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Qualifying Tournaments
Each team can compete in up to two qualifying tournaments a season. These tournaments are hosted by our FIRST Region partner High Tech Kids at local schools around the state on either Saturday or Sunday. Teams register for 1 or 2 competitions that work for them.
General Schedule
8:00 AM – 10:25 AM Team Judging, Robot/Field Inspection, Practice
10:30 AM Drivers Meeting
11:00 AM Opening Ceremonies
11:15 AM Qualification Matches
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Qualification Matches Continue
1:00 PM – 2:45 PM Pit Judging
3:00 PM Alliance Selection and Finals Matches
4:30 PM AWARDS CEREMONY
Awards and Qualifying for States
Depending on the tournament a certain number of teams will advance to state. Typically more teams advace in the early competitions than the later ones.
Awards possible to win are outlined in Game Manual 1 or found here
Above: Teams ready to go for a match!
Below: Two of our LSHS teams on the practice field between matches
FTC State Tournament
The state tournament this year (2023-24) is at the Saint Paul RiverCenter and Roy Wilkins Auditorium on Feb 16-17.
Friday is when all the judging and inspections happen and Saturday is all the robot matches. Saturday morning is qualifying and the afternoon is for alliance selection and the finals matches.
Here is a link to the general schedule for State
More info about State can be found at the High Tech Kids Website
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