Top 12 highest finishers at worlds guaranteed 2 assignments: Lipnitskaia, Pogorilaya, Gold, Wagner, Edmunds, Park, Murakami, Osmond, Weinzierl, Daleman, J. Helgesson, Meite (24 spots)
The top 24 season's best/world ranking guaranteed one (all got 2; 20 spots):
SB: Sotnikova (1), Radionova (10) Miyahara (13) Li (15), Leonova (19), Tuktamysheva (20), Imai (22)
WR: Marchei (13) Hicks (18) Gao (19)
That leaves 28 spots. There are 6 host picks that are TBD.
After that host nations can opt to invite anyone from the top 75 in SB (and/or WR?), which they did (for the most part):
Cesario (27 SB; 25 WR)
H.J. Kim (31 SB; 38 WR)
Chartrand (32 SB; 35 WR)
Cain (40 SB; 109 WR )
Mallet (43; 66 WR)
Hongo (44; 29 WR)
K. Zhang (45 SB; 45 WR)
Gosviani (46 SB; 27 WR)
Wang (47 SB; 54 WR)
V. Helgesson (50 SB; 15 WR)
Oba (52 SB ; 39WR)
Han (54 SB; 32 WR)
Gedevanishvili (55; 51 WR)
Popova (58 SB; 33 WR)
Brezinova (59 SB ;46 WR)
Ovcharova (62 SB; 70 WR)
Gjersem (64; 92 WR)
Lecavelier (73 SB; 49 WR)
Artemyeva and Lam, however do not fit either of the criteria...so I guess :headscrach:
Rules are as follows:
1. 12 best of Worlds (who participate in GP) have 2 spots.
2. Top24 of WS and Top24 of SB have 1 spot, even if they are in both Top24.
(no JrWorlds medalists and JGP winner this season - they are not eligible by age, except Redionova who has high places in WS and SB lists)
3. All remaining spots are filled by SB.
Home spots may be filled as host federation wants, with no limits at all in fact.
Artemyeva and Lam have (for rules) right only on home spot. But have other spots.
In Men Znan Bush (Russia) and Stephen CARRIERE (USA) too.
I believe, it is becasuse nobody who could refuse it did not so.
Btw, Lecavelier has home spot, so she is not out of rules.