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The European Eventing Championship, like most other European Championships, is held every two years. It is a **** (four star) eventing competition, the highest level offered, where nations from Europe compete for both team and individual titles. The Championships began in 1953 have been held at venues throughout Europe.
The 1995 and 1997 European Championships were open to the world, but were reverted back to a European-only competition in 1999.
Format
The Championships offers both team and individual gold, silver, and bronze medals.
Each nation may bring a team of four riders and two individuals. The team riders also compete for the individual gold, silver, and bronze medals. The host nation may bring up to eight individual riders, with a total squad of 12.
The best three scores among the teams—the team with the lowest number of penalty points—receive the gold, silver, and bronze medals. However, a team must have at least three riders completing the competition, or else they will be eliminated. If a team has four riders complete, there is a drop-score in their results. If three riders complete, all three scores are added into the final total for the team.
Beginning in 2005, the European Eventing Championships was held in the short-format, without the phases A, B, and C (roads and tracks, and steeplechase) on speed and endurance day. It included just the dressage, cross-country, and show jumping phases.
The competition begins with a horse inspection to make sure all competing horses are sound before beginning the dressage. Then the nations nominate their four team riders and the order they wish them to compete, before the order of nations is determined. The order of go is especially important on cross country day, when the first competitors have the best footing, but do not know how the course will ride, while the later competitors will know the tricky obstacles on course, but may have to run their horses on torn up or sloppy footing.
Past winners
Britain's Ginny Elliot is currently the only rider to have won the individual European Champion title three times in succession, in 1985, 1987, and 1989.
* 1953
o Venue: Badminton, Great Britain
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Major Laurence Rook/Starlight (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1954
o Venue: Basle, Switzerland
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Bertie Hill/Crispin (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1955
o Venue: Windsor, GB
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Major Frank Weldon/Kilbarry (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1957
o Venue: Copenhagen, Denmark
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Sheila Willcox/High And Mighty (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1959
o Venue: Harewood, GB
o Team: West Germany Flag of Germany
o Individual: Major Hans Schwarzenbach/Burnt Trout (SUI) Flag of Switzerland
* 1962
o Venue: Burghley, GB
o Team: USSR Flag of Soviet Union
o Individual: Capt James Templer/M’Lord Connelly (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1965
o Venue: Moscow, USSR
o Team: USSR Flag of Soviet Union
o Individual: Marian Babirecki/Volt (POL) Flag of Poland
* 1967
o Venue: Punchestown, Ireland
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Major Eddy Boylan/Durlas Eile (IRL) Flag of Ireland
* 1969
o Venue: Haras du Pin, France
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Mary Gordon Watson/Cornishman V (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1971
o Venue: Burghley, GB
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: HRH Princess Anne/Doublet (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1973
o Venue: Kiev, USSR
o Team: West Germany Flag of Germany
o Individual: Alexander Evdokimov/Jeger (USSR) Flag of Soviet Union
* 1975
o Venue: Luhmühlen, W Germany
o Team: USSR Flag of Soviet Union
o Individual: Lucinda Prior-Palmer (now Green)/Be Fair (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1977
o Venue: Burghley, GB
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Lucinda Prior-Palmer (now Green)/George (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1979
o Venue: Luhmühlen, W Germany
o Team: Ireland Flag of Ireland
o Individual: Nils Hagenson/Monaco (DEN) Flag of Denmark
* 1981
o Venue: Horsens, Denmark
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Hansueli Schmutz/Oran (SUI) Flag of Switzerland
* 1983
o Venue: Frauenfeld, Switzerland
o Team: Sweden Flag of Sweden
o Individual: Rachel Bayliss/Mystic Minstrel (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1985
o Venue: Burghley, GB
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Virginia Holgate (now Elliot)/Priceless (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1987
o Venue: Luhmühlen, W Germany
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Virginia Leng (Elliot)/Night Cap ll (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1989
o Venue: Burghley, GB
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Virginia Leng (Elliot)/Master Craftsman (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1991
o Venue: Punchestown, Ireland
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Ian Stark/Glenburnie (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1993
o Venue: Achselschwang, Germany
o Team: Sweden Flag of Sweden
o Individual: Jean-Lou Bigot/Twist La Beige (FRA) Flag of France
* 1995
o Venue: Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy
o Team: [Open] Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Lucy Thompson/Welton Romance (IRL) Flag of Ireland
* 1997
o Venue: Burghley, GB
o Team: [Open] Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Mark Todd/Broadcast News (NZ) Flag of New Zealand; Bettina Overesch (Hoy)/Watermill Stream (GER) Flag of Germany
* 1999
o Venue: Luhmühlen, Germany
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Pippa Funnell/Supreme Rock (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 2001
o Venue: Pau, France
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Pippa Funnell/Supreme Rock (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 2003
o Venue: Punchestown, Ireland
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Nicolas Touzaint/Galan de Sauvagere (FRA) Flag of France
* 2005
o Venue: Blenheim, Great Britain
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Zara Phillips/Toytown (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
The 1995 and 1997 European Championships were open to the world, but were reverted back to a European-only competition in 1999.
Format
The Championships offers both team and individual gold, silver, and bronze medals.
Each nation may bring a team of four riders and two individuals. The team riders also compete for the individual gold, silver, and bronze medals. The host nation may bring up to eight individual riders, with a total squad of 12.
The best three scores among the teams—the team with the lowest number of penalty points—receive the gold, silver, and bronze medals. However, a team must have at least three riders completing the competition, or else they will be eliminated. If a team has four riders complete, there is a drop-score in their results. If three riders complete, all three scores are added into the final total for the team.
Beginning in 2005, the European Eventing Championships was held in the short-format, without the phases A, B, and C (roads and tracks, and steeplechase) on speed and endurance day. It included just the dressage, cross-country, and show jumping phases.
The competition begins with a horse inspection to make sure all competing horses are sound before beginning the dressage. Then the nations nominate their four team riders and the order they wish them to compete, before the order of nations is determined. The order of go is especially important on cross country day, when the first competitors have the best footing, but do not know how the course will ride, while the later competitors will know the tricky obstacles on course, but may have to run their horses on torn up or sloppy footing.
Past winners
Britain's Ginny Elliot is currently the only rider to have won the individual European Champion title three times in succession, in 1985, 1987, and 1989.
* 1953
o Venue: Badminton, Great Britain
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Major Laurence Rook/Starlight (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1954
o Venue: Basle, Switzerland
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Bertie Hill/Crispin (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1955
o Venue: Windsor, GB
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Major Frank Weldon/Kilbarry (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1957
o Venue: Copenhagen, Denmark
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Sheila Willcox/High And Mighty (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1959
o Venue: Harewood, GB
o Team: West Germany Flag of Germany
o Individual: Major Hans Schwarzenbach/Burnt Trout (SUI) Flag of Switzerland
* 1962
o Venue: Burghley, GB
o Team: USSR Flag of Soviet Union
o Individual: Capt James Templer/M’Lord Connelly (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1965
o Venue: Moscow, USSR
o Team: USSR Flag of Soviet Union
o Individual: Marian Babirecki/Volt (POL) Flag of Poland
* 1967
o Venue: Punchestown, Ireland
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Major Eddy Boylan/Durlas Eile (IRL) Flag of Ireland
* 1969
o Venue: Haras du Pin, France
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Mary Gordon Watson/Cornishman V (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1971
o Venue: Burghley, GB
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: HRH Princess Anne/Doublet (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1973
o Venue: Kiev, USSR
o Team: West Germany Flag of Germany
o Individual: Alexander Evdokimov/Jeger (USSR) Flag of Soviet Union
* 1975
o Venue: Luhmühlen, W Germany
o Team: USSR Flag of Soviet Union
o Individual: Lucinda Prior-Palmer (now Green)/Be Fair (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1977
o Venue: Burghley, GB
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Lucinda Prior-Palmer (now Green)/George (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1979
o Venue: Luhmühlen, W Germany
o Team: Ireland Flag of Ireland
o Individual: Nils Hagenson/Monaco (DEN) Flag of Denmark
* 1981
o Venue: Horsens, Denmark
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Hansueli Schmutz/Oran (SUI) Flag of Switzerland
* 1983
o Venue: Frauenfeld, Switzerland
o Team: Sweden Flag of Sweden
o Individual: Rachel Bayliss/Mystic Minstrel (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1985
o Venue: Burghley, GB
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Virginia Holgate (now Elliot)/Priceless (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1987
o Venue: Luhmühlen, W Germany
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Virginia Leng (Elliot)/Night Cap ll (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1989
o Venue: Burghley, GB
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Virginia Leng (Elliot)/Master Craftsman (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1991
o Venue: Punchestown, Ireland
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Ian Stark/Glenburnie (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 1993
o Venue: Achselschwang, Germany
o Team: Sweden Flag of Sweden
o Individual: Jean-Lou Bigot/Twist La Beige (FRA) Flag of France
* 1995
o Venue: Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy
o Team: [Open] Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Lucy Thompson/Welton Romance (IRL) Flag of Ireland
* 1997
o Venue: Burghley, GB
o Team: [Open] Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Mark Todd/Broadcast News (NZ) Flag of New Zealand; Bettina Overesch (Hoy)/Watermill Stream (GER) Flag of Germany
* 1999
o Venue: Luhmühlen, Germany
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Pippa Funnell/Supreme Rock (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 2001
o Venue: Pau, France
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Pippa Funnell/Supreme Rock (GB) Flag of United Kingdom
* 2003
o Venue: Punchestown, Ireland
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Nicolas Touzaint/Galan de Sauvagere (FRA) Flag of France
* 2005
o Venue: Blenheim, Great Britain
o Team: Great Britain Flag of United Kingdom
o Individual: Zara Phillips/Toytown (GB) Flag of United Kingdom