QUALIFICATION TIMELINE

15 November 2007	Deadline for the submission of invitation requests by all NOCs
31 January 2008	Deadline for the setting up by the Tripartite Commission of a list of priority invitation requests
GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING
18-23 September 2007	World Championships, (F, GR, W) Baku (AZE)
28 February-2 March 2008	Senior Pan-American Championships (F, GR, W)
6-9 March 2008	Senior African Championships (F, GR, W)
18-23 March 2008	Senior Asian Championships (F, GR, W)
1-6 April 2008	Senior European Championships (F, GR, W), Tampere (FIN)
10-11 May 2008	1st Greco-Roman qualification tournament, Cairo (EGY)
24-25 May 2008	2nd Greco-Roman qualification tournament, Novi Sad (SRB)
FREESTYLE WRESTLING
18-23 September 2007	Senior World Championships, (F, GR, W) Baku (AZE)
28 February-2 March 2008	Senior Pan-American Championships (F, GR, W)
6-9 March 2008	Senior African Championships (F, GR, W)
18-23 March 2008	Senior Asian Championships (F, GR, W)
1-6 April 2008	Senior European Championships (F, GR, W), Tampere (FIN)
19-20 April 2008	1st freestyle qualification tournament, Martigny (SUI)
3-4 May 2008	2nd freestyle qualification tournament, Warsaw (POL)
WOMEN'S WRESTLING
18-23 September 2007	Senior World Championships, (F, GR, W) Baku (AZE)
28 February-2 March 2008	Senior Pan-American Championships (F, GR, W)
6-9 March 2008	Senior African Championships (F, GR, W)
18-23 March 2008	Senior Asian Championships (F, GR, W)
1-6 April 2008	Senior European Championships (F, GR, W), Tampere (FIN)
17-18 May 2008	1st qualification tournament for women's wrestling, Edmonton (CAN)
31 May-1 June 2008	2nd qualification tournament for women's wrestling, Happaranda (SWE)
15 June 2008	FILA, in collaboration with ANOC and the IOC, to confirm allocation of the final qualification places
30 June 2008	Deadline for confirmation by NOCs that they will use the places obtained
10 July 2008	FILA to confirm final allocation of places
23 July 2008	Deadline for the Beijing 2008 Organising Committee to receive entry forms submitted by the NOCs

QUALIFICATION SYSTEM
Attribution of places:
For each wrestling discipline -- freestyle, Greco-Roman and women's wrestling -- the places obtained for the Olympic Games will be awarded to the athletes. At the end of each phase, FILA will confirm the names of the qualified athletes to the NOCs concerned. The NOCs are, however, authorised to replace a qualified wrestler who is injured or performing poorly at the moment of the final entry, but only in the event concerned.
SYSTEM IN DETAIL
For all the wrestling competitions which are part of the qualification system for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, all the NOCs concerned (for the first, second, third and fourth qualification phases) may enter no more than one male or female wrestler per style and per event. The same applies to the Olympic Games.
1st phase: World Championships (17-23 September 2007)
In this phase, wrestlers will be qualified as follows:
The first eight (8) male and first eight (8) female wrestlers in each Olympic event in the 2007 World Championships rankings will qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games.
7 events x 8 wrestlers = 56 freestyle wrestlers
7 events x 8 wrestlers = 56 Greco-Roman wrestlers
4 events x 8 wrestlers = 32 female wrestlers
2nd phase: 2008 Continental Championships (according to programme)
In this phase, the wrestlers will be qualified as follows:
The first-ranked wrestler at the European, Asian, African and Pan-American Continental Championships in each weight category will qualify for the Beijing Games.
In the event that a wrestler(s) who already qualified at the World Championships is at the top of this ranking, the next highest ranked wrestler in each weight category will qualify.
N.B. Countries are obliged to participate in the 2007 World Championships in order to participate in the 2008 Continental Championships. They will be able to participate in the Continental Championships only in the weight categories in which they participated in the World Championships. This provision guarantees the integrity of the Continental Championships' results. To take into account the small number of NFs from Oceania, the continent will not be attributed a place by weight category, but a quota of 7 places (sex not specified) will be allocated to the various events and categories by a special FILA commission and the Oceania continental committee, at the end of the Oceania Continental Championships.
3rd phase: 1st 2008 qualification tournament (according to programme)
The wrestlers who qualify at the World and Continental Championships will not have the right to take part in this third qualification phase, and countries will not have the right to enter other participants in the events in which they already have a qualified wrestler.
All the other countries of all the continents can compete in this third phase.
In this phase, wrestlers will be qualified as follows:
-- 7 events x 4 wrestlers = 28 wrestlers in Freestyle
-- 7 events x 4 wrestlers = 28 wrestlers in Greco-Roman
-- 4 events x 2 female wrestlers = 8 wrestlers in women's wrestling
4th phase: 2nd 2008 qualification tournament (according to programme)
The wrestlers who qualify in the first, second and third phases will not have the right to take part in this fourth qualification phase, and countries will not have the right to enter other participants in the categories in which they already have a qualified wrestler.
All other countries from all the continents may take part in this fourth phase.
In this phase, wrestlers will be qualified as follows:
The top three (3) male wrestlers and top two (2) female wrestlers in each event in this tournament will qualify for the Olympic Games in 2008, i.e.:
-- 7 events x 3 wrestlers = 21 wrestlers for Freestyle
-- 7 events x 3 wrestlers = 21 wrestlers for Greco-Roman
-- 4 events x 2 female wrestlers = 8 wrestlers in women's wrestling
5. Places allocated to the host country
Wrestlers from the host country (China) must participate in all qualification phases to obtain their places at the Olympic Games in the same way as all other countries.
In the event that wrestlers from the host country fulfil these conditions but do not qualify, priority will be given on the quota of seven (7) places remaining, as set out in article 6 below, in order to guarantee optimal participation.
6. Final qualification places
The seven (7) places remaining to reach the quota of 344 will be at FILA's disposal to guarantee universal and continental representation.
These places will be allocated by FILA, in collaboration with ANOC and the IOC, to the NOCs which have participated in all the qualification phases but which have not succeeded in qualifying a wrestler.

1. GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING
The following NOCs have won quota places through the 2007 World Championships:
GEO (3), RUS (3), IRI (3), BUL (2), AZE (1), CUB (1), USA (4), FRA (3), KOR (3), LTU (2), JPN (2), DEN (1), ARM (2), ROU (1), CZE (1), SRB (1), HUN (2), BLR (1), KAZ (1), POL (1), SWE (1), FIN (1), ITA (1), UZB (1)
N.B. The figures in parentheses refer to the number of athletes.

2. FREESTYLE WRESTLING
The following NOCs have won quota places through the 2007 World Championships:
Men:
RUS (7), TUR (6), CUB (4), UKR (3), IRI (2), BUL (1), MGL (1), TJK (1), UZB (4), USA (5), KGZ (2), AZE (1), ALB (1), GEO (1), BLR (1), CHN (1), ROU (1);
Women:
48kg: JPN (1), UKR (1), COL (1), CHN (1);
55kg: JPN (1), SWE (1), RUS (1), KAZ (1);
63kg: JPN (1), KAZ (1), USA (1), POL (1);
72kg: BUL (1), USA (1), RUS (1), KAZ (1);
N.B. The figures in parentheses refer to the number of athletes.