Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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

Qualification rules

Quotas

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

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

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

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

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

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 Korea^1	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
Timor-Leste	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

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

Men

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  Timor-Leste  Turkey  Ukraine  Uzbekistan
IOC special considerations	2	2	North Korea
Total 76 NOC's		105

Women

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

Athletes per NOC	Total	Qualified
16	64	Austria  France  Switzerland  United States
14	14	Italy^1
8	16	Canada^1  Germany^1
6	6	Croatia
5	15	Norway^1  Slovenia  Sweden^1
4	4	Czech Republic
2	6	Belgium  Japan^1  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

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  United States  France  United States  Serbia  France  Croatia  Croatia  Andorra  Slovenia  Serbia  Croatia  France  New Zealand  Great Britain  Czech Republic  Czech Republic  New Zealand  Slovakia  Poland  Czech Republic  Olympic Athletes from Russia  Finland  Denmark  Finland  Chile  Slovakia  Bulgaria  Australia  Czech Republic  Belgium  Croatia  Croatia  Czech Republic  Poland  Spain  Belgium  Slovakia  Spain  Andorra  Andorra  Chile  Latvia

Team event

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

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.

External links

• FIS Points List