2023 World Qualification Status and Named Teams

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2023 World Championships WAG Qualifiers​

A total of 201 women will qualify for world championships in 2023, either individually or as a member of a team. NOCs with a qualified team may participate with 4 or 5 gymnasts. For NOCs without a qualified team, a maximum of 5 gymnasts may participate.

Teams

A total 24 women’s teams (up to 120 women) will qualify by NOC, including the top 8 from qualifications at the 2022 world championships and an additional 16 from the 2023 continental championships series. The qualifiers will include 13 from Europe, 5 from the Americas, 4 from Asia, 1 from Africa, and 1 from Oceania.

2022 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Brazil
Italy
China
Japan: Miyata Shoko;Kishi Rina;Fukasawa Kokoro;Watanabe Hazuki;Ashikawa Urara
France
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – April 11-16
Netherlands
Hungary
Romania
Belgium
Spain
Germany
Sweden
Finland
Austria
Czechia
OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS – May 6
Australia
AFRICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – May 26-27
South Africa
PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – May 26-28
Mexico
Argentina
ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – June 10-18
South Korea
Taiwan

Individuals | Continental Championships

A total of 49 individual athletes from NOCs will qualify for nominative spots based on their all-around finish (2 per NOC without a team qualified) at continental championships, including 23 from Europe, 11 from the Americas, 8 from Asia, 4 from Africa, 2 from Oceania, and 1 guaranteed host country spot (which will be reallocated to the host continent if not needed).

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – April 11-16
Barbora Mokosova (Slovakia)
Anna Lashchevska (Ukraine)
Ilona Krupa (Ukraine)
Camille Rasmussen (Denmark)
Caterina Cereghetti (Switzerland)
Lena Bickel (Switzerland)
Sevgi Kayisoglu (Türkiye)
Bengisu Yildiz (Türkiye)
Athanasia Mesiri (Greece)
Paloma Mintcheva (Bulgaria)
Zala Trtnik (Slovenia)
Lucija Hribar (Slovenia)
Mafalda Costa (Portugal)
Filipa Martins (Portugal)
Halle Hilton (Ireland)
Emma Slevin (Ireland)
Lihie Raz (Israel)
Christina Zwicker (Croatia)
Maria Tronrud (Norway)
Mari Kanter (Norway)
Margret Kristinsdottir (Iceland)
Thelma Adalsteinsdottir (Iceland)
Valerija Ratobilska (Latvia)
Host Country Spot Reallocation
Celeste Mordenti (Luxembourg)*
OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS – May 6
Reece Cobb (New Zealand)
Madeleine Marshall (New Zealand)
AFRICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – May 26-27
Kaylia Nemour (Algeria)
Lahna Salem (Algeria)
Jana Abdelsalam (Egypt)
Sandra Elsadek (Egypt)
PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – May 26-28
Stella Diaz (Puerto Rico)*replacing Sydney Barros (Puerto Rico)
Olivia Kelly (Barbados)
Alais Perea (Ecuador)
Lynnzee Brown (Haiti)
Yiseth Valenzuela (Colombia)
Ginna Escobar (Colombia)
Franchesca Santi (Chile)
Makarenta Pinto (Chile)
Lana Herrera (Panama)
Karla Navas (Panama)
Ana Karina Mendez (Peru)
ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – June 10-18
Dildora Aripova (UZB)
Milka Gehani (SRI)
Aida Buyrzhanova (KAZ)
Rifda Irfanaluthfi (INA)
Aleah Finnegan (PHI)
Kylie Kwamme (PHI)
Nadine Joy Nathan (SGP)
Emma Yap (SGP)

*Reallocated from host country berth
*As of June 30, Barros has withdrawn due to injury and has been replaced by Diaz.
Apparatus World Cup Series

Up to 32 women (8 per apparatus) will qualify for nominative spots based on their ranking at the conclusion of the four-meet series (2 per NOC without a team qualified, per apparatus). The qualified gymnasts will only be able to compete on the apparatus they qualified for.

The qualifiers from the apparatus world cup series will be named at the conclusion of the continental championships. The current rankings are available here.

World Championship Qualification Update – May 30

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Vault
Darya Yassinskaya (KAZ)
Bilge Tarhan(Türkiye)*replacing Agata Vostruchovaite (LTU)
Rifda Irfanaluthfi (INA)
Julie Erichsen (NOR)
Gulnaz Jumabekova (Uzbekistan)replacing Oksana Chusovitina (UZB)
Nancy Taman (EGY)
Nazanin Teymurova (AZE)
Hillary Heron (PAN)
As of June 30, Chusovitina and Vostruchovaite have withdrawn and have been replaced by Tarhan and Jumabekova.
Uneven Bars
Yelyzaveta Hubareva (UKR)
Jana Mahmoud (EGY)
Julie Erichsen (NOR)
Ameera Hariadi (INA)
Magdalini Tsiori (GRE)
Oksana Chusovitina (UZB)
Zarith Khalid (MAS)
Hillary Heron (PAN)
Rachel Yeoh Li Wen (Malaysia) replacing Vasiliki Millousi(Greece)
*As of June 30, Millousi has withdrawn and has been replaced by Yeoh.
Balance Beam
Yelyzaveta Hubareva (UKR)
Nazanin Teymurova (AZE)
Samira Gahramanova (AZE)
Angel Wong (HKG)
Chan Cheuk Lam (HKG)
Tina Zelcic (CRO)
Marie Rønbeck (NOR)
Jana Mahmoud (EGY)

Floor Exercise
Nazanin Teymurova (AZE)
Darya Yassinskaya (KAZ)
Chan Cheuk Lam (HKG)
Elvira Katsali (GRE)
Hillary Heron (PAN)
Katrina Jurevica (LAT)
Mariana Parente (POR)
Ameera Hariadi (INA)

updated; 7/1/2023 added on adding in replacement gymnasts

 

[gymfan]

MAG
Hashimoto Daiki
Kaya Kazuma
Miwa Teppei
Chiba Kenta
Minami Kazuki

WAG
Miyata Shoko
Kishi Rina
Fukasawa Kokoro
Watanabe Hazuki
Ashikawa Urara

 

[IratePanda]

I’m not too familiar with the WAG, aside from Miyata Shoko and Ashikawa Urara. Would this be considered an A-team?

 

[irichluck21]

I’m not too familiar with the WAG, aside from Miyata Shoko and Ashikawa Urara. Would this be considered an A-team?

It is currently the highest scoring team, so yeah it would be considered the A squad at the moment.

Yamaguchi Sara was their top athlete but she is injured.

Yamada Chiharu was also a top prospect but also injured herself.

Sakaguchi Ayaka was on the World team last year but her performances and scores haven’t been great this year so I don’t think she was really in contention.

Japan is a favorite for a team medal I think and can still get one with this team. If they had Yamada and Yamguchi they could have challenged for gold IMO.

 

[Yarotska]

Yamaguchi is a junior, though. I think she’ll be able to get back in time for Olympics, though. She has a great foundation, aside from that vault…

 

[J175]

Yamaguchi is still a junior this year. Yamada will be missed as she seemed to be their most consistent bars worker. Based on her scores Kishi Rina seems to be pretty much a like for like replacement for Sakaguchi.

Beam should if anything be even more of a strength than last year, with the previous World Champion added to the current champion and bronze medallist. But as has been China’s downfall, you have to stay on the beam to make use of that strength.

 

[irichluck21]

Oh thanks for some reason I thought she had turned senior.
Didn’t realize Japan lets the juniors and seniors compete together at Nationals.

 

[irichluck21]

Japan will have two World beam champions and a world beam bronze medalist on their roster.
At least one of them will be 2 per’d out of beam finals if all 3 hit their beam routines.

 

[gymfan]

Or one of them can’t have a large wobble. Japan aims for beam medals!

 

[Doug1233]

Sorry if it’s already been posted - are Russia definitely in or out of Worlds yet?

 

[gymfan]

Yes as a team. Individual route depends on the war situation.

 

[MaryClare]

Won’t be able to qualify as a team as not yet eligible to compete at Asian championships. There is the potential for some individual qualifiers but I think extremely unlikely. In her latest interview, Valentina was focussed on World Cup events in 2024 as a route to Olympic qualification.

Even if Russia competed at worlds this year, there is a ban on Russia competing in any team events in Paris anyway

 

[Doug1233]

Even if Russia competed at worlds this year, there is a ban on Russia competing in any team events in Paris anyway

Is there a ban on “ROC” (or some other similarly contrived joke of a loophole) competing in the team event?

 

[MaryClare]

Yes. No ROC, no Olympic athletes from Russia. Any Russian athletes in Paris will only be able to compete as individuals, under the Olympic flag

 

[Doug1233]

What’s the most number of individual Russian athletes that can qualify?

 

[MaryClare]

I don’t know, but it’s the same as for any country wanting to qualify individual athletes via the World Cup circuit

 

[J175]

For Worlds, none now.

For Paris, maximum 3 individuals for countries not qualified as a team. (3 MAG + 3 WAG).

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

Am I right in thinking only 2 of the 3 can come from the apparatus world cup circuit?

 

[J175]

As far as I can tell the only additional restriction on qualifying through the World Cups is “one per apparatus per NOC”.

So I think Russia can fill all 3 spots at the World Cups, they just have to be on different apparatus.

I wonder if they would just select three to send to the World Cups (especially for WAG where they would be practically certain to get the three spots), or would they enter more and let them fight it out? The latter would guard against injuries or a bunch of falls or something, but would open up the possibility of someone with a real medal chance in Paris losing out on the 1 per country or a tiebreak.

 

[YurchenkoLoop]

In the event a Russian were to win every apparatus, how is it decided which three go to the Games? Is it the federation’s decision? And does the all-around competition qualify one for a spot at the Games? it’s just the four, isn’t it…