Format of Championship

[Gregor]

Originally Posted by grandmaster342

Hey guys!,

What is the structure of World Championships? My team is in their rookie year and qualified by winning the Dallas Regional. That being said, none of us really know what we are in for. Please help enlighten me on this.

In a nutshell, the Championship is like 4 massive regionals, Archimedes, Curie, Galileo, and Newton. Each one is called a division, and each division has about 100 teams. Registered teams are sorted into the 4 divisions. FIRST will publish the division list after week 7 but before the Championships. The divisions follow the exact same format as a traditional regional. X number of qualification matches followed by alliance selection and the elimination rounds.

This is where it gets fun. The winning alliance from each division all face off on a fifth field, the Einstein field. Same format as eliminations, best 2 out of 3. Archimedes plays Curie, and Galileo plays Newton. Following the same format, the winners from these 2 matches play for the World Championship, also best 2 out of 3.