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Originally Posted by IrwinTan
Does anyone happen to know when the first overseas Team joined?
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The lowest numbered team (according to TBA) that is over the Atlantic Ocean was team 759, Systemetric, from Cambridge, United Kingdom. While their last season was in 2013, they first competed in 2002.
This team competed in solely North American regionals.
Feel free to correct me if anyone has more definite information
As for how FIRST will adapt ...
The districts system is a start, but as more and more teams from around the world (and North America!) join, there will simply need to be more levels of competition. My idea is this: Once any country has more than 3 or 4 regional events with 30+ teams, introduce districts. Once that country has over a few hundred or so (these numbers are by no means precise) teams, introduce a national competition run similarly to a district championship, where the X best number of teams advance to from the actual district championships in the country. This will give many teams a championship experience of sorts (maybe not as cool as Worlds, but still) as well as potentially bring back a single World Championship (something this site has been pretty vocal about...)
Just my 2 cents!