Great Britain at the 2015 European Games

Great Britain at the
2015 European Games
Great Britain at the; 2015 European Games
IOC code	GBR
NOC	British Olympic Association
Website	www.olympics.org.uk
in Baku, Azerbaijan; 12 – 28 June 2015
Competitors	138 in 13 sports
European Games appearances (overview)
	2015; 2019; 2023;

Great Britain is scheduled to participate at the 2015 European Games, in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 28 June 2015.^[1] On 17 April 2014, the British Olympic Association announced that 14 sports and 20 disciplines were seeking qualification for the games.^[2] Badminton and cycling were not included in this list and it is unclear whether Great Britain will participate in these sports despite having secured qualification across most of the scheduled events.

Archery

Great Britain has qualified for three quota places in the women's archery events at the Games, and as a result has also qualified for the women's team event. Great Britain has qualified for one quota place in the men's event, and as a result has also qualified Great Britain for the mixed gender team event. Further quota places in the men's events (individual and team) may be won at future events.

Men - 1 quota place
Women - 3 quota places

Boxing

Great Britain has qualified four quota places in the women's boxing events at the Games. Further quota places in the men's events may be won at future qualification events.

Women

51 kg - 1 quota
54 kg - 1 quota
64 kg - 1 quota
75 kg - 1 quota

Canoe Sprint

Great Britain has secured places in the following events based on performances at the 2014 Canoe Sprint European Championships.

Men

K1 200 metres
K1 1000 metres
K2 200 metres
K2 1000 metres
C1 1000 metres

Women

K1 200 metres
K1 500 metres
K1 5000 metres
K2 200 metres
K2 500 metres
K4 500 metres

Cycling

Great Britain has received the following quotas based on the rankings on 31 December 2014.

Road

Men

Road Race - 5 quotas
Time Trial - 2 quotas

Women

Road Race - 5 quotas
Time Trial - 2 quotas

Mountain Biking

Men's cross-country - 1 quota

BMX

Men - 3 quotas
Women - 1 quota

Fencing

At the end of the qualification period on 21 December 2014, Great Britain had secured the following quotas.

Men

Individual & Team Foil - 4 quotas
Individual Sabre - 1 quota

Women

Individual Epee - 1 quota
Individual Foil - 1 quota
Individual Sabre - 1 quota

Gymnastics

Acrobatic

Great Britain qualified five athletes based on performances at the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.

Women's Group - 3 athletes
Mixed Pair - 2 athletes

Aerobic

Great Britain has qualified five athletes after their performance at the 2013 Aerobic Gymnastics European Championships.^[3]

Groups – 1 team of 5 athletes

Artistic

Men - 3 quota places
Women – 3 quota places

Trampoline

Great Britain qualified two athletes based on the results at the 2014 European Trampoline Championships. The female gymnasts will compete in both the individual and the synchronized event.

Men – 1 quota place
Women – 2 quota places

Judo

Based on the IJF rankings on 2 March 2015, the following judokas occupy qualifying positions for Great Britain. In addition, there are three other individual events - two for the visually impaired and the women's 48kg event - for which Britain may still qualify athletes. In the women's 48kg event Kimberley Renicks missed a qualifying spot by one place and may yet be upgraded depending on the selection decisions of other NOC's. Each NOC may select a maximum of eighteen qualified athletes (9 men, 9 women) with a maximum of two in any one event. Britain has already achieved the optimum number of men's and women's qualifications but final selections will depend on the outcome of the qualification process in the remaining three individual events. There is also a team event for which details of qualification is still awaited.^[4]^[5]

Men

Women

Shooting

Great Britain secured the maximum number of quotas in the shotgun events based on the European rankings on 31 December 2014. Quotas were also won in some of the rifle events.

Rifle

Men's 50m Rifle Prone - 1 quota
Women's 10m Air Rifle - 1 quota
Women's 50m Rifle Three Positions - 1 quota

Shotgun

Men's Trap - 2 quotas
Men's Double Trap - 2 quotas
Men's Skeet - 2 quotas
Women's Trap - 2 quotas
Women's Skeet - 2 quotas

Synchronised Swimming

Great Britain secured a place in all the synchronised swimming events in Baku by finishing fifth at a qualifer held in Turkey in February, 2015.^[6]

Team - 10 quota places

Table Tennis

Based on the ITTF European rankings as at 1 March 2015, Great Britain has secured the following quotas for the Games.

Men's singles - 2 quotas (Paul Drinkhall & Liam Pitchford)
Women's singles - 2 quotas (Tin-Tin Ho & Charlotte Carey)

Triathlon

Great Britain qualified for one quota place in both the men's and women's events by results in the European Triathlon Championships. Further quota places were won through end of year rankings. As a result, Great Britain will have a full quota of places at Baku 2015.

Men – 3 quota places
Women – 3 quota places

Volleyball

Based on the rankings on 1 January 2015, Great Britain secured the following quota place.

Beach

Men - 1 quota of two athletes

Water Polo

Great Britain's U17 Women's Water Polo team secured qualification for the games at a qualifier held in Nice, France in March, 2015.

Women's team - 13 quota places

References

^ Baku 2015 Participants
^ "Team GB confirm competing sports for European Games 2015". British Olympic Association. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
^ http://www.webfpg.com/FFgExport/2013_ARQUES/Resultat/pdf/SEN_Results_Group's_Qualifications.pdf/
^ Judo qualification system
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^ "Synchro team reach qualification standard for European Games". myswimming.org. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.

[1] Baku 2015 Participants

[2] "Team GB confirm competing sports for European Games 2015". British Olympic Association. Retrieved 20 March 2015.

[3] ttp://www.webfpg.com/FFgExport/2013_ARQUES/Resultat/pdf/SEN_Results_Group's_Qualifications.pdf/

[4] Judo qualification system

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[6] "Synchro team reach qualification standard for European Games". myswimming.org. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.

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