Sailing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter a maximum of 4 boats, 1 per event. As hosts, China was given the maximum quota of 4, but since they did not compete in any of the qualification events, the spots were reallocated.^[1] An extra additional spot was created in the girls' Techno 293 event and given to China. A further 8, 2 in each event, was decided by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 88 places were allocated based on qualification events, namely the 2013 World Championships and six continental qualification tournaments for each boat.^[1] If a country declined a spot or if there were spots that remained unfilled after the qualification event, the quota was reallocated to another nation, with priority going to nations that had not qualified for any sailing events.^[1]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 1999.^[1]

Event	Location	Date	Total Places	Qualified Boys	Qualified Girls
Host Nation[2]	-	-	1	Antigua and Barbuda[a]	Chile[a]
2013 World Championships[2]	Newport	24–28 August 2013	5	Canada  Croatia  Hungary  Singapore  United States	Bermuda  Dominican Republic  Hungary  Netherlands  Singapore
Asian Continental Qualification[2]	Langkawi	9–14 February 2014	4	Indonesia  Malaysia  Thailand  United Arab Emirates	Indonesia  Malaysia  Thailand  Algeria[a]
N American & Caribbean Continental Qualification[2]	Florida	27 Feb–2 Mar 2014	4	Bahamas  British Virgin Islands  Cayman Islands  Virgin Islands	Cayman Islands  Mexico  Trinidad and Tobago  Virgin Islands
Central & S American Continental Qualification[2]	São Paulo	1–4 March 2014	3	Brazil  Chile  Peru	Brazil  Peru  Uruguay
Oceania Continental Qualification[2]	Brisbane	17–21 April 2014	3	Australia  Cook Islands  New Zealand	Australia  Bulgaria[a]  Croatia[a]
African Continental Qualification[2]	Riva del Garda	21–27 April 2014	2	Algeria  South Africa	Egypt  South Africa
European Continental Qualification[2]	Riva del Garda	21–27 April 2014	6	France  Greece  Italy  Netherlands  Portugal  Sweden	France  Great Britain  Italy  Norway  Portugal  Ukraine
Tripartite Invitation[2]	-	-	2	Saint Lucia  Papua New Guinea[a]	Ecuador[a]  Finland[a]
TOTAL				30	30

• ^a Reallocation spot

Event	Location	Date	Total Places	Qualified Boys	Qualified Girls
Host Nation[3]	-	-	1	Chinese Taipei[b]	India[b]
2013 World Championships[3]	Sopot	24–28 August 2013	3	Hong Kong  Israel  Slovenia[b]	France  Hong Kong  Russia
African Continental Qualification[3]	Port Yasmine	2–7 September 2013	1	Tunisia	Venezuela[b]
Asian Continental Qualification[3]	Singapore	22–26 January 2014	3	Japan  Myanmar  Thailand	Japan  Singapore  Thailand
Oceania Continental Qualification[3]	Auckland	14–16 February 2014	2	New Zealand  Slovakia[b]	New Zealand  Estonia[b]
N American & Caribbean Continental Qualification[3]	Cancún	20–23 February 2014	2	United States  Aruba	Mexico  Latvia[b]
Central & S American Continental Qualification[3]	Mendoza	25–29 March 2014	2	Argentina  Brazil	Peru  Argentina
European Continental Qualification[3]	Torbole sul Garda	20–27 April 2014	4	France  Italy  Netherlands  Russia	Israel  Italy  Netherlands  Spain
Tripartite Invitation[3]	-	-	2	Puerto Rico[b]  Venezuela[b]	Poland[b]  Turkey[b]
Additional Quota Place[3]	-	-	1	—N/a	China
TOTAL				20	21

• ^b Reallocation spot

The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.^[4]

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