- the sportsperson or national team has duly excelled in the sports code concerned and duly qualifies for the international sports event concerned;
- the information furnished in the application is correct and complete;
- the prescribed selection criteria and procedures were complied with;
- the approval of the application is in the interest of sport in generalal and the sports code in particular; and
- in the case of an individual sportsperson, the sportsperson is a Namibian citizen, or, in the case of a national team is composed exclusively of Namibian citizens.