Show Jumping World Cup

The FEI Show Jumping World Cup is an annual international competition among the world’s best show jumping horses and riders. The series, created in 1978, today comprises 14 leagues on all continents. The best riders from 132 preliminary competitions qualify for the final.^[1] The FEI World Cup was thought up by a Swiss journalist and show jumping enthusiast, Max E. Ammann. For 20 years, until 1999, both the final and qualifiers were sponsored by Volvo.^[2] From 1999 to 2013, the series has been sponsored by Rolex.^[3] Longines has been the title sponsor of the series since October 2013.

HH Azur and McLain Ward at the 2017 FEI World Cup Jumping Finals

Approximately 45 riders qualify from 13 leagues around the world. Usually there are 20 riders from Europe, 15 from the United States, 5 from Canada, and 5 from elsewhere in the world. At the beginning, the final was a rather complicated process and in 1981 its formula was modified. Since then it has not been changed. It starts with a Table C speed competition, followed by a jump-off competition and, after one day's rest, a two-round final not against the clock.

In the 28 World Cup finals held until 2007, US riders have emerged with the most titles, having won the championship seven times.^[4] Hugo Simon was the first rider to win the FEI World Cup three times, followed by Rodrigo Pessoa. Mario Deslauriers is so far the youngest winner, aged 19, in the competition's history riding Aramis in 1984.^[2]

The FEI World Cup Final is usually held in April of each year.

1979

Gothenburg (SWE)

• 1. Hugo Simon – Gladstone, 18, 0/24.50 secs ^[5]
• 2. Katie Monahan – The Jones Boy, 18, 4/25.40
• 3. Eddie Macken – Carrolls of Dundalk, 6
• 3. Norman Dello Joio – Allegro, 6

1980

Baltimore (USA)

• 1. Conrad Homfeld – Balbuco, 47.50
• 2. Melanie Smith – Calypso, 44.50
• 3. Paul Schockemöhle – El Paso, 42

1981

Birmingham, England (GBR)

• 1. Michael Matz – Jet Run, 39
• 2. Donald Cheska – Southside, 37
• 3. Hugo Simon – Gladstone, 35.50

1982

Gothenburg (SWE)

• 1. Melanie Smith – Calypso, 0 penalties
• 2. Paul Schockemöhle – Akrobat, 1
• 3. Hugo Simon – Gladstone, 10
• 3. John Whitaker – Ryan's Son, 10

1983

Vienna (AUT)

• 1. Norman Dello Joio – I Love You, 0 penalties
• 2. Hugo Simon – Gladstone, 4
• 3. Melanie Smith – Calypso, 7.50

1984

Gothenburg (SWE)

• 1. Mario Deslauriers – Aramis, 4 penalties
• 2. Norman Dello Joio – I Love You, 5
• 2. Nelson Pessoa – Moët & Chandon Larramy, 5

1985

Berlin (FRG)

• 1. Conrad Homfeld – Abdullah, 3 penalties
• 2. Nick Skelton – Everest St James, 4
• 3. Pierre Durand – Jappeloup, 8.50

1986

Gothenburg (SWE)

• 1. Leslie Burr Leneghan – McLain, 0 penalties
• 2. Ian Millar – Big Ben, 13
• 3. Conrad Homfeld – Maybe, 16.50

1987

Paris (FRA)

• 1. Katharine Burdsall – The Natural, 4.50 penalties
• 2. Philippe Rozier – Malesan Jiva, 7.50
• 3. Lisa Jacquin – For The Moment, 8

1988

Gothenburg (SWE)

• 1. Ian Millar – Big Ben, 4 penalties
• 2. Pierre Durand – Jappeloup de Luze, 8.5
• 3. Philippe Le Jeune – Nistria, 12.5

1989

Tampa (USA)

• 1. Ian Millar – Big Ben, 0 penalties
• 2. John Whitaker – Next Milton, 10.75
• 3. George Lindeman – Jupiter, 14.5

1990

Dortmund (GER)

• 1. John Whitaker – Henderson Milton, 4 penalties
• 2. Pierre Durand – Jappeloup, 12.50
• 3. Franke Sloothaak – Walzerkönig, 14

1991

Gothenburg (SWE)

• 1. John Whitaker – Henderson Milton, 1.50 penalties
• 2. Nelson Pessoa – Special Envoy, 5
• 3. Roger-Yves Bost – Norton de Rhuys, 5.50

1992

Del Mar (USA) (Final was held outdoors)

• 1. Thomas Frühmann - Bockmann's Genius, 0
• 2. Lesley McNaught-Mändli - Moet & Chandon Pirol, 10.5
• 3. Markus Fuchs - Interpane Shandor, 11

1993

Gothenburg (SWE)

• 1. Ludger Beerbaum - Almox Ratina Z, 8
• 2. John Whitaker - Milton, 10.5
• 3. Michael Matz - Rhum, 12.5

1994

World Cup Finals at 's-Hertogenbosch (NLD)

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)
1	Jos Lansink		Bollvorms Libero H	0
2	Franke Sloothaak		Dorina & Weihaiwej	9.5
3	Michael Whitaker		Midnight Madness	14

1995

World Cup Finals at Gothenburg (SWE)

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)
1	Nick Skelton		Everest Dollar Girl	7
2	Lars Nieberg		For Pleasure	9
3	Lesley McNaught-Mändli		Barcelona SVH & Doenhoff	13

1996

World Cup Finals at Geneve (SUI)

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)
1	Hugo Simon		E.T.	10, 0 + 49.03
2	Willi Melliger		Calvaro V	10, 0 +51.10
3	Nick Skelton		Dollar Girl	11

1997

World Cup Finals at Gothenburg (SWE)

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)
1	Hugo Simon		E.T. FRH	0
2	John Whitaker		Grannush & Welham	3.50
3	Franke Sloothaak		San Patrignano Joly	6

1998

World Cup Finals at Helsinki (FIN)

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)
1	Rodrigo Pessoa		Loro Piana Baloubet du Rouet	6.5
2	Lars Nieberg		Esprit	7.5
3	Ludger Beerbaum		P.S. Priamos	12.5

1999

World Cup Finals at Gothenburg (SWE)

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)
1	Rodrigo Pessoa		Gandini Baloubet du Rouet	4
2	Trevor Coyle		Cruising	5.5
3	René Tebbel		Radiator	8.25

2000

World Cup Finals at Las Vegas (USA)

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)
1	Rodrigo Pessoa		Baloubet du Rouet	0
2	Markus Fuchs		Tinka's Boy	7.5
3	Beat Mändli		Pozitano	10

2001

World Cup Finals at Gothenburg (SWE)

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)
1	Markus Fuchs		Tinka's Boy	5, 0 +36.25
2	Rodrigo Pessoa		Baloubet du Rouet	5, 8 +33.90
3	Michael Whitaker		Handel II	8

2002

World Cup Finals at Leipzig (GER)

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)
1	Otto Becker		Dobels Cento	7
2	Ludger Beerbaum		Gladdys S	8
3	Rodrigo Pessoa		Baloubet du Rouet	11

2003

World Cup Finals at Las Vegas (USA)

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)
1	Marcus Ehning		Anka	2
2	Rodrigo Pessoa		Baloubet du Rouet	6
3	Malin Baryard		H&M Butterfly Flip	8

2004

World Cup Finals at Milan (ITA) 21 – 25 April

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)
1	Bruno Broucqsault		Dileme de Cephe	0
2	Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum		Shutterfly	4
3	Markus Fuchs		Tinka's Boy	8

2005

World Cup Finals at Las Vegas (USA) 21 – 24 April

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)
1	Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum		Shutterfly	4
2	Michael Whitaker		Portofino 63	7
3	Marcus Ehning		Gitania 8	9
3	Lars Nieberg		Lucie 55	9

2006

World Cup Finals at Kuala Lumpur (MAS) 26 – 30 April

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)
1	Marcus Ehning		Sandro Boy	0
2	Jessica Kürten		Castle Forbes Libertina	1
3	Beat Mändli		Idéo du Thot	4

2007

World Cup Finals at Las Vegas (USA) 19 – 22 April ^[6]

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)
1	Beat Mändli		Idéo du Thot	5
2	Daniel Deusser		Air Jordan Z	11
3	Steve Guerdat		Tresor	12
3	Markus Beerbaum [de]		Leena	12

2008

See also: FEI World Cup Jumping 2008/2009 and 2008 FEI World Cup Jumping final

World Cup Finals at Gothenburg (SWE) 24 – 27 April ^[7]

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)
1	Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum		Shutterfly	4
2	Rich Fellers		Flexible	6
3	Heinrich-Hermann Engemann [de]		Aboyeur W	9

2009

See also: FEI World Cup Jumping 2008/2009 and 2009 FEI World Cup Jumping final

World Cup Finals at Las Vegas (USA) 15 – 19 April

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)
1	Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum		Shutterfly	0
2	McLain Ward		Sapphire	2
3	Albert Zoer		Okidoki	4

2010

See also: FEI World Cup Jumping 2009/2010 and 2010 FEI World Cup Jumping final

World Cup Finals at Le Grand-Saconnex (SUI) 14 – 18 April

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)
1	Marcus Ehning		Noltes Küchengirl, Plot Blue	6
2	Ludger Beerbaum		Gotha	7
2	Pius Schwizer		Ulysse, Carlina	7

2011

See also: FEI World Cup Jumping 2010/2011 and 2011 FEI World Cup Finals

World Cup Finals at Leipzig (GER) 27 April – 1 May

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)
1	Christian Ahlmann		Taloubet Z	4
2	Eric Lamaze		Hickstead	10
3	Jeroen Dubbeldam		Simon	11

2012

See also: FEI World Cup Jumping 2011/2012 and 2012 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage)

World Cup Finals at Hertogenbosch (NLD) 19 April – 22 April

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)
1	Rich Fellers		Flexible	1, 0 +25.97 secs
2	Steve Guerdat		Nino des Buissonnets	1, 0 +26.61 secs
3	Pius Schwizer		Ulysse, Carlina	5

2013

World Cup Finals at Gothenburg (SWE) 24 April – 28 April ^[8]

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)
1	Beezie Madden		Simon	9, 0 +41.66 secs
2	Steve Guerdat		Nino des Buissonnets	9, 8 +30.33 secs
3	Kevin Staut		Silvana HDC	10

2014

Main article: 2014 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage)

World Cup Finals at Lyon (FRA) 17 April – 24 April ^[9]

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)
1	Daniel Deusser		Cornet d'Amour	2
2	Ludger Beerbaum		Chaman & Chiara 222	4
3	Scott Brash		Ursula XII	5

2015

Main article: 2015 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage)

World Cup Finals at Las Vegas (USA) 16 April – 19 April ^[10]

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)	Time
1	Steve Guerdat		Albfuehren's Paille	8
2	Pénélope Leprevost		Vagabond de la Pomme	9	65.30
3	Bertram Allen		Molly Malone V	9	65.87

2016

World Cup Finals at Gothenburg (SWE) 23 – 28 March ^[11]

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)	Time
1	Steve Guerdat		Corbinian	0
2	Harrie Smolders		Emerald N.O.P.	3	65.45
3	Daniel Deusser		Cornet d’Amour	3	66.17

2017

2016 - 2017 FEI World Cup Jumping Series

World Cup Finals at Omaha (USA) 30 March – 2 April ^[12]

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)
1	McLain Ward		HH Azur	0
2	Romain Duguet		Twentytwo des Biches	4
3	Henrik von Eckermann		Mary Lou	8

2018

World Cup Finals at Paris (FRA) 10 April – 15 April ^[13]

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)
1	Beezie Madden		Breitling LS	4
2	Devin Ryan		Eddie Blue	6
3	Henrik von Eckermann		Toveks Mary Lou	8

2019

World Cup Finals at Gothenburg (SWE) 3 April - 7 April, 2019

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)
1	Steve Guerdat		Alamo	2
2	Martin Fuchs		Clooney 51	3
3	Peder Fredricson		Catch Me Not S	5

2020

World Cup Finals at Las Vegas (USA) 15 April - 19 April

• Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ^[14]

2021

See also: 2021 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage)

World Cup Finals at Gothenburg (SWE) 31 March - 4 April

• Cancelled due to an outbreak of Equid alphaherpesvirus 1 ^[15]

2022

See also: 2022 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage)

World Cup Finals at Leipzig (GER) 6 April - 10 April ^[16]

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)	Time
1	Martin Fuchs		Chaplin, The Sinner[17]	5	60.83
2	Harrie Smolders		Monaco	8	61.99
3	Jens Fredricson		Markan Cosmopolit	8	62.35

2023

See also: 2023 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage)

World Cup Finals at Omaha, Nebraska (USA) April 4-8 ^[18]

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses
1	Henrik Von Eckermann		King Edward
2	Harrie Smolders		Monaco N.o.p.
3	Hunter Holloway		Pepita Con Spita

2024

See also: 2024 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage)

World Cup Finals at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 16 - 20 ^[19][20]

	Rider	Nation	Horse/Horses	Penalties (Total)
1	Henrik Von Eckermann		King Edward	0
2	Julien Epaillard		Dubai du Cedre	4
3	Peder Fredricson		Catch Me Not S	6