Barcelona on Sunday: all nine come back
The Longines League of Nations Final is Sunday 4 October at the Real Club de Polo. Eight qualified nations plus host Spain. Qualifying points stay on the table. One afternoon decides the title.
British Showjumping has the Grand Prix on Friday 2 October at 20:00 local (19:00 GMT) and the Final at 14:00 local (13:00 GMT). Di Lampard is chef. Scott Brash, Tim Gredley, Jodie Hall McAteer, Jessica Mendoza and Jack Whitaker are named.
We already covered Bodo's 12 fences at Gassin and the four-then-three qualifier rule. Barcelona is not Gassin.
Round two does not cut anyone
Read Article 6 of the 2026 LLN Rules. Qualifiers (Article 4.5) send only the best eight teams back. The Final (Article 6.6) sends all of them back, three athletes each, every score counting. First-round classification still uses the three best of four, penalties and times. Those first-round penalties carry. No substitution between rounds.
If you write a club team final off this card, put that in the schedule. Nine teams, two rounds, no cut after round one. Three to count in round two. You cannot hide a brutal first-round combination and hope two nations miss the afternoon.
Spain start first if they are in as host, not from the standings. That is Article 6.5. Reverse order of the qualifying table otherwise. France 290, Germany and Great Britain 275, Brazil 270, Ireland 265, Belgium 245, the United States and Italy 230. Gassin confirmed that list on 20 September.
Twelve fences, a water, 400 metres a minute
Articles 6.12 and 6.13 set the job. Maximum height 1.60 m. Speed 400 m per minute. A water jump is required, 3.80 to 4.00 m. Twelve obstacles. Course 450 to 650 m. At least two verticals at 1.60 m. At least six other obstacles at 1.50 m. At least two spreads at 1.50 / 1.70 m. Max spread 2.00 m, triple bar 2.20 m. Identical tracks both rounds, though the ground jury may let the designer change some dimensions for round two.
That is a 5* Nations Cup skeleton. Copy the skeleton at 90 cm, not the centimetres. Twelve numbered fences if the arena takes them. Measure the time. Put water only if you have a real water, not a taped Liverpool you pretend is Article 236.
Both rounds are Table A against the clock. Maximum one hour between them. Jump-off for first only, one rider per team, any of the four, break no longer than 15 minutes.
A city fence, then sit down with a pencil
CSIO Barcelona unveiled this year's A Jump for the City winner on 17 September. Abril Chun Acero Miró, a design student at Eina, won the twelfth edition with Traç i Salt: Barcelona en codi Mariscal. Barcelona City Council says it will appear on the CSIO tracks from 1 to 4 October. The student jury at the Polo Club included international course designers Elena Boix and Santiago Varela. That is a filler with a brief. It is not the test.
The test is Sunday afternoon. Watch whether the water sits early or late. Count whether the two 1.60 m verticals are related or isolated. Note if round two comes up a hole, which Article 6.4 allows.
Open Article 6, print 6.12 and 6.13, and draw a 12-fence water track in the designer at 400 m per minute before you watch. Stream is on FEI.TV. Pick Barcelona if you build team classes.
