Potential Grand Prix Dance

I have listed out the criteria by which Grand Prix assignments have typically been given out in the past and bolded each skater's name the first time they appear on this list.  There are 28 teams on the list and 4 additional teams who have split/retired and could receive assignments but are unlikely to compete. 

Top 12 finishers at Worlds (historically guaranteed 2 GP spots, top 6 are seeded and may do 3 events)

1-6 Davis/White, Virtue/Moir, Shibutani/Shibutani, Pechalat/Bourzat, Weaver/Poje, Bobrova/Soloviev
7-12 Ilinykh/Katsalapov, Cappellini/Lanotte, Chock/Zuerlein (split), Crone/Poirer (split), Zhiganshina/Gazsi, Carron/Jones

Top 3 at Junior Grand Prix Final and Jr. Worlds (historically guaranteed 1 spot)

JGPF
Monko/Khaliavin, Sinitsina/Zhiganshin, Stepanova/Bukin
Jr. Worlds
Monko/Khaliavin, Pushkash/Guerreiro, Lichtman/Copely

Top 24 Seasons Best (typically receive 1 spot)

1	185.27	Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE	USA	World Championships 2011	30.04.2011
2	181.79	Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR	CAN	World Championships 2011	30.04.2011
3	167.40	Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT	FRA	European Championships 2011	28.01.2011
4	163.79	Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI	USA	World Championships 2011	30.04.2011
5	161.14	Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV	RUS	European Championships 2011	28.01.2011
6	160.32	Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE	CAN	World Championships 2011	30.04.2011
7	157.49	Sinead KERR / John KERR	GBR	European Championships 2011	28.01.2011
8	155.04	Ksenia MONKO / Kirill KHALIAVIN	RUS	ISU JGP J. Curry Memorial 2010	02.10.2010
9	154.50	Elena ILINYKH / Nikita KATSALAPOV	RUS	World Championships 2011	30.04.2011
10	154.42	Vanessa CRONE / Paul POIRIER	CAN	ISU GP Skate Canada International 2010	31.10.2010
11	153.77	Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE	ITA	World Championships 2011	30.04.2011
12	151.86	Madison CHOCK / Greg ZUERLEIN	USA	World Championships 2011	30.04.2011
13	146.79	Ekaterina RIAZANOVA / Ilia TKACHENKO	RUS	ISU GP Trophee Eric Bompard 2010	27.11.2010
14	145.92	Federica FAIELLA / Massimo SCALI	ITA	European Championships 2011	28.01.2011
15	142.09	Nora HOFFMANN / Maxim ZAVOZIN	HUN	ISU GP Cup of Russia 2010	20.11.2010
16	140.95	Nelli ZHIGANSHINA / Alexander GAZSI	GER	World Championships 2011	30.04.2011
17	140.86	Pernelle CARRON / Lloyd JONES	FRA	World Championships 2011	30.04.2011
18	138.16	Alexandra PAUL / Mitchell ISLAM	CAN	ISU GP Skate Canada International 2010	31.10.2010
19	136.80	Ekaterina PUSHKASH / Jonathan GUERREIRO	RUS	ISU JGP Czech Skate 2010	16.10.2010
20	135.35	Lucie MYSLIVECKOVA / Matej NOVAK	CZE	European Championships 2011	28.01.2011
21	134.62	Victoria SINITSINA / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN	RUS	ISU JGP Final 2010/2011	10.12.2010
22	133.36	Charlotte LICHTMAN / Dean COPELY	USA	World Junior Championships 2011	04.03.2011
23	133.33	Cathy REED / Chris REED	JPN	World Championships 2011	30.04.2011
24	131.01	Isabella TOBIAS / Deividas STAGNIUNAS	LTU	World Championships 2011	30.04.2011

Note: #7 Kerr/Kerr have retired and #20 Mysliveckova/Novak have split but could still receive assignments.

Top 24 World Standings (typically receive 1 spot)

1	4171	Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE USA	2011/2012 season (100%) 2010/2011 season (100%) 2009/2010 season (70%)	0 1200 756	0 800 560	0 400 280	0 0 175	0 0 0
2	3814	Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT FRA	2011/2012 season (100%) 2010/2011 season (100%) 2009/2010 season (70%)	0 875 613	0 720 454	0 400 252	0 250 0	0 250 0
3	2704	Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR CAN	2011/2012 season (100%) 2010/2011 season (100%) 2009/2010 season (70%)	0 1080 840	0 0 504	0 0 280	0 0 0	0 0 0
4	2652	Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE CAN	2011/2012 season (100%) 2010/2011 season (100%) 2009/2010 season (70%)	0 787 588	0 525 227	0 360 165	0 0 0	0 0 0
5	2549	Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV RUS	2011/2012 season (100%) 2010/2011 season (100%) 2009/2010 season (70%)	0 756 402	0 583 204	0 400 204	0 0 0	0 0 0
6	2414	Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI USA	2011/2012 season (100%) 2010/2011 season (100%) 2009/2010 season (70%)	0 972 256	0 324 199	0 324 175	0 164 0	0 0 0
7	2385	Nora HOFFMANN / Maxim ZAVOZIN HUN	2011/2012 season (100%) 2010/2011 season (100%) 2009/2010 season (70%)	0 402 326	0 472 0	0 360 0	0 250 175	0 225 175
8	2278	Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA	2011/2012 season (100%) 2010/2011 season (100%) 2009/2010 season (70%)	0 574 347	0 262 368	0 0 252	0 250 0	0 225 0
9	2045	Pernelle CARRON / Lloyd JONES FRA	2011/2012 season (100%) 2010/2011 season (100%) 2009/2010 season (70%)	0 377 264	0 292 0	0 262 0	0 250 175	0 250 175
10	2000	Elena ILINYKH / Nikita KATSALAPOV RUS	2011/2012 season (100%) 2010/2011 season (100%) 2009/2010 season (70%)	0 638 350	0 324 221	0 292 175	0 0 0	0 0 0
11	1895	Xintong HUANG / Xun ZHENG CHN	2011/2012 season (100%) 2010/2011 season (100%) 2009/2010 season (70%)	0 496 428	0 262 183	0 262 149	0 0 115	0 0 0
12	1804	Ksenia MONKO / Kirill KHALIAVIN RUS	2011/2012 season (100%) 2010/2011 season (100%) 2009/2010 season (70%)	0 500 284	0 350 245	0 250 175	0 0 0	0 0 0
13	1778	Lucie MYSLIVECKOVA / Matej NOVAK CZE	2011/2012 season (100%) 2010/2011 season (100%) 2009/2010 season (70%)	0 325 173	0 262 149	0 236 0	0 250 158	0 225 0
14	1771	Ekaterina RIAZANOVA / Ilia TKACHENKO RUS	2011/2012 season (100%) 2010/2011 season (100%) 2009/2010 season (70%)	0 496 0	0 360 165	0 262 0	0 203 158	0 0 127
15	1498	Ekaterina PUSHKASH / Jonathan GUERREIRO RUS	2011/2012 season (100%) 2010/2011 season (100%) 2009/2010 season (70%)	0 450 207	0 255 175	0 250 161	0 0 0	0 0 0
16	1412	Kristina GORSHKOVA / Vitali BUTIKOV RUS	2011/2012 season (100%) 2010/2011 season (100%) 2009/2010 season (70%)	0 0 0	0 292 149	0 236 149	0 225 158	0 203 0
17	1404	Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND GBR	2011/2012 season (100%) 2010/2011 season (100%) 2009/2010 season (70%)	0 247 121	0 191 0	0 191 0	0 203 142	0 182 127
18	1222	Cathy REED / Chris REED JPN	2011/2012 season (100%) 2010/2011 season (100%) 2009/2010 season (70%)	0 339 193	0 213 149	0 213 0	0 0 115	0 0 0
19	1133	Kharis RALPH / Asher HILL CAN	2011/2012 season (100%) 2010/2011 season (100%) 2009/2010 season (70%)	0 0 347	0 236 179	0 213 158	0 0 0	0 0 0
20	1096	Charlotte LICHTMAN / Dean COPELY USA	2011/2012 season (100%) 2010/2011 season (100%) 2009/2010 season (70%)	0 405 0	0 250 127	0 230 84	0 0 0	0 0 0
21	1063	Nelli ZHIGANSHINA / Alexander GAZSI GER	2011/2012 season (100%) 2010/2011 season (100%) 2009/2010 season (70%)	0 446 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 250 142	0 225 0
22	928	Lorenza ALESSANDRINI / Simone VATURI ITA	2011/2012 season (100%) 2010/2011 season (100%) 2009/2010 season (70%)	0 173 230	0 0 158	0 0 142	0 225 0	0 0 0
23	923	Sara HURTADO / Adria DIAZ ESP	2011/2012 season (100%) 2010/2011 season (100%) 2009/2010 season (70%)	0 215 72	0 164 104	0 97 68	0 203 0	0 0 0
24	918	Xiaoyang YU / Chen WANG CHN	2011/2012 season (100%) 2010/2011 season (100%) 2009/2010 season (70%)	0 446 281	0 191 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0