Surfing Qualification to Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games

[Laraja 1,494]

ISA World Surfing Games has been officially postponed to 2021

[Laraja 1,494]

Hey Guys,

 

Yesterday, I watched an interview with Marcos Bukão who will be the contest director of Surfing at Olympic Games. Obviously, he talked about the Olympic competition next year and I decided to bring some news and info for you.

 

The panel of judges will consist of: 

 

Technical Director: Erik Krammer

Contest Director:  Marcos ‘Bukao’ Carneiro Esmanhoto

Head Judges: Richard Pierce , Glen Elliot

Judges: Pritamo Ahrendt , Tory Gilkerson , Masato Kato , Dan Kosoof , Luis Pereira , Nuno Trigo , Bruno Truch

Priority Judges: Ian Buchanan , Marcel Miranda

 

The choice of those individuals was divided half a half between ISA and WSL (The Japanese Judge was a choice made by Japan)

 

The choice of judges by WSL was by indication, ISA chose their judges by performance.

 

The judgment criterias in Olympics, will be the same of WSL and ISA competitions. There's no difference at this point.

 

The competition Format:

 

20 surfers in each gender. First Round - 5 heats with 4 athletes, the best 2 qualifying.

Then, Repechage Round - 2 heats with 5 Athletes, the best 3 qualifying

Then, Round of 16, Quaterfinal, Semifinal, Bronze Medal and Gold Medal.

 

The time of each heat may vary between 25 minutes and 40 minutes. But, only between rounds. CANNOT have time change only on the heats of First Round, for instance.

 

Likely, there will not have Duo Heat. The window of competition is more than enough

 

There will be a gap between each heat, differently of happens in WSL Tour and ISA World Games. During this time, the athletes will be introduced to the audience and they'll have to paddle for the next heat competition. The time may vary depending on beach conditions

 

About the Seed:

 

This will be the seed format for first round: 

Heat 1	Heat 2	Heat 3	Heat 4	Heat 5
#1	#2	#3	#4	#5
#10	#9	#8	#7	#6
#11	#12	#13	#14	#15
#20	#19	#18	#17	#16

(Not necessarily, the first heat will be for the seed number one, but the format is defined)

 

He didn't get clear how the seeds will be determinated for this phase, but he hinted that. The seeds might be determinated by Qualification Hierarchy

 

1-WSL

2-ISA World Surfing Games 2021

3-ISA World Surfing Games 2019

4-Pan American Games

 

So, as an example, the first heat would be between: ítalo Ferreira , Michel Bourez , The best surfer from ISA 2021 and Lucca Mesinas 

 

After the first round, the surfers will be reseeded, based on their performance.

 

About the Beach:

 

Do not expect big or tubular waves. But, probably we will have a constant swell.

 

Also, I had the opportunity to ask him a question. I asked if ISA and COI already have plans for Stand-Up and/or Longboard to Paris 2024. He said that he does not believe in this addition to Paris, because he thinks is too late to arrange that. But, for Stand-up he sees a matter of time to this modality get inside Olympics, especially after CAS' decision.

 

That's it, I hope that you enjoy!

[Laraja 1,494]

Just trying to answer a very old question for Surfing Qualification.

 

How to break the tie between surfers who ended in the same position at ISA World Surfing Games 2019. In the case of a provisional qualified athlete from this competition, also qualifies by ISA World Surfing Games 2021.

 

So, on the old qualification system, from 2019, there's no mention of that. But, on the new one, ISA has added a method to break this tie. "In the event there is a tie in the ranking when determining the highest placed eligible athlete, the athlete with the highest heat-score total from their final heat in the respective event will obtain the quota place." 

 

And, if we consider also this point about reallocation of unused quotas: "If the athlete qualified through ISA Continental Qualifying Event – 2019 ISA World Surfing Games and/or Pan American Games 2019, the quota place will be reallocated to next highest ranked athlete in the respective event provided the athletes are within the ISA quality control ranking and respecting the maximum quota places per NOC as specified under Section B above. If no available athlete from the continents finish within the ISA quality control ranking, the place will be allocated to the next best ranked athlete, not yet qualified, regardless of the continent."

 

So... ISA World Games 2021 will prevail over ISA 2019 and Panamerican Games, the places conquered by the surfers on both competitions will be reallocated if they qualify through ISA 2021.

 

In this case, if I understood all these points correctly. If all surfers qualified by ISA 2019, also qualify in 2021, the new quotas from this event go to:

 

Men's

 

 Frederico Morais ----------> There's a tie between Leon Glatzer    and Angelo Bonomelli  The highest score is from Glatzer 

 Shun Murakami ----------> If any Japanese surfer qualify by ISA 2021, apart of Kanoa Igarashi who is already qualified by WSL, the quota goes to Rio Waida  

 Ramzi Boukhiam ----------> Michael February    (Only if any other surfer from RSA do NOT qualify through ISA 2021, apart of Jordy Smith who is already qualified by WSL) @dcro Alerted me to SASCOC's criteria, the surfers need to be among TOP 14 in the World, and that's not the case for February. So, if they don't accept this quota, then it goes to the best ranked surfer not yet qualified, regardless the continent. In that case, we need to wait for the results from ISA 2021 to check it out, but, again, Rio Waida  is the first to get it.

 Billy Stairmand ----------> This quota stays with New Zeland, but now in    Kehu Butler's hands

 

Women's

 

 Shino Matsuda ----------> This quota stays with Japan ,  Mahina Maeda

 Ella Williams ----------> There isn't an eligible surfer from Oceania on TOP 30, Ella qualified on 29th position, so the best ranked athlete not yet qualified is  Sofia Mulanovich

 Bianca Buitendag ----------> Sarah Baum    But, she is in the same situation of February. She finished the competion on the 21st. So, the first to get it is, again,  Sofia Mulanovich.

 Anat Lelior ----------> Again, there's a tie between    Nadia Erostarbe and  Eveline Hooft. The highest score is from Hooft 

[Laraja 1,494]

ISA has changed the dates for ISA World Surfing Games 2021.

 

Now, it's scheduled from 29th May to 6th June.

[Laraja 1,494]

Today ISA has announced officialy the seeds for Tokyo

 

As I mentioned previously, this will be the format of competition for first round 

Heat 1	Heat 2	Heat 3	Heat 4	Heat 5
#1	#2	#3	#4	#5
#10	#9	#8	#7	#6
#11	#12	#13	#14	#15
#20	#19	#18	#17	#16

Only the order of this heats will be different. Heat 1, Heat 4, Heat 3, Heat 5 and Heat 2

 

With the seeds defined, we already know who will face whom

 

Men

Heat 1	Heat 2	Heat 3	Heat 4	Heat 5
Ítalo Ferreira	Gabriel Medina	Jordy Smith	Kolohe Andino	Kanoa Igarashi
Michel Bourez	Julian Wilson	Owen Wright	Jeremy Flores	John John Florence
#1 ISA World Games 2021	#2  ISA World Games 2021	#3  ISA World Games 2021	#4  ISA World Games 2021	#5  ISA World Games 2021
Lucca Mesinas	Billy Stairmand	Frederico Morais	Ramzi Boukhiam	Shun Murakami

 

Women

 

Heat 1	Heat 2	Heat 3	Heat 4	Heat 5
Carissa Moore	Caroline Marks	Stephanie Gilmore	Sally Fitzgibbon	Tatiana Weston-Webb
#2 ISA World Games 2021	#1 ISA World Games 2021	Silvana Lima	Brisa Hennessy	Johanne Defay
#3 ISA World Games 2021	#4 ISA World Games 2021	#5 ISA World Games 2021	#6 ISA World Games 2021	#7 ISA World Games 2021
Daniella Rosas	Ella Williams	Shino Matsuda	Anat Lelior	Bianca Buitendag

 

These seeds still may change depending on results from ISA World Games 2021.

[Laraja 1,494]

So, my reallocation of quotas was right.

 

ISA has announced it officially.

 

https://mcusercontent.com/a9e5b7f44e66a4afe2c244aab/files/9fcdc20c-cd2c-41ee-8611-e4b80a748da8/Tokyo_2020_Surfing_Alternates.pdf

[Illya 511]

Yeah , we done it ! Great job , Ukraine

https://www.isasurf.org/isa-welcomes-ukraine-as-109th-member-nation-and-new-leadership-in-algeria/

[Laraja 1,494]

Olympic heats defined!

 

 

Men

Heat 1	Heat 2	Heat 3	Heat 4	Heat 5
Ítalo Ferreira	Gabriel Medina	Jordy Smith	Kolohe Andino	Kanoa Igarashi
Michel Bourez	Julian Wilson	Owen Wright	Jeremy Flores	John John Florence
Hiroto Ohhara	Leon Glatzer	Lucca Mesinas	Miguel Tudela	Manuel Selman
Leandro Usuna	Rio Waida	Billy Stairmand	Frederico Morais	Ramzi Boukhiam

 

Women

 

Heat 1	Heat 2	Heat 3	Heat 4	Heat 5
Carissa Moore	Caroline Marks	Stephanie Gilmore	Sally Fitzgibbon	Tatiana Weston-Webb
Teresa Bonvalot	Yolanda Sequeira	Silvana Lima	Brisa Hennessy	Johanne Defay
Daniella Rosas	Leilani McGonagle	Pauline Ado	Mahina Maeda	Amuro Tsuzuki
Dominic Barona	Ella Williams	Anat Lelior	Bianca Buitendag	Sofia Mulanovich

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Updated as of June 5th, 2021

[Robertino 163]

Jordy Smith - injured - South Africa

 

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