More than 21,200 dogs of 360 different breeds will take part in next August's FCI World Dog Show 2014, which is being organised by the Finnish Kennel Club. Dogs will be arriving in Finland from 60 different countries to take part in the show. The judging schedule has now been published on the event website. The FCI World Dog Show takes place at Messukeskus, Expo and Convention Centre Helsinki on 8-10 August 2014.

The dogs will be evaluated by 124 judges from 35 different countries. 6,557 dogs will be judged on Friday, 8,151 on Saturday and 6,532 on Sunday. The event will culminate with the selection of the Best in Show dog on Sunday.

Almost as many dogs were entered in the FCI World Dog Show from abroad as from Finland. More than 10,000 dogs from Finland will be taking part. The next-largest group of dogs, more than 4,000, is coming from Russia and almost 2,000 Swedish dogs will also be taking part.

Top 10 entries by nationality:

Finland                                          10,838
Russia                                           4,127
Sweden                                        1,764
Norway                                           696
Italy                                               472
Estonia                                         459
Poland                                          357
Denmark                                      267
Latvia                                            243
Germany                                      242

Full list

Due to a large entry of dogs rings 93-100 will be outside. Area will be covered with large tents that cover the rings and cage zone. Due to a large number of dogs we kindly ask participants not to bring dog pens, tents or extra furniture items to the dog show.

Keep in mind that it is not permitted to leave crates or cages nor any show equipment in the outside area or in the halls. Any crates, cages or other show equipment left overnight will be removed for safety reasons.

The show is open to the public from 7am to 8pm each day. Ticket sales end at 5pm. See ticket prices and sales locations here.

FCI World Dog Show 2014 breed-specific judging schedules

Further information:

FCI World Dog Show 2014  Director of PR and Marketing Kaija Unhola, +358 50 432 0844, viestintakennelliitto.fi.