The World Agility Open Championships takes place between 13th and 17th May 2024 in Ermelo, Netherlands.

Attention: The EO Qualifier in Switzerland takes also place that week-end...

Arrival will be most probably at latest 11th May 2024.

There will be three individual competitions (Biathlon, Games, Pentathlon) and a Team Competition.

Here you can find more information about the competitions at the WAO.

Website of the WAO: www.worldagilityopen.com

Since people were wondering why there were teams at WAO that didn't qualify, here's the explanation: as read in the Selection Guidelines - see pdf below - (this document has been accepted by the WAO and is published on the official site too), a person who wins a spot can dispose of it and may, for example, run individual competitions with another dog (of the same height category) or hand over a partner/friend/colleague etc with another dog of the same height category.

Information for online banking - please pay until 15th october - please write the name of the dog and height

IBAN CH70 0076 3000 1177 8917 5
Appenzeller Kantonalbank
Bettina Stemmler, 8309 Nürensdorf

TWINT: 079 409 23 82 (please write name of the dog and height)

Selection Guidelines

Here you can see the official selection guidelines of the Team Switzerland, which you can also find on the Website of the WAO.

Team 2026

There will be a comined ranking list over al runs with accumulated points:

1st Rank gets 20 points, 2nd rank 19 points and so on until 20th rank 1 point. If there are less competitors per category, the points will be adjusted accordingly (15 dogs - winner gets 15 points).

In the event of a tie, the dog with the better accumulated score (running time and fault/refus points together) of Agility and Jumping will be considered. An elimination counts 50 seconds and 50 points (score: 100).

For 250 category the first two dogs in the combined ranking list will earn a spot in the team and in the other height categories the first three dogs in the combinded ranking list will earn a spot in the team.

For the Junior Handlers: One dog per height category can qualify.

Precondition Handler

The competition is open for persons with swiss citizenships or permanent residency in Switzerland.

Persons born on or after 1st May 2007 please enter as "junior" Handler on the inscription.

I expect a friendly treatment of dogs at all time!

Precondition Dog

Dogs need to be minimum 18 months old to participate at the WAO.

Sick, blind or pregnant dogs are not allowed to compete.

Please let me know if your bitch is in season shortly before the competition.

The dog needs to have a valid rabies vaccination.

The dog does not need to have an FCI pedigree.

Height categories WAO

For the estimated height category, please use the list below.

As we do not have official WAO measurements here - if a dog is tight at the border between two categories, it makes sense to choose the higher categry, because:

• If a dog is measured at the WAO higher than he was entered (for example a dog was entered as 300, but measured then as 400), it will lead to problems. The dog is not allowed to comepte (except if the measurement was only up to 5mm too high).

• If a dog - in the reversed case - would be entered in a category higher then measured (for example a dog would be entered as a 300, but would be measured as a 250), the dog can still compete at the WAO 2025 in the entered category (300 in the example) and would be a 250 dog in a future WAO.

As there are always borderline cases regarding size categories, but there is no possibility for official WAO measurement in Switzerland, and I really want to prevent anyone from qualifying and then not being able to start on site, the following applies:

A judge will measure the dogs that may be too large for the registered size class (see above) on an optional basis in the morning before the start of the qualification. After that, it is your responsibility in a borderline case to either play it safe and re-register your dog for the next higher size class or take the risk of starting in the lower/registered class and, in the event of qualification and official measurement for the higher class in Holland, not being allowed to start at the WAO.

Snooker Information

Below you can find information about Snooker

WAO Rules

For the Qualification the 2026 rule of the WAO will be applied. 

Camping

Limited amount of camping spaces available.

First night: 12 EUR/15 CHF and for following nights 10 EUR/ 12 CHF. Payment at the place.

Entry for Camping directly: kontakt@agility-zentrum.de