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