This article details the qualifying phase for air sports at the 2025 World Games. The qualification pathway will be determined primarily based on the rankings maintained by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FIA).
Qualifying criteria The qualification process for the TWG 2025 allocates quota places to individual athletes by name (nominal qualification), subject to approval by the relevant FAI Member (National Airsport Control, NAC). It adheres to The World Games rules, the Olympic Charter, and the TWG Qualification System Principles, ensuring fair, transparent selection, equitable opportunities for the best athletes, and broad global representation from at least three continents. FAI aims to balance world ranking positions with the participation of as many member nations as possible, with only existing FAI-sanctioned events used for qualification. Athletes must hold a valid FAI Sporting License for Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling. Reference ranking lists for men and women will be based on results from the 2024 World Drone Racing Championship (WDRC) in Hangzhou, China, or, if not held, the 2023 WDRC in Namwon, Republic of Korea, and from 2024 Drone Racing World Cup events. For ranking purposes, only one event per organising country will be counted (the higher score if two events are held), and each competitor's total score will comprise their best three results, including, where applicable, the WDRC. In the case of a tie, World Cup rankings will determine the order, followed by the best single-event result if needed.
Qualification event schedule is as below: Event City Date FAI Drone Racing World Cup Tarlac 16 – 18 February 2024 Aircrasher FAI Worldcup Aichtal 11 – 12 May 2024 Paris Drone Racing World Cup La Queue-en-Brie 18 – 19 May 2024 FAI Korea Drone Racing World Cup Seoul 1 – 2 June 2024 Drone Racing World Cup Hungary Mogyoród 7 – 9 June 2024 Trofeo F9U World Cup Italia Sumirago 22 – 23 June 2024 Drone Club Varna Cup Varna 20 – 21 July 2024 DX Racing Serbia Bela Crkva 27 – 28 July 2024 Phoenix Drone Racing Prilep 14 – 15 September 2024 Gaelic Cup Madrid 20 – 21 September 2024 Türkiye Drone Race Istanbul 28 – 29 September 2024 Namwon World Drane Racing Masters Namwon 4 – 6 October 2024 FAI World Drone Racing Championships Hangzhou 31 October – 3 November 2024
Qualified players The following tables reflect the official entry lists for the event.
Ranking figures for all lists are based on the reference rankings of 17 November 2024.
a Player did not enter due to: Withdraw; Declined to compete; Was not selected by their governing body. b Player is ineligible because of the three-player limit per NOC w Player entry as wildcard
Men No. Rank Player NOC Points 1 1 Kim Min-jae (born 2008) 146 1 2 2 Killian Rousseau 136 1 3 3 Choi Won-kyun 130 2 a 4 Lee Min-seo 117 – 4 5 Yuki Hashimoto 115 1 4 5 Kim Tae-yang 115 3 4 5 Paweł Laszczak 115 1 7 8 Arvin Schröder 113 1 8 9 Tomass Pētersons 106 1 9 10 Dorlan Couailles 104 2 10 11 Huang Yueqi 103 1 10 11 Marvin Schäpper 103 1 a 13 Antoni Georgiev 99 – 12 14 Peng Longxin 98 2 b 15 Kim Min-chan 95 – a 16 Dimo Shterev 94 – b 17 Guillaume Bailleau 93 – b 18 Jang Hyeon-jin 92 – b 19 Lucas Beaudouin 87 – 13 20 Felix Strohmeier 86 2 b 20 Um Jeong-woong 86 – 14 22 Maximilien Pellichero 85 1 b 22 Swan Versmissen 85 – 15 24 Vicent Mayans 84 1 b 25 Wei Xu 83 – 16 26 David Špaček 78 1 b 26 Arthur Valtier 78 – b 28 Alexander Daskalov 76 – 17 29 Elmārs Misevičs 73 2 b 30 Cheng Guo 71 – a 30 Youran Tian 71 – 18 32 Patrick Schwarz 70 1 b 33 Bai Xize 69 – 19 33 Nazım Tüzün 69 1 b 35 Aleksandrs Jemeljanovs 68 – 20 36 Kwan Chun Yan 67 1 21 37 Jacob Capobres 64 1 b 38 Li Haozhe 63 – b 39 Arthur Poli 61 – b 40 Liu Quanliang 60 – a 40 Batu Erilkun 60 – 22 42 Rodrigo Martínez 59 2 23 43 Roland Rontó 58 1 b 43 Jurjs Masaļskis 58 – b 43 Ali Mercımek 57 – b 45 Marc Espuña 55 – b 46 Kim Min-jae (born 2006) 55 – b 46 Timothée Levionnais 53 – 24 48 Iosif Grunner 53 1 a 50 Victor Van der Elst 52 – b 50 Wang Siqing 52 –
Women No. Rank Player NOC Points 1 1 Luisa Rizzo 85 2 2 Natalia Astakhova 73 3 3 He Yutong 64 4 4 Wanraya Wannapong 31 5 5 Li Tianxing 26 b 6 Luo Yimeng 22 – 6 7 Mo Ga-yeon 13 7b – Kalli Ames – – 7b – Hina Sato – –
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