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The quotas for each country are different from each distance races and sprint races. The basic criterion for determining the share of each country is the number of athletes capable of scoring points in the relative ranking of the World Cup (sprint or distance) from the previous season.
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Every nation with 9 or more women to points in the previous World Cup specialties is entitled to 6 pecs.
Every nation with 6, 7 or 8 women in the points in the previous World Cup specialties are entitled to 5 pecs.
Every nation with 3, 4 or 5 women in the points of the previous World Cup specialties is entitled to 4 pecs.
Every nation with 1 or 2 women at points in the previous World Cup specialties is entitled to 3 pecs.
Every nation without women at points in the previous World Cup specialties is entitled to 2 pecs.
Furthermore, the defending World Cup (absolute and specialty) are entitled to a place that adds to the nominal share of the respective country of origin.
The numbers established by the previous criteria are fixed in the'' arc of the season, but at the end of each period in which is divided the'' winter every country has the opportunity to obtain additional equity through the Continental Cup and the World Ranking List.
At the end of each period, the leader of the Continental Cup overall standings of the nine existing nominal gain the right to compete in the World Cup in the next period.
In addition, if a country has more than 6 athletes in the red group of the relevant discipline (distance or sprint), is entitled to additional pectoral: 7 women in the red lead to an increase in the quota of a unit; 8 or more women in the group red is equivalent to an increase of the quota of two units. However, these additional seats can only be occupied by red racers belonging to the same group.
The "red group" is composed of the best athletes of thirty or Sprint Distance Ranking List Ranking List, or the rankings (updated after each period) that take account of the points obtained by the racers competing in every World Cup held in the previous twelve months to which are added a maximum of two results obtained in the large seasonal event (World Championships or Olympic Games).
As for the multistage tests, the share of each country is given by the sum of the quota for the distance races and half (rounded down) of the quota for the sprint.
Mention must be the possibility for the host nation of any event of the World Cup to take advantage of the national share, or up to 10 athletes in sprint and distance test, and 5 athletes in the multistage tests.
Finally, we must stress that the nations in the chest with 3 or sprint distance races are entitled to a place in the'' further stages of the World Cup where they planned a relay race or a sprint in pairs.
Without this premise as long as we see in detail the pectoral available for each country for the first period of the World Cup. '' The order in which the countries are listed corresponds with the position occupied at the Nations Cup Women 2012 -'' 13.
QUOTA FOR THE FIRST TIME (November 29 to December 22)
NORVEGIA7 DISTANCE (6 + Kari Gjeitnes) 7 SPRINT (6 + Kari Gjeitnes) Multistage 10 (9 + Karj Gjeitnes)
Finland5 Distance5 SPRINT7 Multistage
RUSSIA7 DISTANCE (6 + Elena Sobolova) 7 SPRINT (6 + Elena Sobolova) Multistage 10 (9 + Elena Sobolova)
SVEZIA6 Distance6 SPRINT9 Multistage
UNITED UNITI5 Distance6 SPRINT (5 + Kikkan Randall) 7 Multistage
POLONIA4 DISTANCE (3 + Justyna Kowalczyk) 4 SPRINT (3 + Justyna Kowalczyk) Multistage 5 (4 + Justyna Kowalczyk)
Germany5 DISTANCE (4 + Monique Siegel) 6 SPRINT (5 + Monique Siegel) Multistage 7 (6 + Monique Siegel)
France4 DISTANCE4 SPRINT6 Multistage
Italy4 DISTANCE4 SPRINT6 Multistage
CANADA4 DISTANCE (3 + Amanda Ammar) 5 SPRINT (4 + Amanda Ammar) Multistage 6 (5 + Amanda Ammar)
Japan4 DISTANCE (3 + Naoko Omori) 4 SPRINT (3 + Naoko Omori) Multistage 5 (4 + Naoko Omori)
SLOVENIA 3 DISTANCE4 SPRINT5 Multistage
UCRAINA4 Distance2 SPRINT5 Multistage
AUSTRIA3 DISTANCE3 SPRINT4 Multistage
Switzerland3 DISTANCE4 SPRINT5 Multistage
KAZAKISTAN4 DISTANCE3 SPRINT5 Multistage
SLOVACCHIA4 DISTANCE (3 + Daniela Kotschova) 4 SPRINT (3 + Daniela Kotschova) Multistage 5 (4 + Daniela Kotschova)
REPUBLIC CECA3 Distance2 SPRINT4 Multistage
Belarus3 Distance2 SPRINT4 Multistage
Spain3 Distance2 SPRINT4 Multistage
BULGARIA3 DISTANCE (2 + Teodora Malcheva) 3 SPRINT (2 + Teodora Malcheva) Multistage 4 (3 + Teodora Malcheva)
AUSTRALIA3 DISTANCE (2 + Teodora Malcheva) 3 SPRINT (2 + Teodora Malcheva) Multistage 4 (3 + Teodora Malcheva)
ALL OTHER NAZIONI2 Distance2 SPRINT3 Multistage
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