I'm a little confused as to the rules about how many countries have qualified how many berths. I know that up to a certain amount of berths could be distributed here at Worlds; the rest are reserved for the Nebelhorn Trophy, but I'm not sure if anyone outside the top twelve qualified anything. Does anyone know whether it's top twelve only or they keep going until they hit the magic number:
If they keep going, I believe the pairs berths stand thus:
1. GER
2. GER
3. CHN
4. CHN
5. CHN
6. RUS
7. RUS
8. RUS
9. UKR
10. UKR
11. CAN
12. CAN
13. USA
14. USA
15. FRA
16. GBR
If it's only the top twelve, Britain doesn't qualify, and five spots will be handed out at Nebelhorn.
If they keep going, I believe the pairs berths stand thus:
1. GER
2. GER
3. CHN
4. CHN
5. CHN
6. RUS
7. RUS
8. RUS
9. UKR
10. UKR
11. CAN
12. CAN
13. USA
14. USA
15. FRA
16. GBR
If it's only the top twelve, Britain doesn't qualify, and five spots will be handed out at Nebelhorn.