Teams in the District Model play two district qualifier events for their initial registration fee. Learn more about FIRST Robotics Competition team registration fees on the FIRST website. In addition to traditional awards, teams at these events earn District Points that rank them in the district. This ranking is used to advance teams to the District Championship. The District Points model and method for advancement is detailed in Section 11.1 of the Game Manual. Teams cannot advance directly to the FIRST Championship from a district qualifier event.

Teams in the District Model play two district qualifier events for their initial registration fee. Learn more about FIRST Robotics Competition team registration fees on the FIRST website.

District Model Teams have the opportunity to compete at two smaller-scale District Events as part of their season registration. Some District Teams will earn enough ranking points at these District events to earn their way to the District Championship Event. Each District sends a representative number of Teams to the FIRST Championship through the District Championship Event (see Championship Eligibility Criteria for details). District Teams are allowed to compete at Regional Events, under some restrictions. Regional Teams compete at one, usually larger-scale, Regional Event as part of their season registration. From each of these Regional Events, a few teams qualify for the FIRST Championship (see Championship Eligibility Criteria for details). Regional Teams are currently not allowed to compete at District Events. Teams are assigned to the District or Regional model based solely on their location. Any Team that is not in a District geography is automatically a Regional model team.

For 2026, nothing is changing regarding the District Model of play. This means that teams from areas in the Regional Model cannot play at Wisconsin events. Beyond 2026, we are looking into working on a way for Districts to open capacity to all teams outside their District, not just through inter-district play.

Currently FIRST Wisconsin projects needing four district events to serve our teams in the state. These four events will be spread throughout the state. The bid process will help facilitate the disbursement of events and the creation of local Event Planning Committees who will support the events (similar to Regional Planning Committees but with the benefit of additional local control). The goal of the Intent to Bid is to identify 3-4 host sites in each 120mi circle, which makes up roughly the four main concentrations areas of teams in Wisconsin. In the event 3-4 host sites are not submitted for a region, the FIRST Wisconsin Competition will seek out additional options as needed to reach that threshold.

This is in process, however we know the events will take place between March 4th and April 18th. FIRST Wisconsin is conducting an open bid process to identify competition sites for the 2025-2026 FIRST Tech Challenge and FIRST Robotics Competition season. Sites for both programs must be identified and contracted no later than August 1st, 2025, to allow teams time to register for FY26 events in September of 2025. Event locations will be shared with teams at the end of August and will be publicly posted on the FIRST website at the beginning of September. If you believe you know of a location that may work, please review the FY26 FIRST Wisconsin Bid Process to learn more about requirements for competition sites and the event timeline. Complete the FIRST Wisconsin Intent to Bid for next steps and additional information. If you have any questions please reach out to the Competition Committee via eventplanning@firstinspireswi.org. Planning for multiple seasons ahead of time is incredibly valuable for planning purposes. If your venue allows for multi-year contracts or scheduling of events multiple years in advance, FIRST Wisconsin is open to those discussions.

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