Qatar And Jordan Debut Eventing Squads In Nagoya

Qatar and Jordan have entered Eventing at the 20th Asian Games for the first time, fielding riders at Tokyo Equestrian Park in a discipline both countries have historically left to their Showjumping programmes.

Qatar has entered a four-rider Eventing team of Mohammed Jaber Al Nuaimi, Abdulaziz Ahmed Al Muhannadi, Mohammed Salem Al Marri and Mohammed Nasser Al Qadi for both the team and individual competitions, while Jordan is represented by a single rider, Faris Shalan, in an entry organisers note marks the country's first Eventing appearance at the Games. Eventing runs at Tokyo Equestrian Park from 21 September to 4 October 2026, alongside Dressage and Showjumping, with the Eventing dressage phase opening the equestrian programme.

Qatar Fields A Complete Team Across Three Codes

Qatar has previously built its equestrian reputation on Showjumping, where the country has won Gold medals at past Games, and the four-rider Eventing entry signals a deliberate effort by Qatari equestrian authorities to establish a genuine presence in a discipline that combines dressage, cross-country and showjumping phases. The Eventing squad forms part of a wider ten-horse Qatari team spread across all three Olympic equestrian disciplines at these Games, alongside a four-rider Showjumping squad and two Dressage riders. Badr Al Darwish, President of Qatar's National Equestrian Federation, said the federation had "full confidence in our riders' abilities, experience and potential to deliver strong performances at this major continental event," with the campaign also positioned as preparation ahead of Doha's hosting of the Asian Games in 2030.

Jordan Sends A Solo Eventing Entrant

Jordan has built its own reputation around consistent individual Showjumping results — including entries from riders such as Ibrahim Hani Bisharat and Ra'ad Naser at these Games — rather than team success in Eventing, and Faris Shalan's solo entry into the discipline represents a more limited but still unprecedented step for the country's equestrian programme.

Both entries reflect a broader pattern of Asian equestrian federations extending into disciplines beyond where they have traditionally concentrated resources, with Qatar's four-rider commitment and Jordan's single entrant to be tested against the region's more established Eventing nations across the Tokyo Equestrian Park programme, at a venue that previously staged Olympic equestrian competition in 1964 and at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Games in 2021.