Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 Team Sizes Road to Milano Cortina 2026

[Vic Liu 1,699]

1 hour ago, Benolympique said:

  

                  

 

I'm missing the number of athletes from these countries. Thank you for your help.

  10

 

Figure skating 1 Li Yu-Hsiang

Speed skating 1 Chen Ying-Chu

Alpine skiing  2 Lee Wen-Yi, Chang Troy Samuel

Cross-country skiing 2  Velicer Sophia, Lee Chieh-Han

Bobsleigh 3 Lin Sin-Rong, Liang Yu-Chieh, Lin Song-En

Skeleton 1 Peng Lin-Wei

 

https://www.sports.gov.tw/News_Content/309/20322

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Vic Liu

[heywoodu 16,130]

22 minutes ago, NearPup said:

At the pro level (NHL) 20 players dress every game - 12 forwards (4 lines of 3 forwards), 8 defensmen (3 pairs of 2 defensmen) and 2 goalies. You kinda need a third goaltender in a tournament setting (because if the starter goes down you still need a backup, and it's such a specialized position that you can't really get anyone else to fill in), and you also need one spare forward and defensman for when you need to do a healthy scratch. So 23 players is sort of the "default" roster size.

 

It was expanded to 25 sort of as a compronise - previously the roster size was 23 (still is for the women, though that will likely expand to 25 in 2030), but you were allowed to do emergency injury replacements during the tournament. Now, the roster is bigger (25) but you are not allowed, under and circumstances, to add a player after the tournament starts.

Wow. Now I'm going to get even angrier if Nordic combined is ever taken out of the program

 

I know it would be for different reasons, but come on, if an entire tournament with 25 player teams is fine, so is one sport that has what, the amount of athletes for 3-4 ice hockey teams?

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by heywoodu

[Micki 6]

13 minutes ago, Vic Liu said:

  10

 

Figure skating 1 Li Yu-Hsiang

Speed skating 1 Chen Ying-Chu

Alpine skiing  2 Lee Wen-Yi, Chang Troy Samuel

Cross-country skiing 2  Velicer Sophia, Lee Chieh-Han

Bobsleigh 3 Lin Sin-Rong, Liang Yu-Chieh, Lin Song-En

Luge 1 Peng Lin-Wei

 

https://www.sports.gov.tw/News_Content/309/20322

 

Does Chinese Teipei has a quotaplace in Luge?

[NearPup 3,589]

6 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Wow. Now I'm going to get even angrier if Nordic combined is ever taken out of the program

 

I know it would be for different reasons, but come on, if an entire tournament with 25 player teams is fine, so is one sport that has what, the amount of athletes for 3-4 ice hockey teams?

 

 

The fundamental problem here is the IOC standing firm by a completly arbitrary 2900 athlete cap. A lot of problems would be instantly fixed if we went up to, say, 3500 (and cut cost elsewhere, maybe we can give some less perks to IOC members)

 

Some of the quota cuts have been good, there was definitively some fat to cut (we did not need 40 men to compete in the men's snowboard half-pipe). But we are getting dangerously close to the muscles and the bones with these cuts, arguably we are already there (figure skating, ski jumpin and nordic combined cuts in particular)

Edited 2 hours ago by NearPup

[Vic Liu 1,699]

12 minutes ago, Micki said:

Does Chinese Teipei has a quotaplace in Luge?

Well Let me check

 

Update: I mistranslated the sport. It should be "skeleton". Still I found that  didn't get the reallocation quota and it's  got it. So I am also confused. Media said  got the notification that it received reallocation skeleton man's quota on Jan 21st.

Edited 2 hours ago by Vic Liu

[Cobi 1,022]

2 hours ago, Benolympique said:

 

 

I'm missing the number of athletes from these countries. Thank you for your help.

 20

 

[Benolympique 2,419]

                    

 

I miss those countries 

 

Thanks 

[Timoteus 0]

https://www.olympiakomitea.fi/ajankohtaista/uutiset/102-urheilijaa-edustaa-suomea-milano-cortinan-talviolympialaisissa/

 

 Finland has selected a team of 102 athletes.

 

Alpine Skiing (3 men + 3 women)

 

Eduard Hallberg
Elian Lehto
Jesper Pohjolainen

 

Silja Koskinen
Rosa Pohjolainen
Erika Pykäläinen

 

Biathlon (5 men + 5 women)

 

Tuomas Harjula
Olli Hiidensalo
Otto Invenius
Jimi Klemettinen
Tero Seppälä

 

Inka Hämäläinen  
Noora Kaisa Keränen
Venla Lehtonen  
Sonja Leinamo  
Suvi Minkkinen

 

Cross-Country Skiing (8 men + 8 women)

 

Niko Anttola
Ristomatti Hakola
Emil Liekari
Niilo Moilanen  
Joni Mäki
Iivo Niskanen
Arsi Ruuskanen
Lauri Vuorinen

 

Jasmi Joensuu
Jasmin Kähärä
Johanna Matintalo
Kerttu Niskanen
Vilma Nissinen
Krista Pärmäkoski
Vilma Ryytty
Amanda Saari

 

Figure Skating (1 man + 2 women)

 

Iida Karhunen (women's singles)

 

Juulia Turkkila (ice dance)
Matthias Versluis (ice dance)

 

Freestyle Skiing (7 men + 1 woman)

 

Kuura Koivisto (BA + SS)
Elias Lajunen (BA + SS)
Elias Syrjä (BA + SS)
Akseli Ahvenainen (Moguls)
Rasmus Karjalainen (Moguls)
Olli Penttala (Moguls)
Severi Vierelä (Moguls)

 

Anni Kärävä (BA + SS)

 

Ice Hockey (25 men + 23 women)

 

Teams announced earlier

 

Nordic Combined (2 men)

 

Ilkka Herola

Eero Hirvonen

 

Ski Jumping (3 men + 4 women)

 

Antti Aalto
Niko Kytösaho
Vilho Palosaari

 

Heta Hirvonen
Minja Korhonen
Sofia Mattila
Jenny Rautionaho

 

Snowboarding (1 man + 1 woman)

 

Rene Rinnekangas (BA + SS)

 

Eveliina Taka (BA + SS)

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1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Wow. Now I'm going to get even angrier if Nordic combined is ever taken out of the program

 

I know it would be for different reasons, but come on, if an entire tournament with 25 player teams is fine, so is one sport that has what, the amount of athletes for 3-4 ice hockey teams?

 

 

Hockey team sizes is not what is causing NC to be at risk of being dropped.

 

It has the lowest viewership and least amount of diversity in terms of medalists (IOC's words)

[Federer91 3,069]

I'll jump on the off-topic with an unpopular opinion - ice hockey isn't so stamina demanding to justify 25 people rosters. And it doesn't have big playing fields like football or rugby for example, where you'd require so many reserves. 15 field players + 3 goalies should be good. Or 18+3 at max. But 25 is too much imo and the constant substitutes are too much as well.

Edited 29 minutes ago by Federer91