Olympic Skateboarding Qualification Season #2: Dates & Locations

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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

World Skate: We’re proud to announce our confirmed dates for season #2 and we couldn’t be more excited. The 2020 Olympic qualification season will see skating going down all over the world, from Perú to China, Japan, the USA, and Great Britain, we’ve got you covered.

The 2020 Olympic qualification season will see skating going down all over the world, from Perú to China, Japan, the USA, and Great Britain, we’ve got you covered.

It’s going to be a marathon running up to the Olympics and as we get closer to the games, it’s only going to get better. With the last two months of the qualification period providing multiple street events to choose from, there is ample opportunity to earn points towards the OWSR. Today’s release includes the two World Championships as well as all the confirmed Park events (5 Star and Pro Tour) and Street Skateboarding 5 Star competitions. Street Pro Tour events will be announced in a joint communication with SLS in the next weeks as well as the point accrual opportunities for Continental Championships.

The structure of the qualification system remains unchanged. For more info about the qualification system please go to World Skate Olympic Qualifying System

Seeding and competition rules, as well as rules for the inclusion of National and Continental Championship results in the OWSR, will be released by the end of 2019.

SEASON 2 STREET SKATEBOARDING EVENTS*

Event name -- Country -- City -- Start - End -- Tier

STU Open -- BRA -- Rio D.J. -- 11/11/2019 - 17/11/2019 -- 5-Star
WS Lima Open -- PER - Lima -- 16/03/2020 - 22/03/2020 -- 5-Star
ISO Yancheng 2020 -- CHN -- Yancheng -- 06/04/2020 - 12/04/2020 -- 5-Star
ISO Nanjing 2020 -- CHN -- Nanjing** -- 14/04/2020 - 19/04/2020 -- 5-Star
ARK League -- JPN -- Samukawa -- 22/04/2020 - 26/04/2020 -- 5-Star
Dew Tour -- USA -- Long Beach -- 04/05/2020 - 10/05/2020 -- 5-Star
WS/SLS World Champs -- GBR -- London -- 19/05/2020 - 24/05/2020 -- World Champs

* WS/SLS World Tour events to be announced shortly

** Newly built permanent skatepark

SEASON 2 PARK SKATEBOARDING EVENTS

Event name -- Country -- City -- Start - End -- Tier

STU Open -- BRA -- Rio D.J. -- 11/11/2019 - 17/11/2019 -- Pro Tour
WS Lima Open -- PER -- Lima -- 16/03/2020 - 22/03/2020 -- 5-Star
ISO Yancheng 2020 -- CHN -- Yancheng -- 06/04/2020 - 12/04/2020 -- Pro Tour
Dew Tour -- USA -- Long Beach -- 04/05/2020 - 10/05/2020 -- Pro Tour
Park World Champs -- CHN -- Nanjing** -- 26/05/2020 - 31/05/2020 -- World Champs

** Newly built permanent skatepark

Get ready to stack those miles and we’ll see you out there!

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