title: Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Qualification
text: # Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Qualification
  
  The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
  
  ## Qualification Rules
  
  ### Quotas
  
  A total of 310 athletes are allowed to compete at the Games. A maximum of 20 athletes per nation will be allowed to compete with a maximum of 12 males or 12 females from a nation being permitted.
  
  ### A Standard
  
  An athlete with a maximum of 100 FIS distance points will be allowed to compete in both or one of the event (sprint/distance). An athlete with a maximum 120 FIS sprint points will be allowed to compete in the sprint event and 10 km for women or 15 km for men provided their distance points does not exceed 300 FIS points.
  
  ### B Standard
  
  NOC's who do not have any athlete meeting the A standard can enter one competitor of each sex (known as the basic quota) in the sprint event or 10 km classical event for women/15 km classical event for men. They must have a maximum of 300 FIS distance points at the end of qualifying on January 20, 2014. The qualification period begins in July 2012.
  
  ### Allocation of quotas
  
  **Basic Quota**
  
  Every NOC will be assigned one male and one female quota spot meeting the B standard.
  
  **Top 300 on Points list**
  
  Every NOC with at least one male and/or female in the top 300 of any event will be allocated one additional male and/or female quota in addition to the basic quota.
  
  **Top 30 on Points list**
  
  Every NOC with at least one male and/or female in the top 30 of any event will be allocated one additional male and/or female quota in addition to the basic quota top 500 and 100 quota. If an NOC has two or more fitting this criteria it will be given an additional quota.
  
  **Remaining quotas**
  
  The remaining quotas will be assigned using the Olympic Quota allocation list on January 20, 2014. The spots will be assigned until a maximum of 310 quotas are reached including the above. When a nation reaches its maximum, remaining athletes from that country will be skipped over. The list is a table of athletes in the top 500 in both events (distance and sprint).
  
  An athlete can be counted only once for the above three criteria. For example, if a country has only one athlete meeting all three criteria then only one quota will be given (not 3).
  
  ## Quota allocation
  
  This is the Olympic allocation quota.
  
  ### Current summary
  
  | Nations | Men | Women | Additional | Athletes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Argentina | 1 | | | 1 |
  | Armenia | 2 | 1 | | 3 |
  | Australia | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
  | Austria | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
  | Belarus | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
  | Bermuda | 1 | | | 1 |
  | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
  | Brazil | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
  | Bulgaria | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
  | Canada | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
  | Chile | 1 | | | 1 |
  | China | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
  | Croatia | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
  | Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
  | Denmark | 1 | | | 1 |
  | Dominica | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
  | Estonia | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
  | Finland | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 |
  | France | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
  | Germany | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
  | Great Britain | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
  | Greece | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
  | Hungary | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
  | Iceland | 1 | | | 1 |
  | Independent Olympic Athletes | 1 | | | 1 |
  | Iran | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
  | Ireland | 1 | | | 1 |
  | Italy | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
  | Japan | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
  | Kazakhstan | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
  | Latvia | 2 | 1 | | 3 |
  | Liechtenstein | 1 | | | 1 |
  | Lithuania | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
  | Luxembourg | 1 | | | 1 |
  | Macedonia | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
  | Moldova | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
  | Mongolia | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
  | Nepal | 1 | | | 1 |
  | Norway | 4 | 4 | 12 | 20 |
  | Peru | 1 | | | 1 |
  | Poland | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
  | Romania | 2 | 1 | | 3 |
  | Russia | 4 | 4 | 12 | 20 |
  | Slovakia | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
  | Slovenia | | 4 | 1 | 5 |
  | South Korea | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
  | Serbia | 2 | 1 | | 3 |
  | Spain | 2 | 1 | | 3 |
  | Sweden | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 |
  | Switzerland | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
  | Togo | | 1 | | 1 |
  | Turkey | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
  | Ukraine | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
  | United States | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
  | Total: 54 NOCs | 104 | 91 | 115 | 310 |
  
  ### Men
  
  | Criteria | Athletes per NOC | Total Athletes | Qualified |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Top 300, Basic quota + 2 spots in top 30 | 4 | 44 | Austria Canada Finland Germany Italy Kazakhstan Norway Russia Switzerland Sweden United States |
  | Top 300, Basic quota + 1 spot in top 30 | 3 | 6 | Czech Republic France |
  | Top 300, Basic quota | 2 | 30 | Armenia Australia Belarus Bulgaria China Estonia Great Britain Japan Latvia Poland Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Ukraine |
  | Basic quota | 1 | 24 | Argentina Bermuda Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Chile Croatia Denmark Dominica Greece Hungary Iceland Independent Olympic Athletes Iran Ireland Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Moldova Mongolia Nepal Peru South Korea Turkey Algeria Andorra New Zealand |
  | TOTAL | | 104 | |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Criteria | Athletes per NOC | Total Athletes | Qualified |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Top 300, Basic quota + 2 spots in top 30 | 4 | 36 | Finland France Germany Italy Norway Russia Slovenia Sweden United States |
  | Top 300, Basic quota + 1 spot in top 30 | 3 | 18 | Canada Czech Republic Japan Poland Switzerland Ukraine |
  | Top 300, Basic quota | 2 | 18 | Australia Austria Belarus Bulgaria China Estonia Great Britain Kazakhstan Slovakia |
  | Basic quota | 1 | 19 | Armenia Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Croatia Dominica Greece Hungary Iran Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Moldova Mongolia Romania Serbia South Korea Spain Togo Turkey Denmark Netherlands New Zealand |
  | TOTAL | | 91 | |
  
  ### Remaining Quotas
  
  | Athletes per NOC | Total | Qualified |
  | - | - | - |
  | 12 | 24 | Norway Russia |
  | 11 | 11 | Sweden |
  | 10 | 10 | Germany |
  | 9 | 9 | Finland |
  | 8 | 16 | Italy France |
  | 7 | 7 | Switzerland |
  | 6 | 6 12 | Canada United States |
  | 5 | 10 | Kazakhstan Poland |
  | 4 | 4 | Czech Republic |
  | 3 | 6 | Ukraine Estonia |
  | 2 | 4 | Austria Belarus |
  | 1 | 2 | Japan Slovenia |
  | TOTAL | 115 | |
  
  ### Next eligible NOC per event
  
  If a country rejects a quota spot then additional quotas become available. Countries in bold indicate that country received a rejected quota spot. Here are the top 42 eligible countries per event. Note: a country can be eligible for more than one quota spot in the reallocation process. Countries in bold have gotten a reallocation of a quota spot in the respective event, a country with a strike means they rejected that quota spot.
  
  | Country | Italy Italy France Ukraine Japan Canada Japan Poland Austria Italy Japan Italy Austria Austria Switzerland Kazakhstan Ukraine Canada Canada Kazakhstan United States Czech Republic France Estonia Canada Switzerland France Switzerland Canada France Switzerland United States United States Slovenia Kazakhstan Switzerland Austria Poland China Belarus Ukraine Kazakhstan Estonia |
  | - | - |
  