QUALIFIER TOURNAMENT DAY DETAILS

• Participants must be registered nationally and locally to compete.
• 8 tournaments between January and February
• 280 Team Capacity for the Virtual/Remote Tournaments this Season
  
  IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING TEAM PARTICIPATION MATERIALS:
  - Team participation packets (challenge pins and participation certificates) will be distributed to coaches at the END OF THE TOURNAMENT DAY.  
  - Please designate a parent to pick up your team packet, if the coach is not present to retrieve the packet. 
  - NC FTC will NOT be mailing unclaimed packets this season. 
  - Your team must participate in the tournament in order to receive a packet.
  
  

A NOTE FOR PARENTS
Parents are welcome to take a seat in the competition area to view morning practice runs and afternoon Robot Performance runs. 

The following areas are for teams only, and parents and siblings are not permitted:
- in the pit area
- on the competition floor or at the competition fields
- in the interview area
 
Coaches, please communicate this information directly to parents prior to tournament day.
Parents, thank you in advance for your compliance and understanding.

GAME FORUM Q&A - https://ftc-qa.firstinspires.org/
Anyone may view questions and answers within the FIRST® Tech Challenge game Q&A forum without a password. To submit a new question, you must have a unique Q&A system user name and password for your team.

AWARDS
Please click HERE for a comprehensive list of standard awards to be distributed at each event, and pre-event submission criteria for Optional Awards.
- Control Awards Self Nomination Forms will be accepted on tournament date, and are due at team check-in by 8:00am.
- Participation in Promote and Compass Award video submission for each event is optional.  Please visit the Awards Page for more information on how to submit videos directly to the judges. 
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*The deadline to submit videos for Promote and Compass Awards is 8:00pm the evening BEFORE tournament day.

TOURNAMENT DAY SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE

Volunteer Check-in

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​Team Check-in
& Pit-Set Up

Document Submission





Coaches Meeting

• 7:00AM
  *All volunteers will receive a T-shirts, Breakfast and lunch.
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• 7:30AM​

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• 8:00AM - please turn in at Team Check-in outside the Pit Area

- REQUIRED - Team Engineering Portfolios (all teams) - please print and bind or staple. 
*Digital copies will not be accepted.  On-site printing is not available.
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- OPTIONAL - Control Award - Self Nomination Form 
- OPTIONAL - Opt in to receiving the Judge Feedback Form

• 8:15AM
  Event Basics and quick Q&A with the State Event Manager.

Judge Interviews













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Field Inspections



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Drivers Meeting

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Opening Ceremony

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Qualification Matches begin






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Lunch Break

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Qualification Matches Resume

Alliance Selection

Elimination Matches

​Pit Clean Up & 
Final Judge Deliberation



​Awards Ceremony

​End of Tournament/
TEAM PARTICIPATION
Packet Distribution

• Starting at 8:30AM

*Judging Interview Times To Be Announced
*Coaches will receive the Interview schedule via email 2 days prior to tournament day.

YES!
​​- Teams to participate in ONE judging interview (15 min)
- up to 3 Judges per judging room
- Please turn in a PRINTED version of your team's ENGINEERING PORTFOLIO at team check-in.  Portfolios are due by 8:00am.
- Please arrive in the judging area no less than 5-minutes prior to your interview start time.
- There WILL be pit visits during the tournament.​

Feedback forms (upon request) completed after each interview.  Coaches will receive a copy of Judge feedback at the end of the tournament day.

SORRY, NOT THIS YEAR...
- No coaches, parents or spectators in the interview room.

• Starting at 8:30AM
  - All teams will be required to complete robot and field inspections on the competition field.
  - Teams may 
• The qualification match schedule will not be generated until all teams have cleared robot and field inspections.
  Teams will have until 10:30am to pass both inspections.  Teams that do not pass inspections will not be permitted to continue on to qualification matches.

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• 10:30AM (​Competition Area)
  Required for all teams.

 

• 10:45AM (​Competition Area)

- National Anthem, Greetings from NC FTC and Host Representative, Team Roll Call and FTA/Referee Instructions

• 11:00AM
  - 5 matches per team
  - Staggered robot runs in traditional format
  - Team Members may visit the Question Box to ask questions during matches.  Coaches and parents cannot.
  - NO Coaches or Spectators at the fields

*Coaches may stand behind the team, outside of the field perimeter.  Please do not block the view of spectators.  
-*No parents or spectators in team que or  the competition field area.
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• 12:00PM - 12:30PM

*Bring lunch, visit concession stand or pre-order lunch from host location (if available)
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• 12:30PM

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• 3:20PM

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• 3:45PM

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• 4:45PM

*All teams are required to clean up their pit areas, and leave the way they found it prior to exiting the building.
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• Judges will deliberate on awards and state advancement. 

Note: This process has been streamlined and moves more efficiently than in previous years.

• 5:00PM​
  


• 5:30PM
• All coaches should plan to pick up their team packets as they exit the tournament.  
  
  
• Team Packets will include:
  - Participation Certificates
  - Challenge Pins
  ​- Judge Feedback Form (if requested at team check-in)

Note: Packets will not be mailed this season.  Please designate a parent to pick up your team packet, if the coach is not present to retrieve it at the end of the tournament day.