Associate and Affiliate members must play between two and five stages in the ICC World Cricket League to qualify for the World Cup finals, depending on the Division in which they start the qualifying process.

Recommendations were based on performance in qualifying tournaments, with the required score depending on the percentage of Grandmasters and International Masters in the tournament.

The subcommittee recommended that the automatic award of titles be abolished, criticized the methods used for awarding titles based on qualifying performances, and called for a change in the makeup of the Qualification Committee.

) Dalglish's final appearance for Scotland, after 15 years as a full international, was on 12 November 1986 at Hampden Park in a Euro 1988 qualifying game against Luxembourg, which Scotland won 3 – 0.

In some universities, a qualifying exam serves to test both the breadth and depth of a student's understanding of mathematics ; the students who pass are permitted to work on a doctoral dissertation.

Time trials are sometimes used to determine who competes in an event where there is a limited number of entries, for example the qualifying races for Henley Royal Regatta, and rowing on and getting on for the Oxford and Cambridge Bumps races respectively.

Prior to 2012, the two losers of the knock-out rounds would race for the Bronze Medal ; this change was instituted to encourage performance from all qualifying teams since all would have a chance to race for a medal depending on their performance.

The Kings got off to their best start ever, winning four straight on their way to qualifying for the playoffs.

The top two drivers from the qualifying races that are not in the top 35 in owner points are given spots on the field, and the rest is set by the finishing order of the duels, with guaranteed spots to those in the top 35.

He drove for them on their debut in 1985, scored their first point in the 1988 United States Grand Prix, although he had been running 5th for quite a long time during the race until being passed by Tyrrell's Jonathan Palmer, took their only front-row start at 1990 USA Grand Prix ( aided by special Pirelli tyres ; several of their other drivers had surprise qualifying results that day ), their only lap leading a race in the 1989 Portuguese Grand Prix, where he finished 5th, and scored their joint-best F1 result of 4th.

The Boers, nervous and resentful of the uitlanders ' growing presence, sought to contain their influence through requiring lengthy residential qualifying periods before voting rights could be obtained, by imposing taxes on the gold industry, and by introducing controls through licensing, tariffs and administrative requirements.

The best teams in the nation meet after qualifying during the regular season on the first weekend in May annually, hosted by the University of Kentucky Debate Team.

The Livingstone Falls lie on the outskirts of the city, where the Djoué River meets the Congo, rendering river transport to the coast impossible, qualifying the railway as a portage railway.

Grid positions are decided in descending order of qualifying speed, the fastest on the ' pole ' or first position.

Tyre selection is critical, usually done by the individual rider based on bike ' feel ' during practice, qualifying and the pre-race warm-up laps on the morning of the race, as well as the predicted weather.

All Formula One events and MotoGP events with Sunday races involve qualifying taking place on Saturday.

Jumpmaster-qualified paratroopers may progress to Senior Parachutist and Master Parachutist, based on the number of jumps completed and time served on jump-status with qualifying organizations.

The Netherlands missed out in 1984 on goals scored as Spain trounced minnows Malta 12 – 1 in their final qualifying game, when they needed an 11 goal victory to qualify.

The qualifying matches were arranged on a geographical basis.

For the 80th Academy Awards, for instance, the release deadline for the Foreign Language Film category was set on September 30, 2007, whereas the qualifying run for most other categories extended till December 31, 2007.

The second year, the directing award followed the others in listing all of a director's work during the qualifying period, resulting in Frank Lloyd being nominated for three of his films — but, even more confusingly, only one of them was listed on the final award as the film for which he won.

The Freedom 100, first held during the final qualifying weekend, has been moved to Carburetion Day on the Friday before the 500.

In Bahrain, Räikkönen suffered electronic problems during Friday practice and a spectacular rear suspension breakage during the first qualifying session, which forced him back to 22nd place on the grid.

From the long standing one session on Friday and Saturday, to the current knockout style qualifying leaving 10 out of 24 drivers to battle for pole, there have been many changes to qualifying systems.

A Formula One race or Grand Prix is a sporting event which takes place over three days ( usually Friday to Sunday ), with a series of practice and qualifying sessions prior to a race on Sunday.

Current regulations provide for two free practice sessions on Friday, a practice session and a qualifying session on Saturday, and the race on Sunday, though the structure of the weekend has changed numerous times over the history of the sport.

In 2005, the speedway received heavy damage on the evening of July 6, caused by an F2 tornado spawned from the remains of Hurricane Cindy. Damage caused tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Cindy Roofs and facades were torn off buildings andto Friday night, and shortly afterwards both Cup races began featuring night qualifying.

Practice, second round qualifying, and " Happy Hour " final practice was scheduled for Friday.

Pole qualifying was still held Thursday, and second round qualifying was held Friday.

The schedule was compressed so practice was held Friday, and the single pole qualifying round was held Saturday.

* In early years, the qualifying races were held on the Friday prior to the Daytona 500, rather than the current Thursday.

At the 1995 Australian Grand Prix, Mika Häkkinen crashed heavily during the Friday qualifying session at the Brewery Bend at high-speed due to a puncture having been sustained by his car.

(*)- There had already been two serious accidents in the days before Senna's-one on April 29 during Friday practice, that nearly killed Rubens Barrichello, and one on April 30 during Saturday qualifying that killed Roland Ratzenberger.

These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race.

In the first hour of qualifying on Friday, Clark's Lotus equalled his lap record of 1: 15. 0 from the previous year.

Due to wet conditions on Saturday, the grid was already determined in Friday qualifying, with 7: 06-plus lap times similar to those of 1972.

The qualifying session on Friday was wet, so the dry session on Saturday was to provide the field with their best times.

It wasn't until final qualifying on Friday afternoon that the turbocharged Renaults of Alain Prost and René Arnoux were

Austrian Gerhard Berger scored his first front row start and the first for the BMW powered Benetton after being fastest in Friday qualifying.

However, Mansell suffered a huge crash during Friday qualifying while trying to better Piquet's time which put him out of action for both the Japanese race and the subsequent Australian Grand Prix.

An exceptional performance put the naturally aspirated March-Judds in 5th and 6th, in front of the turbo's of Lotus and Arrows while Mansell and Patrese qualifyed in 11th and 15th respectively with Patrese almost 18 seconds quicker in Saturday qualifying than he was on Friday.

All drivers bettered their Friday time in Saturdays qualifying session which saw McLaren's Ayrton Senna grab his 8th pole position of the season and 24th of his career which at the time made him third on the all-time list after Jim Clark and Juan Manuel Fangio.

Berger was unable to better his Friday time as his car experienced engine failure on the track and he was forced to use Mansell's race car for his qualifying run which was halted when the onboard fire extinguisher was triggered ( Berger couldn't use the spare Ferrari as it reportedly had a development engine planned for 1990 and it was strictly for Mansell's use only.