Obedience - Campeonato do mundo

The layout for the EW and WW competitions decided at the FCI Obedience Commission’s meeting in Amsterdam on October 11th 2008.

The competition is held in connection with the EW or WW dog exhibition. The WW and EW competition in obedience is a three-day event running from Friday till Sunday of which two days (Friday and Saturday) are for the team competition and qualifying competition for the individual EW or WW and the last day (Sunday) for the individual final. Thursday is reserved for training. If the number of entries will rise in the future, the competition could be extended with one more day, Thursday. The Obedience Commission will decide on this when necessary.

The qualifying competition will be held in two rings and will be judged by two judges per ring; one from the Nordic countries and one from Europe. The exercises are divided between the two rings. The result will be the average of the two judges’ grades. This layout thus requires altogether four judges.

This implementation will allow approximately 40 – 50 competitors to perform per day, not more than 100 altogether. Each country may enter six competitors and two reserves. If the total number of competitors is less than 100, each country will be allowed to enter additional competitors from a ranking list based on the previous EW/WW team results. All entries must be sent by the kennel clubs. The team results are calculated on the basis of the qualification competition and will include the results of the three best competitors.

The individual final is on Sunday and all four judges will judge. The highest and lowest points are excluded and the average of the two middle ones will remain.

The 20 best competitors from the qualification will continue to the final. The starting order will be decided by drawing. The individual winner will be the competitor with the highest total score in the final.

Bitches in season should perform last both in the qualification and the final.