{"id":664605,"date":"2026-06-29T16:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/664605\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T16:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:35:10","slug":"cricket-qualification-system-approved-for-la28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/664605\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket qualification system approved for LA28"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each International Federation (IF)\u00a0is responsible for\u00a0establishing\u00a0its\u202fsports\u202frules for participation in the Olympic Games, including qualification criteria,\u202fin accordance with\u202fthe\u202fOlympic Charter<\/a>. Such criteria must be\u202fsubmitted\u202fto the IOC EB for approval.\u00a0All qualification systems have been developed\u00a0in accordance with\u00a0the\u00a0Qualification System Principles (QSP) approved by the IOC EB in March 2025<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cricket will make its\u00a0long-awaited return to the Olympic Games at LA28<\/a>, 128 years after its only previous appearance at Paris 1900. The competition will feature separate men’s and women’s T20 tournaments, each contested by six teams of up to 15 athletes, with 90 quota places allocated per gender. A total of 28 matches will be played across the two competitions.<\/p>\n

Click here to view all the approved qualification systems for LA28<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This latest approval follows the endorsement of qualification systems for 49 sports and disciplines<\/a> since December 2025, and the most recent approvals for boxing and water polo<\/a> in May 2026. The only remaining qualification systems to be confirmed for the LA28 Olympic Games \u2013 athletics and football \u2013 are expected to be published within the coming days.<\/p>\n

Updates to the surfing qualification system<\/p>\n

The IOC Executive Board also approved updates to the LA28 surfing qualification system, maintaining the overall quota while refining the distribution of places across events organised by the International Surfing Association (ISA), the IOC-recognised International Federation for surfing, and the World Surf League (WSL) professional tour. The adjustments reinforce a balanced approach that supports both the participation of the best athletes and broad universality pathways to the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

The updates see an increase in places through the WSL professional tour to eight men and eight women, alongside a clearer and more structured role for the ISA pathway, maintaining a balance between performance and universality.
\nThe timeline within the qualification framework is maintained (2026-2028) and sees further refinement to sequencing and hierarchy across events leading to the final allocation.<\/p>\n

The LA28 qualification systems are designed to provide athletes with multiple opportunities to qualify for the Olympic Games, ensure broad continental and universal representation, minimise travel demands on athletes and teams, and provide National Olympic Committees (NOCs), athletes and entourage members with greater certainty and more time to prepare for participation at LA28.<\/p>\n

Fans looking to be part of the action can sign\u00a0up for the next LA28 ticketing drop \u2013\u00a0taking place in August \u2013 via the official\u00a0LA28 website<\/a>, with registration open until 22 July 2026 for those who have not yet signed up.<\/p>\n

In recognition of Visa<\/a>‘s long-standing partnership with the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Visa is the Official Way to Pay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Each International Federation (IF)\u00a0is responsible for\u00a0establishing\u00a0its\u202fsports\u202frules for participation in the Olympic Games, including qualification criteria,\u202fin accordance with\u202fthe\u202fOlympic Charter.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-664605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}