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N° Year Country Town & show Gold Silver Bronze

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2008 Portugal Ponte de lima France Spain Portugal

FIHB European Lady Championship

N° Year Country Town & show Gold Silver Bronze

V 2008 Portugal Ponte de lima France Great-Britain Spain

IV 2007 France Rennes France Spain Great-Britain

III 2005 Italy Milan France Germany Great-Britain

II 2004 France Saintes France Germany Belgium

I 2003 Italy Abano terme France Belgium Germany

FIHB European Pony Under 16 Championship

N° Year Country Town & show Gold Silver Bronze

VII 2010 United Kingdom Bishop Burton College France Spain Italy

VI 2009 France Saint-Georges d'Orques Spain France Italy

V 2008 Portugal Ponte de lima Spain France Italy

IV 2007 France Auvers France Spain Belgium

III 2006 France Saumur France Belgium Spain

II 2005 Italy Pratoni del Vivaro France Belgium Italy

I 2004 France Lamotte beuvron France Belgium United kingdom

FIHB European Senior Championship

N° Year Country Town & show Gold Silver Bronze

XV 2009 Spain Oviedo France Spain Belgium

XIV
2007
France Saint-Lô France Spain Portugal

XIII 2006 Belgium Neeroeteren France Italy Belgium

XII 2005 Italy Milan France Belgium Spain

XI 2003 Portugal Reguengos de Monsaraz France Portugal Belgium

X 2002 Portugal Beja France Portugal Belgium

IX 2001 France Paris - Salon du Cheval France Belgium Italy

VIII 2000 Germany Wiesbaden France Belgium Italy

VII 1999 Austria Wells France Portugal Austria

VI 1998 Italy Fiera cavalli France Portugal Belgium

V 1996 Italy Fiera cavalli France Portugal Belgium

IV 1995 Belgium Malines France Belgium Portugal

III 1994 Portugal Golega – Feira France Portugal Belgium

II 1993 United Kingdom Wembley – Horse of the year Show France Portugal Belgium

I 1992 France Paris - Salon du Cheval France Portugal Belgium

FIHB European Mixte Champions League

N° Year Country Town & show Gold Silver Bronze

III 2009 France Lyon
Cardedeu
Spain

Caramel
Belgium

Arles
France

II 2008 Sweden Stockholm Chambly Horse-Ball
France Caramel
Belgium Cardedeu
Spain

I
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France

Sporting Clube de Portugal CEJC
Portugal

Caramel
Belgium

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FIHB European nation ranking 2010

This ranking is based on the classification of the last 3 official international mixed competitions (at least mixed European cup and mixed world cup) one year before the competition.

For each place in the ranking will be distributed “points”:

Rank Points

1st place 8 points

2nd place 7 points

3rd place 6 points

4th place 5 points

5th place 4 points

6th place 3 points

7th place 2 point

8th place 1 point

In the ranking of the world cups will only be taken in consideration the European countries: the world cup ranking will be transformed in a European ranking.

Example:

Ranking of the World cup:

Standing Country

1st Belgium

2nd France

3rd Argentine

4th Italia

5th Bresil

6th Spain

In this case the points for the European ranking will be:

Euro Ranking Country Points

1st Belgium 8pts

2nd France 7pts

4th Italia 6pts

6th Spain 5pts

The team with the most of points will be ranked by the FIHB as the best nation the team with the 2^nd most points will be the 2^nd best nation etc.

If 2 or more nations have the same number of points, the results of the last competition will be taken in consideration. The nation with the best result will have be the best place in the FIHB ranking.

In 2009 only 6 countries took part to the FHIB European Championship. The points attributed starting from 1 for the 6th classified up to 6 for the 1st place.

For the competition in 2010 are taken in consideration the results of following competition:

- Senior European Cup 2007

- Mixed European Cup 2008

- Senior European Cup 2009

Senior European Cup 2007

Mixed World Cup 2008

Senior European Cup 2009

Rank

Nation

Points

Nation

Points

Nation

Points

1

France

8

France

8

France

6

2

Spain

7

Spain

7

Spain

5

3

Portugal

6

Portugal

6

Belgium

4

4

Belgium

5

Belgium

5

Portugal

3

5

Italy

4

Italy

4

Great-Britain

2

6

Great-Britain

3

Austria

3

Germany

1

7

Germany

2

Great-Britain

2

8

Austria

1

Germany

1

The FIHB Ranking for 2010 is:

FIHB Ranking 2009

Rank

Nation

Points

1

France

22

2

Spain

19

3

Portugal

15

4

Belgium

14

5

Italy

8

6

Great-Britain

7

7

Austria

4

8

Germany

4

The 4 nations that can have their best team in the Champions League for 2010 are:

France

Spain

Portugal

Belgium

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Horse-Ball History

The Origins

Evidence of this game has been found as far back as 1936. Captain CLAVE had given the name Horse Ball, after modifying some of the rules of Pato (among them being the size of the ball), the changes for him being important enough to justify changing the name.

The History

Horse Ball is a direct heir to PATO (national sport of Argentina, played on horseback).

This being the reason that the first Horse Ball trials were played using a Pato ball, Pato goals, Pato priority rules, and the same pick-up technique (in the early years the stirrups were not joined together with a strap!).

We now know thanks to some old evidence that the arrival of Pato in France dates back to Captain CLAVE, champion show-jumper in the 1930s.

The matches took place during Horse Shows and were played between different military regiments. The war started and Horse Ball disappeared, being practised only by a few riding instructors in their clubs as exercises for improving the ‘seat’.

Pato came to life again not long after the war, being presented regularly in its Argentinean form, by celebrity stuntman Mario LURASHI.

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