Fédération Equestre Internationale

International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI)
purpose	World Equestrian Federation
Seat	Lausanne , Switzerland
founding	1921
president	Ingmar De Vos
Members	133 national associations
Website	www.fei.org

The FEI headquarters in Lausanne

The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) and the International Federation of Equestrian Sports is the international umbrella organization of equestrian sport based in Lausanne ( Switzerland ).

tasks

The organization is organizer of all international tournaments , which by its members aligned to. In particular, this means that it decides on competition and qualification rules at the World Equestrian Games and the Olympic Games . Medical care and doping tests at international tournaments are also the responsibility of the FEI.

The national competition events of the members are organized by the relevant national federation, called Fédération Equestre Nationale (FN). The FEI has no control over this. In the event of extreme violations, however, the associations can be suspended, for example the national association of the United Arab Emirates was suspended indefinitely in March 2015 due to significant irregularities relating to the endurance competitions there.

In the interest of optimal competition preparation for international tournaments, the national competitions are also organized by the national associations according to regulations based on those of the FEI. Nevertheless, there are definitely differences in the judging procedure (for example, in show jumping, a time penalty is awarded for every four seconds or part thereof in show jumping, while a quarter penalty point per second or part thereof is charged at national tournaments in Germany). One of the most noticeable differences for the athletes are the deviating doping and medication regulations.

The German national federation is the German Equestrian Association . Its Austrian counterpart is the Austrian Equestrian Federation (OEPS), while the Swiss Equestrian Federation (SVPS) is responsible for Switzerland .

An important goal of the FEI is the fair and gentle treatment of the horse in all competitions, which contributed to a significant defuse of the cross-country ride at the Olympic Summer Games 2004 compared to previous Olympic Games. The FEI has drawn up a code of conduct , the FEI's Code of Conduct . It includes monitoring the health and well-being of participating horses in tournaments / competitions and respecting the principles of equestrianism .

FEI Presidium

So far (as of 2017) there were 14 presidents, with Karel V. Quarles van Ufford being the only president to hold this office twice. Recently, a presidency may only last a maximum of two terms. Ingmar De Vos from Belgium has been President of the FEI since 2014 . Dieter von Landsberg-Velen , the former president of the German Equestrian Association, was vice-president for many years.

#	Surname	nation	From	To
1	Baron you part	France	1921	1927
2	Gerrit Johannes Maris	Netherlands	1927	1929
3	Karel F. Quarles van Ufford	Netherlands	1929	1931
4th	Guy Vernor Henry, Jr.	United States	1931	1935
5	Max von Holzing-Berstett	German Empire	1935	1936
6th	Karel F. Quarles van Ufford	Netherlands	1936	1939
7th	Magnus Rydman	Finland	1939	1946
8th	Gaston de Trannoy	Belgium	1946	1954
9	Bernhard zur Lippe-Biesterfeld	Netherlands	1954	1964
10	Philip Mountbatten	United Kingdom	1964	1986
11	Anne Mountbatten-Windsor	United Kingdom	1986	1994
12	Maria del Pilar	Spain	1994	2006
13	Haya bint al-Hussein	Jordan	2006	2014
14th	Ingmar De Vos	Belgium	2014	-

History and members

year	Number of national associations
1921	8th
1928	20th
1938	28
1960	46
1970	50
1975	59
1986	80
2014	133

The organization was founded in Paris on November 24, 1921 by the national associations from Belgium , Denmark , France , Italy , Japan , Norway , Sweden and the USA . Germany has been part of the organization since 1927. Since the Federação Equestre De Angola was established in 2014, 133 national associations belong to it.

The federations organized in the FEI are divided into 9 regional groups:

• Group I: Central and Southern Europe
• Group II: Central and Northern Europe
• Group III: Russia and the Middle East
• Group IV: North America and the Caribbean
• Group V: Central America, the Caribbean and Colombia
• Group VI: South America
• Group VII: North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula
• Group VIII: Eastern Asia and Oceania
• Group IX: Southern Africa

National association	country	group	FEI tournaments (2015)	year
Egyptian Equestrian Federation (EEF)	Egypt	VII	6th	1946
Albanian Equestrian Sports Federation	Albania	I.	0	2007
Federation Equestre Algerienne	Algeria	VII	12	1963
Federació Andorrana D'Hípica	Andorra	I.	0	1998
Federação Equestre De Angola	Angola	IX	0	2014
Antigua & Barbuda Horse Society	Antigua and Barbuda	IV	0	1997
Federación Ecuestre Argentina	Argentina	VI	82	1928
Equestrian Federation Of Armenia	Armenia	III	0	2000
Equestrian Federation Of Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	III	12	1997
Ethiopian Equestrian Association	Ethiopia	IX	0	1994
Equestrian Australia	Australia	VIII	155	1951
Bahrain Royal Equestrian & Endurance Federation	Bahrain	VII	14th	1985
Barbados Equestrian Association	Barbados	IV	0	1994
Federation Royale Belge Des Sports Equestres	Belgium	I.	170	1921
Bermuda Equestrian Federation	Bermuda	IV	0	1976
Federación Boliviana De Deportes Ecuestres	Bolivia	VI	0	1959
The Horse Society Of Botswana	Botswana	IX	0	1993
Confederação Brasileira De Hipismo	Brazil	VI	97	1935
Brunei Equine Association	Brunei	VIII	0	2001
Bulgarian Equestrian Federation	Bulgaria	I.	9	1928
Cayman Islands Equestrian Federation	Cayman Islands	IV	0	2004
Federación Ecuestre De Chile	Chile	VI	54	1935
Chinese Equestrian Association	People's Republic of China	VIII	12	1983
Chinese Taipei Equestrian Association	Taiwan	VIII	2	1975
Federación Ecuestre De Costa Rica	Costa Rica	V	12	1973
Dansk Ride Forbund	Denmark	II	123	1921
German Equestrian Federation	Germany	II	331	1927
Federación Dominicana De Deportes Ecuestres, Inc.	Dominican Republic	V	0	1979
Federación Ecuatoriana De Deportes Ecuestres	Ecuador	VI	17th	1957
Federación Salvadoreña De Ecuestres	El Salvador	V	0	1972
Equestrian Federation Of Estonia	Estonia	II	12	1992
The Equestrian Federation Of Finland	Finland	II	31	1923
Federation Française D'Equitation	France	I.	582	1921
National Equestrian Federation of Georgia	Georgia	III	2	1999
Hellenic Equestrian Federation	Greece	I.	7th	1938
Asociación Nacional De Ecuestres De Guatemala	Guatemala	V	14th	1949
Federation Equestre Haitienne	Haiti	IV	0	1999
Federación Ecuestre De Honduras	Honduras	V	0	1985
Hong Kong Equestrian Federation	Hong Kong	VIII	1	1978
Equestrian Federation Of India	India	VIII	2	1971
Equestrian Federation Of Indonesia	Indonesia	VIII	0	1975
Equestrian Federation of Iraq	Iraq	VII	0	2005
Equestrian Federation Of The Islamic Republic Of Iran	Iran	III	4th	1959
Horse Sport Ireland	Ireland	II	53	1931
The National Association Of Riding Clubs In Iceland	Iceland	II	0	1997
Israel Equestrian Federation	Israel	I.	0	1986
Italian Equestrian Federation	Italy	I.	259	1921
Equestrian Federation Of Jamaica	Jamaica	IV	0	1983
Japan Equestrian Federation	Japan	VIII	21st	1921
Yemen Equestrian Federation	Yemen	VII	0	2007
Royal Jordanian Equestrian Federation	Jordan	VII	7th	1988
Virgin Islands Equestrian Association	American Virgin Islands	IV	0	1977
Cambodian Equestrian Federation	Cambodia	VIII	0	2007
Equine Canada	Canada	IV	95	1950
Kazakhstan Equestrian Federation	Kazakhstan	III	5	1993
Qatar Equestrian Federation	Qatar	VII	29	1982
Horse Association Of Kenya	Kenya	IX	0	1996
The Equestrian Federation Of The Kyrgyztan Republic	Kyrgyzstan	III	1	1993
Federación Ecuestre De Colombia	Colombia	V	24	1947
Federation Congolaise Des Sports Equestres (FCSE)	Democratic Republic of Congo	IX	2	1980
Korea Equestrian Federation	South Korea	VIII	3	1952
Croatian Equestrian Federation	Croatia	I.	6th	1992
Federación Ecuestre Cubana	Cuba	V	0	1937
Kuwait Equestrian Federation	Kuwait	VII	0	1980
Latvian Equestrian Federation	Latvia	II	2	1992
Federation Equestre Libanaise	Lebanon	VII	0	1957
Libyan Arab Equestrian Federation	Libya	VII	0	1970
Liechtenstein Equestrian Association	Liechtenstein	I.	0	1984
Lithuanian Equestrian Association	Lithuania	II	22nd	1992
Federation Luxembourgeoise Des Sports Equestres	Luxembourg	I.	2	1956
Federation Des Sports Equestres De Madagascar	Madagascar	IX	0	2005
Malawi Equestrian Federation	Malawi	IX	0	2002
Equestrian Association Of Malaysia	Malaysia	VIII	10	1981
National Equestrian Federation Of Malta	Malta	I.	0	1999
Federation Royale Marocaine Des Sports Equestres	Morocco	VII	6th	1958
Mauritian Equestrian Sports Federation	Mauritius	IX	0	1994
National Equestrian Federation Of Fyromacedonia	North Macedonia	I.	0	2004
Federacion Ecuestre Mexicana	Mexico	V	36	1938
Federatia Ecvestra A Republicii Moldova	Moldova	III	0	1994
Federation Equestre De La Principaute De Monaco	Monaco	I.	1	1995
Mongolian National Horse Racing Association	Mongolia	VIII	0	1998
Myanmar Equestrian Federation	Myanmar	VIII	0	1996
Namibian Equestrian Federation	Namibia	IX	11	1992
Equestrian Sports New Zealand	New Zealand	VIII	85	1951
Federacion Ecuestre De Nicaragua	Nicaragua	V	0	1999
Royal Dutch Equestrian Federation	Netherlands	II	161	1924
Norges Rytterforbund Norwegian Equestrian Federation	Norway	II	28	1921
Oman Equestrian Federation	Oman	VII	4th	1986
Austrian Equestrian Federation	Austria	I.	160	1928
Equestrian Federation Of Pakistan	Pakistan	III	0	1982
Palestine Equestrian Federation	Palestine	VII	0	1999
Organización Ecuestre De Panamá	Panama	V	0	1989
Federación De Deportes Ecuestres Del Paraguay (Fedepa)	Paraguay	VI	0	1980
Federación Peruana De Deportes Ecuestres	Peru	VI	0	1952
Equestrian Association Of The Philippines	Philippines	VIII	0	1975
Federation Equestre Polonaise	Poland	II	133	1975
Federação Equestre Portuguesa	Portugal	I.	77	1928
Federación Puertorriqueña De Deportes Ecuestres	Puerto Rico	V	0	1964
Federation Equestre Roumaine	Romania	I.	7th	1930
Federation Of Equestrian Sports Of Russia	Russia	III	79	1993
Zambia National Equestrian Federation	Zambia	IX	0	1981
Federazione Ippica Sammarinese	San Marino	I.	1	1989
Saudi Arabian Equestrian Federation	Saudi Arabia	VII	10	1990
Svenska Ridsportförbundet	Sweden	II	63	1921
Federation Suisse Des Sports Equestres	Switzerland	I.	51	1923
Federation Senegalaise Des Sports Equestres	Senegal	IX	0	1994
Federation For Equestrian Sport Of Serbia	Serbia	I.	1	2002
Zimbabwe Equestrian Federation	Zimbabwe	IX	2	1956
Equestrian Federation Of Singapore	Singapore	VIII	2	1975
Slovak Equestrian Federation	Slovakia	I.	71	1993
Equestrian Federation Of Slovenia	Slovenia	I.	17th	1992
Real Federación Hípica Española	Spain	I.	168	1924
Sri Lanka Equestrian Association	Sri Lanka	VIII	0	2004
South African Equestrian Federation	South Africa	IX	52	1947
Sudan Equestrian Federation	Sudan	VII	0	1996
Swaziland National Equestrian Federation	Swaziland	IX	0	1999
Federation Arabe Syrienne Des Sports Equestres	Syria	VII	0	1971
Thailand Equestrian Federation (TEF)	Thailand	VIII	3	1983
The Trinidad And Tobago Equestrian Association	Trinidad and Tobago	IV	0	1998
Czech Equestrian Federation	Czech Republic	I.	43	1927
Federation Tunisienne Des Sports Equestres	Tunisia	VII	5	1961
Turkish Equestrian Federation	Turkey	I.	5	1932
Turkmen Equestrian Federation	Turkmenistan	III	0	1997
The Equestrian Federation Of Ukraine	Ukraine	III	1	1993
Hungarian Equestrian Federation	Hungary	I.	65	1927
Federación Uruguaya De Deportes Ecuestres	Uruguay	VI	61	1960
Uzbekistan Equestrian Sport Federation	Uzbekistan	III	1	1993
Federación Venezolana De Deportes Ecuestres	Venezuela	V	0	1947
United Arab Emirates Equestrian & Racing Federation	United Arab Emirates	VII	28	1985
United States Equestrian Federation, Inc.	United States	IV	417	1921
British Equestrian Federation	United Kingdom	II	183	1925
Equestrian Federation Of Belarus	Belarus	III	14th	1993
Cyprus Equestrian Federation	Cyprus	I.	0	1982

Names of the tournaments

Abbr.	Surname	discipline
CHI	Concours Hippique International	more than one
CSI	Concours de Saut d'Obstacles International	Show jumping
CDI	Concours de Dressage International	Dressage riding
CCI	Concours Complet d'Équitation International	Eventing riding
CIC	Concours International Combiné	Eventing (until 2018)
CAI	Concours d'Attelage International	Team driving
CEI	Concours de Raid Endurance International	Endurance riding
CVI	Concours de Voltige International	Vaulting
CRI	Concours de Reining International	Reining
CPEI	Concours Para-Equestrian International	Disabled riding

An international tournament - called Concours International (CI) - has a certain designation determined by the FEI in the General Regulations , depending on the disciplines played . The disciplines approved by the FEI are dressage , show jumping , eventing , reining , endurance riding , vaulting , driving (team driving) and equestrian sports for the disabled .

The tournaments are classified by stars after the CI abbreviation. The number of stars represents the level of difficulty and the prize money - and thus indirectly the strength of the competition. The more stars, the higher the requirement. The maximum is different for each CI. For example, a CVI has a maximum of four stars (CVI ****), a CSI a maximum of five (CSI *****).

Each country is allowed to host an official international tournament once per year and discipline, the name of which is expanded to include the word Officiel . A Concours International Officiel must contain the official competitions for the respective discipline for both the individual and the team competition.

International championships and tournament series of the FEI

Olympic and Paralympic Games

Show jumping, dressage and military (today eventing) have been part of the Olympic disciplines since 1912. Dressage has also been part of the Paralympic disciplines since 1996.

World, continental and regional championships

The FEI holds world, continental and regional championships in all FEI disciplines and all ages.

These include, for example, the following tournaments:

• the individual world championships of the Olympic equestrian disciplines , since 1990 within the framework of the World Equestrian Games
• World and European championships in vaulting
• World championships in four- in-hand driving , endurance riding and para-dressage ( handicapped riding ), held every four years as part of the World Equestrian Games and every two years in between as an independent event
• World championships for singles and pairs ( driving )
• World championships in para-driving (team driving for drivers with disabilities)
• World championships for young dressage, show jumping and eventing horses, these are held annually

The FEI has been organizing the World Equestrian Games since 1990. In the mid-1980s, the idea was strongly promoted by the then FEI President Philip Mountbatten. At the World Equestrian Games, world championships in almost all FEI disciplines are held every four years.

Tournament series

The tournament series with the longest tradition carried out by the organization is the Nations Cup of Show Jumping , whose origins go back to 1909. Today there are also Nations Cup series in dressage and eventing .

The FEI has recognized further tournament series - including the Global Champions Tour , the Riders Tour , the European Youngster Cup for riders up to 25 years of age, the Masters League and also the Grand Slam for show jumpers .

World cup

The FEI World Cup tournament series began with show jumping in 1978 and was gradually expanded to include dressage, eventing, driving and, most recently, vaulting. While the World Cups in dressage and show jumping in Western Europe are purely indoor sports, in the rest of the world, like the other World Cup series, they take place as open-air events. Only the competitions of the Vaulting World Cup, which is limited to Europe, take place entirely in the hall.

• FEI World Cup in show jumping
• FEI World Cup in dressage
• FEI World Cup in eventing
• FEI World Cup in four-in-hand driving
• FEI World Cup in vaulting

Web links

• Official website
• Names of the international tournaments and their abbreviations by the FEI

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FEI suspends the United Arab Emirates for an indefinite period , Pferderevue, March 12, 2015
2. ↑ see for example FN sticks to national medication rules , press release of the German Equestrian Association of September 16, 2014
3. ↑ FEI celebrates 90th birthday and 1000-day countdown to Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014 , FEI press release, November 23, 2011 (English)
4. ↑ General Regulations 23rd edition 2013 ( Memento of the original from May 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 847 kB), Art. 104, p. 14  
5. ↑ General Regulations 23rd edition 2013 ( Memento of the original from May 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 847 kB), Art. 103, p. 14  
6. ↑ Olympic and Paralympic Games on the FEI website (English)
7. ↑ Series approved by the FEI ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)