After Thursday's first round of the Nations' Cup, when Ireland lay in fifth, today's scores improved the position by one place with a final fault tally of 18, on a par with Germany.

Spain won the team competition on an aggregate score of 10 faults over two rounds after a jump-off with France. The Bronze Medal went to Italy with a total score of 17 penalties.

Ireland's Kelly O'Connor and 'Doc Holliday' made a dramatic recovery from Thursday's discard score of 21 to finish on zero today, while David Simpson and the Irish-bred 'Cruise With me' had one fence down in this afternoon's final round. David Blake and 'Fabienne' had two fences on the floor and a single time fault, while 'Tampa' with David Blake also incurred a time fault to add to a rail on the ground.

Both Young Rider and Junior teams at Hoofddorp jumped under the management of Horse Sport Ireland High Performance Coach Comdt. John Ledingham.