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  • Qualification Tracker
    Matej

    By Matej in Luge

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    A. EVENTS (5)
    Men's Events (2) Women's Events (2) Mixed Events (1)

    Men's Singles

    Men's Doubles

    Women's Singles

    Women's Doubles

    Team Relay

    B. QUOTA PLACES
    1.

    Total quota places for discipline:

      Quota places

    Host country quota

    places

    		Total
    Men 56 3 59
    Women 44 3 47
    Total 100 6 106
    2. Maximum number of athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) (per sport/discipline and/or per event):
        Maximum quota places per NOC
    Men's Singles 3

    Women's

    Singles

    		3
    Men's Doubles 4 (2 teams)

    Women's

    Doubles

    		4 (2 teams)
    Team Relay

    1 Team Relay

    (one (1) man, one (1) woman, one (1) men's double

    (two (2) athletes), one (1) women's double (two (2)

    athletes) who are qualified and entered in their

    individual events

    Total 14
    The quotas are based on the individual discipline rankings (except Team Relay) from five qualification events which are included into the FIL World Cup series. The five qualification events will take place in November / December 2025 and January 2026.
    3. Type of allocation of quota places:
    The quota place/s is/are allocated to the NOC and is/are gender specific. The selection of athletes for any quota places are at the discretion of the NOC subject to the eligibility requirements.
    C. ATHLETE ELIGIBILITY

    Compliance with the Olympic Charter and other relevant rules

    All athletes must respect and comply with the provisions of the Olympic Charter currently in force, including but not limited to Rule 41 (Nationality of Competitors) and Rule 43 (World Anti-Doping Code and the Olympic Movement Code on the Prevention of Manipulation of Competitions).

     

    Only those athletes who respect and comply with the Olympic Charter, the World Anti-Doping Code, and the Olympic Movement Code on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions, including the conditions of participation estabilisted by the IOC, plus the rules of FIL, may participate in the Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026.

    C.1Age requirements:

    All athletes participating in the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 must be born before 1 July 2010

    C.2Additional IF Requirements:

     

    C.2.1Minimum FIL Olympic Qualification Standard (MQS)

    Athletes must have competed and earned points in a minimum of five (5) World Cup, Junior World Cup (Junior Class) or Nations Cup races during the Pre-Olympic season (1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025, hereafter defined as Pre-Olympic season) and Olympic season (1 July 2025 – 12 January 2026, hereafter defined as Olympic Season) combined and have earned a combined minimum or five (5) points from the above-mentioned races.

    or

    An athlete must have earned the following combined minimum World Cup points by participating in two (2) World Cup races (General Class) within the Olympic season:

    • Men's Singles – 26 points
    • Women's Singles – 26 points
    • Men's Doubles – 44 points
    • Women's Doubles – 50 points

    C.2.2Extra requirements for athletes ranked lower than the top 30 men's singles, 30 women's singles, 18 men's doubles or 18 women's doubles. At the close of the pre-Olympic season (30 June 2025) if an athlete, by name, is ranked lower than 30th in men's singles, 30th in women's singles and 15th in men's doubles and 10th in women's doubles in the pre-Olympic season World Cup Ranking List, as published on the FIL website (General Class), then the following conditions must also be met (in addition to the requirements of C.1 and C.2.1) to be eligible for selection by their respective NOC for the Olympic Games:

     

    C.2.2.1 The athlete must complete a minimum of ten (10) timed runs on the selected Sliding Centre Olympic Track's Olympic race start height from the start of the Pre-Olympic Season to the end of the Olympic qualification period (12 January 2026):

    • Men's Singles: Men Start;
    • Women's Singles: Women's Start;
    • Men's Doubles: Doubles Start;
    • Women's Doubles: Doubles Start;

    and

    C.2.2.2 Mandatory* start in two (2) World Cup / Nations Cup races between 1-12 January 2026 or mandatory* participation in one (1) World Cup race between 1-12 January 2026 and FIL approved training of a minimum of twenty (20) runs between 1-12 January 2026.

    * If an athlete/doubles team is unable to complete the (2) two required World Cup races or one (1) World Cup race and 20 FIL approved training runs by 12 January 2026 due to concrete and FIL approved circumstances, i.e. injury, a special request may be made by the NOC to FIL by 2 January 2026 ro review the athletes' eligibility for participation in the respective Olympic event by a FIL selected panl. The FIL panel may grant an extension for the athletes to meet the above requirements until 19th January 2026. Once the decision is made, no further appearl from the NOCs will be accepted and the decision of the FIL regarding the athlete's eligibility is final.

    D. QUALIFICATION PATHWAY

    World Cup Ranking Lists (General Class)

    World Cup Ranking Lists (General Class) are made up of points accumulated by athletes' participation in World Cup races during a season.

    There are two (2) World Cup Ranking Lists (General Class) used in the qualification system:

     

    1.

    Olympic Season World Cup Ranking List (General Class) – accumulated points from Olympic Season from 1 July 2025 to 12 January 2026

    2.

    Pre-Olympic Season World Cup Ranking List (General Class) – accumulated points from the pre-Olympic Season 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

    QUOTA PLACES

    Men/Women

    Number of quota places

    Qualification events

    D.1:

    Men's Singles: 25

    Women's Singles: 25

    Men's Doubles: 17

    Men's Doubles: 11

    (Total 106 athletes)

    D.1

    Ranked in Olympic Season World Cup Ranking List (General Class)

    Each NOC who has qualified athletes in each event (men's and women's singles and men's and women's doubles) will receive priority in ranking and will be allocated a minimum of one quota place for each event.

    If any of the allocations (up to four, one for each individual event) awarded to an NOC by this process is then subsequently rejected (i.e. the NOC deciddes not to use the men's singles allocation), then the prioritized ranking of the NOC for the remaining events (women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles) is automatically forfeited and the NOC is subject to the individual athlete/teams ranking without priority.

    25 Men's/Women's Singles quota places will be allocated as follows:
    D.1.1

    Best ranked man/woman

    NOCs with one (1) athlete ranked in the Men's/Women's Olympic Season World Cup Ranking List (General Class) will be allocated one (1) quota place each until the maximum of 15 men's/women's singles is reached (15 initial allocations);

    D.1.2

    Second best ranked man/woman

    NOCs with a second (2nd) athlete ranked in the Men's/Women's Olympic Season World Cup Ranking List (General Class) will be allocated a second (2nd) quota place each until the maximum of 22 men's/women's singles is reached (7 additional allocations);

    D.1.3

    Third best ranked man/woman

    NOCs with a third (3rd) athlete ranked in the Men's/Women's Olympic Season World Cup Ranking List (General Class) will be allocated a third (3rd) quota place each until the maximum of 25 men's/women's singles is reached (another 3 additional allocations);

    17 Men's Doubles quota will be allocated as follows:
    D.1.4

    Best ranked men's doubles

    NOCs with one (1) men's doubles team ranked in the Men's Doubles' Olympic Season World Cup Ranking List (General Class) will be allocated one (1) quota place each until the maximum of 14 men's doubles is reached (14 initial allocations);

    D.1.5

    Second best ranked men's doubles

    NOCs in D.1.7 with a second (2nd) men's doubles team ranked in the Doubles' Olympic Season World Cup Ranking List (General Class) will be allocated a second (2nd) quota place each until the maximum quota of 17 men's doubles is reached (3 additional allocations);

    11 Women's Doubles quota will be allocated as follows:
    D.1.6

    Best ranked women's doubles

    NOCs with one (1) women's doubles team ranked in the Women's Doubles' Olympic Season World Cup Ranking List (General Class) will be allocated one (1) quota place each until the maximum of 11 women's doubles is reached (11 initial allocations);

    D.1.7

    In the case of athletes/doubles team having the same ranking on the Olympic Season World Cup Ranking List (General Class), the following tie breaker system will be used in the following order to determine the higher ranked athlete/doubles team:

    1.

    The athlete/doubles team, who has the better ranking in one (1) World Cup (General Class) Race during the Olympic season;

    2.

    The athlete/doubles team who has the better ranking in one (1) Nations Cup Race during the Olympic Season;

    3.

    The athlete/doubles team who has the higher number of better rankings in individual races during the Olympic season (i.e. a 12th, 16th, and 18th placed athlete/doubles team ranks higher than a 12th, 17th, and 18th placed athlete/doubles team).

    D.2:

    D.2

    Allocation of remaining quota places

    D.2.1

    If there are still remaining quota places that are not filled after applying D.1, quota places will be allocated to the next highest ranked eligible athlete/doubles team from an NOC that has not earned a quota place according to D.1 based on the respective Olympic Season World Cup Ranking List (General Class) until the maximum quota per event is reached. In the case where the athlete/doubles team from different events have the same ranking, the tie breaker system in D.1.7 will be used;

    D.2.2

    If there are still remaining quota places that are not filled after applying D.2.1, quota places will be allocated to the NOC with the next highest ranked eligible athlete/doubles team based on the respective event's World Cup Ranking List (General Class);

    D.2.3

    If there are still remaining quota places that are not filled after applying D.2.1 and D.2.2, quota places will be allocated as follows:

    a.

    In the case where there are still available quota places in either the Men's or Women's Doubles event, the remaining quota places will be allocated to the next highest ranked NOC within the respective event until the maximum quota for the event is reached (2 Teams per NOC's);

    b.

    In the case where there are still available quota places in the Doubles events, the remaining quota places will be added to Singles Events in the respective gender. These quota places will be allocated to the NOC with the next highest ranked eligible athlete in the Men Singles and/or Women Singles based on the respective event's World Cup ranking List (General Class) until the maximum quota for the sport is reached (106);

    c.

    In the case where there are still available quota places in the Women's Singles event, the remaining quota places will be added to the Men Singles. These quota places will be allocated to the NOC with the next highest ranked eligible athlete in the Men's Singles based on the Men's World Cup Ranking List (General Class) until the maximum quota for the sport is reached (106);

    d.

    In the case where there are still available quota places in the Men's Singles event, the remaining quota places will be added to the Women Singles. These quota places will be allocated to the NOC with the next highest ranked eligible athlete in the Women's Singles based on the Women's World Cup Ranking List (General Class) until the maximum quota for the sport is reached (106);

    HOST COUNTRY PLACES

    If the host country has not been allocated at least one (1) quota place in each event from D.1, it will be allocated one (1) quota place in each of the events where it was not allocated a quota place. The athletes selected to fill these quota places must meet the athlete requirements in C1 and C2.

    If the athlete does not meet the athlete eligibility criteria in C.2.2.1 and C.2.2.2 a special request may be made by the host nation as per section C.2.2.3. If no athlete from the host country is able to fulfil the above requirements, the host country places will be reallocated according to D2.

    E. CONFIRMATION PROCESS FOR QUOTA PLACES
    CONFIRMATION OF QUOTA PLACES

    Following each qualification event, FIL will publish the results on its website (www.fil-luge.org).

    The final World Cup Ranking List (General Class) will be published by 12 January 2026.

    FIL will inform the respective NOCs by 16 January 2026 of their allocated quota places. NOCs will have to confirm if they wish to use these quota places by 19 January 2026, as detailed in paragraph G. Qualification Timeline.

    CONFIRMATION OF HOST COUNTRY PLACES

    The Host Country must confirm in writing to the FIL by 18 January 2026 the use of its Host Country Places.

    F. REALLOCATION OF UNUSED QUOTA PLACES
    REALLOCATION OF UNUSED QUOTA PLACES

    If an allocated quota place is not confirmed by the NOC by the confirmation of quota place deadline 19 January 2026, or is declined by the NOC, the quota place will be reallocated according to D.2.

    REALLOCATION OF UNUSED HOST COUNTRY PLACES

    Unused Host Country Place(s) will be reallocated according to D.2.

    G. QUALIFICATION TIMELINE
    Date Milestone

    01 November 2025 – 11 January 2026

    1st World Cup (General Class) Europe, 03 DEC – 07 DEC, 2025

    2nd World Cup (General Class) North America, 10 DEC – 13 DEC, 2025

    3rd World Cup (General Class) North America, 17 DEC – 21 DEC, 2025

    4th World Cup (General Class) Europe, 30 DEC – 04 Jan, 2026

    5th World Cup (General Class) Europe, 06 JAN – 11 Jan, 2026

    16 January 2026

    The FIL confirms in writing to the NOCs the quota places obtained.

    19 January 2026

    The NOCs to confirm to the FIL the use of the allocated quota places.

    20 January 2026

    FIL to reallocate all unusued quota places.

    26 January 2026

    Milano Cortina 2026 Sport Entries deadline

    6 – 22 February 2026

    Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026

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    EVENTS (5)
    women's events (2) men's events (2) mixed events (1)

    Singles

    Doubles

    Singles

    Doubles

    		Team Relay

     

    QUALIFICATION PROGRESS
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