The pairings for Round 1 of the 2024 Chess Olympiad have been published.
Despite FIDE’s earlier claims of record participation, 20 teams in both the Open and Women’s sections were not paired.
Assuming no additional dropouts due to visa issues, the Open section is expected to have 177 teams, down from 188 at the 2022 Olympiad in Chennai. The Women’s section is projected to have 163 teams.
Open Section Round 1 pairings:
92 PAN Panama : United States of America USA 1
101 ESA El Salvador : Hungary *) HUN 9
2 IND India : Morocco MAR 93
94 DOM Dominican Republic : China CHN 3
4 UZB Uzbekistan : Trinidad & Tobago TTO 95
96 LBN Lebanon : Netherlands NED 5
6 NOR Norway : South Korea KOR 97
98 MAD Madagascar : Germany GER 7
8 ENG England : Chinese Taipei TPE 100
10 IRI Iran : Malaysia MAS 102
103 SUD Sudan : Poland POL 11
12 AZE Azerbaijan : Jordan JOR 105
107 JAM Jamaica : Spain ESP 13
14 FRA France : Nicaragua NCA 108
109 TUN Tunisia : Ukraine UKR 15
16 SRB Serbia : Guatemala GUA 110
111 MLT Malta : Armenia ARM 17
18 ROU Romania : Cape Verde CPV 112
113 CYP Cyprus : Czech Republic CZE 19
20 ISR Israel : Ethiopia ETH 116
117 LIE Liechtenstein : Vietnam VIE 21
22 TUR Turkiye : Puerto Rico PUR 118
119 BOT Botswana : Greece GRE 23
24 BUL Bulgaria : Pakistan PAK 120
121 HKG “Hong Kong, China” : Hungary B HUN 25
26 SLO Slovenia : Brunei Darussalam BRU 123
124 MAL Malawi : Croatia CRO 27
28 ITA Italy : Netherlands Antilles AHO 125
126 HON Honduras : Lithuania LTU 29
30 DEN Denmark : Mozambique MOZ 128
130 CIV Cote d’Ivoire : Austria AUT 31
32 GEO Georgia : Jersey JCI 131
132 IOM Isle of Man : Argentina ARG 33
34 MDA Moldova : Haiti HAI 133
134 SRI Sri Lanka : Cuba CUB 35
36 MNE Montenegro : Barbados BAR 135
137 KSA Saudi Arabia : Australia AUS 37
38 SUI Switzerland : Kenya KEN 138
139 LBR Liberia : Brazil BRA 39
40 SWE Sweden : Namibia NAM 140
141 SUR Suriname : Kazakhstan KAZ 41
42 LAT Latvia : Cameroon CMR 143
144 OMA Oman : Slovakia SVK 43
44 COL Colombia : Sao Tome and Principe STP 146
147 BRN Bahrain : Singapore SGP 45
46 ISL Iceland : Equatorial Guinea GEQ 148
149 PLW Palau : Chile CHI 47
48 EGY Egypt : Ghana GHA 150
151 MTN Mauritania : Belgium BEL 49
50 CAN Canada : Guernsey GCI 152
153 ARU Aruba : Philippines PHI 51
52 MEX Mexico : San Marino SMR 154
155 ERI Eritrea : Peru PER 53
54 POR Portugal : Maldives MDV 156
157 GUY Guyana : Hungary C HUN 55
56 FIN Finland : Chad CHA 158
159 SEY Seychelles : Bosnia & Herzegovina BIH 57
58 PAR Paraguay : Bermuda BER 160
161 MYA Myanmar : Uruguay URU 59
60 EST Estonia : Kuwait KUW 163
164 GUM Guam : Andorra AND 61
62 MKD North Macedonia : Togo TOG 165
166 MRI Mauritius : Mongolia MGL 63
64 IRL Ireland : Fiji FIJ 167
168 LES Lesotho : Bangladesh BAN 65
66 FAI Faroe Islands : Saint Lucia LCA 169
170 SLE Sierra Leone : Venezuela VEN 67
68 ALB Albania : Bhutan BHU 171
172 QAT Qatar : Scotland SCO 69
70 JPN Japan : Tanzania TAN 173
174 DMA Dominica : Kyrgyzstan KGZ 71
72 KOS Kosovo : Eswatini SWZ 176
177 BAH Bahamas : Turkmenistan TKM 73
74 BOL Bolivia : Papua New Guinea PNG 178
179 CAY Cayman Islands : United Arab Emirates UAE 75
76 CRC Costa Rica : Antigua and Barbuda ANT 180
181 MAC Macau : New Zealand NZL 77
78 WLS Wales : Djibouti DJI 183
184 VIN Saint Vincent and the Grenadines : South Africa RSA 79
80 ALG Algeria : Gabon GAB 185
186 ISV US Virgin Islands : Zimbabwe ZIM 81
82 ANG Angola : British Virgin Islands IVB 187
188 BUR Burkina Faso : Ecuador ECU 84
85 LUX Luxembourg : Laos LAO 189
190 COM Comoros Islands : Monaco MNC 86
87 TJK Tajikistan : Cambodia CAM 191
193 GRN Grenada : Indonesia INA 89
91 THA Thailand : Belize BIZ 194
197 VAN Vanuatu : bye
83 ZAM Zambia : not paired
88 UGA Uganda : not paired
90 NGR Nigeria : not paired
99 SYR Syria : not paired
104 YEM Yemen : not paired
106 IRQ Iraq : not paired
114 NEP Nepal : not paired
115 PLE Palestine : not paired
122 LBA Libya : not paired
127 AFG Afghanistan : not paired
129 SSD South Sudan : not paired
136 SEN Senegal : not paired
142 SOM Somalia : not paired
145 GAM Gambia : not paired
162 MLI Mali : not paired
175 BDI Burundi : not paired
182 COD Democratic Republic of the Congo : not paired
192 NIG Niger : not paired
195 CAR Central African Republic : not paired
196 FID Refugees : not paired
Women Section Round 1 pairings:
84 JAM Jamaica : India IND 1
14 HUN Hungary *) : Puerto Rico PUR 101
2 GEO Georgia : United Arab Emirates UAE 85
86 PAN Panama : Poland POL 3
4 CHN China : South Africa RSA 87
88 KGZ Kyrgyzstan : Ukraine UKR 5
6 AZE Azerbaijan : Nicaragua NCA 91
92 JOR Jordan : United States of America USA 7
8 GER Germany : Andorra AND 94
95 BOT Botswana : Spain ESP 9
10 KAZ Kazakhstan : Uruguay URU 96
97 TTO Trinidad & Tobago : Armenia ARM 11
12 BUL Bulgaria : Zimbabwe ZIM 99
100 JPN Japan : France FRA 13
103 KOR South Korea : England ENG 15
16 TUR Turkiye : Honduras HON 104
105 MAD Madagascar : Netherlands NED 17
18 MGL Mongolia : Guatemala GUA 106
107 THA Thailand : Serbia SRB 19
20 VIE Vietnam : Tunisia TUN 108
109 BAR Barbados : Switzerland SUI 21
22 ROU Romania : Kosovo KOS 111
112 MLT Malta : Greece GRE 23
24 ITA Italy : Guernsey GCI 113
114 SUR Suriname : Israel ISR 25
26 ARG Argentina : Morocco MAR 115
116 TPE Chinese Taipei : Canada CAN 27
28 SLO Slovenia : “Hong Kong, China” HKG 117
118 SUD Sudan : Cuba CUB 29
30 AUT Austria : Ethiopia ETH 120
121 MOZ Mozambique : Hungary B HUN 31
32 SVK Slovakia : Bahamas BAH 122
123 FIJ Fiji : Sweden SWE 33
34 UZB Uzbekistan : Haiti HAI 124
125 NAM Namibia : Norway NOR 35
36 LAT Latvia : Bermuda BER 126
127 CYP Cyprus : Iran IRI 37
38 EST Estonia : Lebanon LBN 128
129 LES Lesotho : Peru PER 39
40 CRO Croatia : Ghana GHA 130
131 GUM Guam : Czech Republic CZE 41
42 MNE Montenegro : Palau PLW 132
133 LBR Liberia : Brazil BRA 43
44 COL Colombia : Pakistan PAK 134
135 ARU Aruba : Lithuania LTU 45
46 AUS Australia : Brunei Darussalam BRU 136
137 MAL Malawi : Philippines PHI 47
48 BEL Belgium : Oman OMA 140
141 KUW Kuwait : Hungary C HUN 49
50 FIN Finland : Jersey JCI 142
143 ERI Eritrea : Mexico MEX 51
52 EGY Egypt : Mauritius MRI 144
145 SWZ Eswatini : Luxembourg LUX 53
54 ECU Ecuador : Netherlands Antilles AHO 146
147 GUY Guyana : Denmark DEN 55
56 BIH Bosnia & Herzegovina : Bahrain BRN 148
149 TAN Tanzania : North Macedonia MKD 57
58 MNC Monaco : Cayman Islands CAY 150
151 CIV Cote d’Ivoire : Scotland SCO 59
60 IRL Ireland : Cameroon CMR 152
153 MDV Maldives : Moldova MDA 61
62 BAN Bangladesh : Saint Lucia LCA 154
156 LIE Liechtenstein : Portugal POR 63
64 PAR Paraguay : Laos LAO 158
160 SEY Seychelles : Albania ALB 65
66 VEN Venezuela : Sao Tome and Principe STP 162
163 TOG Togo : Chile CHI 67
68 INA Indonesia : Bhutan BHU 164
165 SMR San Marino : Malaysia MAS 70
71 ALG Algeria : Dominica DMA 166
167 IVB British Virgin Islands : Iceland ISL 72
73 TKM Turkmenistan : Chad CHA 168
169 COD Democratic Republic of the Congo : New Zealand NZL 74
75 ANG Angola : Djibouti DJI 170
171 GEQ Equatorial Guinea : Bolivia BOL 76
77 SGP Singapore : Grenada GRN 173
175 MTN Mauritania : El Salvador ESA 78
79 CRC Costa Rica : Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN 178
179 VIN Saint Vincent and the Grenadines : Wales WLS 80
81 TJK Tajikistan : Sierra Leone SLE 180
182 ISV US Virgin Islands : Dominican Republic DOM 83
183 VAN Vanuatu : bye
69 NGR Nigeria : not paired
82 SRI Sri Lanka : not paired
89 IRQ Iraq : not paired
90 SYR Syria : not paired
93 UGA Uganda : not paired
98 ZAM Zambia : not paired
102 PLE Palestine : not paired
110 KEN Kenya : not paired
119 NEP Nepal : not paired
138 SEN Senegal : not paired
139 CPV Cape Verde : not paired
155 BDI Burundi : not paired
157 LBA Libya : not paired
159 CAR Central African Republic : not paired
161 SOM Somalia : not paired
172 GAM Gambia : not paired
174 MLI Mali : not paired
176 NIG Niger : not paired
177 FID Refugees : not paired
181 SSD South Sudan : not paired
