2015 Waitlist Spots

[lynca]

FIRST has been handing out waitlist spots quite a bit earlier this year due to larger championship team size.

Current registered team count is close to 340 teams.


Approximately how many of the remaining championship spots are still open for waitlisted teams ?

[Link07]

I expect that there is somewhere around ~240 non wait list spots still up for grabs, so possibly ~20 wait list spots.

[MrTechCenter]

Well, there's over 100 teams that will qualify after district championships in Week 7, and plenty of teams that can qualify this weekend at Week 6 regionals. A lot more waitlist teams will make it into champs this year, but not EVERYBODY is going to obviously. Plus, I expect that a lot of waitlist teams would decline their invitations. We got off of the waitlist last year exactly one week before we had to depart. Trying to plan flights, building a crate, and plan everything within 12 hours was not really worth it.

[AdamHeard]

Can someone do some analysis and generate the list of teams that are registered for champs from the waitlist?

[Steven Donow]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Can someone do some analysis and generate the list of teams that are registered for champs from the waitlist?

To add to this,also the last time each of these teams went to Champs. I know of one that got in that hasn't gone since 2010, and one that went last year.

[lynca]

If you were invited on the waitlist, what day did your team receive your waitlist invitation ?

[IndySam]

We got our invitation last Monday, our last appearance in St Louis was 2013. We registered for the wait list the minute it was open.

I was a bit surprised that they didn't wait until after district championship this weekend. Spending $9K in one day was painful!

[safiq10]

We found out that we received the waitlist card on Friday afternoon. Thanks to FIRST in Texas we were able to pay off our registration today. We found out all this at the OKC competition.

[tindleroot]

Just to be sure, do district teams that receive a waitlist spot take up one of their district's allocated slots, or is it additional? I am expecting waitlist spots are separate from the district slots.

[Cash4587]

We were given a waitlist spot Thursday March 26th. They emailed us and said we have been taken off of the waitlist to participate in champs. Then we called to confirm and get everything set up.

[Link07]

Here's the list of teams qualified off of the wait-list, with the last time they qualified for champs. There may be some errors, as it was difficult to determine wildcard scenarios in some instances. The current number is ~70.

* = Never attended Championship (Year listed is rookie year)

41	2012
78	2014
102	2010
135	2014
157	2004
166	2011
203	2011
223	2010
238	2011
269	2012
339	2009
358	2013
369	2012
587	2012
691	2001
829	2013
894	2009
931	2011
1255	2004*
1339	2004*
1391	2012
1510	2011
1533	2008
1622	2013
2068	2007
2075	2009
2183	2007*
2228	2007
2339	2012
2531	2008*
2658	2008*
2767	2009
2875	2009*
2883	2009*
2950	2009*
2992	2010
3026	2009*
3042	2014
3175	2010*
3184	2010*
3288	2012
3350	2010
3352	2010
3357	2012
3566	2012
3604	2011*
3648	2011*
3653	2011*
3735	2011*
4028	2012
4207	2012*
4355	2014
4364	2012*
4381	2012*
4471	2013
4571	2013*
4584	2013*
4587	2013*
4707	2013
4841	2013*
4842	2013*
4951	2014*
4964	2014*
5162	2014*
5209	2014*
5349	2014*

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Link07

Here's the list of teams qualified off of the wait-list, with the last time they qualified for champs. There may be some errors, as it was difficult to determine wildcard scenarios in some instances. The current number is ~70.

4201 is a wildcard team, as of yesterday.

[Link07]

Originally Posted by EricH

4201 is a wildcard team, as of yesterday.

Thanks, I have removed them from the list.

[EOC]

Team 1208 received a wildcard slot, not not a wait list slot.

[Link07]

Originally Posted by EOC

Team 1208 received a wildcard slot, not not a wait list slot.

Fixed