Jumping Resolutions & Decisions

Taking into account the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the FEI Jumping World Cup™ calendar 2021/2022 (2020/2021 for the South African League), the Board approves the proposed By-Laws for qualification for the 2022 Final established for the Leagues and Sub-leagues in which all qualifiers have been cancelled, as described in the Annex 2.2.3. 

The Board approves that provisions regarding cancellations of qualifiers, qualification to the World Cup Final shall be added to the FEI World Cup Rules. The Legal and Discipline Departments will suggest the appropriate wording to be included afterwards. The final wording would be submitted to the Board for approval.

FEI Policy for Enhanced Competition Safety during the Covid-19 pandemic (suspended until further notice by Board Resolution on 4 October 2022)

Following text to be included in all Draft Schedules: “Given the current covid-19 situation, please note that the FEI’s approval of a Schedule should not be taken as an absolute guarantee that the Event will definitely go ahead. The decision whether the Event can take place in consideration of the Covid-19 situation must be made by the OC and NF in close consultation with the applicable domestic government and public health authorities. It is the responsibility of each Participant to check the status of the Event and Covid-19 related measures, if any, prior to planning their travel to the Event. It is the responsibility of the OC/NF to elaborate, communicate and enforce a Covid-19 mitigation plan if requested by the locally applicable laws and policies.”

At its videoconference on 15 April 2020, the FEI Board had mandated the FEI Medical Committee to work on a protocol for National Federations and Organising Committees to provide measures for the safe resumption of international equestrian events when approved by the World Health Organization and national governments.

Dr Mark Hart, Chair of the Medical Committee, presented a draft of the FEI Policy for Enhanced Competition Safety during the Covid-19 pandemic to the Board during its virtual meeting on 5 May 2020. The Medical Committee and FEI Headquarters have now been further mandated to finalise the Policy, which will include an obligation for Organisers to carry out a Risk Assessment to host safe competitions as well as a set of recommended discipline-specific guidelines. Once completed, the Board will give final sign-off for the Policy, including a Risk Assessment tool, in advance of distribution to National Federations and Organisers.

The Policy & Risk Assessment tools are available in the Return To Play section.

The Board agrees to uphold this Resolution until further notice.

Extension of FEI Competency-Based Evaluation System (CES) timelines for Officials

As per its Resolution of 24 June 2020, the Board approves an extension of timelines for Officials to fulfil their officiating requirements through the CES. The deadline, which was previously until 15 December 2020, is now extended to 15 December 2024.

Organisers Covid-19 Fees

As per its Resolution of 20 October 2020, the Board agrees until further notice not to allow any additional Covid-19 Fees to be included by the Organisers in the Draft Schedules.

Calendar Task Forces

Based on the Resolution of the Board of 24 March 2020, the Board confirms that the Calendar Task Forces would remain in place until further decision from the Board.

Jumping Calendar: Approval of Events/Date Clash Rules

As per its Resolution of 27 April 2020, The Board approves the Events to be included in the Calendar (from 1 September 2020) that either:

·      Are not higher level Events; or

·      If a higher level Event does not clash with other higher level Event(s); or

·      Are CSIOs, CSI3* or CSIP (as decided by the Board on 7 April); or

·      Clashes with other Event from the same National Federation (given the fact that the same National Federation submitted the dates); or

·      Are a switch of venue from the same Organiser.

This Resolution is now extended until further notice.

No NFs signified disapproval by the deadline of 16 January 2022. This FEI Board Resolution is therefore final.

Clarification to the Emergency Board Resolution of 7 April and 21 July 2020 regarding Definite Entries

The Board agreed OCs of CSI1*/CSI2*/CSIYH1*/CSIYH2*/CSIV/CSIP/CSIAm/U25/Y/J/Ch Cat. A and B events will be permitted to increase the quota of athletes after the definite entry date ONLY if, having reached the maximum number of athletes entered, the maximum number of horses that may be entered (based on the number of horses each athlete may enter) has not been reached as of the definite entry date. No other interpretation or application of this principle will be accepted by the FEI. The total number of athletes entered may not exceed the number of athletes allowed to take part in the Grand Prix, unless the Schedule already includes a qualification system for the Grand Prix.

Note this is an Emergency Board Resolution to GRs 116.3.2 and JRs Art. 251.9.2 which state with regard to definite entries that “These represent the final selection of Athletes and Horses that will travel to the Event.”

This Resolution is approved until further notice.

No NFs signified disapproval by the deadline of 16 January 2022. This FEI Board Resolution is therefore final.

Deadlines and date clash rules for Calendar Applications/Draft Schedules

The Board agrees to go back to the “ORIGINAL” COVID-19 EVENT DEADLINES (not the EHV-1 deadlines which were for some disciplines much shorter) until further notice.

Please refer to Annex 1. 

No NFs signified disapproval by the deadline of 16 January 2022. This FEI Board Resolution is therefore final.

The Board, with the agreement of the Organising Committee, and due to the lack of Nations Cup Qualifiers in North America because of Covid-19, agreed to invite all three teams of the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ North American League, namely MEX, USA and CAN to the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Final 2021 in Barcelona (ESP) from 30 September to 3 October.

The Board agrees to lift the Board Resolution taken on 18 November 2020 regarding Article 254.6 and Annex VI of the Jumping Rules. As of immediate effect, the above mentioned legal rules shall apply whereby a maximum of starters in the Grand Prix for CSI 4* and CSI 5* shall be 50.

Further to the recommendation of the FEI Jumping Committee, the Board approved the allocation of a leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™, North American League to Thunderbird Show Park, Langley (CAN) for the 2021/22 season (only) as a replacement for Toronto (CAN) which had to cancel due to Covid-19 related reasons. The allocation would be subject to the new OC signing the Host Agreement and the proposed dates of 22 - 26 September 2021 being acceptable from a calendar perspective.

The Board approved a deviation from the FEI Invitation Rules for CSIOs in North America (Article 249.3 of the FEI Jumping Rules) to grant the Organising Committee (OC) of Spruce Meadows the possibility to issue additional invitations to “foreign” athletes from NFs that will also be represented by a team up to the level of invitations issued to the CAN athletes (i.e. up to 30 individuals per NF instead of 10 per NF). Due to the Covid-19 border restrictions and the rescheduled FEI Jumping European Championships 2021, the level of participation from Europe is much lower than normal. The OC has requested this deviation to ensure there is an adequate number of participants to run the show.

No NFs signified disapproval by the deadline of 05 September 2021. This FEI Board Resolution is therefore final.

The impact that Covid-19 and EHV-1 had over the Calendar with date changes and cancellations have led to the request from various stakeholders to loosen the Minimum Eligibility Requirements for the FEI Jumping European Championship 2021 in Riesenbeck (GER) from 31 August to 5 September.

The Board agrees with the Jumping Committee’s recommendation and approves to reduce from three results to two results in CSI 3* and/ or CSI 4* combined in order to obtain the Minimum Eligibility Requirements to participate at this Championship.

No NFs signified disapproval by the deadline of 14 August 2021. This FEI Board Resolution is therefore final.

 Approval to “defreeze” the Longines Rankings as of 1 June 2021

On 20 May, the Longines Ranking Working Group (LRWG) met via video conference to discuss the possibilities of “defreezing” the Longines Rankings following the specific request brought forward by athletes (International Jumping Riders Club). Statistics were presented at this meeting which demonstrated that, while not at pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels, the number of events taking place with Longines Ranking competitions has increased steadily since the end of 2020, with the exception of the six-week lockdown on events in Europe from 1 March through 11 April 2021 due to the EHV-1 outbreak. Additionally, the number of event cancellations has also strongly decreased and the Draft Schedules submitted for approval for upcoming Events increased, which are other indicators that competitions are picking up again.

Consequently, the LRWG unanimously recommended to begin to “defreeze” the Longines Rankings as of 1 June 2021. In order for the Longines Rankings to return to the normal 12 month cycle within a reasonable timeframe and without creating a sudden imbalance within the rankings, it was decided to decrease the time period during which Longines Ranking points remain valid by two additional months at each new calculation of the ranking. This means that it will take seven months to return to the normal 12-month cycle of the Longines Ranking (The first ranking calculated over the regular 12 months period will be the one published at the beginning of December 2021).

This recommendation was approved by the FEI Board today and the same procedure will apply for the FEI Jumping U25 Rankings. The “defreezing” of the Longines Rankings will not, in any way, affect the FEI Athlete/Horse combination ranking over the 24 month period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2021, which will be used to determine in which start group individual athletes will be placed for the first individual qualifier at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

In view of cancellations of Division 1 Events and the imminent start of the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ (LFJNC) 2021 season, the FEI Board approved the request by the FEI Jumping Committee to update to the LFJNC Covid-19 By-Laws for the 2021 season, and in particular with regards to:

Allocation of Events for National Federations in Division 1

As the number of remaining allocated events per Division 1 National Federation ranges between two and four, it is necessary to re-allocate the invitations evenly among Division 1 NFs so that all are allocated the same number of events.

Division 1 teams will therefore be allocated three events each instead of four. In order to redistribute the allocations to three events per Division 1 NF over a reduced number of events, ten teams of four athletes instead of eight teams of five athletes will be permitted to take part in Division 1 events.

This update to the By-Laws will allow all Division OCs to accommodate additional allocated Division 1 team(s) as well as the non-Division 1 teams they had already invited or intended to invite, without exceeding the maximum number of athletes allowed to participate under the format of eight teams of five athletes.

Qualification for the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Final 2021

Division 1 Events held in 2021 will not count for qualification for the LFJNC 2021 Final and all ten Division 1 teams will qualify directly for the Final.

Relegation and Promotion

Relegation to the EEF Series 2022 will be decided based on the tenth (10^th) placed Division 1 team at the LFJNC 2021 Final rather than the 10^th placed Division 1 team in the Division 1 standings at the end of the season.

In case of cancellation of the EEF Final, the teams qualified for Division 1 in 2021 will remain qualified for Division 1 in 2022.

Additional minor clarifications have been added based on previously approved By-Laws. All the updates to the By-Laws van be found on the FEI Jumping Rules hub in track changes.

The FEI Board approved to waive the requirement for a Certificate of Capability for the FEI Jumping European Championships for Young Riders and Juniors 2021 due to the limited opportunities for athletes to obtain their MERs and allow National Federations to select their athletes.

No NFs signified disapproval by the deadline of 05 June 2021. This FEI Board Resolution is therefore final.

The Board approved the Covid-19 By-Laws for the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Series 2021, with the principle updates relating to the possibility for Division 1 OCs to request to the FEI to have a team wild card slot:

Division 1 OCs may request to the FEI to have a team wild card slot for their Event, to be allocated by the FEI, for a non-Division 1 team qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games; the wild card team is in addition to the eight teams to be invited as per Art. 5.1.3 of the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ rules (home team included).

For Division 1 Events for which a ninth team has been allocated by the FEI as a wild card team, the prize money distribution has been adjusted accordingly, to include the distribution in case of nine teams competing in the 2^nd round of the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Competition.

The maximum number of Athletes permitted to take part in Division 1 Events for which a ninth team has been allocated by the FEI as a wild card team is 70.

The method of point distribution for Division 1 and for the North American Region have also been updated. 

The updated Covid-19 By-Laws will be included in the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Rules for the 2021 season and will be published here.

The FEI Board approved that all Jumping Event Organisers may, until the end of the Tokyo 2020 Games (Sunday 8 August 2021), organise their Events (subject to the Calendar applications deadline mentioned below) on their selected dates and no Dates Clash Rules shall apply during that time.

No NFs signified disapproval by the deadline of 19 April 2021. This FEI Board Resolution is therefore final.

The FEI Board approved the reduction of deadlines for Calendar applications as follows:

• CSI5*/ CSI4: from 10 weeks to 6 weeks
• CSIO5*/CSIO4*/CSIO3*/CSIO2*/CSIO1*/CSI3*/CSIOY/J/P/Ch: from 8 weeks to 6 weeks

​The relevant table can be found here.

No NFs signified disapproval by the deadline of 19 April 2021. This FEI Board Resolution is therefore final.

The FEI Board approved the new dates requested by the Organiser, which are 22-25 September 2021.

The Board approved the updates to the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Series Rules 2021. As per the revised Rules only one Division 1 team will be relegated at the end of the 2021 season and one team will be promoted from the EEF Series; accordingly, in 2022 there will again be 10 teams in Division 1. The article on team wild cards has also been updated.  

Further to a request from the GER NF and the Riesenbeck Organiser, the Board approved to grant the NF and the Organiser an additional period of time, until mid-March, to confirm the hosting of the Championship.

The Board agreed to the updates to the FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2020-2021 Covid-19 By-Laws. The updated Rules are published here.  

The Board approved the updates to the FEI Jumping World Challenge Final Rules including derogations to the qualification period. The updated Rules will be published here.   

Based on the Resolution of the Board of 24 March 2020, the Board confirmed that the Calendar Task Forces would remain in place in 2021 until further decision from the Board.

The Board approved the updates to the FEI Jumping World Cup™ Covid-19 By-Laws for the 2020/2021 Season, available here in both clean and mark-up versions dated 15 December 2020. 

The Board approved the Rules for the Eurasian League of the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ 2021, which can be found here in both clean and mark-up versions. Refer to Annex II for the Eurasian League.

The Board approved additional updates to the Resolution on deadlines for late date applications and Date Clash Rules initially approved on 10 September, including increased “leniency” on some deadlines until further notice. The relevant table can be found here. This table includes the deadlines by which the Calendar late date application/modification forms, draft schedules and Covid-19 risk assessment and mitigation plans must be received for Events to be considered for inclusion in the Calendar.

No NFs signified disapproval by the deadline of 17 January 2021. The FEI Board Resolution is therefore final. 

The Board followed the unanimous recommendation of the FEI Jumping Committee to confirm the cancellation and not reschedule the FEI Jumping European Championships 2020 for Young Riders, Juniors & Children (originally allocated to Vilamoura) due to concerns that athletes and horses will not have had the opportunity to prepare fully for these important Championships and to avoid any risk to athletes and horses.

Vilamoura will now host the Championships in 2021, which had originally been allocated to the Spanish venue at Oliva, but following a proposal put forward by the two organisers and approved by the Board, Oliva will now host the Championships in 2022. Both editions will be held within the school holiday period.

The Board followed the unanimous recommendation of the FEI Jumping Committee to confirm the cancellation and not reschedule the FEI Jumping European Ponies Championships 2020 (originally allocated to Strzegom) due to the unsuitability of the dates proposed and to avoid any risk to athletes and horses as they will not have had the opportunity to prepare fully for these important Championships.  

The Board unanimously agreed that the FEI Jumping World Challenge Final 2020 would not be allocated.

• Recapitulative table for each discipline (pdf) - (updated 15 December 2020)

The Board agreed to cancel the FEI Nations Cup™ Youth Series 2020 except its Final where all National Federations will have the possibility to participate. Any Event that can be organised in 2020 and that is currently part of the FEI Nations Cup™ Youth Series can retain its title and its Event, however it will not count as a Qualifier.

The Board approved the following Resolution under Art. 20.3 of the FEI Statutes (Emergency Situation):

The Board agreed that 2020 Calendar Date applications and/or modifications for CSIOY/J/P/Ch may only be considered if these are provided to the FEI by the National Federations at least eight weeks prior to the Event (instead of 12 weeks).

No NFs signified disapproval by the deadline of 28 June 2020. The FEI Board Resolution is therefore final.

Following a third meeting of the Jumping Calendar Task Force on Monday 4 May, the Board acknowledged the Task Force approval of Calendar dates that are now published on the FEI Database.

The FEI Board approved the conditions agreed by the Organisers to allow for a date clash between CSI5* GCT/GCL Shanghai (CHN) 23-25 October 2020 and CSI5*-W Helsinki (FIN) 22-25 October 2020, due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the FEI Calendar. More details can be found here.

The Board approved the following Resolution under Art. 20.3 of the FEI Statutes (Emergency Situation).

• Due to the uncertainty about the organisation of Competitions worldwide during July and August 2020, the Board has approved all Calendar date applications/modifications for Events that take place up to and including 30 August 2020. 

No NFs signified disapproval by the deadline of 28 May 2020. The FEI Board Resolution is therefore final.

The Board approved the following Resolution under Art. 20.3 of the FEI Statutes (Emergency Situation). The Board approves the Events to be included in the Calendar (from 1 September 2020) that either:

• Are not higher level Events; or
• If a higher level Event does not clash with other higher level Event(s); or
• Are CSIOs, CSI3* or CSIP (as decided by the Board on 7 April); or
• Clashes with other Event from the same National Federation (given the fact that the same National Federation submitted the dates); or
• Are a switch of venue from the same Organiser.

No NFs signified disapproval by the deadline of 28 May 2020. The FEI Board Resolution is therefore final.

The Board approved:

• All Youth Events (not including Youth Championships which will be further discussed by the Board in June) until 31 December 2020.
• To cancel the FEI Jumping Children’s Classics Series in 2020 as there is no host for the Final and many Events have been or will be cancelled.

In view of Tokyo 2020 taking place in the summer of 2021 from 23 July to 8 August and based on:

• The confirmation from the Organiser of the FEI European Championships 2021 in Jumping, Dressage and Para Dressage, Budapest (HUN), that they will not be in a position to host the Championships on a different date; and
• The preference of the Organiser of the FEI Eventing European Championships 2021, Haras du Pin (FRA), to organise it in 2023 rather than on a different date in 2021;

The Board agreed not to re-open the bids for 2021, hence not to organise the FEI European Championships for Seniors in the Olympic and Paralympic disciplines in 2021.

The Board agreed that:

• The decision to maintain a Championship or not should be taken at the latest 10 weeks before the Championship.
• If the Championships is postponed at a later date in 2020, it should not take place outside the school holidays.

The Board approved the following Resolution under Art. 20.3 of the FEI Statutes (Emergency Situation):

• Annex V of the Jumping Rules shall be temporarily derogated for CSI 2*.

No NFs signified disapproval by the deadline of 16 May 2020. The FEI Board Resolution is therefore final.

The Board approved the following Resolution under Art. 20.3 of the FEI Statutes (Emergency Situation):

• CSI3* are exempt from Date Clash Rules.
• CSIP/CSIOP are exempt from Date Clash Rules.

No NFs signified disapproval by the deadline of 16 May 2020. The FEI Board Resolution is therefore final.

The Board approved the following Resolution under Art. 20.3 of the FEI Statutes (Emergency Situation):

• Date applications and/or modifications for CSI3* may only be considered if these are provided to the FEI by the National Federations at least eight (8) weeks prior to the Event (instead of 12 weeks).

No NFs signified disapproval by the deadline of 16 May 2020. The FEI Board Resolution is therefore final.

The Board approved the following Resolution under Art. 20.3 of the FEI Statutes (Emergency Situation):

• Date applications or modifications for CSIP and CSIOP may only be considered if these are provided to the FEI by the National Federations at least four (4) weeks prior to the Event (instead of 12 weeks).

No NFs signified disapproval by the deadline of 16 May 2020. The FEI Board Resolution is therefore final.