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Is it Britain or Belgium who will be relegated from the Meydan/FEI Nations Cup??

August 8, 2025

Great Britain and Belgium finished tied in next to the last place with 22 points at the end of the year long Meydan Nations Cup Series. Unclear FEI rules make it difficult to decide who will be relegated.

Rule 10 of the FEI Nations Cup Series rulebook refers to team classification at the end of the season. It states that “In case of equality of points for any place on the overall top League classification, teams are separated by giving preference to the team with the greater number of first place classifications; in case there is still a tie the number of second place classifications will count and if necessary the number of third place classifications and so on if the necessity arises.”

Neither Great Britain nor Belgium won a series, but Britain has a tie for second while Belgium’s best result was a tie for third. That would imply that Belgium should be relegated. However, in this instance, Rule 16, which refers specifically to the relegation process appears to contradict Rule 10.

It states that “the two last placed teams in the overall standings at the end of each season will be relegated to the FEI Nations Cup Promotional League. Teams tying on points for either of the last two places in the final classification of the top League are separated by relegating the two teams with the greatest number of last places in the top League competitions. If further ties exist the teams with the greatest number of second last places are relegated and so on until a tie no longer exists.”

On this basis it looks like Great Britain is the team to be relegated. Both Great Britain and Belgium have twice been eleminated after one round of the competition, but Britain finished eighth on one occasion, while Belgium’s next worse performance was seventh.

No official announcement has been made by the FEI.

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