
The CHIO in Aachen: Numbers, Data and Facts
Today the CHIO Aachen finally begin. The international tournament, where the best riders, vaulters and drivers in the world compete with their horses, will go on for 10 days. To get you in the mood, here are the most important figures, data and facts from 2019!

CHIO Aachen
Duration: 10 days
General sponsors: Mercedes-Benz, Allianz, Turkish Airlines & Rolex
over 1,200 volunteers
a new partner country every year - in 2021, to coincide with the Olympic Games, it will be Japan
CHIO = Concours Hippique International Officiel (french)
Official international tournament of the Federal Republic of Germany (the status “official” means that Aachen is the only German tournament that is allowed to organise Nations’ Cup competitions)
organization: Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein e.V. (ALRV), founded in 1898
marketing: Aachener Reitturnier GmbH (ART), founded in 1975
Sports
one of the four stages of the Rolex Grand Slam (the other three are Spruce Meadows Masters in Canada, CHI Geneva in Switzerland and The Dutch Masters in the Netherlands)
Disciplines:
Jumping (Main Stadium, capacity: 40,000)
Dressage (Deutsche Bank Stadium, capacity: 6,300)
Eventing (jumping in the Main Stadium, dressage in the Deutsche Bank Stadium, cross-country on the cross-country course at the Aachen Soers)
Driving (Driving Stadium and Soers Marathon Course). Every year the marathon attracts tens of thousands of visitors on Saturday, free entry
Vaulting (Albert-Vahle-Arena, capacity: 1,100)
340 riders, drivers and vaulters
30 nations
550 horses
Horse Accommodation
430 permanent stables
18,000 kg of oats
18,000 kg of hay
1,500 bales of straw
600 bales of straw (for bedding)
Veterinarian Centre: Four stables, two examination rooms, X-ray room, darkroom, pharmacy, laboratory, 30 employees in the veterinarian area
Visitors
368,500 visitors
approx. 230 exhibitors in the exhibitor area
Total area of the tents (including catering): 22,500 square meters
Dogs are not allowed on the entire site
Media
over 600 accredited journalists
over 200 TV employees
nationally over 30 hours of TV coverage, of which over 25 hours are pure sports broadcasts
international broadcast in more than 140 countries
Highlights
Nation Cups in all five disciplines
Soerser Sonntag (free entry)
Opening ceremony
Rolex Grand Slam
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