General Principles
ISU Rule 400 applies for Figure Skating qualification.
Qualification for the individual events (Women Single Skating, Men Single Skating, Pair Skating, Ice Dance) is based on an accumlation of points at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2025 or by placement at the ISU Figure Skating Qualifying Competition (TBA).
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Number of quota places
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Qualification events
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D.1:
Men Single Skating: 24
Women Single Skating: 24
Pair Skating: 32
(16 pairs)
Ice Dance: 38
(19 pairs)
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D.1
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Qualification through the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2025
Number of
Qualification
places
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Required No of points
as per ISU Rule 378/2
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No of athletes in the ISU World
Figure Skating Championships
2025 that count for points
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3
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Max. 13
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2
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Max. 2
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1
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2
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14-28
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2
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3-10
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1
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1
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Next highest ranked athlete from the NOCs not qualified with three (3) and two (2) places, until the quotas of qualification through the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2025 are reached.
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The above-mentioned points are calculated using the summary of ranking places at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2025. If three (3) skaters/pairs/couples participated in the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2025, only the two (2) highest placed count for points. The related ISU Rule is Rule 378, paragraph 2.
NOCs, who through their ISU Members Nation, have obtained the necessary points according to Rule 378, paragraph 2b) and c) will have the right for two (2) or three (3) entries, only if, in addition, they had two (2) or respectively three (3) Skaters/Pairs/Couples qualified for the Free Skating/Free Dance in the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2025 (ISU Rule 400, paragraph 3).
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D.2:
Men Single Skating: 5
Women Single Skating: 5
Pair Skating: 6
(3 pairs)
Ice Dance: 8
(4 pairs)
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D.2
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Qualification through the ISU Figure Skating Qualifying Competition (TBA)
The remaining quota places will be allocated to the NOCs at the ISU Figure Skating Qualifying Competition (TBA – Autumn 2025). Only one (1) quota places per discipline per NOC may be obtained.
Quota places will be allocated to NOCs based on their highest ranked athletes in the competition in the respective discipline. Only the following NOCs may be allocated a quota place:
NOCs which have not obtained any quota places in the respective discipline in D.1;
NOCs which have obtained the necessary points for two (2) or three (3) entries but did not have two (2) or respectively three (3) Skaters qualified for the Free Skating/Free Dance at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2025. This quota place will be in addition to the quota place(s) that the NOC had obtained in D.1. These ISU members are entitled to enter one (1) Skate in the qualifying event who had not qualified for the Free Skating/Free Dance at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2025.
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D.3:
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D.3
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Team Event Qualification
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D.3.1
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The Team Event format is based on a competition consisting of up to ten (10) best national teams from NOCs. In each team one (1) skater from the Men Single Skating event, one (1) skater from the Women Single Skating event, one (1) Pair Skating couple of one (1) Ice Dance couple, i.e. a total of six (6) skaters per Team, will complete (hereafter called the Team(s)). Only athletes that are already qualified for the individual events (hereafter called the "qualified skaters/couples") are eligible to participate in the Team Event with the exception of D.4.
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D.3.2
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Each Team must participate in at least three (3) disciplines (Women Single Skating/Men Single Skating/Pair Skating/Ice Dance) of the Team Event.
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D.3.3
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The ten (10) NOCs will qualify to enter their Teams based on the qualifying points scoring scale as outlined in Annex A scored by its best one (1) skater in Women Single Skating, best one (1) skater in Men Single Skating, best Pair Skating and best Ice Dance couple primarily at the:
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ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2025 (season 2024/2025) and the
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ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating events and Final season 2025/2026
Plus, if necessary, the following events:
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ISU European Figure Skating Championships/ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2025 (season 2024/2025)
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ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2025 (season 2024/2025)
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ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating season 2025/2026 (only in individual events but not the Final)
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D.3.4
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The ten (10) Teams having accumulated the highest number of qualifying points by the above-mentioned number and disciplines of skaters/couples in the above-mentioned ISU Events and the criteria outlined below will qualify.
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D.3.5
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For Figure Skating Team Event Qualifying System, the basis is to attribute to each NOC qualifying points according to the scale located in Annex A (OWG Figure Skating Team Event qualifying points) on the basis of the best result (the highest number of points obtained) of one (1) skater in Men Single Skating, one (1) skater in Women Single Skating, one (1) Pair Skating couple and one (1) Ice Dance couple at each of the two (2) groups of ISU Events listed below (the applicable Events):
a)
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one (1) of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating individual events or Final (senior) season 2025/2026.
If skaters/couples of an NOC have not obtained qualifying points in the above-mentioned ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating individual events of Final (senior) season 2025/2026, then the highest result in one (1) event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating individual events (only in individual events but not the Final) season 2025/2026 can be considered;
and
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b)
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in the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2025 (season 2024/2025);
If skaters/couples of a NOC have not obtained qualifying points in the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2025, then it is possible to use the ISU European Figure Skating Championships respectively the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2025 and if needed the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2025.
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D.3.6
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If there is a tie among Teams subject to qualify, the Team having obtained the higher number of qualifying points at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2025 will be qualified. If a tie persists, the Team having obtained the higher number of qualifying points at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating events & Final season 2025/2026 will be qualified. If a tie persists, the qualifying NOC will be decided yby draw.
Practically, one (1) to two (2) skaters in Women Single Skating one (1) to two (2) skaters in Men Single Skating, one (1) to two (2) Pair Skating couples respectively one (1) to two (2) Ice Dance couples per NOC could contribute to the cumulative number of qualifying points per NOC (the maximum two different single skaters/couples would be one skater/couple each at the two applicable group of Events).
NOCs with Teams who have qualified skaters/couples in an individual OWG competition/discipline (the "qualified skaters/couples") in Women Single Skating, Men Single Skating, Pair Skating, Ice Dance) and who have chosen to compete in the Team Event must list the respective qualified skaters/couples of such discipline also as entries for the Team Event and may not enter different skaters/couples for such discipline.
Also, the same NOCs must have their skaters competing in all the competitions/disciplines of the Team Event for which they have entried in the individual OWG competition/discipline. This means that if for example an NOC has only one entry for a discipline/competition, this skater or couple may not choose to skate only in the individual OWG competition and skip the Team Event competition.
The ten (10) qualified Teams will compete in the Short Program/Rhythm Dance. The five (5) best Teams having scored the highest number of aggregate placement points (see paragraph 4 of Appendix A below) after the Short Program/Rhythm Dance will qualify to continue the Team Event by skating the Free Skating/Free Dance.
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D.4
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Additional Athletes Quota
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The Additional Athletes Quota of up to five (5) skaters will be used as a priority for the Host Country quotas allocation if needed.
In addition, NOCs who do not have qualified skaters/couples in an individual OWG competition/discipline (Women Single Skating, Men Single Skating, Pair Skating, Ice Dance) may benefit of any remaining Additional Athlete Quota (after Host Country places are allocated) and enter into the Team Event with one (1) skater/couple. Preference is given to the best-ranked "incomplete Teams" according to the ranking of the Figure Skating Team qualification list.
If applicable, each NOC may benefit of this Additional Athletes Quota for only one discipline of the Team Event.
The Additional Athletes Quota beyond the above-mentioned five (5) skaters cannot be exceeded and if not sufficient for the "incomplete Teams", the lower ranked "incomplete Teams" according to the ranking of the Figure Skating Team qualification list, may in such case not be able to complete their Team.
NOCs having skaters in a discipline qualified for the respective individual OWG competition/discipline but who chose not to enter such skater(s) into the individual OWG competition/discilpine, may not benefit from the Additional Athletes Quota.
The Minimum Combined Total Elements Scores determined by the ISU for this Additional Athletes Quota may be different from the Minimum Combined Total Element Scores for the individual OWG competitions/disciplines. The applicable Minimum Total Element Scores shall be decided by the ISU Council and shall be published in an ISU Communication at the beginning of the Olympic season 2025/2026.
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If the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) (host) qualifies in all individual events (Women Single Skating, Men Single Skating, Pair Skating, Ice Dance), the host country places will not be applied. However, in case the CONI went through the normal qualifying procedure and did not qualify in any of the disciplines (Women, Men, Pair Skating, Dance), the CONI shall have the right to enter one (1) Skater(s)/Pair/Couple per concerned discipline(s) as additional entry(ies) as long as the concerned Skater(s)/Pair/Couple achieved the Minimum Combined Total Elements Score (points) for the Olympic Winter Games and meets the eligibility requirements described in Section C. The quota places will be allocated from the additional Athletes quota as per paragraph D 4.
Skaters participating through the host country allocated quota will only compete in the individual events. It is important to note that these host country quota places do not automatically constitute a team for the host country in the Team Event unless the host country qualified for the Team Event through the normal qualification process as described in D.3.
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E.
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CONFIRMATION PROCESS FOR QUOTA PLACES
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CONFIRMATION OF QUOTA PLACES
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The ISU will publish the results of the event within 14 days after the event on its website (www.isu.org).
The ISU will confirm in writing to the NOCs within two (2) weeks after the last day of each event, or ranking, the quota places they have been allocated. The NOCs will then have two (2) weeks to confirm to the ISU if they wish to use these quota places, as detailed in section G. Qualification Timeline.
For Qualification Systems which conclude during the last two (2) weeks of the qualification period, or similarly for events taking place during the last two (2) weeks of the qualification period, notification of acceptance/rejection of allocated quota places by NOCs shall be limited to forty-eight (48) hours in order to maximise the potential for reallocation of any unused quota places. For those sports/disciplines with allocation to the NOC, a Late Athlete Replacement policy will be developed and published by the time of the Chef De Mission seminar.
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CONFIRMATION OF HOST COUNTRY PLACES
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The Host Country CONI must confirm in writing to the ISU immediately after the ISU Figure Skating Qualifying Competition the use of its Host Country Places.
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F.
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REALLOCATION OF UNUSED QUOTA PLACES
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REALLOCATION OF UNUSED QUOTA PLACES
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Qualification places obtained and not used for the individual events (not the Team Event) by the NOCs, will be filled by stand-by NOCs based on the final result of the designated ISU Figure Skating Qualufying Competition (TBA) for those NOCs not qualified and not yet represented.
In case that a Qualified NOC cannot send its Team to the Olympic Winter Games Milano 2026 for whatever reason, the ISU will invite the NOC whose Team is ranked next in the Figure Skating Team Event qualification list, if possible.
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G.
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QUALIFICATION TIMELINE
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Date
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Milestone
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24 – 30 March 2025
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ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2025
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Within two weeks after the event
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The ISU confirms in writing to the NOCs the quota places obtained.
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Within two weeks after the communication from the IF
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The NOCs to confirm to the ISU the use of the allocated quota places.
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TBD (September of October)
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ISU Figure Skating Olympic Qualifying Competition (TBD*)
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Within two weeks after the event
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The ISU confirms in writing to the NOCs the quota places obtained.
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Within two weeks after the communication from the IF
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The NOCs to confirm to the ISU the use of the allocated quota places.
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Within five days after each previous step
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ISU to reallocate all unused quota places.
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04 – 07 December 2025
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ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Nagoya City (JPN), and subsequent ISU information regarding the qualified Teams for the Olympic Figure Skating Team Event
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Within 24h of information
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NOCs qualified for the Team Event to confirm use of allocated quota place to ISU
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08 – 16 December 2025 (*TBC)
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ISU to inform relevant NOCs regarding reallocation of Team quota places that will have to be confirmed by the NOC within 24 hours. Lack of an NOC response to the ISU within this deadline will be considered as a refusal of the offered Team quota place.
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Within five days after each previous step
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World Curling to reallocate all unused quota places.
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25 January 2026
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ISU to reallocate any unused quota places.
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26 January 2026
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Milano Cortina 2026 Sport Entries deadline
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6 – 22 February 2026
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Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026
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