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Tuesday 11 August
Opening ceremony
Dressage: grand prix day one

Wednesday 12 August
Dressage: grand prix day two

Thursday 13 August
Eventing: dressage day one
Vaulting: compulsory test male, female, squads

Friday 14 August
Dressage: grand prix special (evening)
Eventing: dressage day two
Vaulting: technical test male, technical test female, pas de deux round one

Saturday 15 August
Dressage: grand prix freestyle
Eventing: cross-country
Vaulting: free test male, free test female, free test squad

Sunday 16 August
Eventing: showjumping
Vaulting: pas de deux final, nations cup

Monday 17 August
Day off

Tuesday 18 August
Showjumping warm-up session

Wednesday 19 August
Showjumping: speed leg
Para dressage: individual grade I, II, III

Thursday 20 August
Showjumping: team round one
Driving: dressage day one
Para dressage: individual grade IV, V

Friday 21 August
Showjumping: team round two
Driving: dressage day two
Para dressage: team test grade I, II, III

Saturday 22 August
Driving: marathon
Para dressage: team test grade VI, V

Sunday 23 August
Showjumping: individual final
Driving: cones
Para dressage: individual freestyle grade I, II, III, VI, V

Dressage officials

Ground jury: Ulrike Nivelle (GER) (President), Kurt Christensen (DEN), Clive Halsall (GBR), Maria Colliander (FIN), Michael Osinski (USA), Maribel Alonso (MEX), Alice Schwab (AUT)
Technical delegate: Vincenzo Truppa (ITA)
Chief steward: Didier Deschawer (BEL)
Judges supervisory panel: Andrew Gardner (GBR)

Eventing officials

Ground jury: Anne-Mette Binder (DEN) (President), Peter Gray (CAN), Joanne Jarden (IRL)
Technical delegate: Philip Surl (GBR)
Course designer: Giuseppe Della Chiesa (ITA)
Chief steward: Caroline Farwick (GER)

Vaulting officials

Ground jury: Ute Schownian (GER) (President), Craig Coburn (USA) Elzbieta Dolinska (POL), Gabi Benz (ITA), Krisztina Bence-Kiss (HUN), Monika Eriksson (SWE), Lise Berg (DEN), Maria Georgina Fernandez Vergano (ARG), Martine Fournaise (FRA)
Technical delegate: Doris Knotter (AUT)
Chief steward: John Eccles (GBR)

Showjumping officials

Ground jury: Patrice Alvado (FRA) (President), Harry Braspenning (NED), Anna Lindqvist (SWE), Kazuya Hirayama (JPN), Andrew Pollard (GBR).
Technical delegate: Santiago Varela (ESP)
Course designer: Frank Rothenberger (GER)
Chief steward: Maria Hernek (SWE)

Para dressage officials

Ground jury: Marco Orsini (GER) (President), Kjell Myhre (NOR), Kristi Wysocki (USA), Marc Urban (BEL), Katherine Lucheschi (ITA), Anne Prain (FRA)
Technical delegate: Juliet Whatley (GBR)
Chief steward: Jana Alvesparr (SWE)
 Classifiers: Kerri Sowers (USA) (Chief), Jana Kulichova (CZE)

Driving officials

Ground jury: Bert Jambon (BEL) (President), Elimar Thunert (GER), Hermann Can Den Bosch (NED), Pia Skar (DEN), Andrew Counsell (GBR)
Technical delegate: Jeroen Houterman (NED)
Course designer: Alexander Flocke (GER)
Chief steward: Jan Devaere (BEL)

Veterinary officials: week one

Veterinary commission: Friedrich-Wilhelm Hanbücken (GER) (President), Kirste Neil (AUS), Juliana Ramalho De Freitas (BRA)
Veterinary delegate: Mark Sinnott (GBR)

Veterinary officials: week two

Veterinary commission: Friedrich-Wilhelm Hanbücken (GER) (President), Berndt Stanglmeier (CAN), Constanze Zach (AUT)
Veterinary delegate: Thierry Grisard (FRA)

Overall chief steward: Cesar Hirsch (VEN)

Aachen previously hosted the FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) in 2006. WEG brought together the World Championships in multiple different equestrian sports every four years between 1990 and 2018. Financial challenges associated with hosting so many disciplines at a single venue proved prohibitive and so since 2022 each of the disciplines have have their own World Championships. For 2026, Aachen was granted the World Championships for six disciplines, so is running a two-week combined World Championships – but it is not a WEG.