A top class Italian edition of the FEI World Cup – Jumping is waiting for the most important European riders and their supporters arrived from all over the world. The 1999/2000 FEI World Cup by MonrifNet will start on Friday 25th and end on Sunday 27th of February. The competition will be hosted, for the 6th year in a row, by the ‘PalaMalaguti’ Sport Stadium of Casalecchio di Reno (Bologna). Hermann Duckek (DEN), consultant for the Sydney Olympic Games, has prepared the ground. Course designer is the well-known Uliano Vezzani (ITA) who will also design the courses of the next CSIO of Rome, Piazza di Siena 2000. Fourteen are the Nations participating in the Italian World Cup, mainly belonging to the competitive Western European League: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Ireland, Israel, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Italy, of course. The best riders of such Nations (their entries are enclosed) will take their turn into the ring trying to win and to increase their scores in the 1999/2000 World Cup ranking list. Notes for the media: *) The WEB site http://www.monrif.net/cup2000 will provide, among the other services, the results of each competition in real time and a few ‘live’ broadcasts along the week-end. *) As by Max Amman’s kind request, on Saturday the press-office will send the World Cup starting list and, as soon as they’re available, results and updated standings. Please take note that the World Cup will start at 7:00 p.m. (CET) to end at 8:15 p.m. (CET). *) The Press Office, chaired by Mrs. Caterina Vagnozzi, can be reached at the following numbers: Tel. (39) 051.617-8058 Fax (39) 051.617-8065