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Originally Posted by PayneTrain
Texas and California can easily transition from regionals to districts.
However, between DC, VA, and MD, there were 3 regionals. This means that these areas would combine into the already delineated "Capital Region" where instead of a State Championship, you have a "regional" functioning like an existing state championship.
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Originally Posted by PayneTrain
So Canada supports 1 super-regional=2 regionals. Therefore, it would need to be categorized with another existing regional to switch over to the district system.
Conclusion: Canada doesn't have the team density to go to a msc-style qualification yet, unless they tag in with Lake Superior or another Northern Regional.
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Canada currently supports:
Waterloo Regional (29 teams, event code WAT)
Greater Toronto East Regional (36 teams, event code ON)
Greater Toronto West Regional (36 teams, event code ON2)
In addition, Canadians also represented:
6 of the 44 teams at Finger Lakes Regional (event code ROC)
2 of the 58 teams at Buckeye Regional (event code OH)
4 of the 39 teams at Pittsburgh Regional (event code PIT)
1 of the 61 teams at New Jersey (event code NJ)
1 of the 66 teams at New York City (event code NY)
1 of the 64 teams at Virginia Regional (event code VA)
1 of the 51 teams at Wisconsin Regional (event code WI)
1 of the 53 teams at Boston Regional (event code MA)
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Originally Posted by GaryVoshol
BC should be in a Pacific Northwest Conference with WA and OR.
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Concur, BC and Western Canada should be 'region-ized' with the Pacific Northwest part of the US. Its significantly closer than Ontario.
EDIT: There are currently 80 Canadian teams registered for the 2011 FRC season, of a total 2065 teams, or 3.87%
By comparison, MI has 171 teams registered for the 2011 FRC season, or 8.28%