Question regarding the Individual Final

Q:
Quote from the invitation to the World Championships:
"Individual HTM Final and Individual Freestyle Final.The ten teams that have acquired the highest score in each of the disciplines qualify for the Individual Finals (10 Heelwork to Music and 10 Freestyle)."

Shouldn't it read "the ten COMPETITORS that have acquired...", when "team" is the term being used for "all competitors of a country"?

A:
'Team' is in this context meant as in 'dog and handler team'. The rules including our thoughts regarding the individual finals were written already back in 2007 and sent to the FCI for approval. The wording used back then is the same as we are using today to make sure we are not changing what the FCI has approved.

We have later used the term 'team' for the national teams and 'competitor' or 'participant' for the dog and handler teams.

We do hope the invitation is still understandable.

You are right - the individual final in each section is for the 10 best individual dog and handler teams/competitors.