Judges

Riihimäki INT – Saturday 29.8.2026

*= change of judge

#= change of judge to a previously announced reserve judge

FCI 1

Reserve judge for all FCI Group 1 breeds Tanya Ahlman-Stockmari

Collie Rough, Lancashire Heeler Antonio Di Lorenzo, Norway

*Australian Cattle Dog, *Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog, *Bergamasco Shepherd Dog, *Border Collie, *Old English Sheepdog Livija Zizevske, Lithuania

Welsh Corgis Helin Tenson

Bearded Collie, Shetland Sheepdog Irina Poletaeva

Bouvier des Flandres, Briard, South Russian Shepherd Dog Jasna Matejcic, Croatia

Collie Smooth Jussi Liimatainen

Abruzzes and Maremma Shepherd Dog, Australian Kelpie, Belgian Shepherd Dogs, Bouvier des Ardennes, Czechoslovakian Wolfdog Pirjo Aaltonen

*German Shepherd Dogs, *White Swiss Shepherd Dog Livija Zizevske, Lithuania

Catalan Sheepdog, Croatian Shepherd Dog, Dutch Schapendoes, Dutch Shepherd Dogs, East European Shepherd, Komondor, Kuvasz, Majorca Shepherd Dog, Mudi, Picardy Sheepdog, Polish Lowland Sheepdog, Portuguese Sheepdog, Pulis, Pumi, Pyrenean Sheepdog, Long-haired, Pyrenean Sheepdog, Smooth-faced, Romanian Carpathian Shepherd Dog, Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog, Saarloos Wolfhond, Schipperke, Slovakian Chuvach, Small Medimurje Dog - Medi, Tatra Shepherd Dog Tanya Ahlman-Stockmari

Berger de Beauce, Bohemian Shepherd Dog Vasilis Andrianopoulos, Greece

*Miniature American Shepherd Valentinas Stiklius, Lithuania

#Australian Shepherd Tanya Ahlman-Stockmari

FCI 2

Reserve judge for all FCI Group 2 breeds Antonio Di Lorenzo, Norway

Broholmer, Bulldog, Bullmastiff, Castro Laboreiro Dog, Continental Bulldog, Dogo Argentino, Dogue de Bordeaux, Fila Brasileiro, Karst Shepherd Dog, Neapolitan Mastiff, Presa Canario, Romanian Bucovina Shepherd, Russian Black Terrier, Transmontano Mastiff Antonio Di Lorenzo, Norway

Dobermann Cathy Delmar, Ireland

Great Swiss Mountain Dog Helin Tenson

Bernese Mountain Dog, Boxer, Estrela Mountain Dogs, Landseer (European Continental Type), Miniature Schnauzers Helina Simberg, Estonia

Ciobănesc Românesc Corb, Dutch Smoushond, Leonberger, Majorca Mastiff, Pyrenean Mountain Dog, Saint Miguel Cattle Dog, Yugoslavian Shepherd Dog - Sharplanina Irina Poletaeva

Schnauzer, pepper and salt, Giant Schnauzer, black Jan Herngren, Sweden

Affenpinscher, Atlas Mountain Dog (Aidi), Austrian Pinscher, Rafeiro of Alentejo Markku Mähönen

Cimarrón Uruguayo, Danish-Swedish Farmdog, Newfoundland, Tibetan Mastiff, Tornjak (Bosnian And Herzegovinian - Croatian Shepherd Dog), Tosa Päivi Eerola

*Hovawart, *German Pinscher, *Rottweiler, *Great Danes Paolo Maranto, Italy

*Miniature Pinscher (bitches) Joel Lantz, Sweden

*Miniature Pinscher (puppies and males) Jasna Matejcic, Croatia

*Appenzell Cattle Dog, *Cane Corso Italiano, *Spanish Mastiff, *Mastiff, *Pyrenean Mastiff, *Kangal Shepherd Dog, *Caucasian Shepherd Dog, *Central Asia Shepherd Dog, *Shar Pei, *Schnauzer, black, *Giant Schnauzer, pepper and salt Valentinas Stiklius, Lithuania

*St. Bernards, *Entlebuch Cattle Dog Audrone Babianskiene, Lithuania

Other breeds Irina Poletaeva

FCI 3

Reserve judge for all FCI Group 3 breeds Helin Tenson

German Hunting Terrier Andreas Savva, Cyprus

Australian Silky Terrier, Irish Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier, Kerry Blue Terrier, Lakeland Terrier, Manchester Terrier, Norfolk Terrier, Scottish Terrier, Skye Terrier, Tenterfield Terrier, Valencian Terrier, Welsh Terrier Cathy Delmar, Ireland

*Jack Russell Terrier Anneli Pukkila

Staffordshire Bull Terrier Helin Tenson

*American Staffordshire Terrier Valentinas Stiklius, Lithuania

Cairn Terrier, Cesky Terrier, Dandie Dinmont Terrier, English Toy Terrier, Fox Terrier, Wire-haired, Irish Glen Of Imaal Terrier, Irish Terrier, Japanese Terrier Jasna Matejcic, Croatia

American Hairless Terrier, American Toy Fox Terrier, Bedlington Terrier, Border Terrier, Fox Terrier, Smooth-haired, Norwich Terrier, Parson Russell Terrier, Rat Terrier, Ratonero Bodeguero Andaluz, Sealyham Terrier, West Highland White Terrier, Yorkshire Terrier Laurent Heinesche

Airedale Terrier, Australian Terrier, Biewer Terrier, Brazilian Terrier Pirjo Aaltonen

Bull Terrier, Miniature Bull Terrier Päivi Eerola

FCI 4

Reserve judge for all FCI Group 4 breeds Jan Herngren, Sweden

*Dachshund, Standard Long-haired Audrone Babianskiene, Lithuania

All other Dachshund varieties Vija Klucniece, Latvia

FCI 5

Reserve judge for all FCI Group 5 breeds Markku Mähönen

Alaskan Malamute, American Akita, American Eskimo Dog, Eurasian, Greenland Dog, Hokkaido, Hälleforshund, Ibizan Podencos, Icelandic Sheepdog Andreas Savva, Cyprus

Japanese Spitz Anneli Pukkila

Danish Spitz, Keeshond (Wolfspitz), Medium Size Spitzs (Mittelspitz), Miniature Spitzs (Kleinspitz), Samoyed Dina Korna, Estonia

Siberian Husky, Swedish White Elkhound, Taiwan Dog, Thai Bangkaew Dog Helin Tenson

Black Spitz, Norwegian Buhund Laurent Heinesche

Akita, Canaan Dog, Canadian Eskimo Dog, Canarian Warren Hound, Kai, Kintamani-Bali Dog, Kishu, Korea Jindo Dog, *Swedish Elkhound Marjatta Pylvänäinen-Suorsa

Chow Chow Markku Mähönen

Finnish Lapponian Dog, Finnish Spitz, Karelian Bear Dog, Lapponian Herder, Norwegian Elkhound Grey, Russian-European Laika, Shikoku, Swedish Lapphund Sakari Poti

East Siberian Laika, Norwegian Lundehund, Pomeranian, Shiba, West Siberian Laika, Yakutian Laika Zoran Brankovic, Serbia

Cirneco dell'Etna, Peruvian Hairless Dogs, Pharaoh Hound, Xoloitzcuintles Zoran Roknic, Serbia

*Norwegian Elkhound Black, *Giant Spitz (Grossspitz), *Thai Ridgeback Dog, *Italian Volpino Audrone Babianskiene, Lithuania

*Norrbottenspitz, *Swedish Vallhund, *Basenji, *Portuguese Podengos Linda Jürgens, Estonia

Other breeds Markku Mähönen

FCI 6

Reserve judge for all FCI Group 6 breeds Irina Poletaeva

Alpine Dachsbracke, American Foxhound, Anglo Russian Hound, Ariegeois, Basset Fauve De Bretagne, Basset Hound, Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound, Blue Gascony Basset, Brazilian Tracker, English Foxhound, Estonian Hound, Gascon Saintongeois, Gotland Hound, Medium-Sized Anglo-French Hound, Norman Artesien Basset, Norwegian Hound Anneli Pukkila

Artois Hound, Austrian Black & Tan Hound, Billy, Blue Gascony Griffon, Bluetick Coonhound, Bosnian Broken-Haired Hound-Called Barak, Briquet Griffon Vendéen, Coarse-haired Italian Hound, Coarse-Haired Styrian Hound, Fawn Brittany Griffon, French Tricolour Hound, French White & Black Hound, French White & Orange Hound, Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen, Grand Griffon Vendéen, Great Anglo-French Tricolour Hound, Great Anglo-French White & Black Hound, Great Anglo-French White & Orange Hound, Great Gascony Blue, Griffon Nivernais, Halden Hound, Hamiltonstövare, Hanoverian Scent Hound, Hellenic Hound, Hygen Hound, Istrian Short-Haired Hound, Istrian Wire-Haired Hound, Italian Short-Haired Segugio, Serbian Tricolour Hound Marjatta Pylvänäinen-Suorsa

Beagle Harrier, Finnish Hound, Harrier Sakari Poti

Black & Tan Coonhound, Bloodhound, German Hound, Hungarian Hound - Transylvanian Scent Hound, Montenegrin Mountain Hound, Otterhound, Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen, Plott, Poitevin, Polish Hound, Polish Hunting Dog, Porcelaine, Posavatz Hound, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Russian Hound, Schillerstövare, Segugio Maremmano, Serbian Hound, Slovakian Hound, Small Blue Gascony, Small Swiss Hound, Small Bernese Hound, Small Jura Hound, Small Lucerne Hound, Small Schwyz Hound, Smålandsstövare, Spanish Hound, Swiss Hound, Bernese Hound, Swiss Hound, Jura Hound, Swiss Hound, Lucerne Hound, Swiss Hound, Schwyz Hound, Treeing Walker Coonhound, Tyrolean Hound, Westphalian Dachsbracke, Sabueso Fino Colombiano, Segugio dell´Appennino, Tatransky Duric, other breeds Zoran Brankovic, Serbia

*Drever Livija Zizevske, Lithuania

*Dalmatian Linda Jürgens, Estonia

#Beagle Irina Poletaeva

FCI 7

Reserve judge for all FCI Group 7 breeds Jussi Liimatainen

*English Setter, *Gordon Setter Livija Zizevske, Lithuania

Ariege Pointing Dog, Blue Picardy Spaniel, Bohemian Wire-haired Pointing Griffon, Burgos Pointing Dog, Drentsche Partridge Dog, French Pointing Dog - Gascogne Type, French Pointing Dog - Pyrenean Type, French Spaniel, Large Munsterlander, Picardy Spaniel, Pont-Audemer Spaniel, Portuguese Pointing Dog, Saint-Usuge Spaniel, Wire-Haired Pointing Griffon Korthals Dina Korna, Estonia

Auvergne Pointer, Bourbonnais Pointing Dog, Brittany Spaniel, English Pointer, Irish Red and White Setter, Irish Red Setter, Italian Pointing Dog, Italian Spinone, Pudelpointer, Stabijhoun, Weimaraners Jussi Liimatainen

Wirehaired Slovakian Pointer Vasilis Andrianopoulos, Greece

Deutsch Stichelhaar, German Long-haired Pointing Dog, German Short-haired Pointing Dog, German Wire-haired Pointing Dog, Hungarian Short-Haired Pointer (Vizsla), Hungarian Wire-haired Pointer (Vizsla), *Small Munsterlander, *Saint Germain Pointer, *Old Danish Pointing Dog Zoran Roknic, Serbia

FCI 8

Reserve judge for all FCI Group 8 breeds Vasilis Andrianopoulos, Greece

American Cocker Spaniel, Cocker Spaniel Gavin Robertson, Great Britain

Golden Retriever Jan Herngren, Sweden

American Water Spaniel, Lagotto Romagnolo, Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, Russian Spaniel Juha Putkonen

English Springer Spaniel Jussi Liimatainen

Chesapeake Bay Retriever, French Water Dog, Irish Water Spaniel, Labrador Retriever, Spanish Water Dog, Sussex Spaniel Kaisa Gold

Curly Coated Retriever, Field Spaniel, Nederlandse Kooikerhondje, Wetterhoun Vasilis Andrianopoulos, Greece

Clumber Spaniel, Flat Coated Retriever, German Spaniel, Welsh Springer Spaniel, *Portuguese Water Dog, *Polish Hunting Spaniel Zoran Roknic, Serbia

FCI 9

Reserve judge for all FCI Group 9 breeds Vija Klucniece, Latvia

Bichon Frise, Bolognese, Boston Terrier, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Andreas Savva, Cyprus

Chihuahua Long-haired, Havanese Joel Lantz, Sweden

Chihuahua Smooth-haired Juha Putkonen

Russkaja Tsvetnaja Bolonka, Tibetan Terrier Laurent Heinesche

Chinese Crested Dog, Lhasa Apso, Little Lion Dog, Shih Tzu Marjatta Pylvänäinen-Suorsa

Coton de Tulear, Russian Toys Päivi Eerola

Pug Sean Delmar, Ireland

*Tibetan Spaniel Audrone Babianskiene, Lithuania

French Bulldog Tanya Ahlman-Stockmari

Griffon Belge, Griffon Bruxellois, Japanese Chin, King Charles Spaniel, Kromfohrländer, Maltese, Markiesje, Papillon, Pekingese, Petit Brabançon, Phalène, Pražský Krysarík Vasilis Andrianopoulos, Greece

Poodle, Miniature; Poodle, Medium; Poodle, Standard Åke Cronander

*Poodle, Toy Valentinas Stiklius, Lithuania

FCI 10

Reserve judge for all FCI Group 10 breeds Helin Tenson

Afghan Hound, Azawakh, Borzoi, Deerhound, Greyhound, Irish Wolfhound, Italian Greyhound, Kazakh Tazy, Polish Greyhound, Sloughi, Spanish Greyhound Markku Mähönen

Hungarian Greyhound, Saluki, Whippet Sean Delmar, Ireland

Silken Windhound Kaisa Gold

Junior Handler Kristiina Niemelä

Finals

1 Markku Mähönen

2 Cathy Delmar

3 Helin Tenson

4 Juha Putkonen

5 Irina Poletaeva

6 Sakari Poti

7 Markku Mähönen

8 Vija Klucniece

9 Laurent Heinesche

10 Kaisa Gold

Best Junior Vasilis Andrianopoulos

Best Veteran Sean Delmar

Best Breeder Vija Klucniece

Best in Show Jussi Liimatainen