Category:National championships

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A national championship is an event purporting to award a title to the best quizbowl team in a particular country (though some national championships have teams from multiple countries) for a particular type of competitor. Though there are championships for all levels of play, this page is for collegiate championships only.

Active titles

Title Tournament Awarding Title Sponsoring Organization Eligible Participants First year awarded
ACF Nationals Overall ACF Nationals ACF College teams 1991
ACF Nationals Undergraduate ACF Nationals ACF College teams composed of undergraduates 2008
ACF Nationals Division II ACF Nationals ACF College teams composed of new players 2008
NAQT ICT Division I ICT NAQT College teams 1997
NAQT ICT Undergraduate ICT NAQT College teams composed of undergraduates 1998
NAQT ICT Division II ICT NAQT College teams composed of new players 1998
NAQT CCCT CCCT NAQT Community college teams 2009
HCASC HCASC College Bowl College teams from HBCUs 1990
Undergraduate Championship IQBT Undergraduate Championship Tournament IQBT College teams composed of undergraduates 2023

Defunct titles

Title Tournament Awarding Title Sponsoring Organization Eligible Participants First year awarded Last year awarded Last champion
College Bowl NCT NCT College Bowl College teams 1978 2008 Rochester
NAQT ICT Division II Top Community College* ICT NAQT Community college teams 2002 2014 (to consolidate CCCT as the sole NAQT community college title) Valencia
National Invitation Tournament National Invitation Tournament Emory University College teams 1979 1985 North Carolina
All-American Invitational All-American Invitational IBA College teams 1988 1989 Georgia Tech
CULT** CULT Mike Bentley Open teams 2010 2010 Cheyne/Seal/Carson/Arnold
TRASHionals TRASHionals TRASH Open teams 1998 2010 Quintong/Murphy/Richey/White

*While the Top Community College continued to be recognized at ICT since the launch of the CCCT in 2009, NAQT's website says the ICT team is "not considered a national champion" by NAQT. As of the 2015, recognition of the Top Community College at the ICT will no longer occur.

**A sequel to CULT, COLT, was run as Chicago Open Trash in 2011, but was not billed as a national championship.