup Final standings.

Result:

| Rank | Rider | Horse | Time | World Cup Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Pius Schwizer | Quidam du Vivier | 63.37 s + 0 penalty s = 63.37 | 41 |
| 2 | Patrice Delaveau | Lacrimoso HDC | 63.67 s + 0 penalty s. = 63.67 | 39 |
| 3 | Ludger Beerbaum | Chaman | 65.54 s + 0 penalty s. = 65.54 | 38 |
| 4 | Steve Guerdat | Nino des Buissonnets | 66.06 s + 0 penalty s. = 66.06 | 37 |
| 5 | Abdelkebir Ouaddar | Quickly de Kreisker | 62.40 s + 4 penalty s. = 66.40 | 36 |
| 6 | Daniel Deusser | Cornet D'Amour | 66.69 s + 0 penalty s. = 66.69 | 35 |
| 7 | Maikel van der Vleuten | VDL Groep Verdi NOP | 66.92 s + 0 penalty s. = 66.92 | 34 |
| 8 | Billy Twomey | Tinka's Serenade | 67.25 s + 0 penalty s. = 67.25 | 33 |
| 9 | Christian Ahlmann | Aragon Z | 67.65 s + 4 penalty s. = 67.65 | 32 |
| 10 | Marcus Ehning | Cornado NRW | 68.13 s + 8 penalty s. = 68.13 | 31 |

(Top 10 of 40 competitors)

Last year final winner Beezie Madden had one obstacle fault in the speed and handiness competition, so she had a result of 68.55 seconds and was placed 12th after the first round.

**World Cup**

**Final II**

On the April 19 evening the second competition of the Show Jumping World Cup Final was held, a show jumping competition with one jump-off. After the second round, the World Cup Points were converted in Penalties for the Final Round.

Results:

| | Rider | Horse | Round 1 | Round 1 | Jump-off | Jump-off | World Cup Points (only from the World Cup Final) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Rider | Horse | Penalties | Time (s) | Penalties | Time (s) | World Cup Points (only from the World Cup Final) |
| 1 | Kent Farrington | Voyeur | 0 | - | 0 | 39.69 | 41 |
| 2 | Steve Guerdat | Nino des Buissonnets | 0 | - | 0 | 40.29 | 39 |
| 3 | Beezie Madden | Simon | 0 | - | 0 | 40.35 | 38 |
| 4 | Daniel Deusser | Cornet D'Amour | 0 | - | 0 | 40.61 | 37 |
| 5 | Patrice Delaveau | Lacrimoso HDC | 0 | - | 0 | 41.66 | 36 |
| 6 | Scott Brash | Ursula XII | 0 | 0 | - | 42.16 | 35 |
| 7 | Charlie Jayne | Chill R Z | 0 | - | 0 | 42.52 | 34 |
| 8 | Christian Ahlmann | Aragon Z | 0 | - | 0 | 42.93 | 33 |
| 9 | Marcus Ehning | Cornado NRW | 0 | - | 0 | 43.66 | 32 |
| 10 | Maikel van der Vleuten | Ornella Mail | 0 | - | 0 | 43.74 | 31 |

(Top Ten of 38 competitors)

