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Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

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The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the alpine skiing events at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[1]

Qualification rules

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Quotas

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A maximum of 320 athletes are allowed to compete at the Olympic Games. A maximum of 22 athletes per nation will be allowed to compete with a maximum of 14 males or 14 females from a nation being permitted. Each nation may also enter a maximum of one team in the team event.

A standard

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The A standard entails a competitor to be ranked within the top 500 in any event on the FIS Points list which will be made public after qualification ends on January 21, 2018. The qualification period began on July 1, 2017.

B standard

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National Olympic committees (NOC) without athletes meeting the A standard can enter one competitor of each sex (known as the basic quota) in only the slalom and/or giant slalom events. These athletes must have only a maximum of 140 FIS points on the FIS Points list on 21 January 2018.

The Points List is calculated by taking the average of five event results for technical events (giant slalom and slalom) and three events for speed events (downhill, super G, and super combined).

Qualification eligibility

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The Olympic Points List (A Standard) Downhill Super G Super Combined Slalom Giant Slalom
Ranked <=500 in DH <80 points <80 points <80 points 140 points 140 points
Ranked <=500 in SG <80 points 140 points 140 points
Ranked <=500 in SC <80 points 140 points 140 points
Ranked <=500 in GS, SL 140 points 140 points
B Standard 140 points 140 points

Allocation of quotas

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Basic Quota

Every NOC will be assigned one male and one female quota spot meeting the B standard.

Host nation

The host nation (South Korea) is awarded an additional quota per gender, granted all athletes meet the standard above.

Top 30 on Points list

Every NOC with at least one male and/or female in the top 30 of any event will be allocated one additional male and/or female quota in addition to the basic quota. If an athlete is ranked in the top 30 in more than one event a second additional quota for that sex will be given or if two different athletes are in the top 30.

Remaining quotas

The remaining quotas will be assigned using the Olympic Quota allocation list on 22 January 2018. The spots will be assigned until a maximum of 320 quotas are reached including the above. When a nation reaches its maximum, remaining athletes from that country will be skipped over. The list is a table of athletes in the top 500 in their two best events (including both male and female athletes). These additional quotas can be used to enter either male or female.

An athlete can be counted only once for the above criteria. For example, if a country has only one athlete meeting all three criteria then only one quota will be given (not 3).

Team event

The top 16 nations in the overall FIS World Cup Nations standings as of 22 January 2018 will ber permitted to enter a team of two male and two female athletes in the mixed team event. If South Korea is not among the top 16, then the top 15 along with South Korea will qualify. In the event one of these nations have only 3 quota spots earned above then they will be awarded a fourth quota to allow them to participate in the team event. It is unknown if these quotas are in addition to the 320 above.

Qualification summary

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Nations Men Women Additional Team event Athletes
 Albania 1 1 2
 Andorra 1 1 1 3
 Argentina 1 1 2
 Armenia 1 1
 Australia 1 1 1 3
 Austria 3 3 16 X 22
 Azerbaijan 1 1
 Belarus 1 1 2
 Belgium 1 1 2 4
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 2
 Bolivia 1 1
 Brazil 1 1
 Bulgaria 1 1 1 3
 Canada 3 3 8 X 14
 Chile 1 1 1 3
 China 1 1 2
 Colombia 1 1
 Croatia 2 2 6 10
 Cyprus 1 1
 Czech Republic 2 3 4 X 9
 Denmark 1 1 2
 Eritrea 1 1
 Estonia 1 1 2
 Finland 1 1 2
 France 3 3 16 X 22
 Georgia 1 1 2
 Germany 3 3 8 X 14
 Great Britain 2 1 1 X 4
 Greece 1 1 2
 Hong Kong 1 1
 Hungary 2 2 X 4
 Iceland 1 1 2
 Iran 1 1 2
 Ireland 1 1 2
 Israel 1 1
 Italy 3 3 14 X 20
 Japan 1 1 2 4
 Kazakhstan 1 1 2
 Kenya 1 1
 Kosovo 1 1
 Kyrgyzstan 1 1
 Latvia 1 1 2
 Lebanon 1 1 2
 Liechtenstein 1 1 2
 Lithuania 1 1 2
 Luxembourg 1 1
 Macedonia 1 1
 Madagascar 1 1
 Malaysia 1 1
 Malta 1 1
 Mexico 1 1 2
 Moldova 1 1
 Monaco 1 1 2
 Montenegro 1 1 2
 Morocco 1 1
 New Zealand 1 1 1 3
 North Korea1 2 1 3
 Norway 3 3 5 X 11
 Pakistan 1 1
 Philippines 1 1
 Poland 1 1 1 3
 Portugal 1 1
 Puerto Rico 1 1
 Romania 1 1 2
 Olympic Athletes from Russia 3 2 X 5
 San Marino 1 1
 Serbia 1 1 1 3
 Slovakia 2 3 2 X 7
 Slovenia 3 3 5 X 11
 South Africa 1 1
 South Korea 2 2 X 4
 Spain 1 1 2
 Sweden 3 3 5 X 11
 Switzerland 3 3 16 X 22
 Thailand 1 1 2
 East Timor 1 1
 Turkey 1 1 2
 Ukraine 1 1 2
 United States 3 3 16 X 22
 Uzbekistan 1 1
Total: 80 NOCs 105 82 136 16 323
  1. ^ The IOC decided to allow two male and one female competitor from North Korea, which were allocated as three additional places to the existing quotas.[2][3]

Allocation

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The following is the quota allocation as of 28 January 2018.[4]

Men

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Criteria Athletes per NOC Total athletes Qualified
Basic quota + 2 spots in top 30 3 33  Austria
 Canada
 France
 Germany
 Italy
 Norway
 Olympic Athletes from Russia
 Slovenia
 Sweden
 Switzerland
 United States
Basic quota + 1 spot in top 30 2 4  Croatia
 Great Britain
Basic quota + 1 spot for the team event 2 6  Czech Republic
 Hungary
 Slovakia
Basic quota + Host nation 2 2  South Korea
Basic quota 1 58  Albania
 Andorra
 Argentina
 Armenia
 Australia
 Azerbaijan
 Belarus
 Belgium
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Bolivia
 Brazil
 Bulgaria
 Cayman Islands
 Chile
 China
 Colombia
 Cyprus
 Denmark
 Eritrea
 Estonia
 Finland
 Georgia
 Greece
 Iceland
 Iran
 Ireland
 Israel
 Japan
 Kazakhstan
 Kyrgyzstan
 Kosovo
 Latvia
 Lebanon
 Liechtenstein
 Lithuania
 Luxembourg
 Macedonia
 Malaysia
 Mexico
 Moldova
 Monaco
 Montenegro
 Morocco
 Netherlands
 New Zealand
 Pakistan
 Peru
 Philippines
 Poland
 Portugal
 Puerto Rico
 Romania
 San Marino
 Serbia
 Spain
 South Africa
 Thailand
 East Timor
 Turkey
 Ukraine
 Uzbekistan
IOC special considerations 2 2  North Korea
Total 76 NOC's 105

Women

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Criteria Athletes per NOC Total athletes Qualified
Basic quota + 2 spots in top 30 3 36  Austria
 Canada
 Czech Republic
 France
 Germany
 Italy
 Liechtenstein
 Norway
 Slovakia
 Slovenia
 Sweden
 Switzerland
 United States
Basic quota + 1 spot in top 30 2 4  Croatia
 Hungary
Basic quota + 1 spot for the team event 2 2  Olympic Athletes from Russia
Basic quota + Host nation 2 2  South Korea
Basic quota 1 37  Albania
 Andorra
 Argentina
 Australia
 Belarus
 Belgium
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Bulgaria
 Chile
 China
 Denmark
 Estonia
 Finland
 Georgia
 Great Britain
 Greece
 Hong Kong
 Iceland
 Iran
 Ireland
 Japan
 Kazakhstan
 Kenya
 Latvia
 Lebanon
 Liechtenstein
 Lithuania
 Madagascar
 Malta
 Mexico
 Monaco
 Montenegro
 Netherlands
 New Zealand
 Peru
 Poland
 Romania
 Serbia
 Spain
 Thailand
 Togo
 Turkey
 Ukraine
IOC special considerations 1 1  North Korea
Total 54 NOC's 82

Additional quotas

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Athletes per NOC Total Qualified
16 64  Austria
 France
 Switzerland
 United States
14 14  Italy1
8 16  Canada1
 Germany1
6 6  Croatia
5 15  Norway1
 Slovenia
 Sweden1
4 4  Czech Republic
2 6  Belgium
 Japan1
 Slovakia
1 12  Andorra
 Australia
 Bulgaria
 Chile
 Denmark
 Finland
 Great Britain
 New Zealand
 Poland
 Spain
 Serbia
Total 136
  1. ^ Canada and Japan rejected one quota; Germany, Italy and Sweden rejected two and Norway rejected ten.
  • Added totals from reallocation are included in the totals.

Next eligible NOC

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In total 29 quotas have been made available for reallocation, 1 one of which was given to Hungary to compete in the team event. The following are the next eligible NOC's with those entries removed who either have already returned quotas, or are at the maximum (22) as of 24 January 2018. Bold indicates the acceptance of a quota, while a strike through indicates refusal.

Next available NOC

Team event

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Rank Current rank Points
1  Austria 7123
2  Switzerland 5341
3  Italy 4436
4  Norway 4154
5  United States 3060
6  France 3002
7  Germany 2502
8  Sweden 1839
9  Slovenia 858
10  Liechtenstein 601
11  Slovakia 587
12  Canada 542
13  Great Britain 230
14  Olympic Athletes from Russia 178
15  Croatia 101
16  Czech Republic 97
17  Japan 35
18  Serbia 31
19  Hungary 18
20  Finland 15
21  Poland 14
22  Netherlands 12
23  South Korea 4
  • Liechtenstein, Croatia, Japan and Serbia declined a spot in the team event.

References

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  1. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018 Alpine skiing" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). 16 August 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. ^ "North Korea will send 22 athletes to Pyeongchang". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Cross-Country and Alpine Skiers of Democratic People's Republic of Korea to compete in PyeongChang 2018". fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Alpine Skiing Quota List for Olympic Games 2018". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 8 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
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