FIRST Championship

Annual student robotics championship

FIRST Championship Event

Frequency| Annual
Venue| George R. Brown Convention Center
Discovery Green
Location(s)| Houston, Texas, United States
Inaugurated| 1992 (1992)
Founder| Dean Kamen
Participants| ~30 nations[1]
Organised by| FIRST
Website| www.firstchampionship.org
Both 2020 championships cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The FIRST LEGO League World Championship was held as a virtual competition on April 18 and 19, 2020 and hosted by FLL Share and Learn.

The FIRST Championship is a four-day robotics championship held annually in April at which FIRST student robotics teams compete. For several years, the event was held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, but moved to the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri in 2011, where it remained through 2017. In 2017, the Championship was split into two events, being additionally held at the George R. Brown Convention Center and Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. In 2018 and 2019, the Championship was held in Houston and Detroit, Michigan at the TCF Center and Ford Field. The event comprises four competitions; the FIRST Robotics Competition Championship, the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship, the FIRST Lego League World Festival, and the FIRST Lego League Explore World Expo.[3]

The FIRST Robotics Competition is a ten-week program in which high-school students build 115-pound (52 kg) robots designed to compete in a game that changes each year. Students are given sets of parts to use, but they can also use off-the-shelf or custom-made parts. The FIRST Tech Challenge is a mid-level competition program for middle school and high school aged students with a more accessible and affordable robotics kit. FIRST LEGO League is a competition program for elementary and middle school students using LEGO Education Spike Prime robotics kits. Teams for each program compete in tournaments at a state and regional level. The winning teams from each of these tournaments join the global competition at the FIRST Championship.

The FIRST Championship was formally held in conjunction with the FIRST Robotics Conference, which covers a wide variety of topics in science, technology, engineering, and robotics fields.[4]

The 2011 championship was also host to the Collegiate Aerial Robotics Demonstration, a pilot collegiate FIRST program.

In 2015, to expand, it was announced that the FIRST Championship would be divided into multiple venues. The new Innovation Faire featuring displays and demonstrations from FIRST Sponsors, Partners and Suppliers took place at the Renaissance St. Louis Grand Hotel, The FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship and the Junior FIRST Lego League World Festival took place at Union Station (St. Louis), and the FIRST LEGO League World Festival as well as the FIRST Robotics Competition Championship took place at the Edward Jones Dome and America's Center. The new arrangement was designed to give an "Olympic Village" feel and allow for more space to expand each individual program.[5] In 2017, the Championship was split into 2 championships, one occurring in Houston and the other a week later in St. Louis. The second Championship was moved to Detroit for 2018 and 2019. In 2020, FIRST decided to move the closing ceremonies for all programs from Minute Maid Park and Ford Field to the convention centers in Houston and Detroit respectively.[6]

The 2020 FIRST season was suspended on March 12, 2020, resulting in the cancellation of the Championship events in Houston and Detroit, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The FIRST LEGO League World Championship was held as a virtual competition on April 18 and 19, 2020 and hosted by FLL Share and Learn.

The 2021 FIRST Championship in Houston and Detroit were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] The events were replaced by a virtual ceremony at the 2021 FIRST Global Innovation Awards on June 28–30, 2021.

Despite originally announcing dates for both Detroit and Houston for 2022, the 2022 FIRST Championship was later scheduled solely for Houston and was held from April 20 to April 23, 2022.

## Host cities

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* 1992: Manchester, New Hampshire
* 1993–1994: Nashua, New Hampshire
* 1995–2002: Orlando, at Epcot Center, Walt Disney World
* 2003: Houston, at Reliant Park (now known as NRG Park)
* 2004–2010: Atlanta, at Georgia Dome
* 2011–2017: St. Louis, at Dome at America's Center, America's Center, Renaissance St. Louis Grand Hotel (2015-2017), Union Station (St. Louis) (2015-2017)
* 2017–2019: Houston, at George R. Brown Convention Center and Minute Maid Park
* 2018–2019: Detroit, at Cobo Center and Ford Field
* 2022– present: Houston, at George R. Brown Convention Center

1992 was the first year of the FIRST Robotics Competition. Just over 20 teams competed at one event, which was held at Memorial High School in Manchester, New Hampshire.[8] In 1993, the sole competition was held at Bishop Guertin High School in Nashua, New Hampshire.[9] In 1994, the competition was held at Nashua High School.[10] In 1995, FIRST had grown to the point to which they had outgrown the one competition, so they moved to a regional qualifier system, and thus the FIRST championship was born. From 1995 through 2002, the championship was held at Epcot Center in Orlando.[11] Reliant Park in Houston was the venue for 2003.[12] Atlanta served as host city from 2004 through 2010.[13][14] In 2005, the contract with Atlanta was extended through 2007 with options for 2008 and 2009.[13] In 2009, St. Louis was selected, from three finalists, to serve as host city for 2011 through 2013. In 2012, the tenure at St. Louis was extended until 2014.[15] In 2013, the tenure in St. Louis was once again extended for three additional years through 2017.[16]

The 2017 through 2019 championships consisted of two championship events, located in two different cities on back to back weekends. The 2017 championships was held in St. Louis, centered at the Edward Jones Dome, and in Houston, Texas, at the George R. Brown Convention Center, Toyota Center, and Minute Maid Park. 2017 marked St. Louis's final hosting of the event for the foreseeable future, ending its seven years hosting the event, as well as the FIRST Championship's return to Houston, following the 2003 Championships at NRG Park. In 2018 and 2019, Houston continued to host a championship, with Detroit, Michigan taking St. Louis's place. The Detroit championships took place at Cobo Center and Ford Field.[17]

## FRC World Championship

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Main article: FIRST Robotics Competition

The FIRST Robotics Competition Championship is the final and largest event of the season. The winners of each regional competition as well as the top teams from each district advance to the FIRST Championship. They are placed into one of the 8 divisions, named after influential individuals in STEM, to compete. The winning alliance from each division (a set of 4 teams) moves on to compete on the Einstein Field. The winning alliance on the Einstein Field is declared the FIRST Champion.

The FIRST Robotics Competition Championship was initially divided into 4 divisions:

* Newton
* Galileo
* Archimedes
* Curie

In 2015, the 4 divisions were further divided into 8 divisions (not including the final Einstein Field) and expanding naming to share more breadth in hero innovators:

* Newton
* Galileo
* Archimedes
* Curie
* Tesla
* Hopper
* Carver
* Carson

In 2017, the first year of the split championship, 4 more divisions were added[18] bringing the total to 12 divisions (not including the final Einstein Field in each city), with six divisions in each city. The six division winning alliances played a round-robin tournament to determine their location's champion, who then played the other city's champion in July at the FIRST Festival of Champions in New Hampshire.[19][20] On February 6, 2018, FIRST announced that the Festival of Champions would not happen from the 2018 season onward. Due to this, the winners of both championships would now be considered world champions.[21] Houston:

* Carver
* Galileo
* Hopper
* Newton
* Roebling
* Turing

St. Louis/Detroit:

* Archimedes
* Carson
* Curie
* Daly
* Darwin
* Tesla

In 2022 with the return to a single championship event[22] FRC teams were divided into the 6 Houston divisions seen through the 2019 championship. In 2023 2 additional divisions,[23] Johnson and Milstein, were added to the 6 from 2022 bringing the total to 8 FRC divisions.

There are many awards that are presented to FRC teams at the Championship. These awards include the Engineering Inspiration Award, the Industrial Design Award, the Gracious Professionalism Award, the Entrepreneurship Award, the Industrial Safety Award, the Rookie All-Star Award, the Rookie Inspiration Award, the Woodie Flowers Award, and the Dean's List Award. The most prestigious award is the Impact Award (previously called the Chairman's Award), which recognizes the team that best represents a model for other teams to emulate both on and off the field.[24]

### Recent winners

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Year / Theme  | Award name  | Team name  | Team number  | Location

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2025 / Reefscape | Championship Winner #1  | MadTown Robotics  | 1323  | Madera, California, USA
Championship Winner #2  | Jack in the Bot  | 2910  | Mill Creek, Washington, USA
Championship Winner #3  | Maverick Robotics  | 4272  | Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Championship Winner #4  | Iron Panthers  | 5026  | Burlingame, California, USA
Impact Award  | Project Bucephalus  | 5985  | Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
2024 / Crescendo | Championship Winner #1  | Orbit  | 1690  | Binyamina, HaZafon, Israel
Championship Winner #2  | Team SCREAM  | 4522  | Sedalia, Missouri, USA
Championship Winner #3  | Team 8-Bit  | 9432  | Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Championship Winner #4  | RoboLancers  | 321  | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Impact Award  | CocoNuts  | 2486  | Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
2023 / Charged Up | Championship Winner #1  | MadTown Robotics  | 1323  | Madera, California, USA
Championship Winner #2  | HighTide  | 4414  | Ventura, California, USA
Championship Winner #3  | Ctrl-Z  | 4096  | Champaign, Illinois, USA
Championship Winner #4  | BeaverworX  | 2609  | Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Impact Award  | RoboLancers  | 321  | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2022 / Rapid React | Championship Winner #1  | Up-A-Creek Robotics  | 1619  | Longmont, Colorado, USA
Championship Winner #2  | The Cheesy Poofs  | 254  | San Jose, California, USA
Championship Winner #3  | Knight Vision  | 3175  | Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, USA
Championship Winner #4  | Fusion Corps  | 6672  | Irving, Texas, USA
Chairman's Award  | Garrett Coalition  | 1629  | Accident, Maryland, USA
2019 / Destination: Deep Space | Detroit / Detroit FIRST Championship Winner #1  | Brighton TechnoDogs  | 3707  | Brighton, Michigan, USA
Detroit / Detroit FIRST Championship Winner #2  | ThunderChickens  | 217  | Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA
Detroit / Detroit FIRST Championship Winner #3  | Team Rembrandts  | 4481  | Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
Detroit / Detroit FIRST Championship Winner #4  | SCH Vulcan Robotics  | 1218  | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Detroit Chairman's  | The Green Machine  | 1816  | Edina, Minnesota, USA
Houston / Houston FIRST Championship Winner #1  | Greybots  | 973  | Atascadero, California, USA
Houston / Houston FIRST Championship Winner #2  | MadTown Robotics  | 1323  | Madera, California, USA
Houston / Houston FIRST Championship Winner #3  | Iron Panthers  | 5026  | Burlingame, California, USA
Houston / Houston FIRST Championship Winner #4  | The Vitruvian Bots  | 4201  | El Segundo, California, USA
Houston Chairman's  | Exploding Bacon  | 1902  | Orlando, Florida, USA
2018 / FIRST Power Up | Detroit FIRST Championship Winner #1  | Stryke Force  | 2767  | Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Detroit FIRST Championship Winner #2  | Team RUSH  | 27  | Clarkston, Michigan, USA
Detroit FIRST Championship Winner #3  | Lake Effect Robotics  | 2708  | Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Detroit FIRST Championship Winner #4  | Centre County 4-H Robotics  | 4027  | State College, Pennsylvania, USA
Detroit Chairman's  | Bionic Black Hawks  | 2834  | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA
Houston FIRST Championship Winner #1  | The Cheesy Poofs  | 254  | San Jose, California, USA
Houston FIRST Championship Winner #2  | The Robowranglers  | 148  | Greenville, Texas, USA
Houston FIRST Championship Winner #3  | Spartabots  | 2976  | Sammamish, Washington, USA
Houston FIRST Championship Winner #4  | Ha-Dream Team  | 3075  | Hod-Ha'Sharon, HaMerkaz, Israel
Houston Chairman's  | Kell Robotics  | 1311  | Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
2017 / FIRST Steamworks | St Louis / Festival of Champions Winner #1  | Stryke Force  | 2767  | Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
St Louis / Festival of Champions Winner #2  | The Cheesy Poofs  | 254  | San Jose, California, USA
St Louis / Festival of Champions Winner #3  | Lightning Robotics  | 862  | Canton, Michigan, USA
St Louis / Festival of Champions Winner #4  | The Pascack PI-oneers  | 1676  | Montvale, New Jersey, USA
St Louis Chairman's  | Mountaineer Area RoboticS (MARS)  | 2614  | Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
Houston Festival of Champions Representative  | Columbus Space Program  | 4188  | Columbus, Georgia, USA
Houston Winner #1  | Greybots  | 973  | Atascadero, California, USA
Houston Winner #2  | CRUSH  | 1011  | Tucson, Arizona, USA
Houston Winner #3  | Viking Robotics  | 2928  | Seattle/Ballard, Washington, USA
Houston Winner #4  | Bay Orangutans  | 5499  | Berkeley, California, USA
Houston Chairman's  | Thunder Down Under  | 3132  | Sydney, Australia
2016 / FIRST Stronghold | Championship Winner #1  | The Beach Bots  | 330  | Hermosa Beach, California, USA
Championship Winner #2  | Roboteers  | 2481  | Tremont, Illinois, USA
Championship Winner #3  | Cleveland's Team  | 120  | Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Championship Winner #4  | Blue Cheese  | 1086  | Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
Chairman's Award  | HIGHROLLERS  | 987  | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
2015 / Recycle Rush[25] | Championship Winner #1  | Robonauts  | 118  | League City, Texas, USA
Championship Winner #2  | Citrus Circuits  | 1678  | Davis, California, USA
Championship Winner #3  | Buchanan Bird Brains  | 1671  | Clovis, California, USA
Championship Winner #4  | Gryffingear  | 5012  | Palmdale, California, USA
Chairman's Award  | Wolverines  | 597  | Los Angeles, USA
2014 / Aerial Assist[26] | Championship Winner #1  | The Cheesy Poofs  | 254  | San Jose, California, USA
Championship Winner #2  | Las Guerrillas  | 469  | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA
Championship Winner #3  | The All Sparks  | 2848  | Dallas, Texas, USA
Championship Winner #4  | Team C.H.A.O.S  | 74  | Holland, Michigan, USA
Chairman's Award  | Team RUSH  | 27  | Clarkston, Michigan, USA
2013 / Ultimate Ascent[27] | Championship Winner #1  | Theory6  | 1241  | Mississauga, Ontario Canada
Championship Winner #2  | Texas Torque  | 1477  | The Woodlands, Texas, USA
Championship Winner #3  | The Coyotes  | 610  | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Chairman's Award  | The Holy Cows  | 1538  | San Diego, California, USA
2012 / Rebound Rumble[28] | Championship Winner #1  | S.P.A.M.  | 180  | Stuart, Florida, USA
Championship Winner #2  | Raider Robotix  | 25  | North Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Championship Winner #3  | Bomb Squad  | 16  | Mountain Home, Arkansas, USA
Chairman's Award  | Simbotics  | 1114  | St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
2011 / Logomotion | Championship Winner #1  | The Cheesy Poofs  | 254  | San Jose, California, USA
Championship Winner #2  | WildStang  | 111  | Schaumburg, Illinois, USA
Championship Winner #3  | Greybots  | 973  | Atascadero, California, USA
Chairman's Award  | The Hawaiian Kids  | 359  | Waialua, Hawaii, USA
2010 / Breakaway | Championship Winner #1  | Beach Cities Robotics)  | 294  | Redondo Beach, California, USA
Championship Winner #2  | The HOT Team  | 67  | Milford, Michigan, USA
Championship Winner #3  | Bobcat Robotics  | 177  | South Windsor, Connecticut, USA
Chairman's Award  | Miss Daisy  | 341  | Ambler, Pennsylvania, USA
2009 / Lunacy[29][30] | Championship Winner #1  | WildStang  | 111  | Schaumburg, Illinois, USA
Championship Winner #2  | The HOT Team)  | 67  | Milford, Michigan, USA
Championship Winner #3  | Spartan Robotics  | 971  | Mountain View, California, USA
Chairman's Award  | Techno Ticks  | 236  | Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA

## FTC World Championship

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Main article: FIRST Tech Challenge

Before 2014, after all FTC teams have competed in state / regional championship tournaments, the winning teams move on to the FTC World Championship. The Inspire Award-winning teams and the captain teams of the Winning Alliance in the regional tournaments are automatically eligible for the world championship. If there are still spots available, additional teams may be picked by a lottery system.

From 2014 and on, teams compete in Qualifying Tournaments in order to qualify for their state/regional Championship. At that Championship, teams compete for a spot at one of 4 Super-Regionals. Depending on the presence/number of teams in each state, determines the number of teams that move on to a Super-Regional. Teams then advance from their Super-Regional to the World Championship. In the 2018–2019 season, Super-Regionals were abolished and FTC teams advanced to the World Championship directly from their state/regional Championship.[31]

At each championship, awards are presented to recognize teams for their performance in the competition, their robot's design, and their efforts to spread the message of FIRST. These awards include World Championship Finalist and Winner, the Design Award, the Connect Award, the Innovate Award, the Motivate Award, the Think Award and the Judges' Award. The most notable awards are the World Championship Inspire Award and the award given to the winning alliance.[32]

The FTC World Championship was held in Houston and Detroit through the 2019 championship. The event is currently held in Houston.

FTC has four divisions that teams are randomly divided into.[33]

* Franklin
* Jemison

* Edison
* Ochoa

Up until the end of the 2016 season, winning alliances from Franklin and Edison went on to compete in the finals on the DaVinci Field. In 2017, FTC teams joined FRC teams to play their finals matches on the Einstein Field.

### Recent winners

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Year / Theme  | Award name  | Team name  | Team number  | Location

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2025 / Into The Deep  | Inspire Award  | Rebel Robotics  | 18139  | Norfolk, Nebraska, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | Up-A-Creek Robotics  | 11260  | Longmont, Colorado, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | Team Matrix  | 20870  | Mumbai, India
Winning Alliance Team  | The Disruptingly Robocephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team  | 19746  | Austin, Texas, USA
2024 / Centerstage  | Inspire Award  | Iterative Intentions  | 12791  | Flower Mound, Texas, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | AiCitzens  | 19066  | Focsani, Romania
Winning Alliance Team  | The Clueless  | 11212  | San Diego, California, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | Texpand  | 18763  | Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
2023 / Powerplay  | Inspire Award  | Wolfpack Machina  | 18438  | Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | GatorBytes  | 18457  | Newbury Park, California, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | Quality Control  | 21229  | Bellevue, Washington, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | Don't Blink  | 14481  | Plainsboro, New Jersey, USA
2022 / Freight Frenzy  | Inspire Award  | TechnicBots  | 8565  | Plano, Texas, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | Delta Force  | 17713  | Arad, Romania
Winning Alliance Team  | Up-A-Creek Robotics  | 11260  | Longmont, Colorado, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | Java the Hutts  | 14725  | Fort Myers, Florida, USA
2019 / Rover Ruckus | Detroit Winning Alliance Team  | LANbros  | 9971  | Vincentown, New Jersey, USA
Detroit Winning Alliance Team  | Gluten Free  | 11115  | Hollis, New Hampshire, USA
Detroit Winning Alliance Team  | N.Y.A.N. Robotics - Not Your Average Nerds  | 10091  | Mundelein, Illinois, USA
Detroit Inspire Award  | The Giant Diencephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team  | 8393  | Baden, Pennsylvania, USA
Houston Winning Alliance Team  | Boom Bots  | 3101  | Palm Harbor, Florida, USA
Houston Winning Alliance Team  | Aperture Science  | 5064  | Elon, North Carolina, USA
Houston Winning Alliance Team  | Cobalt Colts  | 6547  | Overland Park, Kansas, USA
Houston Inspire Award  | Root Negative One  | 9879  | Springdale, Arkansas, USA
2018 / Relic Recovery  | Detroit Winning Alliance Team  | The Brainstormers  | 8644  | Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Detroit Winning Alliance Team  | The Giant Diencephalic BrainSTEM Robotics Team  | 8393  | Baden, Pennsylvania, USA
Detroit Winning Alliance Team  | 2 Bits and a Byte  | 4029  | Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Detroit Inspire Award  | Wizards.exe  | 9794  | Rockville, Maryland, USA
Houston Winning Alliance Team  | Mechanical Maniacs  | 7750  | Sutherlin, Oregon, USA
Houston Winning Alliance Team  | RedNek Robotics Wun  | 724  | Sun River, Montana, USA
Houston Winning Alliance Team  | TechNova  | 12611  | Bellevue, Washington, USA
Houston Inspire Award  | Super 7  | 7477  | Oviedo, Florida, USA
2017 / Velocity Vortex  | Houston Winning Alliance Team  | RedNek Robotics Wun  | 724  | Sun River, Montana, USA
Houston Winning Alliance Team  | Rise Of Hephaestus  | 4216  | San Diego, California, USA
Houston Winning Alliance Team  | Wait For It...  | 8651  | Pearl, Missouri, USA
Houston Inspire Award  | FIX IT  | 3491  | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
St. Louis Winning Alliance Team  | Height Differential  | 8686  | Littleton, Colorado, USA
St. Louis Winning Alliance Team  | Data Force  | 6929  | Rockville, Maryland, USA
St. Louis Winning Alliance Team  | BoBots  | 5916  | Earleville, Maryland, USA
St. Louis Inspire Award Winner  | Combustible Lemons  | 5466  | Davenport, Iowa, USA
2016 / Res-Q[34] | Winning Alliance Team  | BoBots  | 5916  | Earleville, Maryland, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | Cubix^3  | 8221  | Hampstead, Maryland, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | TBD-To Be Determined  | 6022  | Aurora, Ohio, USA
FTC World Championship Inspire Award  | Hot Wired Robotics  | 7013  | Portland, Oregon, USA
2015 / Cascade Effect[35] | Winning Alliance Team  | Neutrinos  | 6433  | Lakeland, Florida, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | RedNek Robotics Wun  | 724  | Sun River, Montana, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | Valley X Robotics  | 2844  | Chandler, Arizona, USA
FTC World Championship Inspire Award  | Schrödinger's Hat  | 3595  | Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
2014 / Block Party![27] | Winning Alliance Team  | Hot Wired Robotics  | 7013  | Portland, Oregon, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | Eagles Robotics Xperience  | 5257  | Delray Beach, Florida, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | 4-H Techno Clovers  | 4240  | Accident, Maryland, USA
FTC World Championship Inspire Award  | Bears  | 3141  | Mexico City, Mexico
2013 / Ring It Up![27] | Winning Alliance Team  | Cougar Robotics Team  | 4251  | Columbus, Ohio, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | Fish in the Boat  | 4140  | Lakeville, Minnesota, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | Monkey Madness  | 5096  | Huntsville, Alabama, USA
FTC World Championship Inspire Award  | Beta  | 3550  | West Des Moines, Iowa, USA
2012 / Bowled Over![28] | Winning Alliance Team  | Robocats  | 4444  | Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | Masquerade  | 4997  | Tampa, Florida, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | ILITE Robotics  | 354  | Haymarket, Virginia, USA
FTC World Championship Inspire Award  | Landroids | 4220  | Livingston, New Jersey, USA
2011 / Get Over It![36] | Winning Alliance Team  | SD30 Robotics  | 178  | Ronan, Montana, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | Wreckers  | 577  | Westport, Connecticut, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | MITibot  | 2875  | Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
FTC World Championship Inspire Award  | Robots and Brain Bots Inc.  | 4466  | Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
2010 / Hot Shot![37] | Winning Alliance Team  | Smoke and Mirrors  | 2868  | Lakeland, Florida, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | Under the Son  | 2843  | Hollywood, Maryland, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | Global-Force  | 3864  | Aiken, South Carolina, USA
FTC World Championship Inspire Award  | Rock 'n Roll Robots  | 25  | Pasadena, California, USA
2009 / Face Off![38] | Winning Alliance Team  | Jr. Bomb Squad  | 92  | Mountain Home, Arkansas, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | RoboRaiders  | 679  | Sandy Springs, Georgia, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | Alberta Longhorns  | 2820  | Calgary, Alberta
FTC World Championship Inspire Award  | Einstein's Daughters  | 32  | San Diego, California, USA
2008 / Quad Quandary[30] | Winning Alliance Team  | Mr. T  | 30  | Montville, New Jersey, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | Team Overdrive  | 74  | Bridgewater, New Jersey, USA
Winning Alliance Team  | Beach Cities Robotics  | 23  | Redondo Beach, California, USA
FTC World Championship Inspire Award  | Panteras  | 801  | Mexico City, Mexico

## FLL World Festival

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Main article: FIRST Lego League

The top competitions in FLL program are FLL Open Championships and FLL World Festival. The Open Championships are managed by FLL Partners with a goal to bring teams from different regions to complete and showcase their achievements. Currently, there are two Open Championships, FLL Open European Championship and FLL US Open Championship. FLL Open Asian Championship was held in 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. However, it did not return in 2009.[39]

FLL World Festival is hosted and managed by FIRST. The teams are often the Champion's Award team at the state or national level with some other criteria including special nomination from FLL Operational Partners globally. In 2009, there were 84 teams from 27 countries that joined the festival with the theme Climate Connections. The award categories include Innovative Design Award, Quality Design Award, Programming Award, Research Quality Award, Innovative Solution Award, Creative Presentation Award, Teamwork Award, Team Spirit Awards, Against All Odds Awards, Outstanding Volunteer Awards, Adult Coach/Mentor Awards, Young Adult Mentor Awards, and Judges' Awards. The most notable awards are Champion's Award and Robot Performance Award.[29]

[40]===Recent winners===

Year / Theme  | Award name  | Team name  | Team number  | Location

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2025 / Submerged  | Houston Championship Champions Award Winner  | SESI HEROES  | 70325  |  Jundiaí, Brazil
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist  | FSIngenium Team  | 70362  |  Sarriguren, Spain
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist  | SKILLSET  | 70295  |  Astana, Kazakhstan
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist  | BIOTECH  | 70326  |  Barra Bonita, Brazil
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist  | RED  | 70259  |  Ansan-si, South Korea
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist  | Intelligent Mavericks  | 46665  |  Richland, Washington
2024 / Masterpiece  | Houston Championship Champions Award Winner  | LOS ATÔMICOS  | 64790  |  Araras, Brazil
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist  | Knots and Bots  | 17737  |  Chicago, IL
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist  | Master Cubz  | 55589  |  Andover, MA
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist  | Breaking Bot  | 64770  |  Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist  | Invictus  | 64839  |  Valencia, Spain
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist  | PARDOBOOTS  | 64793  |  Ourinhos, Brazil
2023 / Super Powered  | Houston Championship Champions Award Winner  | FSINGENIUM Team  | 60008  |  Sarriguren, Spain
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist  | LITBOT100  | 59975  |  Kaunas, Lithuania
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist  | Legotronic Beavers  | 60009  |  Torres de Elorz, Spain
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist  | RoboRazors  | 59969  |  Amman, Jordan
2022 / Cargo Connect  | Houston Championship Champions Award Winner  | Legotronic Beavers  | 55467  | Torres de Elorz, Spain
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist  | FIRST FUJISAN  | 55442  | Kofu, Japan
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist  | RoboTrix 1200  | 55445  | Kfar Yona, Israel
Houston Championship Champions Award Finalist  | Aldeatrón Robotix  | 55466  | Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
2021 / RePLAY  | Virtual World Championship International Invitational Champions Award Winner  | FIRST FUJISAN  | N/A  | Kofu, Japan
2020 / City Shaper  | Virtual World Championship International Invitational Champions Award - 1st Place  | Snow White and the Critter Crew  | 492  | Mount Prospect, Illinois
2019 / Into Orbit  | Detroit Championship Champions Award - 1st Place  | PHOENIX  | 44314  | Kaunas, Lithuania
Detroit Championship Winner - Finalist  | FSINGENIUMTeam  | 32  | Pamplona, Spain
Detroit Championship Winner - Finalist  | TövisASAP  | 44350  | Budapest, Hungary
Houston Championship Champions Award - 1st Place  | iDB Tech-No-Logic  | 44264  | Verona, Italy
Detroit Championship Teamwork Award - 2nd Place  | Team Skyline  | 1610  | Holon, Israel
2018 / Hydro Dynamics  | Houston Championship Winner - 1st Place  | SESI Red Rabbit  | 37402  | Americana, Brazil
Houston Championship Winner - Finalist  | Water Works  | 23359  | La Jolla, California
Houston Championship Winner - Finalist  | SESI Jedi's  | 37401  | Jundiai, Brazil
Detroit Championship Winner - 1st Place  | Not the Droids You Are Looking For  | 51  | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Detroit Championship Winner - Finalist  | FIRST FUJISAN  | 37289  | Kofu, Japan
Detroit Championship Winner - Finalist  | the Hydro HAULks  | 3436  | Oakville, Ontario Canada
2017 / Animal Allies  | Houston Championship Winner - 1st Place  | Robo Stars  | 30362[41] | Irbid, Jordan
Houston Championship Winner - Finalist  | SESI THUNDERBÓTICOS  | 30352[42] | Rio Claro, Brazil
Houston Championship Winner - Finalist  | High Voltage Couch Bananas  | 20687[43] | Eagle, Idaho
St. Louis Championship Winner - 1st Place  | Ctrl-Z Bayview Glen  | 5831[44] | Toronto, Canada
St. Louis Championship Winner - Finalist  | Flufflepuff  | 1920  | Granger, Indiana
St. Louis Championship Winner - Finalist  | St Peters Brickbusters  | 8631  | East Troy, Wisconsin
2016 / Trash Trek  | Championship Winner - 1st Place  | The Incredibots  | 00000  | Ohio, USA
Championship Winner - Finalist  | Mechatronic Ants  | 00000  | Pamplona, Spain
Championship Winner - Finalist  | Tic Tac Toe  | 00000  | Beirut, Lebanon
2015 / World Class  | Championship Winner - 1st Place  | Fast and Curious  | 23850  | Aley, Lebanon
Championship Winner - Finalist  | Mechatronic Ants  | 23750  | Pamplona, Spain
Championship Winner - Finalist  | HIPPIES  | 2936  | Peoria, Illinois, USA
2014 / Nature's Fury  | Championship Winner - 1st Place  | INVICTA  | N/A  | Canterbury, England
Championship Winner - 2nd Place  | Fast and Curious  | 23850  | Aley, Lebanon
Championship Winner - 3rd Place  | Strategic Headquarters of Innovative Engineering & Limitless Design (S.H.I.E.L.D.)  | 737  | New Berlin, WI
2013 / Senior Solutions  | Championship Winner - 1st Place  | Untitled 1  | 16100  | Bath, England
Championship Winner - 2nd Place  | SESI Robotics School  | 16850  | Ourinhos, Brazil
Championship Winner - 3rd Place  | Robo Raiders  | 742  | Lebanon
2012 / Food Factor[28] | Championship Winner - 1st Place  | Falcons Japan  | 15650  | Tokyo, Japan
Championship Winner - 2nd Place  | Blue Gear Ticks  | 252  | Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA
Championship Winner - 3rd Place  | NXTremers  | 15200  | Bengaluru, India
2011 / Body Forward[36] | Championship Winner - 1st Place  | The Sentinels  | 3663  | Oakville, Ontario Canada
Championship Winner - 2nd Place  | SAP g33k$  | 13300  | Mpumalanga, South Africa
Championship Winner - 3rd Place  | Hammerheads  | 4129  | Umatilla, Florida, USA
Robot Performance Award  | Hammerheads  | 4129  | Umatilla, Florida, USA
2010 / Smart Move | Championship Winner - 3rd Place  | Cougar Robotics Team  | 437  | Columbus, Ohio, USA
2009 / Climate Connections[45] | Championship Winner - 1st Place  | Da Peeps  | 55  | Swartz Creek, Michigan, USA
Championship Winner - 2nd Place  | STEELE  | 1232  | Illinois, USA
Championship Winner - 3rd Place  | NXT Generation  | 9201  | Nordborg, Denmark
Robot Performance Award - 1st Place  | Emerotecos  | 8004  | Brazil
Robot Performance Award - 2nd Place  | Team Singapore  | 8254  | Singapore
Robot Performance Award - 3rd Place  | Giant Panda  | 8060  | China
2008 / Power Puzzle[46] | Championship Winner - 1st Place  | External Fusion  | 8095  | Singapore
Championship Winner - 2nd Place  | Pixelation  | 2560  | North Branch, Minnesota, USA
Championship Winner - 3rd Place  | Power Peeps  | 334  | Swartz Creek, Michigan, USA
Robot Performance Award - 1st Place  | BLACK OCEAN CURRENT  | 8110  | Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Robot Performance Award - 1st Place  | Green Man Group  | 1  | Windham, New Hampshire, USA
Robot Performance Award - 3rd Place  | Landroids | 2254  | Livingston, New Jersey, USA

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