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The '''High School National Championship Tournament''' (HSNCT) is a premier national tournament run by [[NAQT]] every May, typically over Memorial Day weekend.  The tournament is a two-day affair, with preliminary rounds Saturday and playoff rounds Sunday; there are also optional practice rounds on the Friday before.
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The '''High School National Championship Tournament''' (HSNCT) is a premier national tournament run by [[NAQT]] every May, typically over Memorial Day weekend.  The tournament is a two-day affair, with preliminary rounds Saturday and playoff rounds Sunday. There are also optional scrimmage rounds on the Friday before.
  
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The HSNCT currently draws the largest field of any national tournament.  In 2010 it attracted 200 high school teams from 165 different schools, and it will attract 224 teams in 2011. The most common way to qualify for the HSNCT is to finish in the top 15% at a tournament using NAQT questions during the season, though there are alternative ways listed on the [http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/qualification.html NAQT HSNCT website].
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The HSNCT currently draws the largest field of any national tournament.  In [[2017 HSNCT|2017]] it attracted 304 high school teams from 235 different schools. The most common way to qualify for the HSNCT is to finish in the top 15% at a tournament using NAQT questions during the season, though there are [http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/qualification.html some other ways].
  
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The HSNCT tournament set contains 27 packets, each of 24 tossups and 24 bonuses (until 2011, it used 26 packets of 26/26). Its distribution can be found [http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/distribution.jsp here]. Matches use [[timed|nine-minute halves]], so it is common for a match to not get through all of the tossups in a packet. When the timer goes off, moderators finish the question they are reading, and if that question is a tossup that gets answered they read the associated bonus.
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== Match Format ==
  
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On Saturday, the first day of competition, each team plays ten matches. There are sixteen rounds, so each team gets six byes. HSNCT uses power-matching; each team is guaranteed to play each of its matches against opponents that have a record within one win of its own record. (In other words, if your current record is 3-5, then your next opponent will be 4-4, 3-5, or 2-6.) Teams need to win at least six of their ten matches to continue play on Sunday. (NOTE: This paragraph and the next one describe the format starting around 2008 and continuing through 2011. Past years were similar but not identical, and formats in future years may change based on decisions to be made by NAQT.)
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Recent HSNCT tournament sets have contained 26 or 27 packets, each of 24 tossups and 24 bonuses. The first two HSNCTs used NAQT's second-generation format of 28 tossups and 26 bonuses, with the possibility of tossups being read for tossup points only and no bonus potential if the end of the packet was reached. From 2001 to 2010, the packets had 26 tossups and 26 bonuses each.
  
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On Sunday, teams that won six matches on Saturday are eliminated by their first Sunday loss, and teams that won seven or more matches on Saturday are eliminated by their second Sunday loss. With a few exceptions, teams on the verge of elimination play each other, while teams that still have one match to lose also play each other. Play continues until all teams but one are eliminated, and the rest of the final standings in the tournament are based on which teams last the longest on Sunday before being eliminated.
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Its distribution can be found [http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/distribution.jsp here]. Matches use NAQT rules, including [[timed|ten-minute halves]].
  
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HSNCT also has a Small Schools Division, which is for schools that have 500 or fewer students in grades 10-12 and non-selective admissions. These schools play as part of the regular tournament Saturday and Sunday, but after they are eliminated from the regular tournament, they play in a separate set of small school playoff rounds to determine a Small School Champion.  
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The 2009 HSNCT was the last to use math calculation tossups; since 2010, these have been removed from the distribution. Most HSNCT packets now contain exactly one computation bonus (and never more than one). Packets also contain non-computational math questions.
  
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Matches from the HSNCT since 2005 are recorded and posted on the [[9 Minutes]] podcast or the [http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/ NAQT HSNCT website].
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== Tournament Format ==
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In [[2018 HSNCT|2018]] a new tournament format was introduced in which teams played seven [[power-matching|power-matched]] preliminary games Saturday morning ''or'' seven power-matched preliminary games Saturday afternoon (with no [[bye|byes]]), then played three more preliminary games in six rounds (and thus had three byes) on Sunday morning, followed by double-elimination [[playoffs]] on Sunday afternoon and evening, with 6-4 teams starting in the losers' bracket and a cross-bracketed match near the end of the playoffs to accelerate the double-elimination.
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From 2003 to 2017, the format was essentially ten [[power-matching|power-matched]] preliminary games over more than ten rounds on Saturday (so teams had several [[bye|byes]]), followed by double-elimination [[playoffs]] on Sunday, sometimes with 6-4 teams starting in the losers' bracket, and a cross-bracketed match near the end of the playoffs to accelerate the double-elimination.
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The 1999 and 2002 tournaments used swiss-pair prelims followed by a round-robin playoff bracket. The 2000 and 2001 tournaments used pre-scheduled prelims followed by the double-elim playoffs.
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From 2001 to 2013, the HSNCT also recognized a Small School Champion. Schools fitting the criteria played as part of the regular tournament Saturday and Sunday. After they were eliminated from the regular tournament, they played in a separate set of playoff rounds that determined the Small School Champion. Since 2014 NAQT's Small School championship has instead been decided at a [[Small School National Championship Tournament|separate event]].
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Most years, select matches from the HSNCT are [https://www.naqt.com/podcasts/ audio-recorded]. In 2011 and 2012 some rounds were video-recorded by [http://www.ihigh.com/naqt/‎ iHigh]. Since about 2017 one match in each of the last few playoff rounds has been livestreamed.
  
 
==Results==
 
==Results==
  
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0"
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{|-
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|
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! Year
 
! Year
 
! Champion
 
! Champion
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! Field Size
 
! Field Size
 
|-  
 
|-  
−
| [[1999 HSNCT|1999]]
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||[[1999 HSNCT|1999]]
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| [[1999 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
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|[[1999 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
−
| [[1999 Walton|Walton]]
+
|[[1999 Walton|Walton]]
−
| [[1999 Brookwood|Brookwood A]]
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|[[1999 Brookwood|Brookwood]]
−
| Tie among [[1999 Edmond Memorial|Edmond Memorial]], [[1999 North Kansas City|North Kansas City]], and [[1999 Edmond Santa Fe|Edmond Santa Fe]]
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|[[1999 Edmond Memorial|Edmond Memorial]], [[1999 North Kansas City|North Kansas City]],<br>& [[1999 Edmond Santa Fe|Edmond Santa Fe]]
−
| NA
+
|not awarded
−
| Norman, OK  
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|[[Oklahoma|Norman, OK ]]
−
| 26
+
|26
 +
|-
 +
|[[2000 HSNCT|2000]]
 +
|[[2000 State College|State College]]
 +
|[[2000 Maggie Walker|Maggie Walker]]
 +
|[[2000 Eleanor Roosevelt|Eleanor Roosevelt]]
 +
|[[2000 Eisenhower (MI)|Eisenhower]]
 +
|not awarded
 +
|[[Georgia Tech|Atlanta, GA]]
 +
|52
 +
|-
 +
|[[2001 HSNCT|2001]]
 +
|[[2001 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
 +
|[[2001 Detroit Country Day|Detroit Country Day]]
 +
|[[2001 State College|State College]]
 +
|[[2001 Riverdale|Riverdale]]
 +
|not awarded
 +
|[[Michigan|Ann Arbor, MI]]
 +
|40
 +
|-
 +
|[[2002 HSNCT|2002]]
 +
|[[2002 St. John's (TX)|St. John's]]
 +
|[[2002 Irmo|Irmo]]
 +
|[[2002 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
 +
|[[2002 Detroit Country Day|Detroit Country Day]]
 +
|[[2002 Kent City|Kent City]]
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|[[Texas|Austin, TX]]
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|54
 +
|-
 +
|[[2003 HSNCT|2003]]
 +
|[[2003 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
 +
|[[2003 Dorman|Dorman]]
 +
|[[2003 St. John's (TX)|St. John's]]
 +
|[[2003 Walton|Walton]]
 +
|[[2003 Cutter Morning Star|Cutter Morning Star]]
 +
|[[Myrtle Beach Convention Center|Myrtle Beach, SC]]
 +
|62
 +
|-
 +
|[[2004 HSNCT|2004]]
 +
|[[2004 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]†
 +
|[[2004 Maggie Walker|Maggie Walker]]
 +
|[[2004 St. John's (TX)|St. John's]]
 +
|[[2004 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
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|[[2004 Cutter Morning Star|Cutter Morning Star]]
 +
|[[Park Plaza Hotel Reliant Center|Houston, TX]]
 +
|64
 +
|-
 +
|[[2005 HSNCT|2005]]
 +
|[[2005 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]†
 +
|[[2005 Lakeside|Lakeside]]
 +
|[[2005 State College|State College]]
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|[[2005 Solon|Solon]]
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|[[2005 Danville|Danville]]
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|[[Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare|Chicago, IL]]
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|96
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2000 HSNCT|2000]]
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|[[2006 HSNCT|2006]]
−
| [[2000 State College|State College A]]
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|[[2006 Richard Montgomery|Richard Montgomery]]
−
| [[2000 Maggie Walker|Governor's School A]]
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|[[2006 State College|State College]]
−
| [[2000 Eleanor Roosevelt|Eleanor Roosevelt]]
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|[[2006 Maggie Walker|Maggie Walker]]
−
| [[2000 Eisenhower (MI)|Eisenhower]]
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|[[2006 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
−
| NA
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|[[2006 Danville|Danville]]
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| Atlanta, GA
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|[[Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare|Chicago, IL]]
−
| 52
+
|128
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2001 HSNCT|2001]]
+
|[[2007 HSNCT|2007]]
−
| [[2001 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
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|[[2007 Maggie Walker|Maggie Walker]]
−
| [[2001 Detroit Country Day|Detroit Country Day]]
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|[[2007 State College|State College]]
−
| [[2001 State College|State College A]]
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|[[2007 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
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| [[2001 Riverdale|Riverdale]]
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|[[2007 Dorman|Dorman]]
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| NA
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|[[2007 Danville|Danville]]
−
| Ann Arbor, MI
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|[[Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare|Chicago, IL]]
−
| 40
+
|160
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2002 HSNCT|2002]]
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|[[2008 HSNCT|2008]]
−
| [[2002 St. John's (TX)|St. John's]]
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|[[2008 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
−
| [[2002 Irmo|Irmo]]
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|[[2008 Wilmington Charter|Wilmington Charter]]
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| [[2002 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
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|[[2008 Walt Whitman|Walt Whitman]]
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| [[2002 Detroit Country Day|Detroit Country Day]]
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|[[2008 Dorman|Dorman B]]
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| [[2002 Kent City|Kent City]]
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|[[2008 Russell|Russell]]
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| Austin, TX
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|[[Wyndham O'Hare|Chicago, IL]]
−
| 54
+
|176
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2003 HSNCT|2003]]
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|[[2009 HSNCT|2009]]
−
| [[2003 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
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|[[2009 Wilmington Charter|Wilmington Charter]]
−
| [[2003 Dorman|Dorman]]
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|[[2009 Dorman|Dorman]]
−
| [[2003 St. John's (TX)|St. John's]]
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|[[2009 State College|State College]]
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| [[2003 Walton|Walton]]
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|[[2009 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
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| [[2003 Cutter Morning Star|Cutter Morning Star]]
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|[[2009 Ottawa Hills|Ottawa Hills]]
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| Myrtle Beach, SC
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|[[Hyatt Regency O'Hare|Chicago, IL]]
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| 62
+
|192
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2004 HSNCT|2004]]
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|[[2010 HSNCT|2010]]
−
| [[2004 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
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|[[2010 Maggie Walker|Maggie Walker]]
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| [[2004 Maggie Walker|Maggie Walker]]
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|[[2010 State College|State College]]
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| [[2004 St. John's (TX)|St. John's]]
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|[[2010 Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin|LASA]]
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| [[2004 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
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|[[2010 Bellarmine|Bellarmine]]
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| [[2004 Cutter Morning Star|Cutter Morning Star]]
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|[[2010 South Range|South Range]]
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| Houston, TX
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|[[Hyatt Regency O'Hare|Chicago, IL]]
−
| 64
+
|200
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2005 HSNCT|2005]]
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|[[2011 HSNCT|2011]]
−
| [[2005 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
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|[[2011 State College|State College]]
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| [[2005 Lakeside|Lakeside]]
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|[[2011 Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin|LASA]]
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| [[2005 State College|State College]]
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|[[2011 Bellarmine|Bellarmine]]
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| [[2005 Solon|Solon]]
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|[[2011 Stevenson|Stevenson]]
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| [[2005 Danville|Danville]]
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|[[2011 George Mason High School|Meridian]]
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| Chicago, IL
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|[[Hyatt Regency Atlanta|Atlanta, GA]]
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| 96
+
|224
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2006 HSNCT|2006]]
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|[[2012 HSNCT|2012]]
−
| [[2006 Richard Montgomery|Richard Montgomery]]
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|[[2012 Bellarmine|Bellarmine]]
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| [[2006 State College|State College]]
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|[[2012 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
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| [[2006 Maggie Walker|Maggie Walker]]
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|[[2012 Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin|LASA]]
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| [[2006 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
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|[[2012 Centennial (GA)|Centennial]]
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| [[2006 Danville|Danville]]
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|[[2012 Beachwood|Beachwood]]
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| Chicago, IL
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|[[Hyatt Regency Atlanta|Atlanta, GA]]
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| 128
+
|240
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2007 HSNCT|2007]]
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|[[2013 HSNCT|2013]]
−
| [[2007 Maggie Walker|Maggie Walker]]
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|[[2013 Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin|LASA]]
−
| [[2007 State College|State College]]
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|[[2013 Ladue|Ladue]]
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| [[2007 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
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|[[2013 Loyola|Loyola]]
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| [[2007 Dorman|Dorman]]
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|[[2013 St. John's (TX)|St. John's]]
−
| [[2007 Danville|Danville]]
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|[[2013 Macomb|Macomb]]
−
| Chicago, IL
+
|[[Hyatt Regency Atlanta|Atlanta, GA]]
−
| 160
+
|256
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2008 HSNCT|2008]]
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|[[2014 HSNCT|2014]]
−
| [[2008 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
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|[[2014 Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin|LASA A]]
−
| [[2008 Wilmington Charter|Wilmington Charter]]
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|[[2014 St. John's (TX)|St. John's]]
−
| [[2008 Walt Whitman|Walt Whitman]]
+
|[[2014 LASA|LASA B]]
−
| [[2008 Dorman|Dorman B]]
+
|[[2014 Ladue|Ladue]]
−
| [[2008 Russell|Russell]]
+
|[[2014 SSNCT|not awarded]]
−
| Chicago, IL
+
|[[Hyatt Regency O'Hare|Chicago, IL]]
−
| 176
+
|272
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2009 HSNCT|2009]]
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|[[2015 HSNCT|2015]]
−
| [[2009 Wilmington Charter| Wilmington Charter]]
+
|[[2015 Arcadia|Arcadia]]
−
| [[2009 Dorman| Dorman A]]
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|[[2015 Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin|LASA]]
−
| [[2009 State College| State College A]]
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|[[2015 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
−
| [[2009 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
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|[[2015 IMSA|IMSA]]
−
| [[2009 Ottawa Hills| Ottawa Hills]]
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|[[2015 SSNCT|not awarded]]
−
| Chicago, IL
+
|[[Hyatt Regency O'Hare|Chicago, IL]]
−
| 192
+
|272
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|-
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|[[2016 HSNCT|2016]]
 +
|[[2016 Hunter|Hunter]]
 +
|[[2016 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
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|[[2016 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
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|[[2016 Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin|LASA]]
 +
|[[2016 SSNCT|not awarded]]
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|[[Hilton Anatole|Dallas, TX]]
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|272
 +
|-
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|[[2017 HSNCT|2017]]
 +
|[[2017 Hunter|Hunter]]
 +
|[[2017 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
 +
|[[2017 Naperville North|Naperville North]]
 +
|[[2017 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
 +
|[[2017 SSNCT|not awarded]]
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|[[Atlanta Marriott Marquis|Atlanta, GA]]
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|304
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|-
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|[[2018 HSNCT|2018]]
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|[[2018 Plano West|Plano West]]
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|[[2018 Hunter|Hunter]]
 +
|[[2018 Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin|LASA]]
 +
|[[2018 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
 +
|[[2018 SSNCT|not awarded]]
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|[[Atlanta Marriott Marquis|Atlanta, GA]]
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|352
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|-
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|[[2019 HSNCT|2019]]
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|[[2019 Beavercreek|Beavercreek]]
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|[[2019 University of Illinois Lab|University Lab]]
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|[[2019 Chattahoochee|Chattahoochee]]
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|[[2019 Adlai E. Stevenson|Stevenson]]
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|[[2019 SSNCT|not awarded]]
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|[[Atlanta Marriott Marquis|Atlanta, GA]]
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|336
 +
|-
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|2020
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|colspan=7|cancelled due to [[COVID-19]]
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|-
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|[[2021 HSNCT|2021]]
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|[[2021 Barrington|Barrington]]
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|[[2021 University of Illinois Lab|University Lab]]
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|[[2021 Detroit Country Day|Detroit Country Day]]
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|[[2021 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
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|[[2021 SSNCT|not awarded]]
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|[[Online quizbowl|Online]]
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|224
 +
|-
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|[[2022 HSNCT|2022]]
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|[[2022 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
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|[[2022 Hunter|Hunter]]
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|[[2022 East Chapel Hill|East Chapel Hill]]
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|[[2022 Kinkaid|Kinkaid]]
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|[[2022 SSNCT|not awarded]]
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|[[Atlanta Marriott Marquis|Atlanta, GA]]
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|274
 +
|-
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|[[2023 HSNCT|2023]]
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|[[2023 Barrington|Barrington]]
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|[[2023 Buffalo Grove|Buffalo Grove]]
 +
|[[2023 Detroit Country Day|Detroit Country Day]]
 +
|[[2023 Hunter|Hunter]]
 +
|[[2023 SSNCT|not awarded]]
 +
|[[Atlanta Marriott Marquis|Atlanta, GA]]
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|304
 +
|-
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|[[2024 HSNCT|2024]]
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|[[2024 Barrington|Barrington]]
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|[[2024 St. Mark's School of Texas|St. Mark's]]
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|[[2024 Livingston|Livingston]]
 +
|[[2024 Buffalo Grove|Buffalo Grove]]
 +
|[[2024 SSNCT|not awarded]]
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|[[Atlanta Marriott Marquis|Atlanta, GA]]
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|320
 +
|-
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|[[2025 HSNCT|2025]]
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|[[2025 Livingston|Livingston]]
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|[[2025 Northview|Northview]]
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|[[2025 Wade Hampton|Wade Hampton]]
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|[[2025 Henderson|Henderson]]
 +
|[[2025 SSNCT|not awarded]]
 +
|[[Atlanta Marriott Marquis|Atlanta, GA]]
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|336
 +
|-
 +
|}
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*<nowiki>†undefeated</nowiki>
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===Notes===
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*The 1999 format produced a three-way tie noted above. The 2017 format could have produced a two-way tie for fourth, but didn't. Formats used in all other years guaranteed distinct first through fourth place finishers (in some cases prior to the present format, by including third- and/or fourth- place playoff games at the end of the tournament among already-eliminated teams).
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*The small school champion was named beginning in 2002, through a process of tangent playoffs at the HSNCT that lasted until 2013. Beginning in 2014, the NAQT Small School winner is named at the [[SSNCT]].
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*The HSNCT and the SSNCT were not held in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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==Tournament Rankings ==
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===Medal count===
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
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|-
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! Team
 +
! Championships
 +
! Finals Appearances (Top 2)
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! Top 3
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! Top 4
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|-
 +
| [[Arcadia]]
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
|-
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| [[Barrington]]
 +
| 3
 +
| 3
 +
| 3
 +
| 3
 +
|-
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| [[Beavercreek]]
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[Bellarmine]]
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
| 2
 +
| 3
 +
|-
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| [[Brookwood]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
|-
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| [[Buffalo Grove]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
| 2
 +
|-
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| [[Centennial]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[Chattahoochee]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[Detroit Catholic Central]]
 +
| 3
 +
| 5
 +
| 8
 +
| 11
 +
|-
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| [[Detroit Country Day]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
| 4
 +
| 3
 +
|-
 +
| [[Dorman]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 2
 +
| 2
 +
| 4
 +
|-
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| [[East Chapel Hill]]
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| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[Edmond Memorial]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[Edmond Santa Fe]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[Eisenhower]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
|-
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| [[Eleanor Roosevelt]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[Henderson]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[Hunter]]
 +
| 2
 +
| 4
 +
| 4
 +
| 5
 +
|-
 +
| [[IMSA]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[Irmo]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[Kinkaid]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[Ladue]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
| 2
 +
|-
 +
| [[Lakeside (WA)]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[LASA]]
 +
| 2
 +
| 4
 +
| 8
 +
| 9
 +
|-
 +
| [[Livingston]]
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
| 2
 +
| 2
 +
|-
 +
| [[Loyola]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2010 HSNCT|2010]]
 
 
| [[Maggie Walker]]
 
| [[Maggie Walker]]
−
| [[State College| State College A]]
+
| 2
−
| [[Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin| LASA A]]
+
| 4
−
| [[Bellarmine| Bellarmine A]]
+
| 5
−
| [[South Range]]
+
| 5
−
| Chicago, IL
+
|-
−
| 200
+
| [[Naperville North]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[North Kansas City]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[Northview]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
|-
 +
| [[Plano West]]
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[Richard Montgomery]]
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[Riverdale]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[Solon]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[State College]]
 +
| 2
 +
| 5
 +
| 8
 +
| 8
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2011 HSNCT|2011]]
 
−
| [[State College| State College A]]
 
−
| [[Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin| LASA A]]
 
−
| [[Bellarmine| Bellarmine A]]
 
 
| [[Stevenson]]
 
| [[Stevenson]]
−
| [[George Mason High School| George Mason]]
+
| 0
−
| Atlanta, GA
+
| 0
−
| 224
+
| 0
 +
| 2
 +
|-
 +
| [[St. John's]]
 +
| 1
 +
| 2
 +
| 4
 +
| 5
 +
|-
 +
| [[St. Mark's School of Texas]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
 +
| 4
 +
| 5
 +
| 6
 +
| 9
 +
|-
 +
| [[University of Illinois Lab|University Lab]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 2
 +
| 2
 +
| 2
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wade Hampton]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
| 0
 +
|-
 +
| [[Walton]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
| 2
 +
|-
 +
| [[Walt Whitman]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wilmington Charter]]
 +
| 1
 +
| 2
 +
| 2
 +
| 2
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===National Championships won by state===
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable" border=1
 +
! Rank
 +
! State
 +
! Overall Titles
 +
! Small School Titles†
 +
! Most Recent Year
 +
|-
 +
| 1
 +
| Virginia
 +
| 5
 +
| 1
 +
| 2011
 +
|-
 +
| 2
 +
| Ohio
 +
| 1
 +
| 4
 +
| 2019
 +
|-
 +
| T3
 +
| Texas
 +
| 4
 +
| 0
 +
| 2018
 +
|-
 +
| T3
 +
| Illinois
 +
| 3
 +
| 1
 +
| 2024
 +
|-
 +
| T3
 +
| Michigan
 +
| 3
 +
| 1
 +
| 2022
 +
|-
 +
| T3
 +
| Kentucky
 +
| 0
 +
| 4
 +
| 2007
 +
|-
 +
| T4
 +
| Pennsylvania
 +
| 2
 +
| 0
 +
| 2011
 +
|-
 +
| T4
 +
| Maryland
 +
| 2
 +
| 0
 +
| 2010
 +
|-
 +
| T4
 +
| California
 +
| 2
 +
| 0
 +
| 2015
 +
|-
 +
|T4
 +
| New York
 +
| 2
 +
| 0
 +
| 2017
 +
|-
 +
|T4
 +
| Arkansas
 +
| 0
 +
| 2
 +
| 2010
 +
|-
 +
| T12
 +
| Delaware
 +
| 1
 +
| 0
 +
| 2009
 +
|-
 +
| T12
 +
| New Jersey
 +
| 1
 +
| 0
 +
| 2025
 +
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
−
[http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/ NAQT HSNCT website]
+
† = Small school champion no longer awarded at HSNCT. Awarded between 2002-2013
 +
 
 +
==Links==
 +
* [http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/ NAQT HSNCT website]
 +
 
 +
==See also==
 +
*[[HSNCT Record Book]]
 +
*[[PACE NSC]], another high school national tournament
 +
 
 +
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[[Category:High school national championships]]

Latest revision as of 01:19, 27 May 2025

The High School National Championship Tournament (HSNCT) is a premier national tournament run by NAQT every May, typically over Memorial Day weekend. The tournament is a two-day affair, with preliminary rounds Saturday and playoff rounds Sunday. There are also optional scrimmage rounds on the Friday before.

The HSNCT currently draws the largest field of any national tournament. In 2017 it attracted 304 high school teams from 235 different schools. The most common way to qualify for the HSNCT is to finish in the top 15% at a tournament using NAQT questions during the season, though there are some other ways.

Match Format

Recent HSNCT tournament sets have contained 26 or 27 packets, each of 24 tossups and 24 bonuses. The first two HSNCTs used NAQT's second-generation format of 28 tossups and 26 bonuses, with the possibility of tossups being read for tossup points only and no bonus potential if the end of the packet was reached. From 2001 to 2010, the packets had 26 tossups and 26 bonuses each.

Its distribution can be found here. Matches use NAQT rules, including ten-minute halves.

The 2009 HSNCT was the last to use math calculation tossups; since 2010, these have been removed from the distribution. Most HSNCT packets now contain exactly one computation bonus (and never more than one). Packets also contain non-computational math questions.

Tournament Format

In 2018 a new tournament format was introduced in which teams played seven power-matched preliminary games Saturday morning or seven power-matched preliminary games Saturday afternoon (with no byes), then played three more preliminary games in six rounds (and thus had three byes) on Sunday morning, followed by double-elimination playoffs on Sunday afternoon and evening, with 6-4 teams starting in the losers' bracket and a cross-bracketed match near the end of the playoffs to accelerate the double-elimination.

From 2003 to 2017, the format was essentially ten power-matched preliminary games over more than ten rounds on Saturday (so teams had several byes), followed by double-elimination playoffs on Sunday, sometimes with 6-4 teams starting in the losers' bracket, and a cross-bracketed match near the end of the playoffs to accelerate the double-elimination.

The 1999 and 2002 tournaments used swiss-pair prelims followed by a round-robin playoff bracket. The 2000 and 2001 tournaments used pre-scheduled prelims followed by the double-elim playoffs.

From 2001 to 2013, the HSNCT also recognized a Small School Champion. Schools fitting the criteria played as part of the regular tournament Saturday and Sunday. After they were eliminated from the regular tournament, they played in a separate set of playoff rounds that determined the Small School Champion. Since 2014 NAQT's Small School championship has instead been decided at a separate event.

Most years, select matches from the HSNCT are audio-recorded. In 2011 and 2012 some rounds were video-recorded by iHigh. Since about 2017 one match in each of the last few playoff rounds has been livestreamed.

Results

Year Champion Second Third Fourth Small School Champion Location Field Size
1999 Detroit Catholic Central Walton Brookwood Edmond Memorial, North Kansas City,
& Edmond Santa Fe 		not awarded Norman, OK 26
2000 State College Maggie Walker Eleanor Roosevelt Eisenhower not awarded Atlanta, GA 52
2001 Detroit Catholic Central Detroit Country Day State College Riverdale not awarded Ann Arbor, MI 40
2002 St. John's Irmo Detroit Catholic Central Detroit Country Day Kent City Austin, TX 54
2003 Thomas Jefferson Dorman St. John's Walton Cutter Morning Star Myrtle Beach, SC 62
2004 Thomas Jefferson† Maggie Walker St. John's Detroit Catholic Central Cutter Morning Star Houston, TX 64
2005 Thomas Jefferson† Lakeside State College Solon Danville Chicago, IL 96
2006 Richard Montgomery State College Maggie Walker Detroit Catholic Central Danville Chicago, IL 128
2007 Maggie Walker State College Thomas Jefferson Dorman Danville Chicago, IL 160
2008 Thomas Jefferson Wilmington Charter Walt Whitman Dorman B Russell Chicago, IL 176
2009 Wilmington Charter Dorman State College Detroit Catholic Central Ottawa Hills Chicago, IL 192
2010 Maggie Walker State College LASA Bellarmine South Range Chicago, IL 200
2011 State College LASA Bellarmine Stevenson Meridian Atlanta, GA 224
2012 Bellarmine Detroit Catholic Central LASA Centennial Beachwood Atlanta, GA 240
2013 LASA Ladue Loyola St. John's Macomb Atlanta, GA 256
2014 LASA A St. John's LASA B Ladue not awarded Chicago, IL 272
2015 Arcadia LASA Detroit Catholic Central IMSA not awarded Chicago, IL 272
2016 Hunter Thomas Jefferson Detroit Catholic Central LASA not awarded Dallas, TX 272
2017 Hunter Detroit Catholic Central Naperville North Thomas Jefferson not awarded Atlanta, GA 304
2018 Plano West Hunter LASA Thomas Jefferson not awarded Atlanta, GA 352
2019 Beavercreek University Lab Chattahoochee Stevenson not awarded Atlanta, GA 336
2020 cancelled due to COVID-19
2021 Barrington University Lab Detroit Country Day Thomas Jefferson not awarded Online 224
2022 Detroit Catholic Central Hunter East Chapel Hill Kinkaid not awarded Atlanta, GA 274
2023 Barrington Buffalo Grove Detroit Country Day Hunter not awarded Atlanta, GA 304
2024 Barrington St. Mark's Livingston Buffalo Grove not awarded Atlanta, GA 320
2025 Livingston Northview Wade Hampton Henderson not awarded Atlanta, GA 336
  • †undefeated

Notes

  • The 1999 format produced a three-way tie noted above. The 2017 format could have produced a two-way tie for fourth, but didn't. Formats used in all other years guaranteed distinct first through fourth place finishers (in some cases prior to the present format, by including third- and/or fourth- place playoff games at the end of the tournament among already-eliminated teams).
  • The small school champion was named beginning in 2002, through a process of tangent playoffs at the HSNCT that lasted until 2013. Beginning in 2014, the NAQT Small School winner is named at the SSNCT.
  • The HSNCT and the SSNCT were not held in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tournament Rankings

Medal count

Team Championships Finals Appearances (Top 2) Top 3 Top 4
Arcadia 1 1 1 1
Barrington 3 3 3 3
Beavercreek 1 1 1 1
Bellarmine 1 1 2 3
Brookwood 0 0 1 1
Buffalo Grove 0 1 1 2
Centennial 0 0 0 1
Chattahoochee 0 0 1 1
Detroit Catholic Central 3 5 8 11
Detroit Country Day 0 1 4 3
Dorman 0 2 2 4
East Chapel Hill 0 0 1 1
Edmond Memorial 0 0 0 1
Edmond Santa Fe 0 0 0 1
Eisenhower 0 0 0 1
Eleanor Roosevelt 0 0 1 1
Henderson 0 0 0 1
Hunter 2 4 4 5
IMSA 0 0 0 1
Irmo 0 1 1 1
Kinkaid 0 0 0 1
Ladue 0 1 1 2
Lakeside (WA) 0 1 1 1
LASA 2 4 8 9
Livingston 1 1 2 2
Loyola 0 0 1 1
Maggie Walker 2 4 5 5
Naperville North 0 0 1 1
North Kansas City 0 0 0 1
Northview 0 1 0 0
Plano West 1 1 1 1
Richard Montgomery 1 1 1 1
Riverdale 0 0 0 1
Solon 0 0 0 1
State College 2 5 8 8
Stevenson 0 0 0 2
St. John's 1 2 4 5
St. Mark's School of Texas 0 1 1 1
Thomas Jefferson 4 5 6 9
University Lab 0 2 2 2
Wade Hampton 0 0 1 0
Walton 0 1 1 2
Walt Whitman 0 0 1 1
Wilmington Charter 1 2 2 2

National Championships won by state

Rank State Overall Titles Small School Titles† Most Recent Year
1 Virginia 5 1 2011
2 Ohio 1 4 2019
T3 Texas 4 0 2018
T3 Illinois 3 1 2024
T3 Michigan 3 1 2022
T3 Kentucky 0 4 2007
T4 Pennsylvania 2 0 2011
T4 Maryland 2 0 2010
T4 California 2 0 2015
T4 New York 2 0 2017
T4 Arkansas 0 2 2010
T12 Delaware 1 0 2009
T12 New Jersey 1 0 2025

† = Small school champion no longer awarded at HSNCT. Awarded between 2002-2013

Links

See also

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