FCI World Challenge of Top Dogs

Best dogs from the FCI member countries compete for the FCI Top Dog 2025 title. The national kennel clubs have selected the dog to represent their country at the competition.

The pre-judging and the Final BIS of the FCI World Challenge for Top Dogs will take place on Friday 8 Aug.
All participating dogs have been split into three groups for pre-judging, on a random basis. The top four dogs from each of the three groups will compete for the final. Each group will be judged by one judge and a fourth judge will designate the BIS.

The Winner of the final will be awarded the title FCI TOP DOG 2025.

Both the pre-judging and the Final of the competition will be judged in the Main Ring (Hall 1) and both the pre-judging and the Final will be live streamed to official WDS Livestream.

The judges panel

Three pre-judging groups

• 9 AM – Group 1 – Mr J. Hindse (DK)
• 1 PM – Group 2 – Mr A. Landarte (UY)
• 2.15 PM – Group 3 – Mr D. Santos (PH)

Best in Show

• 6.45 PM – Dr Tamás Jakkel (HU)

Participating FCI countries

Information for participants

Further information about the competition, show number and pre-judging group have been sent to participants on 29 July 2025.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].