Air sports at the 2025 World Games – Qualification

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 Philippines Tarlac 16 – 18 February 2024
Aircrasher FAI Worldcup Germany Aichtal 11 – 12 May 2024
Paris Drone Racing World Cup France La Queue-en-Brie 18 – 19 May 2024
FAI Korea Drone Racing World Cup South Korea Seoul 1 – 2 June 2024
Drone Racing World Cup Hungary Hungary Mogyoród 7 – 9 June 2024
Trofeo F9U World Cup Italia Italy Sumirago 22 – 23 June 2024
Drone Club Varna Cup Bulgaria Varna 20 – 21 July 2024
DX Racing Serbia Serbia Bela Crkva 27 – 28 July 2024
Phoenix Drone Racing North Macedonia Prilep 14 – 15 September 2024
Gaelic Cup Spain Madrid 20 – 21 September 2024
Türkiye Drone Race Turkey Istanbul 28 – 29 September 2024
Namwon World Drane Racing Masters South Korea Namwon 4 – 6 October 2024
FAI World Drone Racing Championships China Hangzhou 31 October – 3 November 2024

Qualified players

The following tables reflect the official entry lists for the event.[1]

Ranking figures for all lists are based on the reference rankings of 17 November 2024.[2][3][4][5]

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 NOC Rank
1 1 Kim Min-jae (born 2008)  South Korea 146 1
2 2 Killian Rousseau  France 136 1
3 3 Choi Won-kyun  South Korea 130 2
a 4 Lee Min-seo  South Korea 117 –
4 5 Yuki Hashimoto  Japan 115 1
4 5 Kim Tae-yang  South Korea 115 3
4 5 Paweł Laszczak  Poland 115 1
7 8 Arvin Schröder  Germany 113 1
8 9 Tomass Pētersons  Latvia 106 1
9 10 Dorlan Couailles  France 104 2
10 11 Huang Yueqi  China 103 1
10 11 Marvin Schäpper  Liechtenstein 103 1
a 13 Antoni Georgiev  Bulgaria 99 –
12 14 Peng Longxin  China 98 2
b 15 Kim Min-chan  South Korea 95 –
a 16 Dimo Shterev  Bulgaria 94 –
b 17 Guillaume Bailleau  France 93 –
b 18 Jang Hyeon-jin  South Korea 92 –
b 19 Lucas Beaudouin  France 87 –
13 20 Felix Strohmeier  Germany 86 2
b 20 Um Jeong-woong  South Korea 86 –
14 22 Maximilien Pellichero  Belgium 85 1
b 22 Swan Versmissen  France 85 –
15 24 Vicent Mayans  Spain 84 1
b 25 Wei Xu  China 83 –
16 26 David Špaček  Czech Republic 78 1
b 26 Arthur Valtier  France 78 –
b 28 Alexander Daskalov  Bulgaria 76 –
17 29 Elmārs Misevičs  Latvia 73 2
b 30 Cheng Guo  China 71 –
a 30 Youran Tian  United States 71 –
18 32 Patrick Schwarz  Austria 70 1
b 33 Bai Xize  China 69 –
19 33 Nazım Tüzün  Turkey 69 1
b 35 Aleksandrs Jemeljanovs  Latvia 68 –
20 36 Kwan Chun Yan  Hong Kong 67 1
21 37 Jacob Capobres  United States 64 1
b 38 Li Haozhe  China 63 –
b 39 Arthur Poli  France 61 –
b 40 Liu Quanliang  China 60 –
a 40 Batu Erilkun  Turkey 60 –
22 42 Rodrigo Martínez  Spain 59 2
23 43 Roland Rontó  Hungary 58 1
b 43 Jurjs Masaļskis  Latvia 58 –
b 43 Ali Mercımek  Turkey 57 –
b 45 Marc Espuña  Spain 55 –
b 46 Kim Min-jae (born 2006)  South Korea 55 –
b 46 Timothée Levionnais  France 53 –
24 48 Iosif Grunner  Romania 53 1
a 50 Victor Van der Elst  Belgium 52 –
b 50 Wang Siqing  China 52 –

Women

No. Rank Player NOC Points NOC Rank
1 1 Luisa Rizzo  Italy 85
2 2 Natalia Astakhova  Serbia 73
3 3 He Yutong  China 64
4 4 Wanraya Wannapong  Thailand 31
5 5 Li Tianxing  China 26
b 6 Luo Yimeng  China 22 –
6 7 Mo Ga-yeon  South Korea 13
7b – Kalli Ames  United States – –
7b – Hina Sato  Japan – –

References

  1. ^ "TWG 2025 - DRONE RACING EVENT – LIST OF THE ATHLETES PARTICIPATING" (PDF). fai.org. FAI. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  2. ^ "TWG 2025 Men Reference Ranking List - Updated November 17, 2024". fai.org. FAI. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  3. ^ "TWG 2025 Women Reference Ranking List". fai.org. FAI. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  4. ^ "TWG 2025 - MEN SELECTION LIST - Updated August 2, 2025" (PDF). fai.org. FAI. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  5. ^ "TWG 2025 - WOMEN SELECTION LIST - Updated February 10, 2024" (PDF). fai.org. FAI. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
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