With the eventing first horse inspection kicking things off on at the FEI World Championship on Wednesday morning, the draw for the starting order of Nations took place on Tuesday afternoon.
Austria will be the first country out, followed by New Zealand while Australia is in 10th spot.
Order of Nations
1. Austria
2. New Zealand
3. Czech Republic
4. USA
5. Thailand
6. Spain
7. Poland
8. Japan
9. China
10. Australia
11. Canada
12. Brazil
13. Ireland
14. France
15. Finland
16. Switzerland
17. Germany
18. India
19. Sweden
20. Netherlands
21. Denmark
22. Belgium
23. Türkiye
24. Great Britain
25. Morocco
26. Italy
27. Hungary
The allocation of the starting positions for all athletes in the competition will be made after the first Horse Inspection, in presence of the Ground Jury, Technical Delegate and Chefs d’Equipe.
The total starting places will be divided into 8 blocks (A to H) and the Athletes will be allocated to each block as follows
• Block A – 1st Athlete in each Team
• Block B – 25 percent of Individual Athletes
• Block C – 2nd Athlete in each Team
• Block D – 25 percent of Individual Athletes
• Block E - 25 percent of Individual Athletes
• Block F – 3rd Athlete in each Team
• Block G - 25 percent of Individual Athletes
• Block H – 4th Athlete in each Team
