Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the alpine skiing events at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[1]

Qualification rules

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Quotas

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A maximum of 306 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 11 males or 11 females from a nation being permitted. A nation may not enter more than four athletes in any single event. Each nation may also enter a maximum of one team in the Mixed Team Parallel event.

To qualify a nation must have at least one athlete meet basic eligibility requirements of age, medical fitness, and be under the prescribed maximum points on the FIS points list that takes into account results from July 1, 2019, to January 16, 2022. The Points List is calculated by taking the average of five best event results for technical events (giant slalom and slalom) and two best results for speed events (downhill, super G, and super combined). To compete in giant slalom or slalom an athlete must have a point average of less than 160 in those disciplines. To compete in downhill or super G an athlete must have a point total less than 80 disciplines. To compete in super combined an athlete must have a point average less than 160, but a point average of less than 80 in downhill.

On January 24, 2022, the IOC granted four extra male quotas while the FIS began investigating the legitimacy of some low level qualifying events.[2]

Allocation of quotas

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Basic Quota

Every NOC will be assigned one male and one female quota spot meeting the minimum basic standards.

Host nation

The host nation (China) 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 16 January 2022. The spots will be assigned until a maximum of 306 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 are gender specific, and will be used to create a maximum of 153 male and 153 female competitors.

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 17 January 2022 will permitted to enter a team of two male and two female athletes in the mixed team event. If China is not among the top 16, then the top 15 along with China 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 in addition to the prescribed total of 306.

Qualification summary

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As of 30 January 2022.[3]

Nations Women (basic top 30) Men (basic top 30) Additional women Additional men Team event Athletes
  Albania 1 1
  Andorra 1 1 2
  Argentina 1 1 2
  Armenia 1 1
  Australia 2 1 1 4
  Austria 3 3 8 8   22
  Belarus 1 1 1
  Belgium 1 3 3
  Bolivia 1 1
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 1 3
  Brazil 1 1
  Bulgaria 1 2 3
  Canada 3 3 5 2   13
  Chile 1 1 2
  China 2[a] 2[a]   4
  Chinese Taipei 1 1 2
  Colombia 1 1
  Croatia 2 3 1 6
  Cyprus 1 1
  Czech Republic 3 2 3   8
  Denmark 1 1 1
  East Timor 1 1
  Ecuador 1 1
  Eritrea 1 1
  Estonia 1 1 2
  Finland 1 1 2 4
  France 3 3 5 7   18
  Georgia 1 1 2
  Germany 3 3 4 2 5   13
  Ghana 1 1
  Great Britain 2 2   4
  Greece 1 1 2
  Haiti 1 1
  Hong Kong 1 1 2
  Hungary 1 1 2
  Iceland 1 1 2
  India 1 1
  Iran 1 1 2
  Ireland 1 1 2
  Israel 1 2 1 2
  Italy 3 3 6 4   16
  Jamaica 1 1
  Japan 1 1 1 3
  Kazakhstan 1 1 2
  Kosovo 1 1 2
  Kyrgyzstan 1 1
  Latvia 1 1 2
  Lebanon 1 1 2
  Liechtenstein 2 1 1
  Lithuania 1 1 2
  Luxembourg 1 1 2
  Madagascar 1 1 1
  Malaysia 1 1 2
  Mexico 1 1 2
  Monaco 1 1
  Montenegro 1 1 2
  Morocco 1 1
  Netherlands 1 1 2
  New Zealand 3 1 1 1
  North Macedonia 1 1
  Norway 3 3 6 1 7   14
  Pakistan 1 1 1
  Peru 1 1
  Philippines 1 1
  Poland 3 1 1 1[b]   6
  Portugal 1 1 2
  Puerto Rico 1 1
  ROC 1 3 3   7
  Romania 1 1 2
  San Marino 1 1 2
  Saudi Arabia 1 1
  Serbia 1 1 2
  Slovakia 3 2   5
  Slovenia 3 3 4 2   12
  South Korea 1 1 1 3
  Spain 1 2 3
  Sweden 3 2 6 3   8
  Switzerland 3 3 8 8   22
  Thailand 1 1 2
  Turkey 1 1 2
  Ukraine 1 1 2
  United States 3 3 8 3   17
  Uzbekistan 0 1 1
Total: 83 NOCs 89 110 64 47 16 310
  1. ^ a b China qualifies one additional male and female quota by status as host.
  2. ^ One additional quota is allocated to participate in the team event.
  • Both Kenya and Malta refused a female quota, their only allocations.

Team event

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Rank[4] NOC Points
1   Austria 6237
2   Switzerland 5671
3   Italy 3865
4   Norway 2907
5   United States 2343
6   France 2229
7   Germany 1577
8   Slovenia 1264
9   Canada 1159
10   Sweden 1120
11   Slovakia 951
12   Croatia 405
13   Czech Republic 220
14   Great Britain 164
15   Poland 163
16   New Zealand 128
17   ROC 84
18   Belgium 82
19   Bulgaria 73
20   Japan 52
21   Spain 32
22   Finland 28
23   Bosnia and Herzegovina 13
24   Belarus 11
25   Netherlands 6
26   China 0
  • Croatia declined a spot in the team event, their allocation passed to the next eligible NOC which was ROC.

Next eligible NOC per event

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A country can be eligible for more than one quota spot per event in the reallocation process. A strike through indicates the NOC refused, bolded NOCs accepted a reallocation. NOCs that had already refused a quota are omitted. Only the reallocation process and the next five eligible NOCs are shown.

Women's Men's
  ROC
  Slovenia
  France
  Italy
  France
  Croatia
  Japan
  Canada
  Netherlands
  Serbia
  Great Britain
  United States
  United States
  Canada
  Finland
  Croatia
  ROC
  Australia
  ROC
  Canada
  Canada
  Finland
  Poland
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Finland
  Japan
  Romania
  Andorra
  ROC
  South Korea
  Czech Republic
  Czech Republic
  Czech Republic
  Spain
  Canada
  Germany
  Norway
  Austria
  Germany
  Austria
  France
  Italy
  Norway
  France
  United States
  Canada

References

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  1. ^ "Qualification System for XXIV Olympic Winter Games, Beijing 2022" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). 23 May 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  2. ^ Nasrella, Shadia (24 January 2022). "Olympics-Alpine skiing-IOC grants extra places for Beijing as qualifiers under review". Reuters.com. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Alpine Skiing Quotas List for Olympic Winter Games 2022". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. ^ "OVERALL FIS NATION CUP" (PDF). www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 16 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.