The 2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 16 to 22 September 2019. The competition took place at the National Gymnastics Arena and served as a qualifier for the 2020 Olympic Games. There were Olympic berths awarded to 16 individuals and 5 groups. There were 301 participating athletes from 61 countries.
Dina Averina from Russia won gold medals in ball, clubs, and ribbon, and Ekaterina Selezneva won the hoop title. Averina, Selezneva and Arina Averina won Russia's tenth consecutive World team title. In the all-around finals, Dina Averina won her third consecutive World all-around title, becoming the fifth rhythmic gymnast to do so. The Russian group then won their fourth consecutive all-around title, and Japan matched their best-ever result with the silver medal. Japan then won the gold medal in 5 balls, their first ever gold medal in the group event, and Russia won the 3 hoops + 4 clubs final.
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The team event took in account the qualification results.
The top 16 gymnasts earned their NOCs a qualification spot at the all-around individual event of the 2020 Summer Olympics.
The top 8 scores in each apparatus qualified to the group apparatus finals. The top 5 teams in this list that are not already qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics (Russia, Bulgaria, and Italy) qualified a team for the group all-around event at the 2020 Olympics.