Summary of the Rules

7. Number of competitors and officials

Every National Ski Association can send the following maximum number of competitors and officials:

7.1 Junior World Ski Championships

7.1.1 Competitors

8 Cross-Country competitors per gender	4 allowed to start per event
5 Ski Jumping competitors per gender	4 allowed to start per event
5 Nordic Combined competitors per gender	4 allowed to start per event

In all, a national team may thus comprise maximum 36 competitors.

7.2 U23 World Ski Championships Cross-Country

8 Men Cross-Country	4 allowed to start per event
8 Women Cross-Country	4 allowed to start per event

8. Age limits

In order to compete in international competitions a competitor must have reached their 16th birthday before the end of the calendar year (1st January – 31st December) in question.

Nordic Junior World Ski Championships

Season	Age	Years of birth
2025/26	16-20	2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
2026/27	16-20	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
2027/28	16-20	2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

U23 World Ski Championships Cross-Country

Season	Age	Years of birth
2025/26	21-23	2003, 2004, 2005
2026/27	21-23	2004, 2005, 2006
2027/28	21-23	2005, 2006, 2007

12. Entries

12.1 FIS online registration system

Entries (provisional team selection, final team entry) must be made by NSAs in the FIS online registration system. Entries made by email, or paper will not be accepted.

12.2 Preliminary entry

Each National Ski Association must send to the Organising Committee the preliminary entry with the number of competitors, coaches and service staff according to 6.1 by November 30th latest.

The official deadline will be published in the FIS JWSC & U23 WSC CC Invitation.

Important: Preliminary entries are mandatory for all the teams (see 11.3 for accommodation rules).

Late entry

After the deadline the FIS online registration remains open, however, the LOC is not obliged to arrange accommodation for the NSA, which makes the late entry.

12.3 Entry by name

All the participating NSAs must send their entries by names through the online registration system. The system will be opened for entry by name as soon as the preliminary entry has been done.

Entries by name will be used by the LOC to prepare accreditations and to prepare the final entry list.

Change of names will still be possible until the day before the first TCM (23:59 CET). After the deadline the system will be closed and any changes of the names are only possible after the approval from the respective Jury.

12.4 Final entries

The final entry for each competition has to be done in the race office until 2 hours before the respective Team Captains Meeting.

Only competitors from the final entry by name (see article 12.3) can be chosen.

Replacement of Competitors after the first TCM

In case of "force majeure" the Jury may permit a substitute to be entered in place of another athlete after the first team captains' meeting.