Open Registration for Championships

[Peter Matteson]

A lot of teams that would normally register by now are not currently qualified

[Andy Baker]

Looking at these two pages (CHMP eligibility and tier list), we can see that Championship registration is only open for pre-qualified teams (23 teams) and teams who are in tiers 3-8.

I assume that the 23 pre-qualified teams will sign up shortly. As for the tier 3-8 teams, it is hard to tell. Tier 4,5,6,7,8 teams obviously do not place a priority on attending the Championships, since, none of them have been for many years. Most likely, more tier 3 teams will sign up within a few days, but not too many.

I am guessing that maybe 35-40 teams will eventually sign up out of these groups. Currently, there are 11. The 20-30 teams out of these who have not signed up probably just assumed that Championship signups were the same day as 2nd regional signups, which are 10/28.

I wonder when tier 2 will open up for registration to the Championships. Any guesses? Once tier 2 opens up, many teams will register. There are over 300 teams in tier 2.

Andy B.

[Anne Shade]

It's still relatively early in the season. A lot of teams are still trying to figure out their budgets for this year. Give it some time and more teams will register.

As for opening registration for the next tier, I would guess that FIRST will at least wait until after second regional registration. I guess we'll see soon enough.

[Andrew]

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

I wonder when tier 2 will open up for registration to the Championships. Any guesses? Once tier 2 opens up, many teams will register. There are over 300 teams in tier 2.

Andy B.

Thanks for the response. I figured (based on reading FIRST's emails) that the Tier 2 lottery would have been run to determine all teams eligible for the "early" CMP sign up. Since we're Tier 1, we would definitely not be in this pool.

However, if only 30-40 teams are in the "cleared for registration" state, then it is not surprising that so few teams have signed up.