| FIRST Championship Event | |
| Participants: | ~30 nations Large presence by the United States, Canada, Mexico, Turkey, Israel, Australia, and China[1] |
| Frequency: | Annual |
| Founder Name: | Dean Kamen |
| Organised: | FIRST |
| Venue: | George R. Brown Convention Center Discovery Green |
| Location: | Houston, Texas, United States |
| Current: | Both 2020 championships cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 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 Junior World Expo.[2]
The FIRST Robotics Competition is a ten-week program in which high-school students build 125-pound (54 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 Mindstorms 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.[3]
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.[4] 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.[5]
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.[6] 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.
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. Reliant Park in Houston was the venue for 2003. Atlanta served as host city from 2004 through 2010.[11] [12] In 2005, the contract with Atlanta was extended through 2007 with options for 2008 and 2009.[11] 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.[13] In 2013, the tenure in St. Louis was once again extended for three additional years through 2017.[14]
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.[15]
See 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:
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:
In 2017, the first year of the split championship, 4 more divisions were added[16] 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.[17] [18] 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.[19] Houston:
St. Louis/Detroit:
In 2022 with the return to a single championship event[20] FRC teams were divided into the 6 Houston divisions seen through the 2019 championship. In 2023 2 additional divisions,[21] 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.[22]
| Year / Theme | Award name | Team name | Team number | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 / | 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[23] | 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[24] | 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[25] | 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[26] | 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[27] [28] | 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 |
See 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.[29]
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.[30]
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.[31]
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.
| Year / Theme | Award name | Team name | Team number | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, Oreon, 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[32] | 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[33] | 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! | 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! | 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! | 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![34] | 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![35] | 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 | [36] | 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 | 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 |
See 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.[37]
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.[27]
| Year / Theme | Award name | Team name | Team number | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[39] | Irbid, Jordan |
| Houston Championship Winner - Finalist | SESI THUNDERBÓTICOS | 30352[40] | Rio Claro, Brazil | |
| Houston Championship Winner - Finalist | High Voltage Couch Bananas | 20687[41] | Eagle, Idaho | |
| St. Louis Championship Winner - 1st Place | Ctrl-Z Bayview Glen | 5831[42] | 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 | 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 | 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[43] | 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[44] | 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 | 2254 | Livingston, New Jersey, USA |