Women's qualification at the World Championships in Rotterdam ended with Kaylia Nemour at the top of the all-around and China at the top of the team ranking. The ten subdivisions over two days set the field for Wednesday's team final, Friday's all-around final and the four apparatus finals at the weekend.
China edge the United States
China scored 164.996, 0.467 ahead of the United States on 164.529. The margin came from balance beam: China's 43.966 there was more than three points better than the American beam total. The United States, chasing an eighth consecutive world team title, had the best vault total of any team, 42.133, and stay very much in contention for Wednesday.
| Rank | Team | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 164.996 |
| 2 | United States | 164.529 |
| 3 | WG2 | 163.662 |
| 4 | Italy | 162.430 |
| 5 | Japan | 161.630 |
| 6 | France | 161.430 |
| 7 | Canada | 160.130 |
| 8 | Brazil | 159.131 |
Great Britain finished ninth on 158.963, 0.168 behind Brazil, and are first reserve. Germany and the Netherlands are the next reserves. Algeria, at their first world championships as a team, finished 20th.
Nemour on top, Bullock out
Nemour led the all-around on 55.999, 0.534 ahead of Skye Blakely. Her uneven bars routine carried a 7.1 difficulty and scored 14.933, the best bars mark of the competition. Liudmila Roshchina of the WG2 team was third, ahead of France's Elena Colas.
China's Zhang Qingying, the 2025 bronze medallist, finished sixth, one place behind team-mate Ke Qinqin. Both qualify. The United States were less lucky with the two-per-nation rule: Claire Pease finished seventh behind Blakely, so Charleigh Bullock misses the final despite ranking 14th.
Apparatus leaders
- Vault: Rebeca Andrade (BRA) 14.533, from 14.400 and 14.266 plus a 0.200 vault bonus. - Uneven bars: Kaylia Nemour (ALG) 14.933, ahead of Germany's Helen Kevric on 14.766. - Balance beam: Zhang Qingying (CHN) 15.100, the highest score of the women's qualification, from a 6.8 difficulty. Qiu Qiyuan was second on 14.966. - Floor: Reese Esponda (USA) 13.633, ahead of Canada's Lia Grace Redick and Britain's Abigail Martin, both on 13.433.
Sanne Wevers, competing at her home championships before retiring, did not reach the beam final.
What comes next
The women's team final is on Wednesday 21 October at 19:00. The top three eligible nations earn the first team places for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. Full rankings and every finalist are on our women's qualification results page, and the race for Olympic places is tracked on the LA28 tracker.
