The phrase "are eligible to represent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing qualifications or criteria that allow someone to act on behalf of a group or organization.
Example: "Only those who meet the academic requirements are eligible to represent the university at the national conference."
Alternatives: "are qualified to represent" or "are permitted to represent".
As American Samoans, Joseph and Junior Paulo are eligible to represent the United States.
Athletes born in Northern Ireland are eligible to represent Great Britain or Ireland at Olympic Games.
People are eligible to win the BBC African Footballer of the Year Award if they are eligible to represent an African national team.
Sports people are eligible to win the main BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year award if they represent or are eligible to represent Wales at international sport.
The world number two's international dilemma comes from the fact that athletes born in Northern Ireland are eligible to represent Great Britain or Ireland at Olympic Games.
Players are eligible to win the BBC Women's Footballer Award of the Year 2015 if they are eligible to represent a recognised national or club level women's football team.
Any move, however, would have to happen within days if Armitage is to be eligible to represent a new club in European competition.
There have been rumours that the Australia rugby league international Andrew Fifita could convert to union, where he would be eligible to represent Tonga, for the tournament.
championship or in the Olympic competition or in the qualification of these competitions, he will not be eligible to represent another country".
The Academy says it consults the UN list of member nations when it determines if a film is eligible to represent a country.
Fien had claimed to be eligible to represent New Zealand through a Kiwi grandmother, but New Zealand Rugby League chairman Sel Bennett now admits he was selected on the basis of a Wanganui-born great-grandmother.
