A-team - Revision history

Joseph Feldman at 11:38, 11 August 2026

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Olin Bose: /* Multiple team records */

2025-11-09T18:24:17Z

Multiple team records

Olin Bose at 18:21, 9 November 2025

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Olin Bose at 18:18, 9 November 2025

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Olin Bose at 18:13, 9 November 2025

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Kevin Wang at 14:19, 28 October 2021

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Reilly Melville at 17:28, 7 October 2021

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Connor Lee at 21:30, 5 July 2021

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Matt Weiner at 14:30, 5 July 2021

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John Lawrence at 13:36, 5 July 2021

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 It is possible for a team to not follow this convention, either maliciously or because their teams do not have a strict hierarchy of strength. [[Stanton College Prep]] B in 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 deliberately deviated from the convention, but it was universally known and communicated to tournament directors well ahead of time. Sometimes, even when a school's A-team is intended to be stronger than its B-team, the B-team finishes higher. This notably happened to [[Chicago]] at the [[2012 ACF Nationals]] and [[Penn-ance]].
-Some schools may also choose to denote teams with a different term - commonly a color - rather than a letter, often due to an aforementioned lack of hierarchy or a potential harm to team morale (e.g. Maryland Black, Gold, Red, and White at recent iterations of [[NASAT]]).
+Some schools may also choose to denote teams with a different term - commonly a color - rather than a letter, often due to an aforementioned lack of hierarchy or a potential harm to team morale (e.g. Maryland Black, Gold, Red, and White at recent iterations of [[NASAT]]); other organizations, notably the [[LIQBA]], do not allow this and force normal lettering conventions.
 ==Outreach==
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 Only one team per school was permitted to qualify for/participate at [[NCT]] and at all high school nationals prior to the establishment of [[NSC]] and [[HSNCT]]. The [[ICT]] and [[ACF Nationals]] have always allowed B teams and beyond, provided they were able to qualify.
-[[NSC]] and [[HSNCT]] allowed multiple teams from the start. The [[NAC]] began allowing B teams in [[2000 NAC|2000]]. [[NASAT]] began allowing B teams in [[2016 NASAT|2016]].
+The [[NSC]], [[HSNCT]], and [[QBNC]] allowed multiple teams from the start. The [[NAC]] allowed B teams from [[2000 NAC|2000]] until it folded. [[NASAT]] began allowing B teams in [[2016 NASAT|2016]].
 Several B teams have finished highly at the nationals which permitted them:

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 ===College===
 ====Novice====
 *9 (teams A through H) by [[UC Berkeley]] to [[2016 ACF Fall]] [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3842/stats/all_games/]
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 ===Middle school===
 *18 (teams A through R) - by [[Churchill Middle]] to Sacramento Fall Middle School Tournament (6 in Varsity div., 12 in Junior Varsity div.) - 9/30/2023 [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=14915]
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 ===Middle school===
-*18 (teams A through R) - by [[Churchill]] to Sacramento Fall Middle School Tournament (6 in Varsity div., 12 in Junior Varsity div.) - 9/30/2023 [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=14915]
+*18 (teams A through R) - by [[Churchill Middle]] to Sacramento Fall Middle School Tournament (6 in Varsity div., 12 in Junior Varsity div.) - 9/30/2023 [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=14915]
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	Allowing multiple teams from the same school into national fields that turn away some A teams due to field capacity remains an occasionally controversial issue.		Allowing multiple teams from the same school into national fields that turn away some A teams due to field capacity remains an occasionally controversial issue.
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		+	==Multiple team records==
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		+	The following represent the highest recorded number of teams a school brought to a tournament:
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		+	===Middle school===
		+	*18 (teams A through R) - by [[Churchill]] to Sacramento Fall Middle School Tournament (6 in Varsity div., 12 in Junior Varsity div.) - 9/30/2023 [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=14915]

	[[Category:Quizbowl lingo]]		[[Category:Quizbowl lingo]]

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−	The term '''A-team''' generally refers to the best team from a school which fields multiple teams, referred to as [School Name] A. The following teams would be B-team, C-team, etc.	+	<onlyinclude>
		+	The term '''A-team''' generally refers to the best team from a school which fields multiple teams, referred to as [School Name] A. The following teams would be B-team, C-team, etc. </onlyinclude>

	It is possible for a team to not follow this convention, either maliciously or because their teams do not have a strict hierarchy of strength. [[Stanton College Prep]] B in 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 deliberately deviated from the convention, but it was universally known and communicated to tournament directors well ahead of time. Sometimes, even when a school's A-team is intended to be stronger than its B-team, the B-team finishes higher. This notably happened to [[Chicago]] at the [[2012 ACF Nationals]] and [[Penn-ance]].		It is possible for a team to not follow this convention, either maliciously or because their teams do not have a strict hierarchy of strength. [[Stanton College Prep]] B in 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 deliberately deviated from the convention, but it was universally known and communicated to tournament directors well ahead of time. Sometimes, even when a school's A-team is intended to be stronger than its B-team, the B-team finishes higher. This notably happened to [[Chicago]] at the [[2012 ACF Nationals]] and [[Penn-ance]].

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 ==Outreach==
-Tournament sponsored by state athletic associations and TV show tournaments often only allow one team per school. When inviting programs who participate in these events to independent events, it is useful to explain that registering multiple teams is possible in order to maximize student participation and minimize excessive [[Substitution|substitutions]].
+Tournaments sponsored by state athletic associations and TV show tournaments often only allow one team per school. When inviting programs who participate in these events to independent events, it is useful to explain that registering multiple teams is possible in order to maximize student participation and minimize excessive [[Substitution|substitutions]].
 ==National tournaments==