World Dog Show
International dog show
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The World Dog Show (WDS) is a Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI)-sanctioned, four- to six-day-long[1] international dog show. In its current iteration, it has been held yearly in conjunction with the FCI General Assembly meeting since 1974.[2] Several FCI international dog shows informally dubbed "world dog shows" were sporadically held prior to 1974;[3][4] information for those shows will be included where available.

The WDS has been called "the most important dog show in the world".[5] The World Show includes agility, obedience, junior handler, conformation, and other events and demonstrations.[6] Dogs who win in any category are awarded the title "World Winner".[7] It is one of the largest dog shows in the world, with shows attracting upwards of 10,000 entrants, sometimes exceeding 20,000 to rival Crufts in total entry count.[1][8] It is held in a different country each year.[6] The show is for all three of FCI’s Sections: European Section, Sección de las Américas y el Caribe, and Asia, Africa & Oceania, which all also have an individual dog show each year.
The top title at the event is Certificat d'Aptitude au Championnat International de Beauté (French for 'Certificate of Aptitude at the International Championship of Beauty'), abbreviated CACIB, for which only purebred specimens of fully recognised, standardised breeds, not provisionally recognised or experimental breeds, may qualify. Dogs of provisionally recognized breeds are still eligible to earn "World Winner" titles, however. Some people feel that a win at the World Dog Show is worth more, reputation-wise, than the same win at the Westminster Kennel Club show.[9] Entries in the World Show are from Fédération Cynologique Internationale member clubs, and non-member clubs (such as the American Kennel Club) by invitation.[10]
Show locations and conformation show winners
| Name | Home Country | Breeder | Owner | Breed | Year | Location | Number of entries | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early to mid 1930s | Western Europe | [4] | ||||||
| 1950s | Western Europe | [4] | ||||||
| 1956 | Dortmund, Germany | [3] | ||||||
| 1971 | Budapest, Hungary | ~3,500 | [11][12] | |||||
| Donnar de Nordval | Brazil | Angelo de Agostini | Olney Diaz | German Shepherd | 1972 | Brazil | 732 | [4][12] |
| 1973 | Dortmund, Germany | 4,900 | [12] | |||||
| Ungos de Laketania | Catalan Shepherd | 1974 | Paris, France | 2,832 | [2][12] | |||
| Sugar River Foxfire | USA (born);
Italy (residence) |
Alaskan Malamute | 1975 | Rabat, Morocco | 509 | [13][2][12] | ||
| 1976 | Innsbruck, Austria | 4,478 | [2][12] | |||||
| Dark von der Bismarckquelle | Germany | Axel Möhrke | Wire Fox Terrier | 1977 | Herning, Denmark | 3,883 | [2][12] | |
| Mundial Cinko Duda Csebi | Mexico | Roberto Hernández Ávalos | Karen Daly de Hernandez | Puli | 1978 | Mexico City, Mexico | 4,000 | [14][2][12] |
| 1979 | Bern, Switzerland | 5,500 | [2][12] | |||||
| Beseeka Knight Errant of Silkstone | UK (born);
South Africa (residence) |
M & M (Mesdames) Lumb and Hughes | Anna Kartsounis;
Gary Kartsounis; Roma E. Wright-Smith |
Whippet | 1980 | Verona, Italy | 4,300 | [15][2][12] |
| Saliha Deianira | Germany (born);
Netherlands (residence) |
Dr. Egon Knoll;
Angela Knoll |
Tim Teillers | Saluki | 1981 | Dortmund, Germany | 8,836 | [2][12] |
| Fujimiland Julia | Japan | Yorkshire Terrier | 1982 | Tokyo, Japan | 1,404 | [16][2][12] | ||
| Tigre | Spain | Luis Esquiro Bolanos | Spanish Mastiff | 1983 | Madrid, Spain | 3,097 | [2][12] | |
| Kishniga's Diaghilev | Canada (born);
Mexico (residence) |
Richard Meen;
John Reeve-Newson |
Carlos & Mirna Cantu | Borzoi | 1984 | Acapulco, Mexico | 784 | [17][2][12] |
| Abrisa vom Felsenkeller | Germany (born);
Netherlands (residence) |
Claus Hess | Tim Teillers | Saluki | 1985 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 10,093 | [2][12] |
| Abrisa vom Felsenkeller | Germany (born);
Netherlands (residence) |
Claus Hess | Tim Teillers | Saluki | 1986 | Tulln, Austria | 7,952 | [2][12] |
| Northwind's Rising Star | USA | Jacob Feinberg | Jacob Feinberg | Samoyed | 1987 | Tel Aviv, Israel | 1,274 | [2][12] |
| Northwind's Rising Star | USA | Jacob Feinberg | Jacob Feinberg | Samoyed | 1988 | Lima, Peru | 730 | [2][12] |
| Chouan Gimlet | Denmark | Gunner Nymann;
Holger Busk |
Gunner Nymann;
Holger Busk; Helen Ingher |
Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen | 1989 | Copenhagen, Denmark | 9,473 | [2][12] |
| Chakpori's Mao | Netherlands | Anke & Ruud de Wijs | Bianca Saasen | Lhasa Apso | 1990 | Brno, Czechoslovakia | 11,942 | [2][12] |
| Fanto vom Hirschell | Germany | German Shepherd | 1991 | Dortmund, Germany | 13,427 | [2][12] | ||
| Caligola di Ponzano | Italy | Mario Querci | Antonio Pegoli | Neapolitan Mastiff | 1992 | Valencia, Spain | 6,664 | [2][12] |
| Eddie Tato von Norwalfer | Argentina | Norma & Walter Soler | Alberto Sanchez | Great Dane | 1993 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 2,178 | [2][12] |
| Arctic Blue Senator | Spain | Siberian Husky | 1994 | Bern, Switzerland | 15,571 | [2][12] | ||
| Humphrey dos Sete Moinhos | Portugal | José Homem de Mello | Basset Hound | 1995 | Brussels, Belgium | 14,164 | [2][12] | |
| Sanallah's Jerome | USA (born);
Italy (residence) |
Sandra L & Al F Weinraub | Roberto Bongiovanni | Afghan Hound | 1996 | Vienna, Austria/Budapest, Hungary | 11,833 | [18][2][12] |
| Afton's Absolut | USA | Jeanne Silva | Carolee Douglas;
Jeanne & Christopher Silva |
American Cocker Spaniel | 1997 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 4,060 | [2][12] |
| Loteki Supernatural Being | USA | Lou Ann King | Lou Ann King & John Oulton | Papillon | 1998 | Helsinki, Finland | 15,295 | [19][2][12] |
| Tacara's Santer Savar | USA | Sandra Pritchard;
Terry Pritchard; Linda L Newsome |
Kim Smirl;
Wanda Sako; Linda L Newsome |
Belgian Shepherd Tervueren | 1999 | Mexico City, Mexico | 4,000 | [2][12] |
| Giaccherebbe dell'Angelo del Summano | Italy | Tranquillo Segalla | I. Maeder | Bracco Italiano | 2000 | Milan, Italy | 15,200 | [20][2][12] |
| Atwater Crazy-Diamond Borgoleonardo | Portugal | Maria Amelia Taborda | Fernando Bastos Gomes | Newfoundland | 2001 | Porto, Portugal | 7,282 | [2][12] |
| Topscore Contradiction | Norway | Mr and Mrs Glenna | Standard Poodle | 2002 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 14,520 | [2][12] | |
| Propwash Syzygy | USA | Leslie Frank | Leslie Frank | Australian Shepherd | 2003 | Dortmund, Germany | 18,716 | [2][12] |
| Double D Cinoblu's Masterpiece | USA (born);
Brazil (residence) |
Silvia Beloff;
Sonia Couto |
Ann Joe Sampaio | Pug | 2004 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2,060 | [2][12] |
| Homero del Alcazar | Argentina | Lhasa Apso | 2005 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 2,806 | [21][2][12] | ||
| Axel del Monte Alago | Italy | Bitte Ahrens Primavera | Bracco Italiano | 2006 | Poznan, Poland | 20,869 | [22][2][12] | |
| Smash JP Talk About | Japan | Yujijo Omura | Mamoro Oyama | Toy Poodle | 2007 | Mexico City, Mexico | 5,528 | [23][2][12] |
| Efbe's Hidalgo At Goodspice | Canada (born);
USA (residence) |
France Bergeron | Margery Good;
Richard Good; Sandra Middlebrooks |
Sealyham Terrier | 2008 | Stockholm, Sweden | 20,661 | [24][2][12] |
| Northgate's As You Like It | Finland (born);
Sweden (residence) |
Hanna Ukura;
Kari Ukura |
Jenny Hall | Pharaoh Hound | 2009 | Bratislava, Slovakia | 21,140 | [25][2][12] |
| Smash JP Talk About | Japan | Yujijo Omura | Mamoro Oyama | Toy Poodle | 2010 | Herning, Denmark | 18,988 | [26][2][12] |
| De Kaner's Wolverine Revenge | Italy (born);
Spain (residence) |
Francisco Garcia | Nati Diestro | American Akita | 2011 | Paris, France | 21,588 | [27] |
| Shiraz California Dreamin' | USA (born);
Sweden (residence) |
Michael & Elena Edwards;
Valerie Nunes-Atkinson |
Nicklas Eriksson;
Ingunn Solberg |
Saluki | 2012 | Salzburg, Austria | 18,608 | [28] |
| Bottom Shaker My Secret | Hungary | István Szetmár;
Jozsef Koroknai |
Jozsef Koroknai | Old English Sheepdog | 2013 | Budapest, Hungary | 18,002 | [29] |
| Tricky Ricky From Yarrow-Hi Tech | Indonesia | Jongkie Budiman;
Mieke Cooijmans |
Affenpinscher | 2014 | Helsinki, Finland | 21,266 | [30][31] | |
| Ops I Did It Again Del Cuore Impavido | Italy | Filippo Ripoli | Olga Klimova | Bearded Collie | 2015 | Milan, Italy | 19,923 | [32] |
| Fine Lady S Zolotogo Grada | Russia | Svetlana Zolotova | Ekaterina Zaytseva | Black Russian Terrier | 2016 | Moscow, Russia | 19,295 | [33] |
| Queenie Eye Del Castelo Levante | Italy | Patrizia Vidano | Great Dane | 2017 | Leipzig, Germany | 24,692 | [34] | |
| Frosty Snowman | Netherlands | Phil Reid | Gwen Huikeshoven;
Phil Reid |
Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen | 2018 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 17,628 | [35] |
| Realline Final Boss | South Korea | Kim Jong-oh | Kim Jong-oh | Pembroke Welsh Corgi | 2019 | Shanghai, China | 1,881 | [36] |
| Funfair Foxhound | Italy | Davide Valli | Davide Valli | Wire Fox Terrier | 2020 (Due to pandemic was held in 2022)[37] | Madrid, Spain | 6,835 | [38] |
| L'End Show Metti Surprise At Glare | Russia | Elena Pykhtar | Elena Pykhtar | Bedlington Terrier | 2021 | Brno, Czech Republic | 12,159 | [39] |
| BR Pepper’s Shades Of Joy | Brazil | Charly Andrade | Charly Andrade;
Edina Mendes |
Shih Tzu | 2022 | São Paulo, Brazil | 3,833 | [40] |
| Aquafortis Robel The One | Norway | Runi Kristiansen | Runi Kristiansen;
Terje Kristiansen |
Portuguese Water Dog | 2023 | Geneva, Switzerland | 13,406 | [41] |
| Zaida Bint Muti Von Haussman | Chile | Ramón Podestá | Ramón Podestá;
Scott Pfeil; James Donahue; Armando Sobrado |
Afghan Hound | 2024 | Zagreb, Croatia | 14,850 | [42] |
| Black Majesty Some Say | Croatia | Iva Raic | Iva Raic | Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen | 2025 | Helsinki, Finland | 15,720 | [43] |
| TBD | TBD | 2026 | Bologna, Italy | TBD | ||||
| TBD | TBD | 2027 | Wels, Austria | TBD | ||||
| TBD | TBD | 2028 | Mexico City, Mexico | TBD | ||||
| TBD | TBD | 2029 | Poland | TBD | ||||
| TBD | TBD | 2030 | Brno, Czech Republic | TBD |