{"id":42892,"date":"2026-03-17T15:00:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T19:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/?page_id=42892"},"modified":"2026-08-26T23:24:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T03:24:48","slug":"archive-u-s-national-qualifying-series-qualifying-competitive-pipeline-for-2019-20-season","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/reference\/archive-u-s-national-qualifying-series-qualifying-competitive-pipeline-for-2019-20-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Reference Archive: U.S. National Qualifying Series &amp; Qualifying Competitive Pipeline for 2019-20 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beginning with the 2019-20 season, U.S. Figure Skating is debuting a new&nbsp;qualifying competitive pipeline&nbsp;for ice dance (as well as singles and pairs).&nbsp; While junior and senior teams will continue to qualify and compete at the annual U.S. National Championships, athletes at the juvenile, intermediate and novice level will follow a much different path that culminates in a U.S. Dance Challenge (November) and for top finishers, a National HIgh-Performance Development Team Camp (January).&nbsp; The pipeline focuses on their new vision: Identify. Develop. Promote., and features the following:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New National Qualifying Series<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New names for qualifying competitions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Earlier timeline for pairs and dance teams and another opportunity for national competition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National High-Performance Development Team Camp for juvenile, intermediate and novice athletes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"ice-dance-com-s-qualifying-pipeline-infographics\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the National Qualifying Series (NQS)?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Qualifying Series (NQS) is a series of official U.S. Figure Skating approved competitions hosted individually by member clubs nationwide that are held in a standard format and in which athletes earn official scores towards a sectional and national rank. The competitions are held between June 1 \u2013 September 15 and serve juvenile \u2013 senior competitors in singles, dance and pairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Key highlights:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Athletes must enter the NQS directly with U.S. Figure Skating by May 28, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Athletes enter any official competitions they choose<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only the athlete or team\u2019s highest Total Score (TS) counts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The top six ranking singles athletes in each section earn a bye to the Sectional Singles Final<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The top three ranking dance or pairs teams nationwide earn a bye the U.S. Pairs or U.S. Dance Final<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Athletes receive an official \u2018national ranking\u2019 and a certificate and pin to recognize their achievement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"how-do-i-register-for-the-nqs\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Do I Register for the NQS?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Athletes enter the overall NQS by logging onto&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/usfsaonline.org\/\">U.S. Figure Skating\u2019s Event Management System<\/a>.&nbsp; The deadline to register is May 28, 2019.&nbsp; From there, athletes enter any of the above competitions they choose separately, by the entry deadline posted by the competition host.&nbsp; All NQS events are entered through EMS, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All NQS events will be conducted in accordance with the rules and procedures outlined in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usfsa.org\/content\/NQS%20-%20Athlete%20Handbook%20-%20Ice%20Dance.pdf\">Athlete Handbook Dance<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"ice-dance-com-s-qualifying-pipeline-infographics\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ice-dance.com\u2019s Qualifying Pipeline Infographics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below are two qualifying pipeline infographics that were created by Team IDC.&nbsp; Click on an image to view the high-resolution PDF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-995f960e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/JIN.pdf\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"20647\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/reference\/jin\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/JIN.png?fit=800%2C1035&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,1035\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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