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Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

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Qualification for boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics begin from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2019. There are seven mixed events where 82 quotas are gender free and 34 are for females to make a total of 116 athletes.[1]

Summary

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Timeline

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The following is a timeline of the qualification events for the boccia events at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Event Date Venue Berths
Pairs and team (NPC allocation) [1]
2019 BISFed Boccia Asia/Oceania Championships 2–9 July 2019 South Korea Seoul 10 athletes
2019 BISFed Boccia European Championships 25 August–1 September 2019 Spain Sevilla 10 athletes
2019 BISFed Boccia Africa/Americas Championships 29 September–6 October 2019 Brazil São Paulo 10 athletes
2019 BISFed Pairs and Teams World Ranking 1 January 2018 – 31 December 2019 60 athletes
Host nation (subject to BISFed World Ranking) 1 January 2018 – 31 December 2019 10 athletes
Individual (NPC allocation) [1]
2019 BISFed Boccia Asia/Oceania Championships 2–9 July 2019 South Korea Seoul 4 athletes
2019 BISFed Boccia European Championships 25 August–1 September 2019 Spain Sevilla 4 athletes
2019 BISFed Boccia Africa/Americas Championships 29 September–6 October 2019 Brazil São Paulo 4 athletes
Pairs and team athletes 40 athletes
Individual (athlete allocation) [1]
2019 BISFed Individual World Ranking 1 January 2018 – 31 December 2019 40 athletes

Quotas

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The qualification slots are allocated to the NPC not to the individual athlete or team. Individual World Ranking List slots are allocated to the individual athlete not to the NPC.

  • An NPC can allocated one pair or team in a BC1/BC2 team, BC3 or BC4 pairs events.
  • An NPC can qualify a maximum of two athletes per individual medal event.
  • In each pair or team event, an NPC must have at least one female athlete in their pair or team.

Entry systems

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Individuals

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BC1 BC2 BC3 BC4
2019 Regional
Championships
3 3 3 3
Individual World Ranking
(No team/pair)*'
3 3 3 3
Individual World Ranking
(In team/pair)*
3 7 7 7
Individual Female World Ranking
(No team/pair)
1 1 1 1
From teams/pairs 10 10 10 10
Total 20 24 24 24

* up to the maximum entry per NPC.

Pairs and teams

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BC1/2
Team
BC3
Pairs
BC4
Pairs
Athlete numbers 40
(4 per NPC)
30
(3 per NPC)
30
(3 per NPC)
Host country 1 1 1
Direct qualification
Top rank in Regionals
3 3 3
Ranking qualification 6 6 6
Total 10 10 10

Qualification summary

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As of December 2019.[2][3][4]

Pairs and team

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Event Pair Team
BC3 BC4 BC1/BC2
Host nation  Japan  Japan  Japan
European Championship  France  Slovakia  RPC
Asian/Oceanian Championship  Hong Kong  Hong Kong  Thailand
American/African Championship  Brazil  Brazil  Brazil
Pairs/Team World Ranking  Greece  Thailand  China
 Australia  Canada  South Korea
 South Korea  Great Britain  Portugal
 Great Britain  RPC  Great Britain
 Thailand  Colombia  Argentina
 Portugal  Portugal  Slovakia

Individual

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Event BC1 BC2 BC3 BC4
European Championship  Great Britain  Portugal  Greece  Slovakia
Asian/Oceanian Championship  South Korea  Thailand  Hong Kong  Hong Kong
American/African Championship  Mexico1  Brazil  Argentina2  Brazil
Individual from Pairs/Team  Argentina  Argentina  Australia  Brazil
 Brazil  Brazil  Brazil  Canada
 China  China  France  Colombia
 Great Britain  Great Britain  Great Britain  Great Britain
 Japan  Japan  Greece  Hong Kong
 Portugal  Portugal  Hong Kong  Japan
 RPC  RPC  Japan  Portugal
 Slovakia  Slovakia  Portugal  RPC
 South Korea  South Korea  South Korea  Slovakia
 Thailand  Thailand  Thailand  Thailand
Female World Ranking
(No Team/Pair)
 Katerina Curinova (CZE)  Hiu Lam Yeung (HKG)  Maria Bjurström (SWE)  Ximei Lin (CHN)
World Ranking
(No Team/Pair)
 Daniel Perez (NED)  Nadav Levi (ISR)  Aleksander Legostaev (RUS)  Boris Nicolai (GER)
 Wei Lun Chew (MAS)  Francis Rombouts (BEL)  Adam Peska (CZE)  Zheng Yuansen (CHN)
 Danik Allard (CAN)  Davor Komar (CRO)
World Ranking
(From Team/Pair)
 David Smith (GBR)  Worawut Saengampa (THA)  Grigorios Polychronidis (GRE)  Alison Levine (CAN)
 Witsanu Huadpradit (THA)  Hidetaka Sugimura (JPN)  Yuen Kei Ho (HKG)  Euclides Grisales (COL)
 Tomas Kral (SVK)  Maciel Santos (BRA)  Howon Jeong (KOR)  Yuk Wing Leung (HKG)
 José Carlos Oliveira (BRA)  Zhiqiang Yan (CHN)  Daniel Michel (AUS)  Samuel Andrejcik (SVK)
 Abílio Valente (POR)  Jamie McCowan (GBR)  Pornchok Larpyen (THA)
 Dmitry Kozmin (RUS)  Junyup Kim (KOR)  Eliseu dos Santos (BRA)
 Claire Taggart (GBR)  Evelyn de Oliveira (BRA)  Stephen McGuire (GBR)
 Mateus Carvalho (BRA)
Note
1 Mexico did not qualify for the BC1/BC2 team event, so Eduardo Sanchez Reyes represents as Mexico for NPC allocation and BISFed World Ranking for NPC that did not qualify for pairs and team events will be reduced by one.
2 Argentina did not qualify for the BC3 pairs event, so Stefania Ferrando represents as Argentina for NPC allocation and BISFed World Ranking for NPC that did not qualify for pairs and team events will be reduced by one.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  2. ^ "BISFed 2019 Seville Boccia European Regional Championships Matches". bisfed2019-seville-ind.sport80.com. 30 August 2019.
  3. ^ "BISFed 2019 Seoul Boccia Championships Matches". BISFed. 9 July 2019.
  4. ^ "BISFed 2019 Sao Paulo Boccia America Regional Championships". BISFed2019. 8 October 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-10-03.