Qualification Pathways

Each pathway is defined as an ordered chain of competition stages tied to the federation's structure. The federation declares the chain (e.g., Sweden: club open → district championship → SM; France: club → comité → ligue → national; FIPJP: national → continental → world) and allocates qualification spots per stage — top 4 from each district to regional, top 16 from regional to national, top 2 nations from continental qualifying to world. When a player or team places within the allocated spots, automatic qualification tracking advances them: the system creates a registration in the next stage's competition, sends a confirmation push and email, and surfaces the qualification on their profile.

Wild card and invitation slots let federations override the algorithm for sponsor commitments, host-nation places, or selectors' picks; wild cards are tracked separately so the public can see who earned a spot and who was invited. Qualification via ranking runs a parallel pathway — the top N nationally on the federation ranking auto-qualify for continental qualifying, bypassing the regional stage. Qualification history per player is a chronological log of every championship qualified for and the route taken; it surfaces on player profiles and feeds Records & Milestones.

Cross-reference linkage ties national qualification to continental and world entry: the federation submits its squad based on the qualification snapshot taken at the deadline (see F04.20), and the international competition's accreditation system in F04.12 picks up the named athletes automatically.