Quota - 2018 UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Championships

Aug 29, 2018

Written by Bart de Jong

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From 7-11 November the second UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Championships will take place in Chengdu, China. It will be an event where also Olympic qualifying points will be given out. This process starts on 1 November 2018 and will be an exciting qualification period to follow. For this year's UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Championships a limited number of riders can participate. The UCI released the info which you can find below.

Following the integration of the BMX Freestyle Park discipline into the UCI and the start of the Olympic Qualification period for the 2020 Olympic Games, the UCI has decided to set a participation quota by nation for the 2018 UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Championships, which will be held during the 2018 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Chengdu, China. This will allow the most active nations in BMX Freestyle Park the ability to be well represented, while still giving all countries the ability to send a minimum of 1 rider in each category. This will also ensure that the number of entries will remain at a level that allows the event to be completed in the time available.

Qualification Ranking by Nation
The quota available to be earned by each nation will be decided through the creation of a Qualification Ranking by Nation for the 2018 season. For future seasons, this will be adapted based upon the development of the UCI International Freestyle Calendar. For the 2018 season, in both the Men Elite

and Women Elite categories, such a ranking will be created by adding the UCI points earned by the highest ranked 2 riders from each country during the following events. Any ties in the ranking for each category will be broken by the county with the highest ranked rider in that category at the event in Edmonton, and finally, in Montpellier if still tied.

Due to the unfortunate cancellation of the event in Budapest, the 2 events which will make up the qualification ranking are as follows:

Events counted in the Qualification Ranking by Nation for 2018
•2018 UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup –Montpellier
•2018 UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup –Edmonton

Quota
Quota spots will be awarded for each category using the qualification ranking described above for that category, as follows:

Rank.                Quota
1st to 3rd.        Maximum 6 riders
4th to 6th         Maximum 5 riders
7th to 9th         Maximum 4 riders
10th to 14th.   Maximum 3 riders
15th to 19th    Maximum 2 riders
All others, including countries not ranked Maximum 1 rider

Quota by Nation, Women Elite
Following the UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup events in Montpellier (FRA) and Edmonton (CAN), the Quota by Nation for the Women Elite Category is as follows. In case a country decides not to use its entire quota, the quota is not reallocated.

Rank Country        Total Points    Quota
1 USA                     3060               6 riders
2 GERMANY          2670               6 riders
3 JAPAN.              1770             6
4 SWITZERLAND 1570.              5
5 GREAT BRITAIN 1420.             5
6 SPAIN.               1180.              5
7 NEW ZEALAND. 1090.            4
8 ARGENTINA.       870.             4
9 RUSSIA.               800.             4
10 NETHERLANDS 740.            3
11 CHILE.               720.             3
12 CANADA.          534.            3
13 VENEZUELA.    470.            3
14 FRANCE.           400.           3
15 BRAZIL.              28.            2
All other countries                   1 Rider

Quota by Nation, Men Elite

Following the UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup events in Montpellier (FRA) and Edmonton (CAN), the Quota by Nation for the Men Elite Category is as follows. In case a country decides not to use its entire quota, the quota is not reallocated.