Following the end of the qualification period on December 31, 2023, the FEI has published the Olympic and Paralympic Rankings which are used as the basis for the individual qualification slots for Paris 2024, and where relevant for reallocation and composite team purposes as per the qualification systems inherent to each discipline.
We have outlined below the current status for team and individual qualification slots within each of the four disciplines – Jumping, Dressage, Eventing, and Para Dressage – which, as you will note, is subject to confirmation based on the relevant qualification requirements, procedures and deadlines.
Jumping Update
Overall quota: 75 Athlete/Horse Combinations – 20 Teams (60 Athlete/Horse Combinations) & 15 Individual Athlete/Horse Combinations
You will find here the Jumping Qualification System and the 20 NOCs that have obtained a Team quota place (subject to meeting relevant MERs – NOC Certificate of Capability to be confirmed by January 8, 2024): France (as host nation), Sweden, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Spain, Switzerland, Israel, Poland, United States of America, Canada, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Japan, Brazil. These NOCs have until February 5, 2024 to confirm their Team quota place with the exception of France (as host country) who is required to confirm by January 8, 2024.
Once all 20 Teams have been confirmed (including any required reallocation process February/March 2024), only NOCs that have not accepted a Team quota place will be eligible to obtain one of the 15 Individual quota places, based on the FEI Olympic Ranking for Jumping published today, which compiles the best 15 results per Athlete/Horse Combination in the Olympic Ranking Events within the period from January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023.
Currently, were the above 20 NOCs to confirm their Team allocation (and have met all the requirements), the following nations will have qualified an Individual qualification slot – which would also need to be confirmed by March 18, 2024 as per the qualification timeline/process. Should any nations not use their Team qualification slot, the reallocation process for unused Team quota places would have an impact on the nations listed below.
Individual Olympic Ranking including validated results from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 –
JUMPING (As per the current status at 02/01/2024, the nations listed below have qualified one Individual slot, however, this list of nations may change should any NOCs listed above decline their Team slot or not meet the relevant requirements as per NOC Certificate of Capability.)
Olympic Ranking – Group A: Denmark and Norway
Olympic Ranking – Group B: Italy and Portugal
Olympic Ranking – Group C: Latvia and Greece
Olympic Ranking – Group D and E: Venezuela // through Pan Am Games: Colombia, Argentina, Chile
Olympic Ranking – Group F: Egypt and Syria
Olympic Ranking – Group G: Thailand and New Zealand
Highest ranked NOC not yet qualified: Luxembourg
TOTAL 15
Dressage Update
Overall quota: 60 Athlete/Horse Combinations – 15 Teams (45 Athlete/Horse Combinations) & 15 Individual Athlete/Horse Combinations
You will find here the Dressage Qualification System and the 14 NOCs that have obtained a team quota place (subject to meeting relevant requirements – NOC Certificate of Capability to be confirmed by January 8, 2024): France (as host nation), Denmark, Great Britain, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, United States of America, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Poland, Brazil, Canada, Australia. These NOCs have until February 5, 2024 to confirm their Team quota place with the exception of France (as host country) who is required to confirm by January 8, 2024. The 15th team quota slot for Group F, which is yet to be allocated, will be confirmed as per the reallocation procedure of unused team quota places in the Dressage Qualification System in due course.
Once the teams have been confirmed (including any required reallocation process February/March 2024), only NOCs that have not accepted a Team quota place will be eligible to obtain one of the 15 Individual quota places, based on the FEI Olympic Ranking for Dressage published today (see links below) which is limited to the best four results per Athlete/Horse combination in Olympic Ranking events, within the period from January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023.
Currently, the following nations have qualified an individual qualification slot, however, depending on the reallocation of unused team quota places and/or should any nations decline their team slot (deadline 5 February 2024), the reallocation process for unused team quota places would have an impact on the nations listed below. Furthermore, should the overall quota of 60 places not have been filled after completing the reallocation process, the leftover quota places will be allocated via the overall FEI Olympic Rankings for Dressage and a NOC that has already earned/accepted an Individual quota place will be entitled to earn a second Individual quota place.
Individual Olympic Ranking including validated results from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 –
DRESSAGE (As per the current status at 02/01/2024, the nations listed below have qualified one individual slot, however, this list of nations may change should any NOCs listed above decline their team slot or not meet the relevant requirements as per NOC Certificate of Capability.)
Olympic Ranking – Group A: Norway and Finland
Olympic Ranking – Group B: Portugal and Luxembourg
Olympic Ranking – Group C: Lithuania and Moldova
Olympic Ranking – Group D and E: Dominican Republic and Venezuela // through Pan Am Games: Ecuador and Chile
Olympic Ranking – Group F: Morocco and Palestine
Olympic Ranking – Group G: New Zealand and Singapore
Highest ranked NOC not yet qualified: Switzerland
TOTAL 15
Eventing Update
Overall quota: 65 Athlete/Horse Combinations – 16 Teams (48 Athlete/Horse Combinations) & 17 Individual Athlete/Horse Combinations)
You will find here the Eventing Qualification System and the 16 NOCs that have obtained a Team quota place (subject to meeting relevant requirements – NOC Certificate of Capability to be confirmed by 8 January 2024): France (as host nation), Germany, United States of America, New Zealand, Great Britain, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Canada, Brazil, Australia, Japan, Italy.
These NOCs have until February 5, 2024 to confirm their Team quota place with the exception of France (as host country) who is required to confirm by January 8, 2024.
Once the Teams have been confirmed (including any required reallocation process February/March 2024), only NOCs that have not accepted a Team quota place will be eligible to obtain Individual quota places, based on the FEI Olympic Ranking for Eventing published today. Important to note an NOC can qualify for a maximum of two individual places in Eventing (only one per NOC in Jumping and Dressage), either through their FEI Olympic Group or through the overall FEI Olympic Ranking, or both.
The FEI Olympic Ranking – Eventing is limited to the best four results per Athlete/Horse combination in the qualifying events, within the period from January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023.
An NOC can therefore earn up to two individual quota places via the FEI Olympic Group Rankings with 14 Individual Quota places allocated via the FEI Olympic Group Rankings and three Individual Quota places allocated via the overall FEI Olympic Ranking. See links and current nations eligible for Individual quota places below, however, depending on the reallocation of unused Team quota places and/or should any nations decline their Team slot (deadline February 5, 2024), or not meet the requirements, the reallocation process for unused Team quota places would have an impact on the nations listed below.
Individual Olympic Ranking including validated results from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 –
EVENTING (As per the current status at 02/01/2024, the nations listed below have qualified one or two individual slots, however, this list of nations may change should any NOCs listed above decline their team slot or not meet the relevant requirements as per NOC Certificate of Capability.)
Olympic Ranking – Group A: Denmark (1) and Finland (1)
Olympic Ranking – Group B: Spain (1) and Austria (1)
Olympic Ranking – Group C: Lithuania (1) and Hungary (1)
Olympic Ranking – Groups D & E*: Chile (1), Argentina (1), Ecuador (2)
Olympic Ranking – Group F: South Africa (1) and Morocco (1)
Olympic Ranking – Group G: China (2)
Three highest Ranked: Spain (+1), Finland (+1), Czech Republic (+1)
TOTAL: 17
*For FEI Olympic Groups D & E (North America, Central & South America), four (4) quota places are available, however, as there are no Group D individuals to claim an individual quota place (their NOC has a team quota place already), the four (4) best ranked individuals from Group E will obtain them.
Key upcoming deadlines – JUMPING, DRESSAGE & EVENTING
JANUARY 8 : Submission of NOC Certificate of Capability to FEI (Failure to submit a valid NOC Certificate of Capability by 8 January 2024 will result in the withdrawal of the team quota place as per the FEI Regulations for Equestrian Events at the Olympic Games. The FEI template of the NOC Certificate of Capability and the FEI Regulations for Equestrian Events at the Olympic Games detailing the required MERs for each discipline are available on the dedicated FEI Paris 2024 Olympic hub.)
JANUARY 10 : NOCs/NFs to be informed by FEI of their allocated team quota place
JANUARY 15 : Registration and change of Horse Ownership/Nationality deadline (Refer to Article 139 of the FEI General Regulations and Article 606 of the FEI Regulations for Equestrian Events at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 for further details.)
FEBRUARY 5 : NOCs/NFs to confirm or decline allocated team quota place to FEI
FEBRUARY 19 : NOCs/NFs to be informed by FEI of their allocated individual quota places and composite team(s) quota place(s)
MARCH 18 : NOCs/NFs to confirm allocated individual & composite team quota places to FEI
MARCH 28 : NOCs/NFs to nominate long list of potential Athletes to Paris 2024
JUNE 24 : Deadline for achieving Olympic MERs for all Athlete/Horse combinations
JULY 8 : Paris 2024 Sport Entry deadline – NOCs submit final entries
Para Dressage Update
See here the Para Dressage Qualification System and the nine NPCs that have obtained four athlete/horse Team quota places so far: France (as host nation), the Netherlands, Denmark, United States of America, Great Britain, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Sweden. An additional six NPC Team qualification slots for four athletes as well as 18 individual qualification places are still to be allocated for a total quota of 78 athlete/horse combinations.
Refer to the qualification system and timelines for further details. Key upcoming deadlines include
FEBRUARY 19 : Start of Bipartite Commission Invitation application process
MARCH 4 : FEI to notify NPCs of the number of allocated qualification slots
MARCH 18 : NPCs to confirm the use of allocated qualification slots
MARCH 18 : Deadline for NPCs to submit Bipartite Commission Invitation applications to FEI
MARCH 25 : FEI to confirm the reallocation of unused qualification slots and the awarding of Bipartite Commission Invitations
MAY 3 : NPCs/NFs to nominate long list of potential Athletes to Paris 2024
JUNE 19 : Deadline for achieving Paralympic MERs for all Athlete/horse combinations
AUGUST 5 : Paris 2024 Sport Entry deadline – NPCs submit final entries
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