Judges
Riihimäki NORD – Sunday 30.8.2026
*= change of judge
#= change of judge to a previously announced reserve judge
FCI 1
Reserve judge for all FCI Group 1 breeds Jasna Matejcic, Croatia
White Swiss Shepherd Dog Andreas Savva, Cyprus
Abruzzes and Maremma Shepherd Dog, Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog, Bouvier des Ardennes, Dutch Shepherd Dogs, Miniature American Shepherd Anneli Pukkila
Collie Smooth Antonio Di Lorenzo, Norway
Bearded Collie, Bohemian Shepherd Dog, Dutch Schapendoes, Old English Sheepdog, Portuguese Sheepdog, Schipperke, Slovakian Chuvach Dina Korna, Estonia
Border Collie Helin Tenson
Catalan Sheepdog, Croatian Shepherd Dog, East European Shepherd, Komondor, Kuvasz, Majorca Shepherd Dog, Mudi, Picardy Sheepdog, Polish Lowland Sheepdog, Pulis, Pumi, Pyrenean Sheepdog, Long-haired, Pyrenean Sheepdog, Smooth-faced, Romanian Carpathian Shepherd Dog, Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog, Saarloos Wolfhond, Small Medimurje Dog - Medi, Tatra Shepherd Dog Irina Poletaeva
Berger de Beauce, Belgian Shepherd Dogs, Bergamasco Shepherd Dog, Czechoslovakian Wolfdog, German Shepherd Dogs, South Russian Shepherd Dog Juha Putkonen
Collie Rough Jussi Liimatainen
Shetland Sheepdog, Welsh Corgis Vasilis Andrianopoulos, Greece
*Australian Shepherd, *Australian Kelpie Valentinas Stiklius, Lithuania
*Australian Cattle Dog, *Bouvier des Flandres, *Briard, *Lancashire Heeler Linda Jürgens, Estonia
FCI 2
Reserve judge for all FCI Group 2 breeds Markku Mähönen
Ciobănesc Românesc Corb, Majorca Mastiff, Mastiff, Neapolitan Mastiff, Rottweiler, Saint Miguel Cattle Dog, Shar Pei, Yugoslavian Shepherd Dog - Sharplanina Andreas Savva, Cyprus
Danish-Swedish Farmdog, Giant Schnauzers, Schnauzers Cathy Delmar, Ireland
Miniature Pinscher Dina Korna, Estonia
Dobermann, Great Dane, blue Gavin Robertson, Great Britain
Leonberger, Newfoundland Jan Herngren, Sweden
Bernese Mountain Dog, Broholmer, Bullmastiff, Dogue de Bordeaux, Romanian Bucovina Shepherd Jasna Matejcic, Croatia
Cimarrón Uruguayo, Tornjak (Bosnian And Herzegovinian - Croatian Shepherd Dog), Tosa, Transmontano Mastiff, Brazilian Campeiro Bulldog, Macedonian Shepherd Dog Karaman Juha Putkonen
Affenpinscher, Appenzell Cattle Dog, Atlas Mountain Dog (Aidi), Pyrenean Mastiff, Pyrenean Mountain Dog, Rafeiro of Alentejo, St. Bernards, *Boxer, *German Pinscher Zoran Brankovic, Serbia
Austrian Pinscher, Bulldog, Castro Laboreiro Dog, Caucasian Shepherd Dog, Central Asia Shepherd Dog, Continental Bulldog, Dogo Argentino, Dutch Smoushond, Entlebuch Cattle Dog, Estrela Mountain Dogs, Fila Brasileiro, Great Swiss Mountain Dog, Hovawart, Kangal Shepherd Dog, Karst Shepherd Dog, Landseer (European Continental Type), Miniature Schnauzers, Presa Canario, Spanish Mastiff Zoran Roknic, Serbia
*Great Dane, black and harlequin, *Great Dane, fawn and brindle Audrone Babianskiene, Lithuania
*Cane Corso Italiano Livija Zizevske, Lithuania
*Tibetan Mastiff, *Russian Black Terrier Linda Jürgens, Estonia
FCI 3
Reserve judge for all FCI Group 3 breeds Pirjo Aaltonen
Airedale Terrier, American Hairless Terrier, Australian Terrier Andreas Savva, Cyprus
Border Terrier Helin Tenson
Cairn Terrier, Ratonero Bodeguero Andaluz Helina Simberg, Estonia
American Staffordshire Terrier, American Toy Fox Terrier, Bedlington Terrier, Rat Terrier Jasna Matejcic, Croatia
Fox Terrier, Wire-haired, Tenterfield Terrier, Valencian Terrier, Welsh Terrier Laurent Heinesche
Japanese Terrier, Kerry Blue Terrier, Lakeland Terrier Marjatta Pylvänäinen-Suorsa
Australian Silky Terrier, German Hunting Terrier, Manchester Terrier, Norfolk Terrier, Norwich Terrier, Scottish Terrier, Sealyham Terrier Pirjo Aaltonen
#Irish Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Pirjo Aaltonen
Cesky Terrier, Dandie Dinmont Terrier, English Toy Terrier, Irish Glen Of Imaal Terrier, Irish Terrier Tanya Ahlman-Stockmari
Jack Russell Terrier, Parson Russell Terrier, West Highland White Terrier, Yorkshire Terrier Åke Cronander
*Staffordshire Bull Terrier, *Bull Terrier, *Miniature Bull Terrier, *Skye Terrier, *Fox Terrier, Smooth-haired Livija Zizevske, Lithuania
*Brazilian Terrier, *Biewer Terrier Linda Jürgens, Estonia
FCI 4
Reserve judge for all FCI Group 4 breeds Anneli Pukkila
#Rabbit Dachshund varieties Anneli Pukkila
*All other Dachshund varieties Paolo Maranto, Italy
FCI 5
Reserve judge for all FCI Group 5 breeds Marjatta Pylvänäinen-Suorsa
Giant Spitz (Grossspitz), Keeshond (Wolfspitz) Andreas Savva, Cyprus
Alaskan Malamute, American Eskimo Dog, Black Spitz, Canarian Warren Hound, Danish Spitz, Hälleforshund, Italian Volpino, Portuguese Podengos, Russian-European Laika, Shikoku, Taiwan Dog, Thai Bangkaew Dog, Thai Ridgeback Dog Antonio Di Lorenzo, Norway
Pomeranian Helina Simberg, Estonia
Chow Chow Laurent Heinesche
Finnish Lapponian Dog, Finnish Spitz, Karelian Bear Dog, Samoyed, Shiba, Swedish Lapphund, Alaskan Klee Kai Marjatta Pylvänäinen-Suorsa
Greenland Dog, East Siberian Laika, Yakutian Laika, Japanese Spitz, Swedish Elkhound, Canaan Dog, Canadian Eskimo Dog, Kintamani-Bali Dog, Korea Jindo Dog, Lapponian Herder, Norwegian Buhund, Norwegian Elkhound Black, Norwegian Elkhound Grey, Norwegian Lundehund, Norrbottenspitz, Swedish Vallhund, West Siberian Laika, Ibizan Podencos Markku Mähönen
Swedish White Elkhound Sakari Poti
Medium Size Spitzs (Mittelspitz), Miniature Spitzs (Kleinspitz) Sean Delmar, Ireland
Siberian Husky Zoran Brankovic, Serbia
*Basenji, *Cirneco dell'Etna, *Pharaoh Hound, *Akita, *Eurasian, *Icelandic Sheepdog, *Hokkaido, *Kai, *Kishu, *Xoloitzcuintles, *Peruvian Hairless Dogs Audrone Babianskiene, Lithuania
*American Akita Linda Jürgens, Estonia
FCI 6
Reserve judge for all FCI Group 6 breeds Sakari Poti
Dalmatian Gavin Robertson, Great Britain
Artois Hound, Basset Fauve De Bretagne, Basset Hound, Beagle, Beagle Harrier, Billy, Blue Gascony Basset, Blue Gascony Griffon, Bluetick Coonhound, Brazilian Tracker, Briquet Griffon Vendéen, 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, Griffon Nivernais, Medium-Sized Anglo-French Hound, Norman Artesien Basset, Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen Jussi Liimatainen
Small Blue Gascony, Small Swiss Hound, Small Bernese Hound, Small Jura Hound, Small Lucerne Hound, Small Schwyz Hound Marjatta Pylvänäinen-Suorsa
Bloodhound, German Hound, Hungarian Hound - Transylvanian Scent Hound, Russian Hound, Schillerstövare, Serbian Hound, Slovakian Hound, Smålandsstövare, Spanish Hound, Swiss Hound - Jura Hound, Swiss Hound - Lucerne Hound, Swiss Hound - Schwyz Hound, Treeing Walker Coonhound, Tyrolean Hound, Westphalian Dachsbracke Sakari Poti
Alpine Dachsbracke, American Foxhound, Anglo Russian Hound, Ariegeois, Austrian Black & Tan Hound, Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound, Black & Tan Coonhound, Bosnian Broken-Haired Hound-Called Barak, Coarse-haired Italian Hound, Coarse-Haired Styrian Hound, Drever, English Foxhound, Estonian Hound, Finnish Hound, Gascon Saintongeois, Gotland Hound, Great Gascony Blue, Halden Hound, Hamiltonstövare, Hanoverian Scent Hound, Harrier, Hellenic Hound, Hygen Hound, Istrian Short-Haired Hound, Istrian Wire-Haired Hound, Italian Short-Haired Segugio, Montenegrin Mountain Hound, Norwegian Hound, Plott, Poitevin, Polish Hound, Polish Hunting Dog, Porcelaine, Posavatz Hound, Segugio Maremmano, Serbian Tricolour Hound, Sabueso Fino Colombiano, Segugio dell´Appennino, Tatransky Duric Tanya Ahlman-Stockmari
*Rhodesian Ridgeback Valentinas Stiklius, Lithuania
*Otterhound, *Swiss Hound - Bernese Hound Linda Jürgens, Estonia
FCI 7
Reserve judge for all FCI Group 7 breeds Jussi Liimatainen
Bohemian Wire-haired Pointing Griffon, Old Danish Pointing Dog Helin Tenson
Italian Spinone, Pudelpointer, Stabijhoun, Weimaraner, long-haired, Weimaraner, short-haired Laurent Heinesche
Irish Red and White Setter, Irish Red Setter Tanya Ahlman-Stockmari
Ariege Pointing Dog, Auvergne Pointer, Blue Picardy Spaniel, Bourbonnais Pointing Dog, Brittany Spaniel, Burgos Pointing Dog, Deutsch Stichelhaar, Drentsche Partridge Dog, English Pointer, English Setter, French Pointing Dog - Gascogne Type, French Pointing Dog - Pyrenean Type, French Spaniel, German Long-haired Pointing Dog, German Short-haired Pointing Dog, German Wire-haired Pointing Dog, Gordon Setter, Hungarian Short-Haired Pointer (Vizsla), Hungarian Wire-haired Pointer (Vizsla), Italian Pointing Dog, Large Munsterlander, Picardy Spaniel, Pont-Audemer Spaniel, Portuguese Pointing Dog, Saint Germain Pointer, Saint-Usuge Spaniel, Small Munsterlander, Wire-Haired Pointing Griffon Korthals, Wirehaired Slovakian Pointer Zoran Brankovic, Serbia
FCI 8
Reserve judge for all FCI Group 8 breeds Tanya Ahlman-Stockmari
Curly Coated Retriever, Lagotto Romagnolo, Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Gavin Robertson, Great Britain
American Water Spaniel, Cocker Spaniel Helin Tenson
Golden Retriever Helina Simberg, Estonia
Labrador Retriever Jan Herngren, Sweden
German Spaniel Kaisa Gold
American Cocker Spaniel, Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Clumber Spaniel, English Springer Spaniel, Field Spaniel, French Water Dog, Irish Water Spaniel, Nederlandse Kooikerhondje, Polish Hunting Spaniel, Portuguese Water Dog, Russian Spaniel, Spanish Water Dog, Wetterhoun Laurent Heinesche
#Flat Coated Retriever, #Welsh Springer Spaniel, #Sussex Spaniel Tanya Ahlman-Stockmari
FCI 9
Reserve judge for all FCI Group 9 breeds Zoran Brankovic, Serbia
Chihuahua Long-haired Anneli Pukkila
*Boston Terrier, *Coton de Tulear, *French Bulldog Livija Zizevske, Lithuania
Chihuahua Smooth-haired Cathy Delmar, Ireland
Japanese Chin, Kromfohrländer Helin Tenson
Griffon Belge, Griffon Bruxellois, Petit Brabançon Helina Simberg, Estonia
Tibetan Terrier Irina Poletaeva
Poodles Joel Lantz, Sweden
Little Lion Dog, Maltese, Russian Toys, Russkaja Tsvetnaja Bolonka Juha Putkonen
King Charles Spaniel Kaisa Gold
Shih Tzu Laurent Heinesche
Havanese Pirjo Aaltonen
Markiesje, Papillon, Phalène, Pražský Krysarík, Pug, Tibetan Spaniel Päivi Eerola
Chinese Crested Dog, Lhasa Apso Sean Delmar, Ireland
Bichon Frise, Bolognese, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Pekingese Vija Klucniece, Latvia
FCI 10
Reserve judge for all FCI Group 10 breeds Dina Korna, Estonia
Italian Greyhound Andreas Savva, Cyprus
Azawakh, Greyhound, Spanish Greyhound Dina Korna, Estonia
Irish Wolfhound Irina Poletaeva
Afghan Hound, Kazakh Tazy, Polish Greyhound, Sloughi Jasna Matejcic, Croatia
Deerhound, Saluki, Whippet Kaisa Gold
Borzoi, Hungarian Greyhound Åke Cronander, Sweden
Silken Windhound Vija Klucniece, Latvia
Junior Handler Jouni Nummela
Finals
1 Irina Poletaeva
2 Zoran Roknic
3 Jasna Matejcic
4 Paolo Maranto
5 Markku Mähönen
6 Irina Poletaeva
7 Zoran Brankovic
8 Helin Tenson
9 Jussi Liimatainen
10 Jasna Matejcic
Best Junior Markku Mähönen
Best Veteran Laurent Heinesche
Best Breeder Markku Mähönen
Best in Show Helina Simberg, Estonia
