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Hosting the event for the third time
           The UAE dazzles the world by hosting the 1998 and

                                 2005 championships in Dubai



          The UAE’s organization of the World Endurance Championship 2022 in Butheeb is
          considered the third, as the country has previously organized the Endurance World
          Cup twice during 1998 and 2005 in Dubai International Endurance City. The sev-
          enth edition of the championship was organized in December 1998, which set a
          record for the number of participants, of 162 male and female riders, it was
          recorded in the Guinness Record book of World Records at that time as the organiz-
          er of the largest equestrian tournament in the world in 1998.



          This hosting represented a major turning point in the history of this sport, which
          moved it to broader horizons of quality and excellence in all organizational and
          technical aspects, and recorded a technological precedent in the history of this
          sport, through the use of modern technology and computers in managing the tour-
          nament.



          The  New  Zealand  team  won  the  first  place,  while  the  American  team  won  the
          second place, and the Australian team succeeded in recording its strong presence
          and winning the bronze medal, and on the individual level, the veteran American
          jockey Villari Knafi won the gold medal.
          The UAE hosted the tournament for the second time in January 2005, and the
          country's  success  in  organizing  the  seventh  tournament  in  1998  was  a  major
          reason for hosting the tenth tournament.
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