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