Olympic Qualification System introduced for LA28 Olympic Games

The Olympic Qualification System (OQS) for the squash competitors on the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad, to be held July 15-24 2028, has been introduced following approval by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board assembly at its assembly on 01 February in Milan, Italy.

The OQS will consist of 5 potential routes to qualification, subject to conditions: Continental Games, Host Country Quota, World Rankings, Universality Places, and a Final World Qualifying Tournament.

In its Olympic debut in Los Angeles, the squash competitors will see 16-athlete attracts for males’s singles and girls’s singles, staged on the Comcast Squash Center at Universal Studios.

The OQS was developed by World Squash and the Professional Squash Association (PSA) and goals to realize an optimum steadiness between inclusion of the very best athletes and illustration of as many National Olympic Committees (NOCs) as potential throughout the 16 athletes in every competitors. A minimal of two and a most of three NOCs will obtain a quota of two athletes per gender, subject to meeting conditions, with all others receiving a quota of 1.

Five athletes per gender will qualify by way of their respective Continental Games: The Asian Games (Nagoya, Japan, September 19-04 October 2026); the African Games (Cairo, Egypt, January 20-07 February 2027); the European Games (Istanbul, Turkey, June 2027); the Pan-American Games (Lima, Peru, July 16-01 August 2027); and the Pacific Games (Pirae, Tahiti, July 24-08 August 2027).

As host, the USA, by way of the US Olympic & Paralympic Committee, receives a quota of at the very least one athlete per gender, subject to conditions.

An extra eight athletes per gender will qualify primarily based on their PSA World Ranking and one universality place per gender will probably be out there to eligible NOCs.

The remaining one quota place per gender will probably be determined by way of a 24-athlete remaining qualification event, to be held June 06-10 2028.

World Squash President Zena Wooldridge mentioned: “We are very acutely aware of the massive suspense and anticipation amongst athletes, coaches and federations concerning squash’s Olympic Qualification System, which displays the thrill throughout the entire squash group for the game’s Olympic debut.

“For many, the Olympic dream will really feel one step nearer as we speak, as squash stars world wide can start plotting a course for a spot in sporting historical past in Los Angeles

“On behalf of World Squash and our PSA colleagues, I would like to express my thanks to our IOC colleagues for their support during this process. We are looking forward to putting squash on sport’s greatest stage.”

The full qualification pointers can be found on olympics.com.

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