Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics.^[1]

Qualification rules

The qualification is based on the cumulative world ranking points from the first five world cup events of the 2017–18 season. A total of 110 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum 37 men, 27 women, and 17 doubles teams will initially qualify. Each NOC can enter a maximum of three men, three women, and two doubles. The host then has the right to enter a competitor in the men's, doubles, and women's competitions provided they meet minimum standards. Then eight athletes will be added, first to fill the highest ranked relay teams who did not qualify individuals in all three disciplines, then the remaining quotas will be distributed equally among the three disciplines.

The team relay will consist of all nations who can form a relay team from qualified athletes. They must have participated in relay competitions during qualification. There will be three relay races during qualification.

Quota allocation

Current allocation is according to the world rankings following World Cup 5 ending 16 December 2017.^[2]

Current summary

As of 28 January 2018.

Nations	Men's	Doubles	Women's	Relay	Athletes
Argentina			1		1
Australia	1				1
Austria	3	2	3	x	10
Bulgaria	1				1
Canada	3	1	3	x	8
Croatia			1		1
Czech Republic	1	2	1	x	6
Georgia	1				1
Germany	3	2	3	x	10
Great Britain	2				2
India	1				1
Italy	3	2	2	x	9
Kazakhstan	1				1
Latvia	3	2	3	x	10
Olympic Athletes from Russia	3	2	1	x	8
Poland	2	1	2	x	6
Romania	2	1	1	x	5
Slovakia	2	1	1	x	5
Slovenia	1				1
South Korea	1	1	2	x	5
Switzerland			1		1
Chinese Taipei	1				1
Ukraine	2	1	2	x	6
United States	3	2	3	x	10
Total: 24 NOCs	40	20	30	13	110

Men's

Number of sleds	Athletes total	Nation
3	21	Austria Canada Germany Italy Latvia Olympic Athletes from Russia United States
2	10	Great Britain Poland Romania Slovakia ~~Slovenia~~ Ukraine
1	9	Slovenia Australia Bulgaria Czech Republic Georgia India South Korea Chinese Taipei Kazakhstan¹
40	40

^ Slovenia elected to use only one of its quota places. Declined quota was reallocated to Kazakhstan.^[3]

Doubles

Teams in italics gained entry by use of additional quotas to form a relay team

Number of sleds	Athletes total	Nation
2	28	Austria Czech Republic Germany Italy Latvia Olympic Athletes from Russia United States
1	12	Canada Poland Slovakia South Korea¹ Ukraine Romania
20	40

^ South Korea qualified as the host.

Women's

Teams in italics gained entry by use of additional quotas to form a relay team

Number of sleds	Athletes total	Nation
3	15	Austria Canada Germany Latvia ~~Olympic Athletes from Russia~~² United States
2	8	Italy Poland South Korea ~~Switzerland~~¹ Ukraine²
1	7	Olympic Athletes from Russia Switzerland Romania Czech Republic Slovakia Croatia¹ Argentina²
30	30

^ Switzerland elected to use only one of its quota places. Declined quota was reallocated to Croatia on 17 January 2018.^[4]^[5]
^ The FIL released a press statement indicated that team OAR would only use one female quota, unused quota places were reallocated to Argentina and Ukraine.^[6]

Team relay

Final team relay world ranking as of 9 December 2017.^[7] Teams in italics could not form an olympic relay team. Scores next to a nation indicate the "Team Relay nations rankings" for the purpose of identifying which team receives additional quotas first.

Criteria	Teams	Nation
Nations with sleds in all events	9	Germany Canada Austria United States Latvia Olympic Athletes from Russia Poland Italy South Korea
Nations who needed an additional quota	4	Czech Republic 347 Romania 337 Slovakia 252 Ukraine 169 Great Britain 72 Kazakhstan 66

References

^ "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang" (PDF). fil-luge.org. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
^ "Ranking list" (PDF). fil-luge.org. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
^ "Команда Казахстана" [Team of Kazakhstan]. National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
^ "Swiss Olympic hat die Olympiaselektionen im Bob, Rodeln und Skeleton vorgenommen" [Swiss Olympic Association selects Olympic teams in bobsleigh, luge and skeleton] (in German). Swiss Olympic Association. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
^ "Sanjkašici Dariji Obratov olimpijska norma za ZOI u Pjongčangu" [Luger Daria Obratov receives Olympic berth for Pyeongchang] (in Croatian). Croatian Olympic Committee. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
^ "Eight lugers set to compete as Olympic Athletes from Russia". fil-luge.org. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
^ "Overall scores". fil-luge.org. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

[1] "Qualification Systems for XXIII Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang" (PDF). fil-luge.org. Retrieved November 13, 2017.

[2] "Ranking list" (PDF). fil-luge.org. Retrieved 19 December 2017.

[3] "Команда Казахстана" [Team of Kazakhstan]. National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

[4] "Swiss Olympic hat die Olympiaselektionen im Bob, Rodeln und Skeleton vorgenommen" [Swiss Olympic Association selects Olympic teams in bobsleigh, luge and skeleton] (in German). Swiss Olympic Association. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.

[5] "Sanjkašici Dariji Obratov olimpijska norma za ZOI u Pjongčangu" [Luger Daria Obratov receives Olympic berth for Pyeongchang] (in Croatian). Croatian Olympic Committee. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.

[6] "Eight lugers set to compete as Olympic Athletes from Russia". fil-luge.org. Retrieved 27 January 2018.

[7] "Overall scores". fil-luge.org. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

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