It was followed by the Dutch technological brand HCS in 1990, and changed again in 1997 when Samsung overtook sponsorship.
In the Top League, each of the ten participating teams consisted of four riders who rode the first course.
There was no Final event,[5] and the two teams with the lowest score at the end of the series were to be relegated to the Promotional League, while the two best-placed teams in the Promotional League Final would start in the Meydan FEI Nations Cup of the next season.
After the 2009 season, Belgium and Great Britain were both tied for eighth place in the final ranking.
So at the end of the 2010 season, four teams were relegated to the 2011 FEI Nations Cup Promotional League.