13 FIRST Championship Tournament (C)

At the 2025 FIRST Championship presented by BAE Systems, teams are split into 8 divisions. The process used to assign teams to their division is as follows:

• Teams requesting accessible seating are split amongst the divisions.
• Rookies are randomized and then assigned sequentially to divisions, skipping a division for each rookie assigned in Step 1 (i.e. a team in Division 1, a team in Division 2, a team in Division 3, a team in Division 4, a team in Division 5, a team in Division 6, a team in Division 7, a team in Division 8, then back to Division 1 again, until Rookies are all assigned to a division).
• Step 2 is
  repeated
  with veteran teams, with additional assignments as necessary to balance the total teams in each division.

Each division plays a standard tournament as described in section 10.5 Qualification

and section 10.6 Playoff to produce the division Champions. Those 8 division Champions proceed to the Championship Playoffs, on the Einstein , to determine the 2025 FIRST Robotics Competition Championship Winners, per section 13.4 FIRST Championship Playoffs.

13.1 Advancement to the FIRST Championship

Details on how teams earn eligibility to attend the FIRST Championship can be found in section 11.5 FIRST Championship Eligibility and section 12.2 FIRST Championship Eligibility. Teams that are pre-qualified can be found on the FIRST Championship eligibility webpage.

13.2 4-ROBOT

ALLIANCES

There is no provision for BACKUP TEAMS at the FIRST Championship.

Instead, before each division Playoff Tournament,

are selected per the process as described in section 10.6.1 Selection Process, however the process continues with a third round of selection as follows.

Round 3: The same method is used for each

CAPTAIN’S third choice except the selection order is reversed again, with 1 picking first and 8 picking last. This process results in 8 of 4 teams each.

may start with any 3 of the 4 on their during division Playoff and during the Championship Playoffs. submit for their as described in section 10.6.4 .

13.3 FIRST Championship Pit Crews

FIRST distributes buttons to the

CAPTAINS during the CAPTAIN meeting, which takes place on the division . These buttons provide the necessary access to the for pit crew members.

13.4 FIRST Championship Playoffs

The 8 division Champions play a Double Elimination style tournament as described in section 10.6 Playoff

to determine the 2025 FIRST Robotics Competition Champions. Exact timing is provided to FIRST Championship Playoff teams. are paired as shown in Figure 13‑1.

During the Einstein Finals, if the

score of each is equal, the is replayed. In this circumstance, the may be changed.