2020 Olympic Games Qualifications Process

Here you will find the qualifications process to the Tokyo Olympics Games for Individuals and Groups including a comparison between the the old system and the new one using the 2013-2016 cycle.

Individuals

CRITERIA 1: WORLDS 2019
COMPETITION	2019 World Championships (September 2019)
QUOTA	Top 16 gymnasts of the AA --> max. 2 per country
ALLOCATION	Country
CRITERIA 2: 2020 WORLD CUP SERIES
COMPETITION	2020 World Cup Series (February to April)
QUOTA	Top 3 gymnasts of the AA --> max. 1 per country Top 3 of 4 AA scores count
EXCEPTION	Countries with 2 spots from Criteria 1 Gymnasts who won spots in Criteria 1
ALLOCATION	Country: when the country already has 1 spot earned in Criteria 1 Gymnast: country doesn't have a spot from Criteria 1
REALLOCATION	Next best ranked gymnast from the 2019 World Championships AA with no spot from Criteria 1 If World Cup Series doesn't take place, next best ranked gymnast from the 2019 World Championships AA with no spot from Criteria 1 or 3
CRITERIA 3: CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
COMPETITION	Continental Championships 2020 (May)
QUOTA	Top AA gymnast of each competition (5 in total)
EXCEPTION	Country has quota from Criteria 1 or 2 Gymnast didn't participate in the 2019 World Championships Championship doesn't take place, continent looses quota
ALLOCATION	Gymnast
REALLOCATION	Next best ranked gymnast from the 2019 World Championships AA
CRITERIA 4: HOST COUNTRY
QUOTA	Top gymnast in the 2019 World Championships AA (or QF) from Host Country
EXCEPTION	Country already has a spot from Criteria 1, 2 or 3
ALLOCATION	Gymnast
REALLOCATION	Next best ranked gymnast from the 2019 World Championships AA (or QF)
CRITERIA 5: TRIPARTITE INVITATION
QUOTA	1 invitation from IOC
EXCEPTION	Gymnast didn't participate in the 2019 World Championships
ALLOCATION	Gymnast
REALLOCATION	Next best ranked gymnast from the 2019 World Championships AA with no spot from Criteria 1, 2, 3 or 4
TOTAL                                           26 GYMNASTS

If the continental championships would have taken place in May 2016 and the World Cup Series from February to April 2016, the olympic qualifications would have looked like this:

OLD SYSTEM			NEW SYSTEM
GYMNAST	NOC	CRITERIA	GYMNAST	NOC	CRITERIA
YANA KUDRYAVTSEVA	RUS	WORLDS	YANA KUDRYAVTSEVA	RUS	WORLDS
MARGARITA MAMUN	RUS	WORLDS	MARGARITA MAMUN	RUS	WORLDS
MELITINA STANIOUTA	BLR	WORLDS	MELITINA STANIOUTA	BLR	WORLDS
SALOME PAZHAVA	GEO	WORLDS	SALOME PAZHAVA	GEO	WORLDS
GANNA RIZATDINOVA	UKR	WORLDS	GANNA RIZATDINOVA	UKR	WORLDS
MARINA DURUNDA	AZE	WORLDS	MARINA DURUNDA	AZE	WORLDS
NETA RIVKIN	ISR	WORLDS	NETA RIVKIN	ISR	WORLDS
LAURA ZENG	USA	WORLDS	LAURA ZENG	USA	WORLDS
CAROLINA RODRIGUEZ	ESP	WORLDS	CAROLINA RODRIGUEZ	ESP	WORLDS
NEVIANA VLADINOVA	BUL	WORLDS	NEVIANA VLADINOVA	BUL	WORLDS
YEON-JAE SON	KOR	WORLDS	YEON-JAE SON	KOR	WORLDS
KSENIYA MOUSTAFAEVA	FRA	WORLDS	KSENIYA MOUSTAFAEVA	FRA	WORLDS
KATSIARYNA HALKINA	BLR	WORLDS	KATSIARYNA HALKINA	BLR	WORLDS
VARVARA FILIOU	GRE	WORLDS	VARVARA FILIOU	GRE	WORLDS
KAHO MINAGAWA	JPN	WORLDS	KAHO MINAGAWA	JPN	WORLDS
ANASTASIYA SERDYUKOVA	UZB	TEST EVENT	ELIZAVETA NAZARENKOVA	UZB	WORLDS
SABINA ASHIRBAYEVA	KAZ	TEST EVENT	SABINA ASHIRBAYEVA	KAZ	WORLD CUP
ANA LUIZA FILIORIANU	ROU	TEST EVENT	VICTORIA FILANOVSKY	ISR	WORLD CUP
VERONICA BERTOLINI	ITA	TEST EVENT	VERONICA BERTOLINI	ITA	WORLD CUP
DANIELLE PRINCE	AUS	CONTINENTAL	GRACE LEGOTE	RSA	CONTINENTAL - AFRICA
SHANG RONG	CHN	TEST EVENT	SHANG RONG	CHN	CONTINENTAL - ASIA
NATALIA GAUDIO	BRA	HOST COUNTRY	NATALIA GAUDIO	BRA	CONTINENTAL - AMERICA
EKATERINA VOLKOVA	FIN	TEST EVENT	EKATERINA VOLKOVA	FIN	CONTINENTAL - EUROPE
JANA BEREZKO-MARGGRANDER	GER	TEST EVENT	JANA BEREZKO-MARGGRANDER	GER	CONTINENTAL - OCEANIA
NICOL RUPRECHT	AUT	TEST EVENT	NICOL RUPRECHT	AUT	HOST COUNTRY
ELYANE BOAL	CPV	TRIPARTITE	ELYANE BOAL	CPV	TRIPARTITE

So in summary:

• Danielle Prince wouldn't have gotten the cotinental spot because Oceania didn't held a Continental Championship in 2016, her spot went to the next best ranked gymnast, in this case Jana Berezko-Marggrander.
• Nicol Ruprecht would have still have a spot because Natalia Gaudio won the Pan American Championships, so the Host Country spot would have gone to her given that she was the next best ranked gymnast in 2019 Worlds AA which country didn't have a spot with Criteria 1,2 or 3.
• Grace Legote would have earned an olympic spot because she was the African Champion.
• Elizaveta Nazarenkova would have earned a spot through World Championships because she was ranked 16th in the AA and Anastasiya Serdyukova would have been out, Uzbekistan was just a swap between 2 gymnasts.
• Ana Luiza Filiorianu would have been just out of the olympics being ranked just below Ekaterina Volkova at Euros, she was the best ranked european gymnasts who's country didn't have a spot from Criteria 1 or 2.
• Sabina Ashirbayeva and Veronica Bertolini would have maintained their spots, but they would have earned them in the World Cup Series.
• And Victoria Veinberg Filanovsky would have won a spot from the World Cup Series, giving Israel 2 olympic spots (Linoy Ashram was ranked higher than Filanovsky but she didn't compete at the 2015 World Championships)

Groups

CRITERIA 1: WORLDS 2018
COMPETITION	2018 World Championships (September)
QUOTA	Top 3 Groups from the General Competition
CRITERIA 2: WORLDS 2019
COMPETITION	2019 World Championships (September)
QUOTA	Top 5 Groups from the General Competition
EXCEPTION	Groups already qualified from Criteria 1
REALLOCATION	Next best ranked Group of the 2019 World Championships with no spot from Criteria 1
CRITERIA 3: CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
COMPETITION	Continental Championships 2020 (May)
QUOTA	Top ranked Group from the General Competition from each Continental Championships (5 in total)
EXCEPTION	Groups already qualified from Criteria 1 and 2 Group didn't compete in 2019 World Championships Championship doesn't take place, continent looses quota
REALLOCATION	Next best ranked Group of the 2019 World Championships with no spot from Criteria 1 and 2
CRITERIA 4: HOST COUNTRY
EXCEPTION	Group didn't compete in 2019 World Championships Group already earned spot in Criteria 1, 2 or 3
REALLOCATION	Next best ranked Group of the 2019 World Championships with no spot from Criteria 1, 2 or 3
TOTAL	19 GROUPS

If the continental championships would have taken place in May 2016 the olympic qualifications would have looked like this:

OLD SYSTEM		NEW SYSTEM
COUNTRY	CRITERIA	COUNTRY	CRITERIA
TEAM BULGARIA	WORLDS	TEAM BULGARIA	WORLDS 2014
TEAM ITALY	WORLDS	TEAM ITALY	WORLDS 2014
TAM BELARUS	WORLDS	TEAM BELARUS	WORLDS 2014
TEAM RUSSIA	WORLDS	TEAM RUSSIA	WORLDS 2015
TEAM SPAIN	WORLDS	TEAM SPAIN	WORLDS 2015
TEAM JAPAN	WORLDS	TEAM JAPAN	WORLDS 2015
TEAM ISRAEL	WORLDS	TEAM ISRAEL	WORLDS 2015
TEAM CHINA	WORLDS	TEAM CHINA	WORLDS 2015
TEAM GERMANY	TEST EVENT	TEAM KAZAKHSTAN	CONTINENTAL - ASIA
TEAM UZBEKISTAN	TEST EVENT	TEAM FINLAND	CONTINENTAL - EUROPE
TEAM USA	CONTINENTAL	TEAM MEXICO	CONTINENTAL - AMERICA
TEAM GREECE	TEST EVENT	TEAM EGYPT	CONTINENTAL - AFRICA
TEAM UKRAINE	WORLDS	TEAM UKRAINE	CONTINENTAL - OCENIA
TEAM BRAZIL	HOST COUNTRY	TEAM BRAZIL	HOST COUNTRY

In summary:

• All the groups who qualified in the Test Event wouldn't have made it to the olympics. Instead the Continental Championships decided the last groups who qualified.
• Team USA didn't go to Pan American Championships, so Team Mexico who won would have taken its place.
• Team Ukraine would have barely made it to the Olympics, as they did in 2015 too, only because Oceania didn't hold a Continental Championships, because Team Finland was the best ranked Group at Europeans (7th) and Ukraine was way lower (13th)
• Interesting thing is that Russia would have qualified in 2015 not in 2014, something Viner wouldn't have been very happy about that.