The Organising Committee of the FEI World Championships 2026 in Aachen would already like to share some useful information with all National Federations in order to facilitate you, your teams, athletes and horses in the best possible way. Below you will find information regarding the key contact persons within the Organising Committee, who are available should you already have questions regarding the FEI World Championships 2026.
For all sports-related questions, please contact:
Ms. Jana Kun: jana.kun@aachen2026.com.
Jana will be your main sport liaison person.
For all non-sport related issues, i.e. accommodation, accreditation, transport, please contact
Ms. Jennifer Ingenhaag : jennifer.ingenhaag@aachen2026.com.
Jennifer will be your main non-sport liaison person.
Ticketing:
Please note that ticket sales for the Jumping and Dressage competitions have already started. Tickets can be purchased at https://tickets.aachen2026.com.
As soon as tickets for the other disciplines are available, the Organising Committee will communicate this.
For any questions regarding tickets, please contact:
Ms. Lea Sous lea.sous@aachen2026.com
Hotel / Accommodation:
The Aachen tourism service will be the official partner for hotels and accommodation. The Organising Committee kindly asks you do not contact the hotels directly, but always go via the Aachen tourism service.
They can be contacted via: aachen2026@aachen-tourismus.de.
Lastly, the Organising Committee would like to create a list of contacts for all correspondences regarding the FEI World Championships Aachen 2026. Please send the names and email addresses of the people you would like to see added to this mailing list, so that they can stay up to date on the latest developments.
Please send the contact details to: jennifer.ingenhaag@aachen2026.com.
The Organising Committee of the FEI World Championships in Aachen 2026 looks forward to working together with you all and is available for any questions you may have.
In order to streamline and enhance the processing of sport nationality change by the FEI, a new Application Form for Athletes aged over 18 years, is now available on Inside.FEI.org/Sport Nationality. When filled out accurately, this Application Form will enable the FEI to process requests more efficiently by:
The Sport Nationality Form includes detailed instructions. It can be filled out and signed electronically. It can also be printed, filled in by hand, and scanned before sharing with the FEI.
Kindly ensure that going forward all Sport Nationality applications for Athletes aged over 18 years will be submitted to the FEI using this form. Incomplete, unsigned and/or undocumented applications will not be processed by the FEI.
Yesterday, the FEI hosted an online Q&A session for all FEI Eventing Officials, following the announcement made last week regarding the termination of the Memorandum of Understanding between the FEI and the International Eventing Officials Club (IEOC). Thirty-seven Officials attended the meeting, which was co-hosted by FEI Legal Director Mikael Rentsch, Director of Eventing & Olympic Catrin Norinder and Director of Education & Officials Frank Spadinger. The aim of this session was to provide a platform for FEI Eventing Officials to raise questions and concerns they may have.
The main questions revolved around the representation of FEI Eventing Officials within the FEI Eventing Committee, the reasons for the termination of the MOU with the IEOC and whether there would be any issue for FEI Eventing Officials who are also a member of the IEOC. Officials were encouraged to report incidents and issues directly to FEI Headquarters in order to ensure these were addressed within the Eventing Committee and at operational level in HQ.
The session provided the opportunity for the FEI to clarify and reassure, that while FEI Eventing Officials are no longer officially represented by a stakeholder, this does not impact their relationship with the FEI, nor their duties as FEI Officials. Furthermore, FEI Eventing Officials continue to be well represented within the FEI Eventing Committee, not only through Anne-Mette Binder (DEN), but also through other Eventing Officials Members which make up this committee and are available to channel feedback to the FEI.
As to the reasons for terminating the MOU with the IEOC, it was once again reiterated that this decision was based on trust issues and a general breakdown of the relationship. However, it was important for the FEI to clarify that this has no impact on FEI Eventing Officials, whether they are member of the IEOC or not.
Lastly, concerns were raised regarding the information flow between the FEI and FEI Eventing Officials. Here again, reassurance was provided and it was explained that information is available through various channels such as the National Federations, the FEI website as well as various newsletters, such as the FEI Update which provides the broader equestrian community with all relevant updates. Of course, the relevant FEI departments also remain directly available for any queries.
We believe it was important to host this Q&A session for continued cooperation with FEI Officials and hope to have been able to provide clarifications where necessary. We would also like to thank all the participants for their input and their time.
Should you have further questions please feel free to reach out to us. We would also like to take this opportunity to invite all FEI Eventing Officials not already subscribed to the FEI Update, to please do so by filling out the form available here.
The FEI update is the official communication channel intended to keep all FEI stakeholders up to date on important information in regard to essential FEI topics. In addition, a dedicated email address Eventingofficials@fei.org allows for all Officials to contact the FEI Eventing department directly.
We would like to inform you that the FEI has decided to no longer recognise the International Eventing Officials Club (IEOC) as an official FEI Stakeholder and consequently has terminated its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the IEOC, effective immediately.
The MOU was based on trust and the mutual commitment to foster the growth of equestrian sport together in a respectful and harmonious manner. Unfortunately, in the past months it has become evident that there is a breach of trust and a general breakdown of the relationship with the IEOC management. Seeing that no further dialogue and collaboration is possible, the FEI has decided to formally terminate the relationship with the IEOC, and thus terminate the MOU.
Consequently, the IOEC will no longer benefit of the conditions offered to MOUs, and the FEI will no longer recognise the IEOC as the international organisation representing the collective views of the FEI Eventing Officials. We would like to stress however, that this decision does not impact the relationship of the FEI with its Eventing Officials in any way, with whom we wish to maintain a positive collaboration. I addition, we would like to remind NFs that the interests of the Eventing Officials are currently represented on the FEI Eventing Committee by an Eventing Official.
A version of this communication is also being shared with all Eventing Officials, and we have organised a dedicated Q&A session for them on Tuesday 5 March at 15h00 CET in order to answer any questions they may have.
In the meantime, should NFs have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact officials@fei.org.
The FEI Board held a teleconference on 27 February. The main resolutions taken on this occasion are listed below.
Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games
Eventing Competition Format
The Board agreed with the proposed modifications to the Eventing Olympic Competition format, which will be shared with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by the set deadline of 1 March 2024 as per the official International Federations consultation process launched by the IOC.
The details of the proposal were discussed during the online Eventing Seminar held on 20 January 2024 and are outlined in this press release.
The details pertaining to the technical aspects of the proposed format will be discussed in detail next year in the framework of the revision of the FEI Regulations for Equestrian Events at the Olympic Games, once the IOC has provided its feedback.
TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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OLYMPIC GAMES | |
Important Deadlines - Jumping - Dressage - Eventing | |
2024 | |
18 MARCH | NOCs/NFs to confirm allocated individual & composite team quota places to the FEI |
28 MARCH | NOCs/NFs to nominate long list of potential Athletes to Paris 2024* |
24 JUNE | Deadline for achieving Olympic MERs for all Athlete/Horse combinations |
25 JUNE | NFs to send FEI Certificates of Capability to the FEI |
08 JULY | Paris 2024 Sport Entry deadline – NOCs submit final entries |
* IMPORTANT: NOCs will be required to nominate directly to Paris2024 OC, the long list of all Athletes who could possibly be entered for the Olympic Games by 28 March 2024. This accreditation long list includes the NOC Delegation with all potential grooms, horse Owners, Team officials. For more information, please contact your NOC directly. | |
Individual Quota Places confirmation Jumping - Dressage - Eventing |
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The FEI has informed eligible NOCs/NFs of the allocation of Individual quota places on 19 February 2024. All eligible NOCs/NFs must now confirm or decline their allocated Individual quota place for the Paris2024 Olympic Games to the FEI in writing by 18 March 2024. An answer from both the respective NOC and NF is required.
* These two nations have a total of two (2) individual quota places
* Allocation of one (1) individual quota place further to team quota place withdrawal |
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Deadline to submit Horse Owner's information to the FEI | |
Please note that the date for the registration of owners is lined up with the NOC deadline to submit the long list for accreditation to the Paris2024 Organising Committee. |
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Olympic Minimum Elegibility Requirements - Eventing | |
Further to queries received from different National Federations, the wording of the below Article 626.1 of the FEI Regulations for Equestrian Events at the Olympic Games is confirmed as follows:
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PARALYMPIC GAMES | |
Important Deadlines Para Dressage | |
28 FEBRUARY | Deadline to submit change of nationality requests to the IPC |
04 MARCH | FEI notifies the NPCs in writing about the number of allocated qualification slots |
18 MARCH | NPCs confirm in writing the use of allocated qualification slots Deadline for NPCs to submit Bipartite Commission Invitation applications to FEI |
25 MARCH | FEI confirms in writing the reallocation of unused qualification slots and the awarding of Bipartite Commission Invitations |
03 MAY | Deadline for Paris 2024 Organising Committee to receive accreditation application forms submitted by NPCs (“Accreditation Long List”) |
19 JUNE | End of the period for Athlete/horse combinations to attain a minimum eligibility score NFs to send FEI Certificates of Capability to FEI |
05 AUGUST | Deadline for Paris 2024 Organising Committee to receive sport entry forms submitted by NPCs |
GENERAL | |
Remember to check out the Paris 2024 Hub, where you will find all the relevant information, guidelines and rules, as well as latest news, updates and deadlines with regards to the equestrian events of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. |
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Who was the first woman to take part in equestrian at Olympic Games? When did equestrian enter the Paralympic programme? Visit the FEI History Hub and read up on all the fun facts of past editions of Olympic and Paralympic Games since the inclusion of equestrian sports. |
The Eventing Statistics Report 2012 – 2023 has been finalised.
It is published on the FEI website under Eventing / Risk Management
The Horse falls per fence type analysis has also been published on the same page.
Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games – Eventing Format
The Online Eventing Seminar held on 20 January was, as mentioned in the invitation, the opportunity to introduce a proposal supported by the FEI Eventing Committee for the Eventing format for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.
General information on the Seminar is available in this press release.
Below you will find details on the background for the proposal, a presentation of the format along with an outline of the next steps.
General background information
The proposal has been made further to information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that the LA2028 Event Programme and quota will be confirmed by the IOC Executive Board after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in the first quarter of 2025 (Q1 2025).
In December 2023, the IOC asked International Federations (IFs) to formulate proposals for changes to the Event Programme in line with the principles of IOC Agenda 2020+5, the strategic roadmap of the IOC and the Olympic Movement, and tailored to the LA2028 vision and context. This includes focus on athletes, cost, complexity, gender equality, and global appeal.
In order for the proposals for events to be included in the IOC consultation process and reviewed before the decision in Q1 2025, IFs were urged to make their submissions by 1 March 2024.
Background information on the proposed Eventing format
The proposed modifications to the Los Angeles 2028 Eventing Competition Format presented at the Eventing Seminar was the result of discussions between the FEI, IOC and the Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), the host broadcast organisation for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
OBS are strong supporters of Eventing Cross Country as it generates spectacular images of the environment and provides iconic views of the host city, such as the London historical landmarks, the Rio sugarloaf mountains or the Tokyo skyline. OBS formulated a proposal to make Eventing more attractive to fans and new audiences, and increase the media value by capitalising on the Cross Country phase which is a unique draw for the discipline.
We would like to clarify that discussions regarding proposed modifications to the Olympic format concern only Eventing and do not apply to either Jumping or Dressage as in these disciplines no changes are proposed.
Eventing Format Proposal
The OBS proposal supported by the FEI Eventing Committee as it is in line with Olympic principles, sees the team competition run on the short format (Dressage, Jumping, Cross Country) with Team medals awarded after the Cross Country while the Individual competition remains on the long format, as per previous Olympic Games, with the Jumping round held the day after the Cross Country to award the Individual medals. This would entail two medal days, with Team Medals awarded on Day Three after the Cross Country followed by Individual Medals on Day Four after the Final Individual Jumping Round.
The day-by-day breakdown would be as follows:
Day One & Day Two: Dressage and Jumping (all participants)*
Day Three: Cross Country (all participants) & Team Medals
Day Four: Individual Jumping & Individual Medals
*Timetabling on Days One and Two will be held in accordance with the logistical possibilities.
The Team “short” format Cross Country will be run according to the current distance of 10 mins. This format is already in use at many events worldwide and would not bring drastic changes to the spirit of the discipline. It will focus even more attention on the unique attributes of the Cross Country adding greater excitement around the Team medals.
FEI consultation
Taking into account the very short time available for consultation, NFs involved in Eventing are kindly asked to provide thoughts or comments on the format described above by 20 February 2024 to Catrin.Norinder@fei.org, in order to allow the FEI HQ to finalise the submission and get FEI Board approval so that it can be provided to the IOC by 1 March.
Feedback on the following questions will be helpful:
At this stage only the order of tests will be submitted to the IOC, no other information is required.
Next steps
If the format is approved by the IOC, veterinary matters, including horse inspections after Cross Country, would be reviewed in order to ensure optimal horse welfare. All other topics such as draw of starting orders, number of participants for the Individual Jumping test, etc. will be included in the revision of the FEI Regulations for Equestrian Events at the Olympic Games, which will take place in 2025 and will undergo a full stakeholder consultation process before being submitted for approval at the FEI General Assembly in November 2025.
We thank you for your attention and kind cooperation in this important matter and look forward to hearing from you by 20 February.
The FEI Board held its first teleconference of 2024 on 18 January. The main resolutions taken on this occasion are listed below.
A short announcement regarding the online FEI Eventing seminars, which will be held on 20 and 21 January follows the resolutions.
ALLOCATION OF FEI CHAMPIONSHIPS AND FINALS
French leg of FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ 2024
The Board approved the allocation of the French leg of the FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ 2024 to Lignières (FRA) on 26-29 September 2024 to replace the initial application of Haras de Jardy (FRA).
FEI EVENTING SEMINARS, 20-21 JANUARY 2024
We take this opportunity to highlight the Online Eventing Seminar taking place on Saturday, 20 January from 13:00-16:15 CET, where Eventing Stakeholders (NFs involved in Eventing, Officials, Athletes, 4*/5* OCs) have been invited to attend as have the media, to discuss the big topics in the sport and review all the latest findings from a Risk Management perspective, with a focus on how to have a positive impact and futureproof Eventing.
Organised by the FEI Eventing Department and moderated by Eventing Chair/Board Member David O’Connor (USA) and Chair of the FEI Risk Management Steering Group Geoff Sinclair (AUS), an important point on the agenda concerns the proposed Eventing Competition formats for Los Angeles 2028, which, we would like to emphasise, is an initiative/discussion solely concerning Eventing. Nevertheless, should any members (including members not directly involved with Eventing) wish to attend, please do not hesitate to contact Nathalie.Charlton@fei.org at the FEI Eventing Department in order to receive an invitation and link to join.
As is customary with the annual Eventing Seminar/Forum, the meeting will be available to watch in Replay, all relevant annexes will be published and there will be dedicated communications (an NF News and Press Release after the meeting) summarising the key points prior to the full wrap-up report being published online. The Seminar will be followed-up on Sunday, 21 January with the National Safety Officers Seminar which is restricted to the specific stakeholders, however, will also be well documented with relevant annexes, videos to watch in replay and a full wrap-up report.
To view the 2024 agenda and also the 2023 seminar documents, click here.
This important deadline of Monday, 15 January 2024, which applies to all (potential) Paris 2024 Olympic Games Horses is approaching.
Kindly note that further to Article 139 of the FEI General Regulations and Article 606 of the FEI Regulations for Equestrian Events at the Olympic Games Paris 2024:
Please refer to the image below of how this is represented on the FEI Database:
The nationality highlighted in orange is the declared nationality of the ownership and, as of 15 January 2024, the only nation for which the Horse can compete at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Please kindly note that the 15 January 2024 deadline is applied strictly and the FEI cannot grant exceptions, regardless of the reason for missing the deadline (e.g., technical issues etc). Therefore, we strongly encourage all NFs with a team or individual quota place for Paris 2024 (or who might obtain a quota place via the reallocation process) to update and check the ownerships of all potential Olympic Games Horses via the FEI Database prior to the 15 January 2024 deadline. Please double check this even if you believe that all is in order.
For any questions on updating Horse ownerships on the FEI Database, please contact passport@fei.org
Please kindly note that the same provisions do not apply to the Paralympics, and Horse Owners as well as Nationality changes do not have to follow the same Rules as in the Olympic Games. Please contact the Para Dressage Department if you have any questions.
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