It's a tradition that the Nations Cup gets started with a young talent singing the Swedish national anthem for a full house in Falsterbo. This year it was Agnes Friman who got the chance.

Pieter Clemens and Koen Vereecke delivered double clears for the winning team.

It was a funny mix on the Kiss and Cry watching Sweden's Jens Fredricson as first to go. This picture was taken half-way into his round and it is hard to tell whether he is doing well or not; he did great though and delivered a clear!

Jur Vrieling and Long John Silver got an expensive time fault in the first round, so to be on the safe side, they went a bit quicker in the second round.

Jodie Hall McAteer's Salt'N Peppa did not want to enter the ring for round two, but after being assisted in, without rider, and following another horse, Salt'N Peppa finally calmed down and Jodie could jump on. In the ring, they were undisturbed by all the fuss and delivered a second clear round – the only double clear for Great Britain.

Harrie Smolders and the fantastic Darry Lou have quickly become a pair to reckon with, and delivered a double clear for the Dutch team.

Linnea Ericsson-Carey's big smile says it all: Double clear with Skorphults Baloutendro for Denmark, which also made the rest of the team very happy.

A hug for Benedikte Serigstad Endresen's Stenhaga Tulip Tattoo after a clear in round one.

Thumb up from the Belgian Chef d'Equipe Peter Weinberg after his team delivered one clear round after the other.

Let's do this! The Netherland's Johnny Pals and Charley really stepped up in round two, to deliver a clear after having 12 faults in their first attempt.

Andreas Schou and Independent were the second horse-and-rider combination that delivered a double clear for Denmark, that finished fifth in the Nations Cup.

It was really not the Swiss team's day. Even though they delivered a total of three clears over the two rounds, they got into trouble and finished last of the eight teams.

It is not every day that you see a horse with dressage breeding in the biggest jumping arenas. Here Patrick Lemmen and Exit Remo, by San Remo x Ferro, for the second placed Dutch team.

What a 5* Nations Cup debut for Belgium's hugely talented Gilles Thomas!!

Riccardo Pisani and Charlemagne JT Z were the best pair on the Italian team that finished 6th, after being clear in round one and then recording four faults in round two.

The home team struggled a bit with unlucky faults, despite some great rounds. It was Rolf-Göran Bengtsson and Ermindo W that delivered the best score of 4-0.

When the hopes are so high and then the very last fence falls... That is what happened for the Italian team when their pathfinder Francesca Ciriesi had the very last jump down in the second round with Cape Coral.

Ellen Whitaker had all the pressure on her shoulders when being the very last rider in the ring, and the one deciding the outcome of the class. Due to an extremely excited audience, Whitaker didn't hear the bell ring and the clock started ticking already before she crossed the start line – leaving her on four time penalties despite being clear on the fences, which dropped the British team to third.

Better keep your distance when Koen Vereecke's constantly bucking Kasanova de La Pomme is in front of you.

With so many smiles and so much joy, the happiest of them all were probably these two: Koen Vereecke and Kasanova de La Pomme!