2026 World Championships WAG Qualifiers

Up to 208 women will qualify to world championships in 2026, either individually or as a member of a team. NOCs with a qualified team may participate with 4 or 5 gymnasts. For NOCs without a qualified team, a maximum of 5 gymnasts may participate.

Continental Championships | Teams

A total of 24 women’s teams (up to 120 women) will qualify through continental championships by NOC, including 13 from Europe, 5 from the Americas, 4 from Asia, 1 from Africa, and 1 from Oceania.

AFRICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – April 23-26
Algeria Athletes TBD
OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS – May 9
Australia Athletes TBD
PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – June 15-21
United States Athletes TBD
Brazil Athletes TBD
Canada Athletes TBD
Argentina Athletes TBD
Mexico Athletes TBD
ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – June 25-28
China Du Siyu, Ke Qinqin, Qiu Qiyuan, Zhang Qingying, Zhang Yihan
Japan Kishi Rina, Nakamura Haruka, Nishiyama Misa, Okamura Mana, Sugihara Aiko
South Korea Athletes TBD
Malaysia* Athletes TBD
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – August 13-16
Russia Athletes TBD
Italy Athletes TBD
Great Britain Athletes TBD
Germany Athletes TBD
France Athletes TBD
Netherlands Athletes TBD
Spain Athletes TBD
Belgium Athletes TBD
Ukraine Athletes TBD
Switzerland Athletes TBD
Romania Athletes TBD
Sweden Athletes TBD
Belarus Athletes TBD

*North Korea turned down its team spot, which went to Malaysia as the next NOC in line

Continental Championships | Individuals

A total of 56 individual athletes from NOCs will qualify nominative spots based on their all-around finish (2 per NOC without a team qualified) at continental championships, including 25 from Europe, 13 from the Americas, 10 from Asia, 5 from Africa, 2 from Oceania, and 1 guaranteed host country spot (which will be reallocated to the host continent if not needed).

If an NOC does not qualify by any other means throughout the process, some continents have been allocated additional all-around spots (1 per NOC), including 2 for the Americas, 2 for Asia, and 1 for Africa. These spots will be awarded following the conclusion of the qualification process.

AFRICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – April 23-26
Caitlin Rooskrantz (South Africa) Naveen Daries (South Africa)
Judy Abdalla (Egypt) Jana Mahmoud (Egypt)
Salina Bousmayo (Morocco) Yliana Ndiaye (Senegal)*
OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS – May 9
Jun McDonald (New Zealand) Freya Reid (New Zealand)***
Sienna Shields (New Zealand)****
PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – June 15-21
Ana Gabriela Gutierrez (Panama) Hillary Heron (Panama)
Samantha Marin (Costa Rica) Jahzara Ranger (Jamaica)
Alais Perea (Ecuador)*** Ashley Bohorquez (Ecuador)
Sophia Diaz (Dominican Republic) Ginna Escobar (Colombia)
Karelys Diaz (Puerto Rico) Fabiola Diaz (Peru)
Keyla Leyva (Cuba) Luana Roda (Peru)
Paula Carvajal (Chile) Brithany Herrera (Guatemala)****
Valeria Villamizar (Venezuela)* Maria Mancia (El Salvador)*
ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – June 25-28
Yeap Kang Xian (Malaysia)*** Dildora Aripova (Uzbekistan)
Lai Pin-Ju (Taiwan) Amanda Yap (Singapore)
Cadence Teh Zi Qi (Malaysia)*** Aleksandra Shevchenko (Uzbekistan)
Ting Hua-Tien (Taiwan) Haylee Garcia (Philippines)
Tran Doan Quynh Nam (Vietnam)*** Joanne Chen Hoi Yuen (Hong Kong)
Dylanov Brahmana (Indonesia)**** Chiara Andrew (Philippines)****
Alena Tan (Singapore)**** Amina Khalimarden (Kazakhstan)*
Nishka Agarwal (India)*
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – August 13-16
Sona Artamonova (Czechia) Lucija Hribar (Slovenia)
Emma Slevin (Ireland) Leni Bohle (Austria)
Alice Vlkova (Czechia) Nazanin Teymurova (Azerbaijan)
Céleste Mordenti (Luxembourg) Lihie Raz (Israel)
Charlize Mörz (Austria) Mimi Moloney (Ireland)
Greta Mayer (Hungary) Christine Kubon (Norway)
Ilayda Sahin (Türkiye) Ceren Biner (Türkiye)
Marta Pihan-Kulesza (Poland) Roni Shamay (Israel)
Julia Weissenhofer (Liechtensten) Vita Prijanovic (Slovenia)
Kaia Tanskanen (Finland) Nela Ostrihonova (Slovakia)
Mila Prpic (Croatia) Keisha Lockert (Norway)
Maria Drobniak (Poland) Cecilie Bergholt (Denmark)
Lilja Gunnarsdottir (Iceland) Christina Zwicker (Croatia)**

*Unofficial, pending apparatus world cup completion
**Reallocated from host country berth
***Withdrew and was replaced
****Replaced a higher-ranked athlete who withdrew

Apparatus World Cup Series

Up to 32 women (8 per apparatus) will qualify nominative spots based on their ranking at the conclusion of the five-meet world cup series (2 per NOC without a team qualified, per apparatus). The qualified gymnasts will only be able to compete on the apparatus they qualified for.

The qualifiers from the apparatus world cup series will be named at the conclusion of continental championships. The current rankings are available here.

Vault

Teja Belak (Slovenia) Oksana Chusovitina (Uzbekistan)
Tijana Korent (Croatia) Patricie Makovickova (Czechia)
Daniz Aliyeva (Azerbaijan) Franchesca Santi (Chile)
Ana Lucia Beitia (Panama) Athanasia Mesiri (Greece)

Uneven Bars

Barbora Kundrát (Slovakia) Sofia Mester (Croatia)
Daniz Aliyeva (Azerbaijan) Magdalini Tsiori (Greece)
Bengisu Yildiz (Türkiye) Dominika Ponizilova (Czechia)
Vanesa Masova (Czechia) Pan Cai-Chen (Taiwan)

Balance Beam

Zala Trtnik (Slovenia) Tina Zelcic (Croatia)
Barbora Kundrát (Slovakia) Mafalda Costa (Portugal)
Mariana Parente (Portugal) Sevgi Kayisoglu (Türkiye)
Elvira Katsali (Greece) Kira Balazs (Hungary)

Floor Exercise

Sevgi Kayisoglu (Türkiye) Patricie Makovickova (Czechia)
Daniz Aliyeva (Azerbaijan) Mafalda Costa (Portugal)
Lee Chia-Wei (Taiwan) Thelma Adalsteinsdottir (Iceland)
Nikolett Szilagyi (Hungary) Myriam Ramphul (Morocco)