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

Grand Prix

On April 19, 2014 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:
RankRiderHorsePercentage
1 Charlotte DujardinValegro87.129 %
2 Helen LangehanenbergDamon Hill NRW83.343 %
3 Edward GalGlock's Undercover79.957 %
4 Tinne Vilhelmson-SilfvénDon Auriello75.086 %
5 Isabell WerthEl Santo NRW74.186 %
6 Hans Peter MinderhoudGlock's Johnson73.771 %
7 Danielle HeijkoopKingsley Siro72.857 %
8 Jessica von Bredow-WerndlUnee BB72.686 %
9 Marc BobletNoble Dream Concept Sol71.814 %
10 Inessa MerkulovaMister X71.057 %
11 Tina KonyotCalecto V70.443 %
12 Mikala Münter GundersenMy Lady69.429 %
13 Mary HannaSancette68.471 %
14 Marcela Krinke-SusmeljSmeyers Lazander67.743 %
15 Elena SidnevaRomeo-Star67.629 %
16 César ParraVan The Man65.543 %
17 Kim Dong-seonBukowski64.471 %

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:
RiderHorsePercentage
1 Charlotte DujardinValegro92.176%
2 Helen LangehanenbergDamon Hill NRW87.339%
3 Edward GalGlock's Undercover83.696%
4 Tinne Vilhelmson-SilfvenDon Auriello80.946%
5 Isabell WerthEl Santo NRW79.086%
6 Danielle HeijkoopSiro77.946%
7 Jessica von Bredow-WerndlUnee BB77.768%
8 Hans Peter MinderhoudGlock's Johnson77.625%
9 Marc BobletNoble Dream74.875%
10 Inessa MerkulovaMister X73.786%
11 Mikala Münter GundersenMy Lady72.250%
12 Tina KonyotCalecto V71.929%
13 Elena SidnevaRomeo-Star71.018%
14 Marcela Krinke-SusmeljSmeyers Lazander69.857%
15 Mary HannaSancette69.821%
16 César ParraVan The Man68.429%
17 Kim Dong-seonBukowski68.089 %

Show jumping

Qualification

World Cup LeagueNumber of competitors of this league eligible to start in this World Cup FinalCompetitors who took part in this World Cup Final
Arab League3 Abdelkebir Ouaddar
Hamad Ali Mohamed Al Attiyah
Abdullah Waleed Sharbatly
Australian League2 Jamie Kermond
Billy Raymont
Caucasian League1 Jamal Rahimov
Central American and Caribbean Islands League1 Alvaro Tejada
Central American and Caribbean Islands League1 Manuel Espinosa*
Central Asian League1 Umid Kamilov
Chinese League1 Liu Tongyan
Central European League3 Ales Opatrny
Kristaps Neretnieks
Andrius Petrovas
Natalia Simonia**
Japan League1 Tae Sato
North American League2 Canadian competitors Chad Bretton
Elizabeth Gingras
North American League2 Mexican competitors Enrique Gonzalez
Patricio Pasquel
North American League10 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 League5 Nayel Nassar*
Richie Moloney*
Conor Swail*
Ljubov Kochetova*
Andres Rodriguez*
New Zealand League1 Samantha McIntosh
South African League1 Jeanne Engela
South American North League1 Juan Manuel Gallego
South American South League2 Cesar Almeida
Yuri Mansur Guerios
South East Asia League1 Kurniadi Katompo
Western European League18 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 League2 Edwina Tops-Alexander*
Lucy Davis*
Defending champion1 Beezie Madden

World Cup

Final I
The first competition of the Show Jumping World Cup Final, a speed and handiness competition, was held at Friday evening. The results of this competition were converted into faults for the World Cup Final standings.
Result:
RankRiderHorseTimeWorld Cup Points
1 Pius SchwizerQuidam du Vivier63.37 s + 0 penalty s = 63.3741
2 Patrice DelaveauLacrimoso HDC63.67 s + 0 penalty s. = 63.6739
3 Ludger BeerbaumChaman65.54 s + 0 penalty s. = 65.5438
4 Steve GuerdatNino des Buissonnets66.06 s + 0 penalty s. = 66.0637
5 Abdelkebir OuaddarQuickly de Kreisker62.40 s + 4 penalty s. = 66.4036
6 Daniel DeusserCornet D'Amour66.69 s + 0 penalty s. = 66.6935
7 Maikel van der VleutenVDL Groep Verdi NOP66.92 s + 0 penalty s. = 66.9234
8 Billy TwomeyTinka's Serenade67.25 s + 0 penalty s. = 67.2533
9 Christian AhlmannAragon Z67.65 s + 4 penalty s. = 67.6532
10 Marcus EhningCornado NRW68.13 s + 8 penalty s. = 68.1331

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.
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: