Target Beijing: All Qualified Athletes

The women’s and men’s relays in Ruhpolding closed the series of competitions that determined the final NOC Quota List for the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games. With those competitions completed, the NOC Quota List of the top 20 nations for both men and women are finalized, as well as the allocated places beyond 20th.

The nations listed below have the right to nominate athletes to fill their allocated spots, but the final number nominated is up to each individual National Olympic Committee. According to the quota allocation list that can be found for women and men, the NOCs are qualified to send athletes to the OWGs in Beijing. Those NOCs marked R would only have received a quota (in the order as listed) in case some of the qualified NOCs did not use their full quota. However, all nations are using their allotted quota.

Women’s List (as per 14 January 2022)

After the women’s relay in Ruhpolding, Sweden, Norway and France top the women’s NOC Quota List, as the top three teams gaining six quota places for Beijing. Germany and Belarus lead the five-quota places group with Russia, Ukraine, Austria, Italy and Czech Republic rounding out that group. Teams allocated four spots include Switzerland, USA, Poland, Canada, Finland, Estonia, Peoples Republic of China, Slovakia, Japan and Bulgaria.

Men’s List (as per 15 January 2022)

The Ruhpolding Men’s Relay concluded the scoring for the men’s NOC Quota List with Norway, France and Germany grabbing the coveted six quota places. Russia and Sweden followed next along with Italy, Belarus, Austria, Ukraine and the Czech Republic all gaining five quota places. Slovenia, Canada, Switzerland, USA, Finland, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Belgium, Estonia and Slovakia all receive four quota places.

On the men's side, Team China receives one place via the IBU Qualifying Points List, and one place via the Host Nation quota. Since China has further qualified-by-points athletes, it receives two additional places not being deducted from the remaining 10 spots from IBU Qualifying Points List.

The complete list of athletes entered follows:

Norway

Men: Johannes T. Boe, Tarjei Boe, Sturla H. Laegreid, Vetle S. Christiansen, Filip F. Andersen, Sivert G. Bakken

Women: Marte O. Roeiseland, Tiril Eckhoff, Ingrid L. Tandrevold, Ida Lien, Karoline Knotten, Emilie Kalkenberg

Sweden

Men: Sebastian Samuelsson, Martin Ponsiluoma, Jesper Nelin, Peppe Femling, Malte Stefansson

Women: Hanna Oeberg, Elvira Oeberg, Linn Persson, Anna Magnusson, Mona Brorsson, Stina Nilsson

USA

Men: Paul Schommer, Jake Brown, Sean Doherty, Leif Nordgren, Vaclav Cervenka (alternate)

Women: Susan Dunklee, Clare Egan, Deedra Irwin, Joanne Reid, Hallie Grossman (alternate)

Ukraine

Men: Dmytro Pidruchnyi, Artem Pryma, Anton Dudchenko, Bogdan Tsymbal, Artem Tyshchenko

Women: Yulia Dzhima, Olena Bilosiuk, Valentina Semerenko, Darya Blashko, Irina Petrenko

ROC

Men: Eduard Latypov, Alexander Loginov, Daniil Serokhostov, Said Karimulla Khalili, Maxim Tsvetkov, Anton Babikov and Alexander Povarnitsyn (reserves)

Women: Kristina Reztsova, Uliana Nigmatullina, Svetlana Mironova, Irina Kazekevich, Valeriia Vasnetcova, Anastasia Shevchenko and Evgeniya Burtasova (reserves)

Belarus

Men: Anton Smolski, Maksim Varabei, Mikita Labastau, Dzmitry Lazouski, Raman Yaliotnau

Women: Dzinara Alimbekava, Hanna Sola, Iryna Leshchanka, Irina Kruchinkina, Elena Kruchinkina, Alina Pilchuk

Czech Republic

Men: Michael Krcmar, Mikulas Karlik, Jakub Stvrtecky, Adam Vaclavik, Milan Zemlicka

Women: Marketa Davidova, Lucie Charvátová, Eva Puskarcikova, Terza Vobornikova, Jessica Jislova

Austria

Men: Simon Eder, Patrick Jakob, David Komatz, Felix Leitner, Harald Lemmerer Women: Lisa Theresa Hauser, Katharina Innerhofer, Anna Juppe, Julia Schwaiger, Dunja Zdouc

Switzerland

Men: Benjamin Weger, Joscha Burkhalter, Niklas Hartweg, Sebastian Stalder

Women: Lena Haecki, Selina Gasparin, Amy Baserga, Irene Cadurisch

Germany

Men: Benedikt Doll, Erik Lesser, Johannes Kuehn, Philipp Nawrath, Roman Rees, David Zobel

Women: Denise Herrmann, Franziska Preuss, Vanessa Hinz, Vanessa Voigt, Anna Weidel

France

Men: Quentin Fillon Maillet, Emilien Jacquelin, Simon Desthieux, Fabien Claude, Antonin Guigonnat, Eric Perrot

Women: Julia Simon, Anais Chevalier, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, Chloe Chevalier, Anais Bescond and Paula Botet

Italy

Men: Lukas Hofer, Dominik Windisch, Didier Bionaz, Tommaso Giacomel, Thomas Bormolini

Women: Dorothea Wierer, Lisa Vittozzi, Michela Carrara, Samuela Comola, Federica Sanfilippo

Finland

Men: Tero Seppälä, Tuomas Harjula. Olli Hiidensalo, Heikki Laitinen

Women: Mari Eder, Suvi Minkkinen, Nastassia Kinnunen, Erika Jänkä

Slovenia

Men: Jakov Fak, Miha Dovžan, Rok Tršan, Lovro Planko

Women: Ziva Klemencic, Polona Klemencic

Canada

Men: Scott Gow, Christian Gow, Jules Burnotte, Adam Runnalls

Women: Emma Lunder, Sarah Beaudry, Megan Bankes, Emily Dickson

Estonia

Men: Raido Rankel, Kalev Ermits, Rene Zahkna, Kristo Simer

Women: Johanna Talihaerm, Tuuli Tomingas, Regina Oja, Susan Kulm

Poland

Men: Grzegorz Guzik

Women: Monika Hojnisz-Starega, Anna Mąka, Kinga Zbylut, Kamilla Zuk

Slovakia

Men: Matej Baloga, Michal Sima, Simon Bartko,

Women: Paulina Fialkova, Ivona Fialkova, Veronika Machyniakova, Henrieta Horvatova

Lithuania

Men: Karol Dombrovski, Linas Banys, Tomas Kaukenas, Vytautas Strolia Women: Gabriele Lescinskaite

Japan

Men: Tsukasa Kobonoki, Kosuke Ozaki

Women: Fuyuko Tachizaki, Sari Maeda, Yurie Tanaka, Asuka Hachisuka

Bulgaria

Men: Vladimir Iliev, Dimitar Gerdzhikov, Blagoy Todev

Women: Milena Todorova, Maria Zdravkova, Daniela Kadeva, Lora Hristova

China

Men: Xingyuan Yan, Zhenyu Zhu, Chunyu Zhang, Fangming Cheng

Women: Yuhuan Ding, Jialin Tang, Fanqi Meng, Yuanmeng Chu

Moldova

Men: Maksim Makarov, Mihail Usov

Women: Alina Stremous, Alla Ghilenko

Korea

Men: Timofei Lapshin

Women: Ekaterina Avvakumova, Seonsu Kim

Latvia

Women: Baiba Bendika

Belgium

Men: Florent Claude, Thierry Langer, Tom Lahaye-Goffart, Cesar Beauvais, (reserve) Pjotr Dielen

Women: Lotte Lie

Kazakhstan

Men: Alexander Mukhin, Vladislav Kireev

Women: Galina Vishnevskaya-Sheporenko

Romania

Men: George Coltea

Women: Natalia Ushkina

New Zealand

Men: Campbell Wright

Denmark

Women: Ukaleq Astri Slettemark

NOC Quota List recap

For nations wishing to compete in the OWG, the criteria are simple and straightforward. 37 competitions starting back on 28 November 2020 are being used for the NOC Quota List. The best 12 results in six sprints, one individual, three relays, one mixed relay and one single mixed relay determine the final rankings after the 14 January 2022 Ruhpolding women’s relay and the 15 January men’s relay. At that point, in both the men and women’s lists, National Olympic Committees ranked 1-3 receive six quota places, 4-10, five quota places, 11-20, four quota places; those nations beyond 20th in the IBU Qualifying Points List are eligible to be allocated up to two quota places for top-ranked athletes of twelve available on the IBU Points List.

If the Host Nation does not receive any places in this twelve and they have qualified-by-points athletes, it can receive up to two places in each gender that will be deducted from the total of twelve. Given that the host nation has further qualified-by-points athletes, it can receive up to four places per gender – with the additional places not being deducted from the remaining 10 spots from IBU Qualifying Points List. All of the top 20 teams receive four start spots in the individual competitions, setting the Sprint and 15km / 20km Individual start fields at 92 competitors, which could jump to 94 should China finish outside the top 20 and should the results deem it, a nation could have five starters in the mass start.

Bottom line - due to China finishing outside the Top 20 on the men's side: 107 Qualification Places for the men and 105 for the women in Beijing.