When will we know

FIRST General Forum
#1

I have a hopefully easy question for the first community.

When will we find out which teams were chosen for championship?

#2

when the championships open up to tier one teams, and then all the remaining spots are filled

you can see registered and pending teams here : http://www.usfirst.org/frc/map/index.lasso?page=event_teamlist&event=CMP

#3

Registration is already open to tier 1 teams.

All you important dates can be found here:
http://www.usfirst.org/robotics/2006/frc_time.htm

#4

thanks guys big help

#5

This is only my 2nd year doing FIRST and my first involved with the pre build and administrative aspects of running a team so can someone please explain to me what each tier for championships means, thanks

#6

http://www.usfirst.org/robotics/2006/cmp_elig.htm

That page will explain the championship eligibility criteria and the team tier breakdown.

#7

Umm, well, this is my second year as well, and I was wondering, what does tier mean?

#8

From the link Ogre posted:

“A selected number of Championship slots will be available for open registration. The slots will be based on the number of years since a team last attended the Championship. All teams will be classified in a Tier, i.e. Tier 6 equals six years since attending a Championship; Tier 2 equals two years since attending. Teams never attending will have their tier based on their rookie year: 2004 rookies are tier 2, 2003 rookies are tier 3, etc. If the number of teams in a tier is greater than the number of available openings, FIRST will use a lottery system to determine team eligibility for remaining open slots. The final determination will be first come/first serve until all available openings are filled. A wait list will be maintained for any openings that become available during the season.”

#9