welcome!
We are very happy that you have signed up for our tournament. We are happy to host you and hope that we have a fun day of quizbowl.
spartan open rules
Each game for the tournament will consist of 20 tossups, with 3 - part bonuses for each correctly answered tossup.
We will NOT have bounce-back bonuses.
We will have powers but NO negs.
If a game is tied at the end of the match then the moderator will use the extra set of questions in the packet. The moderator will read until a team answers a tossup question correctly. The first team to score a tossup at that point will be declared the winning team.
We will play 5 rounds in the morning pool play.
After the morning rounds, the teams will be divided into brackets of 8 teams. This will allow teams to play 3 more rounds.
The top 2 teams in each morning group will play in the New York City Bracket for final placement of 1 - 8.
The teams that finish 3rd and 4th in the morning groups will play in the Wakanda Bracket for final placement of 9-16.
The teams that finish 5th and 6th in the morning groups will play in the Asgard Bracket for final placement of 17 - 24.
If teams tie in the morning standings then the following will be used as tie-breakers for standings and seeding for afternoon brackets:
Points per Game
Points per Bonus
Head-to-Head Record
Powers Scored
Coin Flip
hsnct qualifier
This tournament is a qualifier for the NAQT HS National Tournament in Atlanta (May 26 - 28).
The top 15% of the field will qualify (Top 4 teams in the tournament).
pace - nsc gold qualifier
The 2022 Spartan Open has GOLD level qualification for the PACE - National Scholastic Championships.
The PACE - NSC will be held in Chicago (June 10-11).
The top 20% of the field will qualify.