to the main event. Prior to the kick off of the tournament, a "Worlds Qualifying Series" match between the fourth-seeded teams from LEC and LCS was played...

August 2015. "2015 Men's Qualifying Series". World Surf League. Retrieved 30 August 2015. "2015 Women's Qualifying Series". World Surf League. Retrieved...

The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It has traditionally been played in...

Qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation – the AFC (Asia), CAF...

World Cup directly, while the two third-placed teams engaged in a play-off tie for a chance to qualify via a further inter-confederation qualifying tie...

the PDC, with eight players qualifying from a qualifying event for tour card holders on 23 August. "Expanded World Series of Darts Finals field & schedule...

FIFA World Cup, with Russia qualifying automatically as hosts. All 210 remaining FIFA member associations were eligible to enter the qualifying process...

The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification was the qualifying process which decided the 31 teams that would join hosts Qatar, who received an automatic spot...

The 2027 Cricket World Cup qualification is an ongoing process by which teams will qualify for the 2027 Cricket World Cup. A series of competitions will...

participated in the World Group I, in series decided on a home and away basis. These twenty-four teams were: 12 losing teams from the qualifying round, in February...

one team qualified for the event through the newly inaugurated Worlds Qualifying Series between the fourth-seeded teams from the LEC and LCS. The format...

ICC Men's T20 World Cup qualification is an ongoing process by which teams will qualify for the 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. A series of regional qualification...

allocated one qualifying spot in each qualifying event. From its first year as a championship race series in 2006 until 2010, the Ironman 70.3 World Championships...

Junior (Under 21s) event at that time, also finishing second at the World Qualifying Series (WQS) Billabong Easter Girls Festival on the same day. She continued...

latest incarnation of the FIFA association football video game series. The open qualifying format for the tournament allowed millions to compete in the...

granted a direct spot to the World Cup, but Sudamérica Rugby was granted one spot, awarded to the winner of a qualifying match between Brazil and Colombia...

host nations. On 28 February 2023, CONCACAF announced the qualifying format for 2026 World Cup qualification. First round: Four CONCACAF teams, ranked...

professional surfer, competing on the World championship tour surfing (WCT). In 2007 Smith won surfing's World Qualifying Series, the second-tier tour which leads...

would involve the top nine teams playing series over two years with the top two teams qualifying for a World Test League Championship Final, which will...

The 2020 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's 2020 season. The 116th World Series was a best-of-seven-playoff between the...

The 2016 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2016 season. The 112th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven...

the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP). His 2003 win is said to have revolutionized poker because he was the first person to become a world champion after...

jackpot, an athlete had to compete in at least one qualifying race in each calendar year of the series. In 2015, the scoring was revised (1st place: 25...

Curren still surfs in contests on the ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS.) He is also often invited to surf in World Championship Tour (WCT) trials or contests...

World Cup, where total goal difference was the first tiebreaker. A total of 194 teams played at least one qualifying match. A total of 847 qualifying...

The 2008 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2008 season. The 104th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven...

to 36 in races with qualifying and 40 without to accommodate as many trucks as possible. For most races, a single-truck qualifying format is used. For...

the top four teams qualifying to the 2016 Summer Olympics, with Fiji, South Africa, New Zealand and Great Britain all qualifying through. The 2014–15...

The 1981 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1981 season. The 78th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven...

play-off series) v South America 1 (the winner of SAR 3 Nations Championship) played each other, with the winner on aggregate qualifying for the World Cup...