On Sunday, July 1^st, 2012, the official Olympic qualification period began.

From now on and until January 19^th, 2014, every rider will get the chance to meet the Olympic requirements in order to be allowed to start in Sochi (February 7^th – 23^rd, 2014).

In the end, a maximum of 252 riders will be able to compete at the next Winter Games following the official athletes quota allocation per event:

Women		Men
Parallel Giant Slalom	32	Parallel Giant Slalom	32
Parallel Slalom		Parallel Slalom
Halfpipe	30	Halfpipe	40
Slopestyle	24	Slopestyle	30
Snowboard Cross	24	Snowboard Cross	40

In addition, there is also a maximum NOC (National Olympic Committee) quota:

• 24 riders per NOC

• a maximum of 14 females or 14 males

• and a maximum of four riders per event

The quota spots per NOC will be allocated using the Olympic Quota Allocation List, which contains all World Cup competitions held between July 1, 2012 and January 19, 2014 as well as the 2013 FIS Snowboard World Championships.

The allocation will be made by assigning one quota place per rider from the top of the Olympic Quota Allocation List downwards.

Once a NOC has achieved the maximum number of four spots, the next eligible NOC on the Olympic Quota Allocation List will allocate a spot until the maximum per event is reached.

According to this, it's up to the NOC's to choose who will get their quota place at the Olympics as long as the riders fulfill the qualification criteria.

In order to qualify riders have to:

• place one time in the top-30 of a FIS World Cup event or FIS World Championships in the event concerned during the official qualification period.

• they also require a minimum of 100 FIS points in the event concerned; slopestyle is an exception as only 50 FIS points are required.

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