Part of FEI Press Release

Following the end of the qualification period at 31 December 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 for Dressage - which, as you will note, is subject to confirmation based on the relevant qualification requirements, procedures and deadlines.

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 8 January 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 5 February 2024 to confirm their Team quota place with the exception of France (as host country) who is required to confirm by 8 January 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 1 January 2023 – 31 December 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 1 January 2023 to 31 December 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

Key upcoming deadlines – JUMPING, DRESSAGE & EVENTING

08 JANUARY: 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.)
10 JANUARY: NOCs/NFs to be informed by FEI of their allocated team quota place
15 JANUARY: 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.)
05 FEBRUARY: NOCs/NFs to confirm or decline allocated team quota place to FEI
19 FEBRUARY: NOCs/NFs to be informed by FEI of their allocated individual quota places and composite team(s) quota place(s)
18 MARCH: NOCs/NFs to confirm allocated individual & composite team quota places to 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
08 JULY: Paris 2024 Sport Entry deadline – NOCs submit final entries