2008 Samsung Super League
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The 2008 Samsung Super League was the sixth edition of the premier international team Grand Prix show jumping competition run by the FEI
International Federation for Equestrian Sports
The Fédération Équestre Internationale or in English, the International Federation for Equestrian Sports, is the international governing body of equestrian sports. It recognizes ten international disciplines...

 and sponsored by Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational electronics and information technology company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul...

. It was held at eight European venues from May 9 to September 21, 2008. Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 won the series for the third consecutive year, while Ludger Beerbaum
Ludger Beerbaum
Ludger Beerbaum is an internationally successful German rider who competes in show jumping, and has been ranked the No. 1 Show Jumper in the world by the FEI on multiple occasions....

 of Germany won the title of top rider. Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 was relegated to the 2009 FEI Nations Cup after finishing last in the eight team series.

2008 show schedule

Date Show Winning team Top rider(s)
May 9, 2008 Jumping International de France 2008
  La Baule
La Baule-Escoublac
La Baule-Escoublac, commonly referred to as La Baule, is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.A century-old seaside resort at the gateway to Britany with beautiful villas, casino, luxury hotels and an original mix of old Breton and exclusive seaside culture boasting a 12...

, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...


CSIO*****
Concours de Saut International
Concours de Saut International is a ranking system for the equestrian competition show jumping. All CSI events are approved by the international governing body of equestrian sport, the FEI....


Euro
The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,...

135,000
  Ludo Philippaerts
Ludo Philippaerts
Ludo Philippaerts is a Belgian show jumping rider. He is a native of Genk, Limburg, Belgium.-Career:Philippaerts is a four-time Olympian. As an individual, he ranked 4th at both the 2000 Olympic Games and the 2004 Olympic Games. In Athens, the Belgian team, of which he was a part, ranked 6th...

 on Cavalor's Winningmood
  Michel Robert
Michel Robert (equestrian)
Michel Robert is a show jumping rider from France. He was the final winner of the Global Champions Tour for 2009. He is a two-time Olympic equestrian.- External links :* - References :...

 on Koro d'Or
May 23, 2008 Piazza di Siena 2008
  Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...


CSIO*****
€136,000
  Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

 
  Tim Stockdale
Tim Stockdale
Tim Stockdale is an English equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping.He competes in international competitions and rides a number of horses, owned by both himself and others...

 on Corlato
  John Whitaker on Peppermill
  Will Simpson
Will Simpson (equestrian)
William Simpson is an American show jumping competitor and Olympic champion.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Simpson won the gold medal as part of the United States team in team jumping, together with McLain Ward, Laura Kraut, and Beezie Madden.In 2010 Simpson was featured in the...

 on Carlson vom Dach
May 30, 2008 CSIO Schweiz 2008
  St. Gallen
St. Gallen
St. Gallen is the capital of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It evolved from the hermitage of Saint Gall, founded in the 7th century. Today, it is a large urban agglomeration and represents the center of eastern Switzerland. The town mainly relies on the service sector for its economic...

, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....


CSIO*****
210,000 CHF
Swiss franc
The franc is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein; it is also legal tender in the Italian exclave Campione d'Italia. Although not formally legal tender in the German exclave Büsingen , it is in wide daily use there...

 
  Vincent Voorn
Vincent Voorn
Vincent Voorn is a Dutch show jumper. His father is Albert Voorn who also competed as an international show jumper....

 on Alpapillon-Armanie
  Jos Lansink
Jos Lansink
Jozeph Johannes Gerardus Marinus Lansink is an equestrian from The Netherlands, but currently representing Belgium, who competes in the sport of show jumping....

 on Valentina van't Heike
June 20, 2008 CHIO Rotterdam 2008
  Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...

, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...


CSIO*****
€150,000
  Ludger Beerbaum
Ludger Beerbaum
Ludger Beerbaum is an internationally successful German rider who competes in show jumping, and has been ranked the No. 1 Show Jumper in the world by the FEI on multiple occasions....

 on Coupe de Coeur
  Pius Schwizer
Pius Schwizer
Pius Schwizer is a Swiss equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping. He won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in team jumping following the disqualification of Norwegian rider Tony André Hansen.-External links:*...

 on Nobless M
July 3, 2008 CHIO Aachen 2008
  Aachen
Aachen
Aachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...


CSIO*****
€150,000
  Albert Zoer
Albert Zoer
Albert Zoer is a Dutch champion of show jumping. He owns his own business, called Zoer B.V., for breeding and training stallions, a venture with which his father, Arent Zoer, helps him.,- Background :...

 on Sam
July 25, 2008 2008 Longines Royal International Horse Show
  Hickstead
Hickstead
The All England Jumping Course at Hickstead, known widely as Hickstead is an equestrian sport centre in West Sussex, England, principally known for its showjumping activities, where it hosts two international level competitions, the British Jumping Derby and the Royal International Horse Show...

, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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CSIO*****
200,000 CHF
  Charlotte Platt on Paulien II
August 8, 2008 2008 Dublin Horse Show
2008 Dublin Horse Show - Samsung Super League
The seventh event of the 2008 Samsung Super League was held in Dublin, Ireland on August 8, 2008 during the 2008 Dublin Horse Show. The Great Britain won the event, finishing with only fourteen penalties over the two rounds of competition, five fewer than host nation Ireland's nineteen faults...


  Dublin, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...


CSIO*****
€156,000
  Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

 
  Hillary Dobbs on Quincy B
  Jessica Kürten
Jessica Kürten
Jessica Kürten is an Irish equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping.Born Jessica Chesney, Kürten won several national pony championships as a youth....

 on Castle Forbes Libertina
  Harry Smolders on Walnut de Muze
September 21, 2008 CSIO Barcelona 2008
  Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...


CSIO*****
€134,200
  Ludger Beerbaum
Ludger Beerbaum
Ludger Beerbaum is an internationally successful German rider who competes in show jumping, and has been ranked the No. 1 Show Jumper in the world by the FEI on multiple occasions....

 on All Inclusive NRW
  Marco Kutscher
Marco Kutscher
Marco Kutscher is a German equestrian athlete who originally finished fourth in the show jumping competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, but was moved to third place and received a bronze medal after Irish gold medal winner Cian O'Connor was stripped of his medal after a doping...

 on Cornet Obolensky

Overall

Team Points Total
FRA
 
ITA
 
SUI
 
NED
 
GER
 
GBR
 
IRL
2008 Dublin Horse Show - Samsung Super League
The seventh event of the 2008 Samsung Super League was held in Dublin, Ireland on August 8, 2008 during the 2008 Dublin Horse Show. The Great Britain won the event, finishing with only fourteen penalties over the two rounds of competition, five fewer than host nation Ireland's nineteen faults...


 
ESP
 
1 1 5 6 10 10 10 5 20 67.00
2   Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

 
2 10 3 4 4.5 6 10 6 45.50
3 3 3.5 10 7 7 1 3 10 44.50
4 10 2 2 5 0.5 2 2 14 37.50
5 5.33 3.5 1 2 2 3 7 8 31.83
6 5.33 7 4 0.5 4.5 0.5 4 2 27.83
7 5.33 0.75 6 3 1 4 0.5 4 24.58
8 0.5 0.75 0.5 1 3 6 1 12.75

was relegated to the 2009 FEI Nations Cup Promotional League
2009 FEI Nations Cup Promotional League
The 2009 FEI Nations Cup Promotional League is the 2009 edition of the secondary international team Grand Prix show jumping competition run by the FEI. It is the follower of the Nations Cup series. France won the Nations Cup in the previous year. Sweden having been relegated from the 2008 Super...

. Before the beginning of the 2009 season of the Meydan FEI Nations Cup
2009 Meydan FEI Nations Cup
The 2009 Meydan FEI Nations Cup was the first edition of the Meydan FEI Nations Cup, a premier international team Grand Prix show jumping competition run by the FEI and sponsored by the Meydan Group from Dubai. It was held at eight European venues from May 15 to August 17, 2009...

 (the follower of the Samsung Super League
Samsung Super League
The Samsung Super League was the commercial denomination of the Nations Cup, one of the most prestigious Grand Prix Show Jumping series in the world, from 2003 until 2008...

), the number of participating nations teams in the Meydan FEI Nations Cup has been increased up to ten. Thus, after the descent of Sweden, three nations starting positions are reassigned. This was done by the placement of best placed show jumpers from every nation in the world rankings. The emerging nations to the 2009 Meydan FEI Nations Cup were Sweden, France and Canada. The national equestrian federation of Canada refrained, so Italy moved into the Meydan FEI Nations Cup for the 2009 season.

Top rider

Rider Team Points Total
FRA
 
ITA
 
SUI
 
NED
 
GER
 
GBR
 
IRL
2008 Dublin Horse Show - Samsung Super League
The seventh event of the 2008 Samsung Super League was held in Dublin, Ireland on August 8, 2008 during the 2008 Dublin Horse Show. The Great Britain won the event, finishing with only fourteen penalties over the two rounds of competition, five fewer than host nation Ireland's nineteen faults...


 
ESP
 
1 Ludger Beerbaum
Ludger Beerbaum
Ludger Beerbaum is an internationally successful German rider who competes in show jumping, and has been ranked the No. 1 Show Jumper in the world by the FEI on multiple occasions....

 
0 0 3 0 3 6
2 John Whitaker    Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

 
3 1 1 0 5
Jos Lansink
Jos Lansink
Jozeph Johannes Gerardus Marinus Lansink is an equestrian from The Netherlands, but currently representing Belgium, who competes in the sport of show jumping....

 
1 3 0 0 1 5
Will Simpson
Will Simpson (equestrian)
William Simpson is an American show jumping competitor and Olympic champion.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Simpson won the gold medal as part of the United States team in team jumping, together with McLain Ward, Laura Kraut, and Beezie Madden.In 2010 Simpson was featured in the...

 
1 3 1 5
5 Marco Kutscher
Marco Kutscher
Marco Kutscher is a German equestrian athlete who originally finished fourth in the show jumping competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, but was moved to third place and received a bronze medal after Irish gold medal winner Cian O'Connor was stripped of his medal after a doping...

 
0 1 0 0 3 4
Nicole Simpson  1 1 1 0 1 4
Pius Schwizer
Pius Schwizer
Pius Schwizer is a Swiss equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping. He won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in team jumping following the disqualification of Norwegian rider Tony André Hansen.-External links:*...

 
0 1 3 0 0 0 4
Tim Stockdale
Tim Stockdale
Tim Stockdale is an English equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping.He competes in international competitions and rides a number of horses, owned by both himself and others...

 
  Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

 
3 1 0 0 4
9 Albert Zoer
Albert Zoer
Albert Zoer is a Dutch champion of show jumping. He owns his own business, called Zoer B.V., for breeding and training stallions, a venture with which his father, Arent Zoer, helps him.,- Background :...

 
3 3
Charlie Jayne  1 1 1 0 3
Charlotte Platt    Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

 
3 0 3
Christian Ahlmann
Christian Ahlmann
Christian Ahlmann is a German equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping.During the 2008 Summer Olympics, Ahlmann's horse tested positive for the banned substance capsaicin along with the horses of three other riders, and was subsequently suspended from the Games...

 
1 1 1 3
Cian O'Connor
Cian O'Connor
Cián O'Connor is an Irish equestrian who competes in the sport of showjumping.He won a show jumping gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, which was later stripped from him due to drug offences. He continues to ride....

 
0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3
Denis Lynch
Denis Lynch
Denis Lynch is an Irish German show jumper.He represented Ireland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Early on 21 August it emerged that he had withdrawn from the equestrian individual final which was due to have been held later that day...

 
1 0 1 1 0 0 3
Emilio Bicocchi  3 3
Ludo Philippaerts
Ludo Philippaerts
Ludo Philippaerts is a Belgian show jumping rider. He is a native of Genk, Limburg, Belgium.-Career:Philippaerts is a four-time Olympian. As an individual, he ranked 4th at both the 2000 Olympic Games and the 2004 Olympic Games. In Athens, the Belgian team, of which he was a part, ranked 6th...

 
3 0 0 3
Michel Robert
Michel Robert (equestrian)
Michel Robert is a show jumping rider from France. He was the final winner of the Global Champions Tour for 2009. He is a two-time Olympic equestrian.- External links :* - References :...

 
3 3
Vincent Voorn
Vincent Voorn
Vincent Voorn is a Dutch show jumper. His father is Albert Voorn who also competed as an international show jumper....

 
0 3 0 3
19 Carsten-Otto Nagel  1 1 2
Christina Liebherr
Christina Liebherr
Christina Liebherr is a Swiss equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping. She won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in team jumping following the disqualification of Norwegian rider Tony André Hansen.-References:...

 
0 1 1 2
Edward Doyle
Edward Doyle
Edward Doyle was an Irish Labour Party politician. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency at the 1923 general election. He was re-elected at the June 1927 and the September 1927 general elections. He lost his seat at the 1932...

 
0 1 0 0 1 2
Gerco Schröder
Gerco Schröder
Gerco Bernardus Schröder is a Dutch show jumping equestrian.Gerco Schröder represented the Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics where he took part in the individual jumping competition and the show jumping team event alongside Wim Schröder, Leopold van Asten and Gert-Jan Bruggink...

 
0 1 1 0 0 2
Harry Smolders  1 1 2
Helena Lundbäck  1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Marc Houtzager
Marc Houtzager
Marc Houtzager is a Dutch show jumper.Houtzager competed in the 2002 Show Jumping World Cup circuit and won the meeting in Dublin. After that he kept on riding international tournaments, but never succeeded on World Cup level again. In 2008 he and his team mates became Dutch national champion in...

 
1 1 0 0 2
Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum
Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum
Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum is an American-born German equestrian who competes at the international level in show jumping....

 
1 1 0 2
Nick Skelton
Nick Skelton
Nicholas "Nick" Skelton is a British Showjumper with over 30 years experience.-Biography:...

 
  Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

 
1 1 0 2
Philippe Le Jeune  1 0 0 0 1 2
29 Angelique Hoorn
Angelique Hoorn
Angelique Hoorn is a Dutch show jumper.As a newcomer Hoorn reached the fourth position at the 2000 Dutch National Show Jumping Championships, announcing her appearance for the upcoming years. Together with her horse Hascal she won the 2001 Championship in Papendal...

 
0 0 1 0 0 1
Beezie Madden
Beezie Madden
Elizabeth Madden is an American show jumping competitor and Olympic winner from Cazenovia, New York....

 
1 1
Christophe Vanderhasselt  1 1
David O'Brien  1 0 0 0 1
Dirk Demeersman  0 1 0 1
Giulia Martinengo Marquet  1 1
Hillary Dobbs  0 1 1
Holger Wulschner  1 0 1
Jane Richard  1 0 0 1
Jessica Kürten
Jessica Kürten
Jessica Kürten is an Irish equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping.Born Jessica Chesney, Kürten won several national pony championships as a youth....

 
0 1 1
Judy Ann Melchior  1 0 1
Kevin Staut  1 1
Laura Kraut
Laura Kraut
Laura Kraut is an American show jumping competitor and Olympic champion.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Kraut won the gold medal as part of the United States team with her horse Cedric in team jumping, together with McLain Ward, Will Simpson, and Beezie Madden.In 2010 Kraut was featured in...

 
0 0 1 1
Leon Thijssen
Leon Thijssen
Leon Thijssen is a Dutch show jumper.Thijssen won his first international tournament in 2000, when he won the Grand Prix meeting in Vilamoura with his horse Hickory. A year later in Madrid he won the Super League meeting with Hot Shot...

 
1 1
Lotta Schultz  0 0 1 0 1
McLain Ward
McLain Ward
McLain Ward is an American show jumping competitor and Olympic champion.Official website: http://mclainward.com...

 
0 1 1
Michael Whitaker
Michael Whitaker
Michael Whitaker is a British Olympic equestrian rider, who competes in the sport of show jumping.- Biography :Younger brother of John Whitaker, Michael Whitaker began competing on ponies at the age of 7 years...

 
  Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

 
0 1 0 1
Niels Bruynseels  0 0 1 0 1
Niklaus Schurtenberger
Niklaus Schurtenberger
Niklaus Schurtenberger is a Swiss equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping. He won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in team jumping following the disqualification of Norwegian rider Tony André Hansen....

 
0 1 0 0 1
Peter Eriksson  0 0 0 1 1
Piet Raymakers
Piet Raymakers
Petrus Josephus Raijmakers is a former equestrian from The Netherlands.Raijmakers won the gold medal in the show jumping team event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He did so alongside Jos Lansink, Jan Tops and Bert Romp...

 
1 0 0 1
Rolf-Göran Bengtsson
Rolf-Göran Bengtsson
Rolf-Göran Bengtsson is a Swedish show jumper. He won a silver medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the individual jumping, and also a silver medal in the team jumping event at the 2004 Summer Olympics....

 
1 0 1
Royne Zettermann  0 1 0 1
Steve Guerdat
Steve Guerdat
Steve Guerdat is an Swiss equestrian who competes in the sport of show jumping. He won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in team jumping following the disqualification of Norwegian rider Tony André Hansen.-External links:*...

1 0 0 0 0 1

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