The U.S. is the top qualifying nation for this year's League of nations 10 team competition of four events, with the top eight teams then qualifying for the Final in Barcelona.

Skylar Wireman on Tornado winning in Thermal in January (Photo by High Desert Sport Photo)The first of the four events is in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on Feb. 13.

Team USA leans on girl power to pack a punch in its opening campaign, as chef d'equipe Robert Ridland’s transatlantic-bound quartet has been named as Natalie Dean, Callie Schott, Sarah Segal and Skylar Wireman.

Belgium is buoyed by their sensational Team Gold Medal at the 2025 FEI Jumping European Championship in A Coruña, Spain last July.

Chef d'equipe Peter Weinberg's team includes seasoned competitors Rik Hemeryck, Jos Verlooy, Wilm Vermeir and Annelies Vorsselmans.

Team Ireland returns to defend the title they won here 12 months ago, now under the guidance of newly appointed chef d’equipe Jessica Kürten.

Trevor Breen and Michael Pender proved instrumental in last year’s victory, completing both rounds of the 2025 edition without incurring a single penalty.

They return this year eager to repeat the feat alongside Longines League of Nations debutants Shane Breen and Niamh McEvoy.

 

GERMANY became the first nation to lift the coveted Longines League of Nations trophy when victorious in 2024’s inaugural Final.

Natalie Dean on Acota M (Photo by Sportfot)German team stalwart Marco Kutscher makes his League of Nations debut alongside three familiar faces to the series, Daniel Deusser, Sophie Hinners and Jörne Sprehe.

France brings a wealth of League of Nations experience to Abu Dhabi with a team of Simon Delestre, Antoine Ermann, Olivier Perreau and Jeanne Sadran.

Four championship athletes will compete for the Netherlands as chef d’equipe Wout-Jan van der Schans calls upon the experience of Kim Emmen, Frank Schuttert, Leopold van Asten and Jur Vrieling.

Impressive in its debut League of Nations season in 2025, Italy returns to Abu Dhabi with an experienced team of Piergiorgio Bucci, Giacomo Casadei, Paolo Paini and Clara Pezzoli.

Switzerland's team includes newcomer Jason Smith along with Romain Duguet, Gaëtan Joliat and Barbara Schnieper in Abu Dhabi.

Chef d’equipe Pedro Paulo Lacerda brings a team of newcomers João Victor Castro Aguiar Gomes de Lima and Luiz Felipe Neto de Azevedo along with experienced riders Luciana Diniz and Pedro Junqueira Muylaert.

Last season’s Longines League of Nations Final Champions and reigning Olympic Team gold medallists, Great Britain, relies on a youthful quartet of team regular Tim Gredley along with Joseph Stockdale, Jack Whitaker and series debutant Jodie Hall McAteer.

Host Nation United Arab Emirates delighted home fans last year with a superb second place finish.

The same proven quartet returns, Abdullah Mohd Al Marri, Omar Abdul Aziz Al Marzooqi, Abdullah Humaid Al Muhairi and Humaid Abdulla Khalifa Al Muhairi.

The competition gets underway on Feb.13 and will be shown live on FEI TV.

The Longines League of Nations is open to 10 qualified teams.

The winning team from the previous season’s Final gains automatic qualification, while the remaining nine places are allocated to the nine highest-ranked jumping nations in the world.

USA headed the Longines League of Nations Rankings., followed by Belgium, Ireland, Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland and Brazil, who rejoins the Longines League of Nations having participated in the inaugural season before dropping out of the qualification places for 2025.

These 10 qualified teams are joined in Abu Dhabi by the host nation, United Arab Emirates.

The series consists of four qualifying events, each offering a prize fund of €700,000, culminating in the Final in Barcelona in October, with €1,600,000 in prize money.

From Abu Dhabi, the series heads to Ocala in March, returns to Rotterdam, Netherlands in June, before St.Tropez–Gassin, France, a successful addition to last year’s calendar, again hosts the final qualifying leg in September.

Following the four qualifying legs, the top eight teams in the league standings will qualify for the most prestigious team jumping competition in the world, the Longines League of Nations Final in Barcelona.

The Longines League of Nations consists of two full rounds of Jumping over an identical track, with all teams sending out four riders in round one with the best three scores counting for the team total.

The best eight teams return for round two, with only three riders from each nation competing, so every score now counts.

After two rounds, the team with the lowest combined score (the least faults) will be the winner.

In the event of a tie for first place after the second round, there will be a jump-off between the tying nations with just one rider from each of those teams competing.

There will be no jump-off for any placings beyond this. In the event of a tie for lower placings, the combined time of the three athletes in the second round will determine the final standings.