LIVE: Sweden absolute favorite for the final tomorrow with three clear rounds!

LIVE: Sweden absolute favorite for the final tomorrow with three clear rounds!

Today is the day! Jumping action in Tokyo! The country teams are jumping the qualification today for the final tomorrow. Do you want to follow the competition live? You can do so via Eurosport. We will also keep you informed live on this page. The competition starts at 12.00! 

Picture: Libby Law


14.37 Gregory Wathlet chooses a quiet round which gives him two time faults but also a Belgian final spot.

14.34: Steve Guerdat cannot keep the zero but his performance might be enough to qualify the Swiss for the final.

14.30 Time for one of the best riders in the world. Rodrigo Pessoa rides Carlito's Way 6 to the finish with a total of 20 penalty points.

14.27 New Olympic champion Ben Maher is the last to go for Great Britain. Against all odds, his Explosion made one fault, bringing the team total to 20.

14.25 McLain Ward is the last rider to go for the USA. In the saddle of Contagious he collects 5 penalty points which brings the team total to 13. Maybe this is enough to enter the final.

14.22 Peder Fredricson does what is expected of him: he records the third clear round for team Sweden, making them the favourites in the final.

14.20 Mathieu Billot is the last rider to finish for France with 9 penalty points. This brings France's total to 15 penalty points, which may be enough for qualification.

14.18 For Egypt, Mouda Zeyada is the last to go. He finishes with 12 penalty points

14.14 New Zealand closes with eight penalty points for Daniel Meech. This brings the team total to 39

14.12 Abdelkebir Ouaddar concludes with 21 penalty points for team Morocco

14.09 The Argentines send Matias Albaraccin into the ring as last. He gets one jumping fault and two points for time.

14.06 The last rider for Mexico, Patricio Pasquel, concludes with 5 penalty points.

14.03 Zhenqiang Li, who last performs for China, gets a total of seven jumping faults behind his name

14.00 The last rider of the Czech team, Opatrny, concludes with 13 penalty points


13.57 Marc Houtzager concludes with 5 penalty points

13.54: Maurice Tebbel secures a second round without jumping faults for Germany but gets two points for time behind his name

13.52: Also for Jerome Guery and Quel Homme de Hus there is one point in time which brings the total of the Belgians to two.

13.48 Bryan Balsiger jumped a clear round that kept the Swiss total to one time fault.

13.46 Pedro Veniss is next in line. Zanotelli did it flawlessly for the Brazilians, for Veniss there are 5 penalty points.

13.45 For the Great Britain team, Harry Charles is next. He has three jumping faults behind his name. 16 penalty points is the provisional result for team GB.

13.42 Jessica Springsteen is the second rider on the American team. She has one jumping fault behind her name, bringing the total for the Americans to eight.

13.39 Malin Baryard-Johnsson secures a second clear round for team Sweden, keeping them on 0 penalty points.

13.37 Penelope Leprevost is the first rider to go after the break. She accumulates five penalty points along the way.

13.15 The Irish have been eliminated so we immediately continue with Egypt's second rider. Mohammed Talaat gets 9 penalty points

13;12 Tom Traver-Priebe takes the stand for New Zealand. He concludes with 13 penalty points

13.09 El Ghali Boukaa is next for the Moroccans. He gets six penalty points behind his name.

13.06 Argentina's second rider, Martin Dopazo, concludes with 14 points

13.03 Eugenio Garza Perez cannot get his horse over the wall. Mexico is also out of the game.

13.00 Teddy Vlock falls for team Israel. They are also eliminated

12.57 Zhang is the second rider for the Chinese. He gets 13 penalty points which brings the team total to 28

12.54 Anna Kellerova gets 17 penalty points for the Czech team


12.51 Willem Greve is the last to start. He gets 13 penalty points behind his name

12.49 For Germany, Andre Thieme does it with one point for time!

12.44 Pieter Devos and Claire Z had all the fences in the fences, but gained one point for the time.

12.43 Martin Fuchs and Clooney keep the zero but get one point for time

12.41 Marlon Modolo Zanotelli can record a clear round for Brazil! 

12.39 Holly Smith concludes with four penalty points for Great Britain

12.37 Henrik von Eckermann can jump the first clear round, for Laura Kraut there are four penalty points

12.30 France sends Simon Delestre into the ring first. He gets one point for time

12.27 Nayal Nassar with Igor vd Wittemoere will compete for Egypt. They conclude with eight penalty points

12.25 Shane Sweetnam is the first Irishman in the ring. The duo does not reach the finish. Ireland is out of the race

12.21 Bruce Goodin and Backatorps Danny V get 17 starting points behind their names. Less good start for New Zealand

12;18 Ali Al Ahrach gets a total of 10 penalty points for Morocco

12;15 The Argentines send Fabian Sejanes and Emir into the ring first. They conclude with 7 penalty points

12.14 Enrique Gonzalez can keep the zero, but gets one time point behind his name. 1 time point for Mexico!

12.12 The Israeli Alberto Michan is next. He and Cosa Nostra get 12 penalty points behind his name.

12.09 The Japanese revelation of the Games, Daisuke Fukushima drives Chanyon to a total of eight penalty points.

12.06 Yaofeng Li and Jericho Dwerse Hagen are the second to start. The Chinese also finish with 15 penalty points

12.03 Czech Republic is the first to start. Zvara can't keep the zero with Cento Lano and strandes on 15 penalty points