Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification
# Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Qualification for boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics begin from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2019. There are seven mixed events where 82 quotas are gender free and 34 are for females to make a total of 116 athletes.

## Timeline

The following is a timeline of the qualification events for the boccia events at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

| Event | Date | Venue | Berths |
| - | - | - | - |
| Pairs and team (NPC allocation) ||||
| 2019 BISFed Boccia Asia/Oceania Championships | 2–9 July 2019 | Seoul | 10 athletes |
| 2019 BISFed Boccia European Championships | 25 August–1 September 2019 | Sevilla | 10 athletes |
| 2019 BISFed Boccia Africa/Americas Championships | 29 September–6 October 2019 | São Paulo | 10 athletes |
| 2019 BISFed Pairs and Teams World Ranking | 1 January 2018 – 31 December 2019 | — | 60 athletes |
| Host nation (subject to BISFed World Ranking) | 1 January 2018 – 31 December 2019 | — | 10 athletes |
| Individual (NPC allocation) ||||
| 2019 BISFed Boccia Asia/Oceania Championships | 2–9 July 2019 | Seoul | 4 athletes |
| 2019 BISFed Boccia European Championships | 25 August–1 September 2019 | Sevilla | 4 athletes |
| 2019 BISFed Boccia Africa/Americas Championships | 29 September–6 October 2019 | São Paulo | 4 athletes |
| Pairs and team athletes | — | — | 40 athletes |
| Individual (athlete allocation) ||||
| 2019 BISFed Individual World Ranking | 1 January 2018 – 31 December 2019 | — | 40 athletes |

## Quotas

The qualification slots are allocated to the NPC not to the individual athlete or team. Individual World Ranking List slots are allocated to the individual athlete not to the NPC.

* An NPC can allocated one pair or team in a BC1/BC2 team, BC3 or BC4 pairs events.
* An NPC can qualify a maximum of two athletes per individual medal event.
* In each pair or team event, an NPC must have at least one female athlete in their pair or team.

## Entry systems

### Individuals

| | BC1 | BC2 | BC3 | BC4 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 Regional Championships | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Individual World Ranking (No team/pair)*' | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Individual World Ranking (In team/pair)* | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Individual Female World Ranking (No team/pair) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| From teams/pairs | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Total | 20 | 24 | 24 | 24 |

* up to the maximum entry per NPC.

### Pairs and teams

| | BC1/2 Team | BC3 Pairs | BC4 Pairs |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athlete numbers | 40 (4 per NPC) | 30 (3 per NPC) | 30 (3 per NPC) |
| Host country | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Direct qualification Top rank in Regionals | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ranking qualification | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Total | 10 | 10 | 10 |

## Qualification summary

As of December 2019.

### Pairs and team

| Event | Pair | Pair | Team |
| - | - | - | - |
| Event | BC3 | BC4 | BC1/BC2 |
| Host nation | Japan | Japan | Japan |
| European Championship | France | Slovakia | RPC |
| Asian/Oceanian Championship | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Thailand |
| American/African Championship | Brazil | Brazil | Brazil |
| Pairs/Team World Ranking | Greece | Thailand | China |
| Pairs/Team World Ranking | Australia | Canada | South Korea |
| Pairs/Team World Ranking | South Korea | Great Britain | Portugal |
| Pairs/Team World Ranking | Great Britain | RPC | Great Britain |
| Pairs/Team World Ranking | Thailand | Colombia | Argentina |
| Pairs/Team World Ranking | Portugal | Portugal | Slovakia |

### Individual

| Event | BC1 | BC2 | BC3 | BC4 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| European Championship | Great Britain | Portugal | Greece | Slovakia |
| Asian/Oceanian Championship | South Korea | Thailand | Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| American/African Championship | Mexico | Brazil | Argentina | Brazil |
| Individual from Pairs/Team | Argentina | Argentina | Australia | Brazil |
| Individual from Pairs/Team | Brazil | Brazil | Brazil | Canada |
| Individual from Pairs/Team | China | China | France | Colombia |
| Individual from Pairs/Team | Great Britain | Great Britain | Great Britain | Great Britain |
| Individual from Pairs/Team | Japan | Japan | Greece | Hong Kong |
| Individual from Pairs/Team | Portugal | Portugal | Hong Kong | Japan |
| Individual from Pairs/Team | RPC | RPC | Japan | Portugal |
| Individual from Pairs/Team | Slovakia | Slovakia | Portugal | RPC |
| Individual from Pairs/Team | South Korea | South Korea | South Korea | Slovakia |
| Individual from Pairs/Team | Thailand | Thailand | Thailand | Thailand |
| Female World Ranking (No Team/Pair) | Katerina Curinova (CZE) | Hiu Lam Yeung (HKG) | Maria Bjurström (SWE) | Ximei Lin (CHN) |
| World Ranking (No Team/Pair) | Daniel Perez (NED) | Nadav Levi (ISR) | Aleksander Legostaev (RUS) | Boris Nicolai (GER) |
| World Ranking (No Team/Pair) | Wei Lun Chew (MAS) | Francis Rombouts (BEL) | Adam Peska (CZE) | Zheng Yuansen (CHN) |
| World Ranking (No Team/Pair) | | Danik Allard (CAN) | | Davor Komar (CRO) |
| World Ranking (From Team/Pair) | David Smith (GBR) | Worawut Saengampa (THA) | Grigorios Polychronidis (GRE) | Alison Levine (CAN) |
| World Ranking (From Team/Pair) | Witsanu Huadpradit (THA) | Hidetaka Sugimura (JPN) | Yuen Kei Ho (HKG) | Euclides Grisales (COL) |
| World Ranking (From Team/Pair) | Tomas Kral (SVK) | Maciel Santos (BRA) | Howon Jeong (KOR) | Yuk Wing Leung (HKG) |
| World Ranking (From Team/Pair) | José Carlos Oliveira (BRA) | Zhiqiang Yan (CHN) | Daniel Michel (AUS) | Samuel Andrejcik (SVK) |
| World Ranking (From Team/Pair) | | Abílio Valente (POR) | Jamie McCowan (GBR) | Pornchok Larpyen (THA) |
| World Ranking (From Team/Pair) | | Dmitry Kozmin (RUS) | Junyup Kim (KOR) | Eliseu dos Santos (BRA) |
| World Ranking (From Team/Pair) | | Claire Taggart (GBR) | Evelyn de Oliveira (BRA) | Stephen McGuire (GBR) |
| World Ranking (From Team/Pair) | | | Mateus Carvalho (BRA) | |

**Note**


    $^1$ Mexico did not qualify for the BC1/BC2 team event, so Eduardo Sanchez Reyes represents as Mexico for NPC allocation and BISFed World Ranking for NPC that did not qualify for pairs and team events will be reduced by one.
    $^2$ Argentina did not qualify for the BC3 pairs event, so Stefania Ferrando represents as Argentina for NPC allocation and BISFed World Ranking for NPC that did not qualify for pairs and team events will be reduced by one.
