FCI World Dog Show 2025 Helsinki Finland

The judging information for the World Winner 2025 group competitions is now published!

The finals will be judged by the following judges:

FCI1 Diane Stewart-Ritchie, Ireland
FCI2 Karl-Erik Johansson, Sweden
FCI3 Torsten Himmrich, Germany
FCI4 Anca Giura, Romania
FCI5 Markku Kipinä, Finland
FCI6 Małgorzata Wieremiejczyk-Wierzchowska, Poland
FCI7 Francesco Cochetti, Italy
FCI8 Frank Kane, United Kingdom
FCI9 Ilaria Biondi de Ciabatti, Peru
FCI10 Saija Juutilainen, Finland

The BIS judges will be published later.

Welcome to Helsinki in August! Let's make a great dog show together!

Good news for those travelling with a dog to the WDS2025 and Circuit Shows!

Viking Line has significantly increased the number of dog seats on its Stockholm-Turku route during the show week in August. A total of 200 dog spaces have been opened for Viking Grace on the Turku-Stockholm-Turku route from 5 to 9 August 2025.

Viking Grace will sail from Stockholm in the morning at 7.45 am (arriving in Turku at 19.50 pm) and back from Turku to Stockholm in the evening at 20.55 pm (arriving in Stockholm at 6.30 am).

: Viking Line

The final competitions at shows in Helsinki are always a pleasure to see. The venue is so fine and the final ring is beautiful, says Maritha Östlund-Holmsten, who will be judging in Helsinki at the WDS2025.
👉 It is easy to travel to Finland from Sweden, so we hope to see many Swedish guests at the show. ❤️ 🇸🇪 We are currently negotiating with the ferry companies to get more dog cabins for travellers coming to the show.

Why come to FCI World Dog Show in Helsinki in 2025? Chair of the WDS2025 show committee, Kimmo Mustonen, and Perttu Ståhlberg, both judging at the MyDog 2025 show in Göteborg, list three main points:
🟢 Efficient and smooth show organisation
🟢 Quality dogs and competition
🟢 Very professional judges, a wide range of breed specialist judges for many breeds.
So, let’s meet in Helsinki in August 2025! ❤️ 🇫🇮

Hello from Göteborg in Sweden! This weekend you can find us at the MyDog show. Welcome to meet us at the Finnish Kennel Club’s booth and to hear more about World Dog Show 2025 in Helsinki!

Registration to the FCI World Dog Show 2025 and the Circuit Shows is now open! 👋
You can find the link to registration here:
https://www.wds2025.fi/for-exhibitors/registration/
Also registration links to the Circuit Shows are open now, you can find them here:
https://www.wds2025.fi/for-exhibitors/judges-circuit-shows/
Welcome to Helsinki in August 2025! 🇫🇮 ❤️

Would you like to take a sneak-peak in the venue of the World Dog Show 2025 and dog shows in Finland? 🙂
Welcome the Winner Shows in Helsinki on 7th and 8th December! The Helsinki Winner 2024 and Voittaja 2024 shows are held in Messukeskus, Expo and Centre Helsinki. All show halls and restaurants are under the same roof in pleasant surroundings. Junior and Winner titles awarded at the two shows qualify for Crufts in 2025 or 2026. 🥇🏆
You can enter your dogs to the shows online by 13th November. More information about the shows can be found on the Koiramessut – Dog Fair Finland web page
We are looking forward to meeting you in Helsinki in December! ❤️ 🇫🇮

Welcome to meet us at the Finnish Kennel Club’s stand in EDS2024 Celje! You’ll find us in hall L. 🇫🇮
Chairman of the WDS2025 show committee, Kimmo Mustonen, welcomes you to Helsinki next year. Let’s make the show together best show ever ❤️

Welcome to Helsinki in August 2025! 🇫🇮
Chairman of the Finnish Kennel Club, Esa Kukkonen, and CEO of the Finnish Kennel Club, Pirjo Onza, warmly recommend you to take part in the FCI World Dog Show 2025 in Helsinki. 👋

Hello from the Finnish Kennel Club’s stand at the European Dog Show in Celje! ❤️ You can find us in hall L. Unfortunately all the material for the stand is in our lost luggage, but we can tell you about the World Dog Show 2025 and answer your questions. We are hoping to get some broschures of the show today, and maybe even our lost luggage finally finds its way to Celje during the weekend. 😊
Hoping to see you here at the EDS2024 and in Helsinki in August 2025! ❤️ 🇫🇮

Welcome to meet us at the European Dog Show in Celje! We have a booth in hall L. We are not there yet, as we are still waiting for our luggage to arrive Warsaw, but we are hoping to see you soon at the EDS2024!
Good luck to everyone in the show rings in Celje! 🏆

Welcome to Helsinki in August 2025! 🇫🇮
Helsinki is a very versatile and culture-friendly city with lots of attractions. Sampo Miettinen, Contact Person for International Relations at the Finnish Kennel Club and a member of the WDS2025 Show committee, lists some of his favorite attractions in Helsinki.
🟢Sea Life Helsinki invites you to dive into a fascinating adventure where you will encounter colorful coral reefs, majestic rays, fierce sharks, and other underwater wonders.
Photo: © Jussi Hellsten/Helsinki Partners
🟢The Suomenlinna Sea Fortress Island offers beautiful nature, history, and spectacular views to the Baltic Sea and Helsinki.
Photo: © Julia Kivelä/Helsinki Partners
🟢Sky Wheel Helsinki is the perfect place to admire Helsinki skyline and beautiful seaside scenery.
Photo: © Juha Kalaoja/Helsinki Partners
Let’s meet in Helsinki! ❤️