FIRST LEGO League State Championship happning now!
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Saturday, January 14, 2023: Einstein at Elgin Community College
Saturday, January 28, 2023: Tesla at University of Illinois at Champaign
Volunteer opportunities are available for the FIRST® LEGO® League Illinois Championship Tournaments:
If your team did not make it to the State Championships or you are thinking about getting involved with robotics this year, you can get a head start on next season by signing up to volunteer at our State Championships. Maybe your team is going to the State Championship, but you have a couple parents who would like to help out for a few hours during the event. That is great! Volunteers often see some of their most insightful moments while volunteering at the State Championship. Come join us Friday (set up only) or Saturday, January 15th.
How do I volunteer?
Log in to www.firstinspires.org
If you do not have an account, you will need to register yourself with FIRST.
Once registered and logged in, choose the Volunteer Registration tab > then Event Volunteering. Set your search parameters for FIRST LEGO League Challenge program and Illinois state.
Find the State Championship you would like to volunteer at and select the roles you would like to volunteer for.
More information will be coming soon!
See what teams are attending each event HERE.
Each event is on it's own tab.
General Questions: fllchallenge@firstillinoisrobotics.org
Einstein Championship Tournament
Tesla Championship Tournament
Saturday January 14, 2023
Saturday January 28, 2023
List of teams attending 2022-23 SUPERPOWERED Einstein Championship (see above)
List of teams attending 2022-23 SUPERPOWERED Tesla Championship (see above)
Elgin Community College
Building J Events Center
1700 Spartan Drive
Elgin, IL 60123
University of Illinois
Activities and Recreation Center (ARC)
201 E Peabody Dr
Champaign, IL 61820
Einstein Food Pre-Orders Form (coming asap!!)
ECC Campus Map
State Championship ECC buildings 2023
Tesla Parking and Maps
ARC Layout (Interior)
Volunteers
Einstein Schedule of the day
Alliance Schedule
Combined Judging/Table Team Schedule
Building J pit map
Building H pit map
Tesla Schedule of the Full Day
Team Pit Map
Per the guidance of the national FIRST organization approximately 25% of all teams participating in an FLL Qualifying Tournament will receive an invitation to a state level tournament. FIRST Illinois Robotics will assign invited teams to a state tournament which best fits the team’s geographical location, but often teams will be asked to attend a more distant tournament due to the total team distribution across the state.
We have named the tournaments to honor famous scientists and inventors:
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist. Einstein developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics. Einstein is best known by the general public for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2 (which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation"). Grace Hopper, (December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral. One of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, she was a pioneer of computer programming who invented one of the first compiler related tools. Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist who is best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.
Note: The Hopper Tournament was retired in 2020. We hope to bring it back as soon as we have the team numbers to do so!
The Tesla Championship Tournament at the University of Illinois in Champaign will be held unless University of Illinois closes the facility. The Einstein Championship Tournaments at Elgin Community College will be held unless the college closes the facility.
In the unlikely event that FIRST Illinois Robotics must cancel a tournament, teams will be notified by email to the Announcement List and a notice will be posted on this page of the website no later than 7AM on Saturday morning on the day of the tournament. FIRST Illinois Robotics will not be able to re-schedule the event. If the event is cancelled, a team will be selected to attend any post season events by a random pull from teams that won the Champion’s Award from each Qualifying Tournament and were also scheduled to attend the State Championship Tournaments.
Coaches and parents must use their best judgment about whether to travel in inclement weather. If a team is not able to attend, please notify FIRST Illinois Robotics by sending an email to fllchallenge@firstillinoisrobotics.org
After State Championships/ Open Invitationals
Teams winning top awards at the State Championship will be offered the opportunity to attend another SUPERPOWERED event. See the information HERE.