Championship Waitlist

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Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard

I don't know what criteria even exists for this.

No criteria? It's a weighted randomization:

Originally Posted by http://www.firstinspires.org/sites/default/files/uploads/resource_library/frc/registration/2016/championship-eligibility-criteria.pdf

Teams may join the Championship Waitlist to fill any remaining
FIRST Championship slots not consumed by qualifying Regional or District teams. Teams who sign up for the Waitlist will be randomly selected at various points throughout the season in an effort to give teams as much
time to make travel plans as possible while ensuring we do not exceed FIRST Championship capacity.

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Teams will receive a number of “entries” to get selected from the Waitlist equal to 2016 minus the last year they attended Championship (or their rookie year, or when they most recently returned as an active team, whichever year is the most recent). As examples, a team that attended
in 2015 will get one entry in the waitlist drawing, a team that last attended in 2014 will get two, and a team that has never attended but has been continuously active since 2006 will get ten.