ALL SKATERS must reach a minimal TES score for both the SP and the FS. They must be in a qualified ISU competition in 2009-2010 or 2010-11 but can be earned on separate competitions. For the men that is 20.00 in the SP and 35.00 in the FS.
The ISU has put in a qualifying round, but not all have to skate it. The federations will be given one direct entry into the SP for each skate they had in the Top 18 in last year's Worlds. All other entries will have to qualify for the final 12 spots for a total of 30 entries.
DIRECTLY QUALIFIED FOR THE SHORT PROGRAM (direct entries are given to federations who had top 18 skaters from previous Worlds)
BEL 1 Kevin van der Perren (1st at Nationals; highest ranked BEL skater)
CAN 1 Patrick Chan
CAN 2 Shawn Sawyer
CHN 1 Yan Han
CZE 1 Tomas Verner
ESP 1 Javier Fernández
FRA 1 Brian Joubert
FRA 2 Florent Amodio
ITA 1 Samuel Contesti (First at Nationals; higest world ranked ITA skater)
JPN 1 Daisuke Takahashi ** (see below under "multiple nation skaters")
JPN 2 Takahiko Kozuka ** (see below under "multiple nation skaters")
KAZ 1 Denis Ten (likely)
RUS 1 or Artur GKonstantin
SWE 1 Adrian Schultheiss
UKR 1 Anton Kovalevski
USA 1 Ryan Bradley
USA 2 Richard Dornbush
USA 3 Ross Miner
(Breakdown of direct entries: 3 USA; 2 JPN; 2 CAN; 2 FRA making up 9 of the entries. Nine more federations have one direct entry. USA and FRA the only two nations to have all their skaters enter directly)
Final 12 spots qualified via qualifying round (see below).
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QUALIFYING ROUND ENTRIES:
MULTIPLE-SKATER NATIONS:
The following second (or third) skaters from these countries will have to do a QR because there was no skater competing in that spot last year or a skater from that country failed to break into the top 18. The skater with the lower World Standing among the federation's representatives will be the one who will have to skate the qualifying round.
Here are the countries with skaters who will have to skate in the QR.
BEL 2 Jorik Hendrickx (second at BEL Nationals)
CAN 3 Joey Russell
CZE 2 Michal Brezina *
JPN 3 Nobunari Oda (likely) **
ITA 2 Paolo Bacchini (second at ITA Nationals)
SWE 2 Kristoffer BERNTSSON ***
* Czech Republic note: What a cruel fate for Brezina. It was he who maintained two spots for his country. But an injury kept him from the GP, where Tomas did well enough to overtake him in the standings.
** Japan note: Technically Kozuka has the lowest world standing as of right now, but that is expected to change with Kozuka and Takahashki getting more points at 4CC.
*** Sweden note: Kristoffer Berntsson is the 2010 National Champion, but Adrien is higher ranked.
OTHER COUNTRIES LIKELY TO ENTER:
I will add other countries who will have a skater in the QR as I see it. Please let me know if I should add anyone to this list.
The ISU has put in a qualifying round, but not all have to skate it. The federations will be given one direct entry into the SP for each skate they had in the Top 18 in last year's Worlds. All other entries will have to qualify for the final 12 spots for a total of 30 entries.
DIRECTLY QUALIFIED FOR THE SHORT PROGRAM (direct entries are given to federations who had top 18 skaters from previous Worlds)
BEL 1 Kevin van der Perren (1st at Nationals; highest ranked BEL skater)
CAN 1 Patrick Chan
CAN 2 Shawn Sawyer
CHN 1 Yan Han
CZE 1 Tomas Verner
ESP 1 Javier Fernández
FRA 1 Brian Joubert
FRA 2 Florent Amodio
ITA 1 Samuel Contesti (First at Nationals; higest world ranked ITA skater)
JPN 1 Daisuke Takahashi ** (see below under "multiple nation skaters")
JPN 2 Takahiko Kozuka ** (see below under "multiple nation skaters")
KAZ 1 Denis Ten (likely)
RUS 1 or Artur GKonstantin
SWE 1 Adrian Schultheiss
UKR 1 Anton Kovalevski
USA 1 Ryan Bradley
USA 2 Richard Dornbush
USA 3 Ross Miner
(Breakdown of direct entries: 3 USA; 2 JPN; 2 CAN; 2 FRA making up 9 of the entries. Nine more federations have one direct entry. USA and FRA the only two nations to have all their skaters enter directly)
Final 12 spots qualified via qualifying round (see below).
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20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
QUALIFYING ROUND ENTRIES:
MULTIPLE-SKATER NATIONS:
The following second (or third) skaters from these countries will have to do a QR because there was no skater competing in that spot last year or a skater from that country failed to break into the top 18. The skater with the lower World Standing among the federation's representatives will be the one who will have to skate the qualifying round.
Here are the countries with skaters who will have to skate in the QR.
BEL 2 Jorik Hendrickx (second at BEL Nationals)
CAN 3 Joey Russell
CZE 2 Michal Brezina *
JPN 3 Nobunari Oda (likely) **
ITA 2 Paolo Bacchini (second at ITA Nationals)
SWE 2 Kristoffer BERNTSSON ***
* Czech Republic note: What a cruel fate for Brezina. It was he who maintained two spots for his country. But an injury kept him from the GP, where Tomas did well enough to overtake him in the standings.
** Japan note: Technically Kozuka has the lowest world standing as of right now, but that is expected to change with Kozuka and Takahashki getting more points at 4CC.
*** Sweden note: Kristoffer Berntsson is the 2010 National Champion, but Adrien is higher ranked.
OTHER COUNTRIES LIKELY TO ENTER:
I will add other countries who will have a skater in the QR as I see it. Please let me know if I should add anyone to this list.
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