Article - 9

Criteria for Quota Allocation for the Olympic Games

9.1 The WTF shall conduct world and continental taekwondo

      qualification tournaments to determine the distribution of

      athlete quota allotted to the WTF.

9.2 For all editions of the Olympic Games, a country, including the

      host nation, may enter a maximum of two (2) male and two

      (2) female contestants, with one contestant per weight

      category.

9.3 The number of invitations (wildcards) shall be agreed upon

      between the parties that comprise the Tripartite Commission;

      the International Olympic Committee (“IOC”), the Association

      of National Olympic Committees (“ANOC”) and the WTF.

9.4 The weight categories that a national taekwondo association

      has qualified for at the world and continental taekwondo

      qualification tournaments are attributed to the association

      rather than to the contestants who participated in the

      tournaments.

9.5 World Taekwondo Qualification Tournament

9.5.1 In the World Taekwondo Qualification Tournament, the

         top three ranking contestants from each weight

         category will qualify for the Olympic Games.

9.5.2 In the event that any of the qualified contestants is

         found to have committed a doping offence that

         constitutes a violation of any of the provisions of the

         Anti-Doping Code of the IOC, the World Anti-Doping

         Agency (“WADA”) and the WTF         Anti- Doping Rules

         (“Anti-Doping Codes”), the next highest ranked

         contestant(s) who did not qualify for the Olympic

         Games in the first place will qualify as the substitute

         contestant(s).

 Detailed explanation will be issued in Article 10 of the   

 Procedure.

9.5.3 National Associations will be issued certificates verifying

         the pertinent weight categories that they have qualified

         for at the Olympic Games. In addition, such certificates

         will be issued to countries that have substitute

         contestants (i.e. 4th and 5^th ranked contestants.

 Detailed explanation will be issued in Article 10 of the

 Procedure.

9.6 Continental Taekwondo Qualification Tournament

9.6.1 The WTF in cooperation with each of the five continental

         taekwondo unions of Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania and

         Pan America shall conduct the Continental Taekwondo

         Qualification Tournament, and the quota for each

         continent will be allocated by the WTF.

9.6.2 The procedure to allot the continental quota for the

        Olympic Games is based on         criteria such as, but not

        limited to, the number of member countries belonging

        to each continental taekwondo union, precedents,

        development of taekwondo in the continent, etc.

The top ranked male and female contestants of each weight category from Oceania will qualify for the Olympic Games from the continental taekwondo qualification tournament in Oceania; thus, a total of four (4) men and four (4) women.

The top two ranked male and female contestants of each weight category from Africa will qualify for the Olympic Games from the continental taekwondo qualification tournament in Africa; thus, a total of eight (8) men and eight (8) women.

The top three ranked contestants of each weight category from Asia, Europe and Pan America will qualify for the Olympic Games from the respective continental taekwondo qualification tournaments; thus a total of 12 men and 12 women each from the continents of Asia, Europe and Pan America.

9.6.3 One substitute contestant in each weight category will

        be selected in case       contestants that have already

        qualified for the Olympic Games are disqualified for

        doping offences, as prescribed in Article 9.5.2 of the

        Procedure.

 Detailed explanation will be issued in Article 10 of the

 Procedure.

9.6.4 If a National Association has not filled up the entire

        quota in the world   taekwondo qualification tournament,

        it may participate in the pertinent        continental

        taekwondo qualification tournament so long as:

(1) the weight categories in the continental tournament   are not those already qualified in the world tournament;

(2) the number of qualified contestants of the pertinent  National Association do not exceed the maximum quota of two (2) male and two (2) female contestants.

9.7 Final Ranking Classification System

9.7.1 In the event where there is no playoff match between the two losers of the semi-final matches during the qualification tournaments, the following final ranking classification system shall apply:

3rd Place: Contestant who lost to the 1st Place contestant in

                 the semi-final match

4th Place: Contestant who lost to the 2nd Place contestant in

                 the semi-final    match

5th Place: Contestant who lost to the 1st Place contestant in

                 the quarter-final match

6th Place: Contestant who lost to the 2nd Place contestant in

                 the quarter-final match

7th Place: Contestant who lost to the 1st Place contestant in

                 the Round of 16 match

8th Place: Contestant who lost to the 2nd Place contestant in

                 the Round of 16 match