Greece in the Semifinal of Budapest for the 2nd time!

Markopoulo, June 29, 2022

Press release

It's time for the semifinal for our National team!

After qualifying from the 2 competitions in Athens and Gorla Minore in Italy, it is time for the semi-final of the Longines EEF Series 2022 Nations Cup in Budapest on Saturday, July 2, as part of the CSIO3 * W, starting tomorrow.

The Greek team consists of Angelos Touloupis with Lord Mexx, Kritonas Zafeiropoulos with Dicaprio, Yiannis Skandalis with Ego di Villagan and Karim Fares with Captain Z, while it is accompanied by the Technical Advisor, Antonis Petris within the National Teams program. Hellenic Olympic Committee.

Our team will compete in the Semifinals along with six other countries, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands and Switzerland, with the aim of occupying one of the top five places and qualifying for the Grand Final Longines EEF Series 2022 to be held in Warsaw, Poland in September.

The Longines EEF Series CSIO3 * -W in Budapest will feature 14 countries with 68 riders and a total of 132 horses. The horse inspection will take place today, while the Grand Prix of the event will take place on Thursday, June 30 at 4.30 pm (Greek time).

Sport fans can watch the effort of the Greek team in the Semifinal on Saturday, July 2 at 2.30pm (Greek time) in live streaming at the link:

https://www.clipmyhorse.tv/fr_BE/events/7916/longines-eef-series-csio3-w-budapest

Good luck to the Greek Team!

 

From the Press Office of the Hellenic Equestrian Federation