Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the snowboarding events at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[1]

Qualification standard

An athlete must have placed in the top 30 at a World Cup event after July 2012 or at the 2013 World Championships in that respective event and also have a minimum amount of FIS points (100 for all events, except slopestyle which is 50 points).

A total of 252 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 24 athletes can be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of 14 men or 14 women.

Allocation of quotas

At the end of the qualification period of January 19, 2014 quotas will be awarded using the Olympic Quota Allocation List (which includes all results of the World Cups from July 2012 and the results of the 2013 World Championship). The spots will be awarded to each country per athlete appearing on the list starting at number one per event until a maximum for each event is reached. Once an NOC has reached the maximum of 4 quota spots in an event, it will no longer be counted for the allocation of quotas. If a nation goes over the total of 14 per sex or 26 total it is up to that nation to select its team to meet the rules by January 22, 2014. Any vacated spots will be then awarded in that event starting from the first athlete not to be awarded a quota.

Maximum athletes per event
Event Parallel Halfpipe Snowboard Cross Slopestyle Total
Men 32 40 40 30 142
Women 32 30 24 24 110
Total 64 70 64 54 252

Qualification summary

Assigned quota list was published on January 25.[2] Some countries qualifying more than one quota can choose to enter the same athlete for both events.

NOC Men Women Total Athletes
Parallel Halfpipe Snowboardcross Slopestyle Parallel Halfpipe Snowboardcross Slopestyle
Andorra 1 1 1
Australia 3 3 1 4 2 1 14 11
Austria 4 4 3 3 4 2 1 17 17
Belgium 1 1 1
Brazil 1 1 1
Bulgaria 1 1 2 2
Canada 3 3 4 4 3 3 2 2 24 24
China 2 4 6 6
Croatia 1 1 1
Czech Republic 2 1 1 1 1 6 5
Finland 4 2 4 1 2 13 11
France 1 2 3 1 4 3 4 13 13
Germany 4 3 1 2 4 10 10
Great Britain 2 2 1 2 7 7
Ireland 1 1 2 1
Italy 4 4 2 2 12 12
Japan 1 4 2 1 1 4 1 1 8 TBD
Kazakhstan 1 1 1
Netherlands 2 1 2 1 1 6 6
New Zealand 1 4 5 5
Norway 1 4 1 1 2 9 9
Poland 1 2 2 1 6 6
Russia 4 3 3 1 4 1 1 15 15
Serbia 1 1 1
Slovenia 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 10 10
South Korea 2 2 4 4
Spain 3 1 4 4
Sweden 2 2 2
Switzerland 4 4 2 2 4 3 3 2 3 24 24
Ukraine 1 1 2 2
United States 2 1 4 4 4 1 4 3 4 24 23
Total: 31 NOCs 32 40 40 30 32 30 29 24 24 251 243

Next eligible NOC per event

If a country rejects a quota spot then additional quotas become available. Countries in bold indicate that country received a rejected quota spot. Here the top 12 eligible countries per event. Note: a country can be eligible for more than one quota spot per event in the reallocation process.

Men
Parallel Halfpipe Snowboard Cross Slopestyle
Canada
Japan

South Korea
South Korea
Great Britain
Bulgaria
Ukraine
South Korea
Czech Republic
Poland
Czech Republic
United States
Belgium
Spain
Russia
Slovenia
Canada
China
Norway
Bahamas
France
France
Czech Republic
Netherlands
Spain
Japan
France

Russia
Netherlands
Germany
Argentina
Czech Republic
Russia
Norway
Australia
Great Britain
Austria
Japan
Sweden
Italy
Australia
Netherlands
Australia
Belgium
Germany
New Zealand
Czech Republic
Italy
Women
Parallel Halfpipe Snowboard Cross Slopestyle
Netherlands
Japan
Italy
Canada
South Korea
Netherlands
Serbia
China
Poland
France
Slovenia
China
Czech Republic
Canada
Croatia
Poland
Poland
Finland
Finland

Switzerland
South Korea
Poland
Finland
Czech Republic
France
Canada
United States
Australia
Germany
Canada
Poland
Russia
Czech Republic
Spain
Russia
Czech Republic
Hungary
Poland
Canada
Canada
Netherlands
Australia
Finland
Slovenia
Finland
Great Britain
Czech Republic
Australia

References

  1. "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014". International Ski Federation. December 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  2. "Snowboard assigned quota list for Olympic Games 2014". www.fis-ski.com. FIS. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.

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