And now we do know:
Ten (10) NOCs/ISU Members will qualify to enter their Teams based on the qualifying points scoring scale as outlined in Annex A scored by its best one (1) skater in Ladies Single Skating, best one (1) skater in Men Single Skating, best Pair Skating couple and best Ice Dance couple primarily at the:
ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2017 (season 2016/17) and the
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating events and Final season 2017/18
Plus if necessary the following events:
ISU European Figure Skating Championships/ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2017 (season 2016/17)
ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2017 (season 2016/17)
ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating season 2017/18 (only in individual events but not the Final)
Unlike 2014, I'm not sure there are going to be more than eleven members that have much of a shot at qualifying for at least three individual disciplines.
There are seven members who've already qualified for enough individual disciplines:
Member/Ladies Spots/Men's Spots/Pairs Spots/Dance Spots
Qualified in all four, and they've got GP spots in all disciplines
CAN 3 2 3 3
CHN 1 2 3 1
FRA 1 1 2 2
RUS 3 2 3 2
USA 3 3 1 3
Qualified for three, with a great chance of qualifying the fourth at Nebelhorn:
GER 1 1 2 0 (Lorenz/Polizoakis missed qualifying by 1) -- GP spots for Savchenko/Massot and L/P
ITA 2 0 2 2 3 (Ringhini didn't compete in Helsinki) -- GP spots in Ladies, Pairs, and Dance
There are five countries who've qualified two, and only Japan has any real shot at three:
ESP 2 0 0 1 -- No Pairs, No Ladies; GP spots in Men and Dance
ISR 2 0 0 1 -- No competitive Ladies or Pairs (if they've manufactured another female partner); GP spots in Men and Dance
JPN 2 3 0 0 -- Skating only the short, Japan Pairs and Dance were four off the cut-off, giving them a great chance of qualifying three, and with a chance for four. They have GP spots in all disciplines, and with fields of eight all Pairs who compete get WS points.
KAZ 2 1 0 0 -- No competitive Pairs or Dance; GP spots for Ladies and Men
LAT 1 1 0 0 -- No competitive Pairs, and the Dance team was nine off the cut-off (SD only); GP spots in Men
There are only three more with one that I think have a shot qualifying for three and the final two spots:
AUS 0 1 0 0 -- Pairs were three off the cut-off and Ladies were two off the cut-off; GP spots in Men
CZE 0 1 0 0 -- Pairs were one off the cut-off and dance was seven off the cut-off (SD only); CZE has GP spots in Men, Pairs, and Dance.
KOR 2 0 0 0 -- Men was six off the cut-off, but Cha was age ineligible last season. Dance was two off the cut-off. There were no Pairs in Helsinki. GP spots in Ladies and Men.
It would be rather miraculous for any other country to qualify for three or four disciplines.
