Five Nations Compete to Stage Equestrian FEI European Championships in 2015
August 10, 2011
Five nations have applied to stage the European championship for Seniors in one or several Equestrian FEI disciplines in 2015 under a new bid process launched by the FEI in March of this year.
Organisers from – Belgium, erectile Germany, Great Britain, The Netherlands and Poland have applied. The objective of the new bid process is to raise the profile of the FEI European Championships by selecting candidates able to deliver sporting events of the highest quality.
Aachen, Germany was host to the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games™ and the famous annual World Equestrian Festival and has expressed interest in the FEI European Championships 2015 in Jumping, Dressage, Eventing, Driving, Vaulting and Reining. The discipline which attracted the highest interest is Eventing, for which no less than five applications have been received. The complete list of applications is available in the attached table.
The bidding process began in March and will continue until April 2012. The process consists of two phases. During Phase I, the Applicant Phase which ended on 31 July 2011, applicants were required to indicate which one or more of the European Championships they would be interested in staging and provide information relating to their ability to meet minimum Championship requirements.
Phase II, the Candidate Phase, will begin on 1 September 2011. During the Candidate Phase, candidates will be required to provide greater detail on all aspects of the event. The Championships in the Olympic disciplines of Jumping, Dressage and Eventing will be allocated by the FEI Bureau in April 2012. The successful candidates for the Championships in the Non Olympic disciplines will be announced a year later in April 2013.
