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FIDE Handbook D. Regulations for Specific Competitions / 01. FIDE Individual World Championship Cycles / 02. Continental Championships and Zonal Tournaments / Table of Zonal Divisions - effective till April 30, 2023 /
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D. Regulations for Specific Competitions / 01. FIDE Individual World Championship Cycles / 02. Continental Championships and Zonal Tournaments / Table of Zonal Divisions - effective till April 30, 2023 /

Table of Zonal Divisions - effective till April 30, 2023

TABLE OF ZONAL DIVISIONS effective till April 30, 2023

Zone 1.1 (10)

Zone 1.1a
England
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
Zone 1.1b
Belgium
France
Netherlands
Zone 1.1c
Italy
Portugal
Spain
6M 2W


Zone 1.2 (9)

Zone 1.2a
Austria
Germany
Slovenia
Switzerland
Zone 1.2b
Bosnia & Herzeg.
Croatia
Israel
Kosovo
North Macedonia
7M 2W


Zone 1.3 (5)

Denmark
Finland
Iceland
Norway
Sweden
3M 1W


Zone 1.4 (6)

Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Hungary
Poland
Romania
4M 4W


Zone 1.5 (7)

Zone 1.5a
Albania
Greece
Montenegro
Serbia
Turkey
Zone 1.5b
Armenia
Georgia
4M 7W


Zone 1.6 (1)

Russia
5M 4W


Zone 1.7 (3)

Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
3M 2W


Zone 1.8 (3)

Azerbaijan
Belarus
Moldova
2M 2W



Zone 1.9 (1)

Ukraine
3M 3W


Zone 1.10 (10)

Andorra
Cyprus
Faroe Islands
Guernsey
Jersey
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
San Marino

Zone 2.1 (1)

USA
5M 2W


Zone 2.2 (1)

Canada
1M 1W


Zone 2.3 (32)

Zone 2.3.1
Mexico
Zone 2.3.2
Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama
Zone 2.3.3
Cuba
Zone 2.3.4
Colombia
Zone 2.3.5
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guyana
Haiti
Jamaica
Ned. Antilles
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Lucia
Surinam
Trinidad & Tobago
U.S. Virgin Islands
Venezuela
2M 1W


Zone 2.4 (4)

Bolivia
Brazil
Ecuador
Peru
2M 1W


Zone 2.5 (4)

Argentina
Chile
Paraguay
Uruguay
2M 1W


Zone 3.1 (13)

Bahrain
Iran
Iraq
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Palestine
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
United Arab Emts.
Yemen Republic
1M 1W


Zone 3.2 (6)

Bangladesh
Bhutan
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
1M 1W


Zone 3.3 (17)

Brunei
Cambodia
Chinese Taipei
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Japan
Korea
Laos
Macau
Malaysia
Mongolia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Vietnam
2M 1W

Zone 3.4 (6)

Afghanistan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
2M 1W


Zone 3.5 (1)

China
2M 4W


Zone 3.6 (8)

Australia
Fiji
Guam
Nauru
New Zealand
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
1M 1W


Zone 3.7 (1)

India
1M 1W


Zone 4.1 (6)

Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Mauritania
Morocco
Tunisia
1M 1W


Zone 4.2 (12)

Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Cote d’Ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Leberia
Mali
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
1M 1W


Zone 4.3 (8)

Burundi
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Democratic Rep. of Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Sao Tome & Principe
1M 1W


Zone 4.4 (14)

Comoros
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Mauritius
Rwanda
Seychelles
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda


Zone 4.5 (10)

Angola
Botswana
Eswatini
Lesotho
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Swaziland
Zambia

 


Total: 199
M = Men`s places
W = Women`s places