# of Divisions at Championships

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Originally Posted by notmattlythgoe

As far as I know they have not announced how many divisions there will be yet.

Currently shows 8 divisions at St. Louis 2017,same for Houston.
Source, click on each of the championship events.

Originally Posted by notmattlythgoe

4 divisions math
750 matches / 100 teams = ~8 matches per team
8 matches * 5 other teams per match = 40 teams

8 divisions math
750 matches / 50 teams = 15 matches per team
15 matches * 5 other teams = 75 teams

Why not have two fields per division and get the "best" of both worlds? More matches and more teams in a division.
Using 50 teams/division as the talking point for now, this would mean that 32 of the 50 move on to eliminations, or 64% of the teams. At what point does it take away from the "championship" experience?[size="1"]*SIZE] Most teams dream of making it champs and playing Saturday. We should continue to make it a position to strive for; versus, if we make it to champs we have a good chance of playing in eliminations. Each milestone in the season should be more challenging to accomplish. Most of this goes away of the divisions are more than 50 teams, but then it opens up a whole different story. 75 teams/ division, 600 teams per champs, 1200 teams between the combined champs; but I digress.

*Yes, I understand that the experience is already taking a hit by splitting to two locations; but there is nothing we can do about that at the moment.