Unlike what is done annually, the eighth place in the qualification for the challengers of the South American region was awarded to Mateus Herdy, the press office of the WSL Latin America informed DUKE.

The reason for the exception is that Herdy was injured and was left 22nd in the challengers, that is, outside of them.

Usually that wildcard position was given directly to the eighth ranked player and there was no direct award.

This leaves the qualifying zone through the ranking reserved only for the best seven.

The ranking before the Praia Mole stage that is currently being contested is as follows:

Here is the ranking prior to the Mole stage that takes place this week:
Champion: Miguel Tudela (PER) - 14.000 points
02: Ian Gouveia (BRA) - 7.823
03: Lucas Silveira (BRA) - 7.090
04: Rafael Teixeira (BRA) - 6.213
05: Guillermo Satt (CHL) - 5.535
06: Ryan Kainalo (BRA) - 5.507
07: José Gundesen (ARG) - 5.380
08: Wesleyy Dantas (BRA) - 5.057
09: Heitor Mueller (BRA) - 5.027
10: Leandro Usuna (ARG) - 5.007
10: Gabriel Klaussner (BRA) - 5.007
12: Vitor Ferreira (BRA) - 4.957
13: Leo Casal (BRA) - 4.912
14: João Chianca (BRA) - 4.900
15: Gabriel Arturo Vargas (PER) - 4.655
16: Krystian Kymerson (BRA) - 4.400
17: Edgard Groggia (BRA) - 4.342
18: Francisco Bellorin (VEN) - 4.242
19: Marco Giorgi (URU) - 4.215
20: Samuel Igo (BRA) - 4.028