Jack Ryan and David Simpson completed faultless runs in both rounds for Ireland, while Shane Breen and Trevor Been each achieved one faultless round to ensure their team finished with a perfect score of zero.

Hosts United Arab Emirates placed second with just four faults registered by their team of Abdullah Mohd Al Marri, Hamad Ali Al Kirbi, Ali Hamad Al Kirbi and Mohammed Ahmed Al Owais.

Britain's Donald Whitaker, William Funnell and Georgia Tame amassed 17 penalties which secured third place, beating the 34 posted by Germany's Nicola Pohl, Miriam Schneider, David Will and Jörg Naeve.

This was the only qualifier for teams from the Middle East region for the series Final in Barcelona, and Saudi Arabia made sure of their place alongside the UAE by finishing fifth in Abu Dhabi.

Dalma Malhas, Khaled Abdulrahman Almobty, Abdulrahman Alrajhi and Abdullah Alsharbatly scored 48 penalties, two fewer than Jordan's Ra'ad Naser, Hani Kamal Raji Bisharat, Maysam Bisharat and Ahmed M.N. Mansour.

Syria were the other team who took part, but they were eliminated when Ahmad Saber Hamcho retired at the end of the first round.

The next leg of the Jumping Nations Cup series is set to be held in Coapexpan in Mexico, the first qualifier for the North and Central America and Caribbean region.