Federation Equestre Internationale

FEI Press News - February 12, 1999

- World Riders Rankings used for Individual Olympic Qualification
- Hugo Simon leads again the FEI/BCM World Riders Rankings
- FEI and BCM co-operation
- Olympic qualifications: jumping, dressage, eventing
- World Riders rankings criteria, jumping, dressage, eventing

World Riders Rankings used for Individual Olympic Qualification
For the first time the World Rankings will be used for the Olympic qualification of individual riders. This expanded use of the Computer List necessitated a review of the criteria to establish the Computer Lists Jumping and Dressage.

The major change concerns the number of competitions which will be taken into account. Up to 1998 all results obtained in a 12 months period were counted. From now on, only the 30 best results in Jumping and the 15 best results in Dressage are taken into account.

For Eventing, the same point system as used for the past years will apply for the World Event Rider Rankings, with the exception of the definition of the zones, which has now been lined up with the Olympic Qualifications Region division.

Hugo Simon leads again the FEI/BCM World Riders Rankings
As a result of the new rankings, the total number of points, especially of the top placed riders, have decreased but at the same time the basic hierarchy among the best riders has remained unchanged. There has been however a change between the 1st and 2nd place. In spite of being inactive for several weeks, Hugo Simon has taken over the Number-one-spot again. Ludger Beerbaum, who was the Number one since March 1998, is now second. It is the 5th time that Hugo Simon leads the rankings. But until now his reign has never lasted more than 2 consecutive months. The points gained by Beerbaum in Hannover last year do not count any longer. While in 1998 he was 6th for 84.7 points, he did not get any points 1999. Hugo Simon, Ludger Beerbaum as well as the third placed Willy Melliger are, however, close together: only 26 points separate Simon and Beerbaum, and Melliger is only 11 points behind.

FEI and BCM co-operation
Following a couple of meetings held in January and February 1999, the FEI and Best Communications Management (BCM) in Holland have decided to continue their co-operation especially in the communications area and intensifying the mutual work on the FEI/BCM World Riders Rankings for Jumping and Dressage and their publication in the FEI Press News.

The FEI/BCM World Rankings will be used for the qualification procedure of the 2000 Olympic Games both in Jumping and Dressage. A separate list will be issued during the year leading to the Sydney Olympic Games including the current state of qualification. This list will be called the Olympic Qualification List.

Olympic qualifications: jumping, dressage, eventing
OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION - JUMPING

TEAMS

Host Nation Automatically qualified 1 team
AUS

1998 World Equestrian Games
The 6 best placed teams are qualified. The team placing of this competition will also be used to fill the remaining team qualification places after the other qualifications steps have been exhausted.
6 teams
(+)
GER
FRA
GBR
SUI
BRA
NED

1999 Pan American Games
The 3 best teams are qualified, excluding the teams qualified as above.
3 teams

1999 European Jumping Championships
The 4 best placed teams are qualified, excluding the teams qualified as above.
4 teams

Olympic qualification Group F
The best placed team at an FEI approved event (CSIO Falsterbo/SWE, July 1999) will qualify.
1 team

Olympic qualification Group G
The best placed team at an FEI approved event (CSIO Falsterbo/SWE, July 1999) will qualify.
1 team

TEAM QUOTA
16 teams

INDIVIDUALS
Olympic qualification Group A or B The NOC/NF of the 2 best placed individuals on the FEI approved World Ranking List for Jumping riders will qualify.
2 riders

Olympic Qualification Group C
The NOC/NF of the 3 best placed individuals on the FEI approved World Ranking List for Jumping riders will qualify.
3 riders

Olympic Qualification Group D
The NOC/NF of the best placed individual at the 1999 Pan American Games will qualify.
1 rider

Olympic Qualification Group E
The NOC/NF of the 4 best placed individuals at the 1999 Pan American Games will qualify.
4 riders

Olympic Qualification Group F
The NOC/NF of the 2 best placed individuals at an FEI approved event (CSIO Falsterbo/SWE, July 1999) will qualify.
2 riders

Olympic Qualification Group G
The NOC/NF of the 3 best placed individuals at an FEI approved event (CSIO Falsterbo/SWE, July 1999) will qualify.
3 riders

INDIVIDUAL QUOTA
15 riders

JUMPING QUOTA
79 RIDERS

16 teams (x 3 or 4 riders) + 15 individuals

Maximum per NOC
A maximum of 2 riders per NOC not entering a team.

OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION - THREE DAY EVENT

TEAMS

Host Nation
Automatically qualified to team event.
1 team
AUS

1998 World Equestrian Games
The 6 best placed teams qualify for the team event. The team placing of this competition will also be used to fill the remaining team qualification places after the other qualification steps have been taken.
6 teams (+)
NZL
FRA
GBR
USA
SWE
IRL

1999 Pan American Games
The best placed teams from Olympic Qualification Groups D and E, excluding the teams already qualified as above.
2 teams

1999 Asia Pacific Championships
The best placed team qualifies for the team event, excluding teams already qualified as above.
1 team

1999 European Championships
The 3 best placed teams qualify, excluding teams already qualified as above.
3 teams

TEAM QUOTA
15 teams

INDIVIDUALS
FEI World Ranking
The NOC/NF of the top competitor of each of the following 6 Olympic regions qualifies to enter one individual each:
West Europe / North - Olympic Qualification Group A
West Europe / South - Olympic Qualification Group B
Eastern and Central Europe - Olympic Qualification Group C
North America - Olympic Qualification Group D
South America- Olympic Qualification Group E
Asia and Oceania - Olympic Qualification Group G

6 riders
The FEI Global World Ranking List will be used to bring the total of individual places to 36.
(+)

INDIVIDUAL QUOTA
36

THREE DAY EVENT QUOTA
96 RIDERS

15 teams (x 3 or 4 riders) + min. 36 individuals

Maximum per NOC
A maximum of 3 riders per NOC not entering a team.

OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION - DRESSAGE
TEAMS

Host Nation
Automatically qualified to team event.
1 team
AUS

1998 World Equestrian Games
The 8 best placed teams qualify.
8 teams
GER
NED
SWE
USA
DEN
ESP
FIN
GBR

1999 European "Open" Championships
The best placed team which is not already qualified.
1 team

TEAM QUOTA
10 teams

INDIVIDUALS

1999 World Dressage Challenge
3 places will be reserved for nations belonging to FEI World Dressage Challenge regions I-III, the NOC/NF of the best rider/horse combination per region.
3 riders

1998 World Equestrian Games
The NOC/NF of the 3 best placed individuals in the team and first individual qualifying competition (Grand Prix).
3 riders
FRA
SUI
RUS

1999 European "Open" Championship
The NOC/NF of the 2 best placed individuals in the team and first individual qualifying competition (Grand Prix) of a nation not qualified through the WEG 1998.
2 riders

FEI World Ranking
The NOC/NF of the 2 best placed riders.
2 riders

INDIVIDUAL QUOTA
10 riders

DRESSAGE QUOTA
50 RIDERS

Including 10 teams (x 3 or 4 riders) + min. 10 individuals

Maximum per NOC
A maximum of 2 riders per NOC not entering a team.

World Riders Rankings used for Individual Olympic Qualification
1.EVENTS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE JUMPING RIDERS RANKINGS

1.1.Olympic Games
1.2.World Championships
1.3.World Cup Finals
1.4.Continental Championships and Games
1.5.CSIO
1.6.CSI-W
1.7.CSI-A
1.8.CSI-B
1.9.North American Grand Prix
1.10.Young Riders and Juniors Championships

At all CSIO/CSI-W/CSI-A/CSI-B/NA GP, the individual competition with the highest prize-money counts. Additional individual competitions count if the prize-money is above USD 25'000 (maximum 3 per event). At CSIO, the Nations Cup also counts.

2. BONUS POINTS (BONUS + COMPETITION TO COUNT)

2.1.Olympic Games: 1st, 2nd and 3rd competitions
2.2.World Championships: 2nd and 3rd competitions, Final
2.3.World Cup Final: 1st, 2nd and 3rd competitions
2.4.European Championships: 1st, 2nd and 3rd competitions
2.5.PanAm Games:1st and 2nd competitions

3.RATING OF THE EVENT (MULTIPLYING FACTOR)

3.1.Participation quality and quantity
3.2.Points for quality/quantity are given as follows:
Riders in Top 10 = 5 points
Riders placed 11-25 = 4 points
Riders placed 26-60 = 3 points
Riders placed 61-300 = 2 points
Riders not in top 300 = 1 point

3.3.The total points are divided by 20 to arrive at the Q/Q factor.

3.4.Bonus points are added to the Q/Q factor to obtain the coefficient:
Bonus (as para. 2): 1-2-3-4
3.5.The multiplying factor (coefficient) will be rounded up or down (8.4 to 8.0 - 8.5 to 9).

4.POINTS TO BE WON AT EVENTS

4.1.At Olympic Games, World Championships and World Cup Finals, the 16 best placed riders receive the following points for competitions in accordance to para.
2: 40-34-30-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2

At Olympic Games, World Championships and World Cup Finals, each rider placed from 17th to last place in the final competition receives 1 point.

At World Championships the four riders in the final will receive the following points:
40-25-15-5

4.2.At European Championships the 20 best placed riders receive the following points for competitions in accordance to para.
2: 30-23-20-17-15-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-1-1-1

4.3.At other Championships, Games, Nations Cups (individual standings), GP, World Cups and other counting competitions the 16 best placed riders receive the following points:
20-17-15-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

5.POINTS TO REMAIN IN COMPUTER LIST

5.1. Olympic Games and World Championships : 2 years 5.2. All other competitions : 1 year

6.LIMITED NUMBER OF COMPETITIONS TO COUNT

For each rider the 30 best results per year count.

FEI WORLD RIDER RANKINGS DRESSAGE CRITERIA

1. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE DRESSAGE RIDERS RANKINGS

1.1. Olympic Games: 5 points
1.2. World Championships: 5 pts
1.3. Continental Championships: 4 pts
1.4. World Cup Finals : 4pts
1.5. CDIO's with Championship formula: 3 pts
1.6. CDI-W (Western European League) : 2 pts
1.7. World Cup League Final : 2 pts
1.8. Other CDIs: 1 pt
1.9. CDI-W (other leagues) 1 pt
1.10. CDIOs without Championship formula 1 pt

All results in Grand Prix, Grand Prix Special and K¸r count (maximum 3 competitions per event). At the World Cup Final, with only two competitions (GP and K¸r), also the final result counts.

2.RATING OF THE EVENT (MULTIPLYING FACTOR)

2.1.Participation quality and quantity:
2.2.Points for quality/quantity are given as follows:

Riders in Top 10 = 5 points
Riders placed 11-25 = 4 points
Riders placed 26-60 = 3 points
Riders placed 61-300 = 2 points
Riders not in top 300 = 1 point

2.3.The total points are divided by 12 to arrive at the Q/Q factor.

2.4.Bonus points are added to the Q/Q factor to obtain the coefficient:
Bonus (as para. 1): 1-2-3-4-5

2.5.The multiplying factor (coefficient) will be rounded up or down (8.4 to 8.0 - 8.5 to 9).

3.POINTS TO BE WON AT EVENTS

3.1.At Olympic Games, World Championships and World Cup Finals, the 16 best placed riders receive the following points:
40-34-30-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2

At Olympic Games and World Championships each rider placed from 17th to 32nd receives 2 points.

3.2.At Continental Championships the 16 best placed riders receive the following points:
30-26-23-20-18-17-15-14-12-11-9-8-6-5-3-2

Each rider placed 17th to 32nd receives 2 points.

3.3.At CDIOs, CDI-Ws, CDIs, the 16 best placed riders receive the following points:
20-17-15-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

4.POINTS TO REMAIN IN COMPUTER LIST

4.1. Olympic Games, World Championships and Continental Championships two years, but the 2nd year only counts 50 % (1st year100 %, 2nd year50 %)
4.2. All other competitions : 1 year 100 %

5.LIMITED NUMBER TO COUNT

The 15 best results of a rider - all his horses are counted.

FEI WORLD RIDER RANKINGS EVENTING CRITERIA

1. CRITERIA FOR POINTS ALLOCATION FOR THREE DAY EVENT RIDER RANKINGS

Points are awarded on both a Global and Regional basis, the current Regions for the Olympic Games are divided into FEI Olympic Qualification Groups as follows:
Europe A (North- West)
Europe B (South West)
Europe C (Central and Eastern Africa/Middle East)
South East Asian
North America
South America

Points are awarded on a basis related to the star rating of the individual event and a set of points has been devised that rewards the rider according to the status of the qualifying event and his/her finishing position.

A rider must complete the event in order to receive points.

A rider's best six scores over the season count towards his/her final position on the table. In order to benefit countries where there are fewer CCI events, riders who enter several horses in an event may score points with each horse.

A competitor may enter events in any Zone in order to gain points and prize money in the Global Rankings. The nationality of the rider determines in which zone he/she will gain points for the Zone Rankings. At the end of the season, final Global and Zone rankings will be published.In the case of a tie, the best placing at the highest level event will decide. If this still results in a tie, the next level down will decide and so on.

For the 2000 Olympic Games, only 3 and 4 star Three Day Events in the Global list will count toward the Rankings. The ranking list will be calculated over the period of 1st January 1999 to 1st March 2000 (deadline for NF/NOCs to gain eligibility)

POINT SYSTEM FOR EVENT RIDER RANKINGS

Championships and Games**** / CCIO****
1st: 161 pts
2nd 155
3rd 150
And so on down in increments of 5

Championships and Games ***
CCIO***
CCI****
1st 111
2nd 106
3rd 102
And so on down in increments of 4

Championships and Games **
CCIO**
CCI***
1st 71
2nd 67
3rd64
And so on down in increments of: 3

Muriel Faienza
FEI Communications
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