Strzegom to host 2017 FEI European Eventing Championships

       Photo by John Lechner - read John's report from Strzegom CICO 2013 here

 

The FEI Bureau allocated host cities for a number of major FEI events over the next three years at its recent two-day meeting at FEI Headquarters in Lausanne (SUI)

Omaha, Nebraska scored a big win for the USA, being nominated to host the joint Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping and FEI World Cup™ Dressage Finals in 2017, holding off strong challenges from Hong Kong (Jumping) and ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Dressage). The joint Finals will run from 27 March to 2 April 2017.

The other big winner was Strzegom , Poland, which won out over Fontainebleau (FRA) in the bid to host the 2017 FEI European Eventing Championships. This is the first time that Strzegom has hosted the senior championships although it has hosted FEI Nations Cup, World Cup and the European Eventing Junior Championships in recent years

The eventing competitions allocated were;

2015

FEI European Championships for Ponies (Jumping, Dressage & Eventing)
Malmo (SWE), 5-9 August

 

2016

FEI European Eventing Championship for Young Riders & Juniors
Montelibretti (ITA), 22-25 September

 

2017

FEI European Eventing Championship
Strzegom (POL), 24-27 August

 

FEI Championships multi-year applications

FEI World Breeding Eventing Championship for Young Horses 2016 and 2017
Le Lion D’Angers (FRA), third week in October

 

Click here for the full list of events across disciplines allocated by the FEI Bureau at its two-day meeting at FEI Headquarters in Lausanne (SUI)