Chapter V     Continental and Regional Jumping Championships and CSIOs

Article    14      Entries

1.   After the approval of the Secretary General of the FEI, the schedule, together with the invitation, is sent to the appropriate NFs of the Continent or Region by the NF of the host country.

2.     Teams

1      Each NF may enter one team of not more than five competitors and five horses. However, outside of Europe, the NFs concerned may determine the number of teams and the regional basis for team representation (Article 5.7). The Organising Committee must extend its invitation to a Chef d'Equipe who will be given the same privileges as the competitors. No reserve horse may be brought to this Championship.

2      These five competitors and five horses are allowed to take part in the team competition and individual competitions of the Championship.

3      For CSIO Events the Organising Committee has the choice of using one of the following formulae:

3.1     As per Article 4.2.1, 2.2

3.2     As per Article 250.1

 3      Individuals instead of teams.

2.1      A NF, which cannot send a team, may enter one or two individual competitors with one horse each.

2.2      For CSIO Events the Organising Committee has the choice of using one of the following formulae

2.2.1      As per Article 4.3.1

2.2.2      As per Article 250.2

4   NFs are entitled to send one groom for each two horses with a maximum of two grooms per team.

5.  Entries shall be made in three phases in accordance with the General Regulations.

6.   The Technical Committee decides whether or not the Championship is organised as an Open Championship or as a non-Open Championship. If the Championship is declared to be an Open Championship, Teams and Individuals from countries outside the Continent or Region in which the Championship is held, compete for Championship Medals and Titles under the same conditions as Teams and Individuals from the host Continent or Region.

7.    It is left to the organiser's discretion to accept, with the agreement of the Technical Committee, entries for non-Open Championships of teams and/or Individuals from countries Outside the Continent or Region in which the Championship is held.

Article    15      Declaration of Starters

1. The Chefs d'Equipe must declare the composition of their team (four competitors/horses) to the Secretariat in writing, before 18.00 hours, on the day preceding the team competition.

2. The fifth pair competitor/horse may only be eligible to start as a member of the team in the case of an accident or of illness either to one of the four team competitors or to one of the four horses, provided the Chef d'Equipe obtains the approval of the Ground Jury.

3.   If the Championship is held during a CSI the organiser may allow the competitors participating in the Championship to take part in the competitions of the CSI riding a different horse than that of the Championship (Article 7). The horses to be ridden in the Championship must, however, be declared before arrival at the event and cannot be substituted.

Article    16      Qualification

1. Horses.

1. Horses must be 6 years old or older.

2. A Championship for Juniors is open to horses which have not competed in a Nations Cup or Grand Prix in a CSIO for Seniors during the current year.

They may not have competed previously in any competition for Seniors during the Event at which the Championship is being held.

 

2. Competitors.

1      A Championship for Young Riders is open to competitors from the beginning of the year in which they reach the age of 16 until the end of the year in which they reach the age of 21.

2      A Junior, from the beginning of the year in which he reaches the age of 16 until the end of the year in which he reaches the age of 18 may take part in the Championship for Young Riders, but he may not take part in both the Championship for Young Riders, and in the Championship for Juniors during the same year and in the same discipline.

3      A Junior, from the year in which he reaches the age of 18, may take part in the Continental and World Jumping Championships for Seniors, but he is not allowed to take part in Championships for Juniors, Young Riders and/or Seniors in the same year. However, a Junior, from the year in which he reaches his 16th birthday, may take part in the same year in both the Junior Jumping Championship and in certain international competitions for Seniors on the occasion of a CSIO and a CSI (article 2106.1).

4      A Junior who, from the year in which he reaches the age of 18, has taken part in a Continental or World Jumping Championship for Seniors will no longer be eligible to compete as a Junior.

5      A Young Rider, from the beginning of the year he reaches the age of 18 until the end of the year in which he reaches the age of 21 may take part in the Championship for Seniors, but he may not take part in both the Championship for Seniors and in the Championship for Young Riders during the same year in the same discipline.

Article    17      Competitions

One of the two following formulas must be used:

Formula A                                       Formula B

First day

Preliminary competition                   Preliminary competition

                                                      First qualifying competition

Second day

First qualifying competition             Team championship

Third day

Team championship                       Rest day

                                                     (Second day may be used as rest day instead)

Fourth day

Farewell competition                      Farewell competition

Individual final competition             Individual final competition

 

Preliminary Competitions.

The Organising Committee is required to arrange one or two preliminary competitions, which are optional for the competitors. These competitions are run under Table A.

If Formula B is used, the course must consist of 8 obstacles.

It is recommended that one competition is open to riders who have completed a previous Championship and the other to those who have never competed in a Championship.

Individual classification according to faults and time, without a jump-off in the event of equality for the first place (Article 238.2.A2).

First qualifying competition for the Individual Championship

Open to all competitors.

Order of starting in the first qualifying competition.

There will be a draw for the starting order of the competitors, regardless of their nationality.

 For Young Riders:

A Table A course judged under Table C (Articles 239 and 268) without a jump-off in the event of equality for the first place.

The scores obtained by each competitor will be converted into points by multiplying the time of each competitor by the coefficient 0.50; the score must be correct to 2 decimal places. The second decimal place will be rounded up to .005 and rounded down from .004.

The competitor with the lowest number of points after this conversion will be given zero penalties, the other competitors being credited with the number of penalties representing the difference in points between each of them and the leading rider.

If a competitor has been eliminated or has retired, the time of the most penalised competitor, increased by 20 seconds, will be multiplied by the above coefficient to convert his score into penalties.

 For Juniors:

Table A against the clock without a jump-off in the event of equality for the first place (Article 238.2.A2).

If a competitor has been eliminated or has retired, he shall be penalised with 20 points more than the competitor with the highest number of penalties 

 Team Championship - (also second qualifying competition for the Individual Championship)

1.  This competition is run in two rounds according to Table A not against the clock with a jump-off against the clock in case of equality for 1st, 2nd and/or 3rd place.

This competition to be open only to competitors and horses which have taken part in the first competition (paragraph 2), the team classification only affecting the members of the teams who have declared to start (Article 269.6.2).

2.        Order of starting in the Team Competition.

Starting order in the Team Competition will be according to a draw in the first round. In the second round the order of starting will be according to the reverse order of penalties incurred in the first round.

In the second round individual competitors will start before the teams.

In the case of individuals or teams with equal penalties, the same order of starting will be retained as in the first round.

The order of starting in the possible jump-off will revert to the order of starting as in the second round.

If two jump-offs are required, the jump-off for the third place shall precede the jump-off for the second and first places. 

Farewell Competition

Organising Committees must provide one individual Farewell competition for those who are not qualified to participate in the Individual Final of the Championship. 

This competition is judged under Table A against the clock with one jump-off against the clock. (Article 238.3.AM5). 

lndividual Final competition

1.1     Running

This competition consists of two rounds A and B judged under Table A not against the clock with a jump-off against the clock in case of equality for the 1st, 2nd and/or 3rd place (Article 283.3.2).

Qualified to participate are the top 60% competitors (including those placed equal for last place) according to the cumulative penalties over the first and the second qualifying competitions The number of riders permitted to participate must not be less than 15 and not more than 30.

They must have taken part in the first competition (completed or not) and have completed the second competition (without having been eliminated or without retiring). If, for any reason, one or more of the qualified competitors are unable to start, they will not be replaced by followers.

All competitors who complete Round A go forward to round B, except those competitors who are eliminated or who have retired after Round A. The penalties in the two rounds are added.

The competitors will be invited to inspect course B.

1.2     Starting Order.

The starting order for Round A will follow the reverse order of penalties incurred in the first and second qualifying competitions of the Championship. In the event of equality of penalties for any placing, the result of the first qualifying competition will be the deciding factor for the starting order of competitors. The lowest placed qualified rider will therefore start first.

The starting order for Round B will follow the reverse order of the penalties incurred in the first and second qualifying competitions as well as Round A. The competitor with the greatest number of penalties will start first, the competitor with the least penalties will start last. In the event of competitors with equal penalties, the result of the first qualifying competition will be the deciding factor for the starting order.

Article    18      Obstacles and Courses

1.     First qualifying competition

The course consists of 12 to 14 obstacles.

-          Height

For Young Riders:

1.45 m maximum with a proportional spread between 1.50 m and 1.70 m.

For Juniors:

1.35 m maximum with a proportional spread between 1.40 m and 1.60 m.

 

- Speed :           375 m per minute.

- Distance :           500 m minimum, 600 m maximum.

2.        Team competition

The Course for the team Final competition and second qualifier for the Individual Championship consists of 12 to 14 obstacles, comprising 1 double and 1 treble or 3 doubles.

-     Height:

For Young Riders:

1.50 m maximum with a proportional spread between 1.50 m and 1.80 m.

At least 8 obstacles of a height of 1.40 m minimum (including 2 compulsory straight obstacles

For Juniors:

1.40 m maximum with a proportional spread between 1.40 m and 1.70 m.

At least 7 obstacles of a height of 1.30 m minimum (including 2 compulsory straight obstacles

-          Water jump:

For Young Riders:

4.20 m, including take-off element, compulsory.

For Juniors:

Between 3.50 m and 4 m, including take-off element, compulsory.

-          Speed:           

For Young Riders:              400 m per minute

For Juniors:              375 m per minute

-      Distance:             500 m minimum, 600 m maximum.

4.        Individual Final Competition

In Round A of the Individual Championship, 10 to 12 obstacles must be included, comprising 1 double and 1 treble or 3 doubles.

-          Height:

For Young Riders:

1.50 m maximum with a proportional spread between 1.50 m and 1.80 m with the exception of the triple bar where the spread must not be greater than 2 m.

For Juniors:

1.40 m maximum with a proportional spread between 1.40 m and 1.70 m with the exception of the triple bar where the spread must not be greater than 2 m.

-          Water jump:

For Young Riders:

4.20 m, including take-off element, compulsory.

For Juniors:

Between 3.50 m and 4 m, including take-off element, compulsory.

-          Speed:           

For Young Riders:              400 m per minute

For Juniors:              375 m per minute

-          Distance:     500 m minimum, 600 m maximum.

 

Round B must be different from Round A and must consist of 8 to 10 obstacles, comprising 1 triple or 1 double. The same specifications for the heights and spreads as those used for Round A.

-          Speed:           

For Young Riders:              400 m per minute

For Juniors:              375 m per minute

-          Distance:     450 m minimum, 550 m maximum.

 

5. Jump-off

In the case of a jump-off, either for team classification or for the individual classification, a reduced course over six obstacles which may be raised (to a maximum of 1,50m for Juniors) and/or widened.

5.        Preliminary and Farewell competitions

The obstacles for the preliminary and farewell competitions must have a height of approximately 1.40 m for Young Riders and 1.30 m for Juniors with a proportional spread between 1.40 m and  1.60 m.

If Formula B is used, the number of obstacles in the preliminary competition may not exceed eight.

- Water jump: maximum 4 m including the take-off element, both for Young Riders and Juniors, not compulsory.

- Speed:  350 m per minute.

- Distance: 450 to 600 m.

Article    19      Team Classification

1.      The classification is decided by adding the penalties incurred by the 3 best competitors of each team in each of the two rounds of the Team Championship.

2.        Team competitors not completing the 1st or 2nd round receive 20 penalties more than the worst placed team competitor who has finished that particular round.

3.        In the case of equality of penalties between the teams for first, second and/or third place, a jump-off against the clock is compulsory in which all team competitors participate (Article 18).

4.         If two jump-offs are required, the jump-off for the third place shall precede the jump-off for the second and the first place

5.        The classification in this jump-off is obtained by adding the penalties and the times incurred by the 3 best competitors in each team. In case of further equality of penalties and time, the teams will be placed equal..

6.        The other teams will be placed according to their added penalties in the two rounds. Those with equal penalties are placed equal.

7.        In addition to the team classification there will be an individual classification with prizes for the team competition. Competitors with equality of penalties are placed equal.

8.        Teams taking part in a non-open Championship from countries outside the Continent or Region in which the Championship is held, may participate in the team competition, but will not receive a team classification. They may receive prizes for the individual classification in the team competition (Article 19.6).

Article    20      Individual Classification

1.      The individual placing is determined for each compe­titor by the addition of penalties incurred in the first qualifying competition, the two rounds of the second qualifying competition (disregarding the penalties incurred in a possible jump-off) and Rounds A and B of the third competition.

2.        In case of equality of penalties for the first, second and/or third place, a jump-off against the clock is compulsory (Article 18).

3.        If two jump-offs are required, the jump-off for the third place shall precede the jump-off for the second and the first place.

4.        Competitors taking part in non-open Championships from countries outside the Continent or Region in which the Championship is held may participate in the Final Individual Competition if qualified, but are not allowed to take part in the jump-off for Individual medal placing. Their penalties from Rounds A and B are added to give them their classification in the competition.

5.        Two classifications for the Individual Final competition must be provided; one for the Individual Medal winners; and another for all competitors taking part in this competition. For the latter classification only the results from Rounds A and B count. Competitors with equality of penalties are placed equal.

Article    21      Saddlery and Dress

1.      The rules regarding saddlery must be strictly applied in accordance with the Rules for Jumping Events (Article 260).

2.        The rules regarding dress must be strictly applied in accordance with the Rules for Jumping Events (Article 258).

Article    22      Ground Jury

The President of the Ground Jury must be appointed by the FEI Jumping Committee in accordance with the General and Jumping Regulations. The Organising Committee appoints the Members of the Ground Jury in accordance with the General Regulations.

Article    23      Technical Delegate

The Technical Delegate must be appointed by the FEI Jumping Committee in accordance with the General and Jumping Regulations.