IRONMAN announce new ways to qualify for the IRONMAN World Championship in Nice. “IRONMAN Invitational Slots – The top five finishers in each age. The IRONMAN Hawai`i has 40 qualifying slots* to the VinFast IRONMAN World Championship in Taupō, New Zealand. A total of 45 slots are allocated to the. By Qualification Only. IRONMAN Jönköping, July 9. LOCATION. West Hawaii Today reports that Ironman Hawaii will no longer hand out slots to the Ironman World Championship. SLOTS ALLOCATED. This is one of the few distance races that reward its athletes with a Kona Ironman qualification. Although it will be the. WOMEN FOR TRI. The winners of the Championships receive a slot for next year's Kona race. Up-to-date statistics on qualifying for the Ironman World Championships in Kona. Including the times and splits required in every age group and every race. This slot has to be verified by finishing at least one Ironman outside of Kona. As a result, respecting the one-day capacity limit in Kona, the remaining available men's Kona slots have been distributed among qualifying events for Age. . DATE. A large number of triathletes chose the second option, so many Kona slots for are already occupied. Underwhelming response for the women's Nice event leads to addition of slots at select races and for loyal age-groupers. NextIronman European. VinFast IRONMAN World Championship EVENT.