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2008 Olympic Games Qualifications

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28 August 2006 Author: webmaster

The 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games are a qualifying event for the team competition in Jumping, Dressage and Eventing at the 2008 Olympic Games.

According to the qualification procedure, the number of teams per discipline to qualify for Hong Kong is as follows:
Dressage - 3 best placed teams;
Eventing – 5 best placed teams;
Jumping – 5 best placed teams.

Consequently, the qualified teams per discipline so far are:
Dressage – Germany, The Netherlands and the USA;
Eventing - Germany, Great Britain, Australia, the USA and Sweden;
The Jumping teams will be known on 31 August at the end of the Nations Cup competition.

The full procedure for the three disciplines is available in English and French on the FEI website www.horsesport.org (homepage, 2008 Olympic Games, OG 2008 Documents) in pdf format.

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