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" (PDF). 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. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.

External links

• FIS Points List