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Dear FEI Eventing Judges, Technical Delegates, Course Designers & Stewards,
Effective communication and a constant flow of information play an essential role in the development of Eventing worldwide.
This is why the FEI Eventing Committee would like to invite all FEI Eventing Officials to attend online sessions (webinars) on a regular basis throughout the year.
The topics may vary but will mainly address new Eventing Rules, Dressage tests, Cross country initiatives and information around the Education system.
We hope that this initiative will provide increased opportunities for Officials to share insights, submit questions and address queries.
Below please find all the relevant information regarding the first webinar:
Eventing Officials Webinar I information session:
When: 29 May 2024, from 16h00 to 17h00 CEST
To join, click here
Agenda: Rules, Risk Management & Officials Education, and time for Q&A
We invite you to save the date and look forward to your presence at the webinar.
Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us at marie.gillet@fei.org.
Thank you for your continued commitment to our Sport.
We wish to remind you that, according to the FEI General Regulations, the deadline for Applications or modifications of CSI5*/CSIO5* Events taking place in 2025 is 1 May 2024.
From 2 May until 1 June 2024, NFs can request changes to the 2025 Jumping 5* Calendar with a Calendar Form. The 2025 Jumping 5* Calendar should then be approved by 31 July 2024 at the latest.
Should you have any questions related to the FEI Calendar, please do not hesitate to contact Guillaume Dolivo: calendar@fei.org.
Please be informed that the next update of the FEI Tack, Equipment & Dress Database (FEI Tack App) will be released after the Easter holidays, on 8 April 2024.
Further to feedback received from numerous Athletes and Officials, who are seeking clarity regarding the use of tack and equipment during the Olympic & Paralympic Games in Paris 2024, the FEI agreed that this would be the last update of the FEI Tack App prior to the Games. The temporary pause of updates to the FEI Tack App will be applied to all FEI Disciplines, including non-Olympic Disciplines.
Following the conclusion of the Olympic & Paralympic Games in Paris 2024, the updates shall resume on every first Monday of the month, as per the usual process.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Olympic Games
Paralympic Games
General
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OLYMPIC GAMES |
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Important Deadlines - Jumping - Dressage - Eventing |
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2024 |
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28 MARCH |
NOCs/NFs to nominate long list of potential Athletes to Paris 2024 (to be submitted to the Paris2024 OC by the respective NOCs). |
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24 JUNE |
FEI Deadline for achieving Olympic MERs for all Athlete/Horse combinations. |
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25 JUNE |
FEI Deadline for NFs to send Certificates of Capability to FEI |
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08 JULY |
Paris 2024 Sport Entry deadline – NOCs submit final entries. |
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Tickets for National Federations for Olympic Games Equestrian competitions |
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We are pleased to inform you that the FEI are in the position to offer a limited number of competition tickets to National Federations having obtained a qualification quota for the Olympic Games. These tickets are exclusively available for Presidents and Secretary Generals (nominative and non-transferable) and are solely for the competitions in which the qualified athletes of the respective National Federations will be participating. Tickets will be allocated on a first come first serve basis. |
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Individual Quota Places confirmation - Jumping - Dressage - Eventing |
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Please be informed that ALL eligible NOCs/NFs have confirmed the use of their allocated Individual quota places by the deadline of 18 March 2024.
EVENTING
* These two nations have a total of two (2) individual quota places
The Qualification System documents including the list of NOCs having obtained Team and Individual Quota Places and Reserve NOCs for all three disciplines are available in the FEI Paris 2024 hub. |
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Eventing - Olympic Minimum Elegibility Requirements |
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Further to queries received from different National Federations, the interpretation of the terms “different events” included in Article 626.1 of the FEI Regulations for Equestrian Events at the Olympic Games has been clarified as follows. |
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Kindly note that new Veterinary documents are now available on the FEI Paris 2024 Hub.
Should you have any questions, please contact the FEI Veterinary Department. |
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PARALYMPIC GAMES |
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Important deadlines Para Dressage |
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2024 |
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03 MAY |
Deadline for Paris 2024 Organising Committee to receive accreditation application forms submitted by NPCs (“Accreditation Long List”). This deadline is for all stakeholder groups, including Athletes, NPC teams, Horse Owners etc. |
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19 JUNE |
End of the period for Athlete/Horse combinations to attain a minimum eligibility score. Nominated Entries date – NFs deadline to send in Certificate of Capabilities. |
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05 AUGUST |
Deadline for Paris 2024 Organising Committee to receive sport entry forms submitted by NPCs. |
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Allocations of Qualifications Slots |
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As per the Qualification Regulations, NPCs were notified of allocated qualification slots on 4 March, and had until 18 March to confirm the use of allocated places. The Qualification System document has been updated accordingly on the FEI Paris 2024 Hub. Team Qualifications (three or four slots)
* Accepted three quota slots, one returned for reallocation Individual Qualifications (maximum 2 slots per NPC)
*These nations have a total of two (2) individual quota places |
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Minimum Eligibility Requirements |
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To be eligible for selection by an NPC, Athletes must:
To be eligible for selection by an NPC, Athlete/Horse combinations must:
We remind National Federations to verify their Athlete’s Classification Status, and please contact the Para Dressage department if there are any questions. Athletes must meet the Eligibility requirements by the deadline of 19 June 2024. |
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Veterinary - New documents available |
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Kindly note that new Veterinary documents are now available on the FEI Paris 2024 Hub.
Should you have any questions, please contact the FEI Veterinary Department. |
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GENERAL |
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Paris 2024 iconic poster revealed |
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Summary of useful Paris 2024 links |
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FEI History Hub |
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Who was the first woman to take part in equestrian at Olympic Games? |
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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.
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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. |
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