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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.
 
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 2014 it attracted 272 high school teams from 213 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 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].
  
 
== Match Format ==
 
== Match Format ==
  
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Since 2013, the HSNCT tournament set has contained 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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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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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; this was a rule change that began with the 2009 HSNCT as part of an all-level alteration in NAQT clock rules. Through 2008, the expiration of time in a half would remove the opportunity to buzz in if a tossup was being read and no buzz had yet occurred.
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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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The 2009 HSNCT was the last to use math calculation tossups; since 2010, these have been removed from the distribution. Every HSNCT packet now contains exactly one math calculation bonus, and all packets contain conceptual math questions as well.
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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.
  
 
== Tournament Format ==
 
== 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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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. The current tournament format has remained unchanged in its broad strokes since 2003:
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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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On Saturday, the first day of competition, each team plays ten matches. There are fifteen or sixteen rounds, so each team gets five or 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.
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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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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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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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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. As of the 2014 HSNCT the Small School Champion will instead be 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.
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Select matches from the HSNCT from 2005 to 2009 are recorded and appear on the [[9 Minutes]] podcast or the [http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/ NAQT HSNCT website]. In 2011 and 2012 some rounds were posted to [http://www.ihigh.com/naqt/‎ iHigh.com].
 
  
 
==Results==
 
==Results==
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! Field Size
 
! Field Size
 
|-  
 
|-  
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| [[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]]
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| [[1999 Brookwood|Brookwood A]]
+
|[[1999 Brookwood|Brookwood]]
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| [[1999 Edmond Memorial|Edmond Memorial]], [[1999 North Kansas City|North Kansas City]],<br>& [[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]]
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| not awarded
+
|not awarded
−
| [[Oklahoma|Norman, OK ]]
+
|[[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]]
 +
|[[Texas|Austin, TX]]
 +
|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]]
 +
|[[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]]
 +
|[[2005 Solon|Solon]]
 +
|[[2005 Danville|Danville]]
 +
|[[Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare|Chicago, IL]]
 +
|96
 +
|-
 +
|[[2006 HSNCT|2006]]
 +
|[[2006 Richard Montgomery|Richard Montgomery]]
 +
|[[2006 State College|State College]]
 +
|[[2006 Maggie Walker|Maggie Walker]]
 +
|[[2006 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
 +
|[[2006 Danville|Danville]]
 +
|[[Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare|Chicago, IL]]
 +
|128
 +
|-
 +
|[[2007 HSNCT|2007]]
 +
|[[2007 Maggie Walker|Maggie Walker]]
 +
|[[2007 State College|State College]]
 +
|[[2007 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
 +
|[[2007 Dorman|Dorman]]
 +
|[[2007 Danville|Danville]]
 +
|[[Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare|Chicago, IL]]
 +
|160
 +
|-
 +
|[[2008 HSNCT|2008]]
 +
|[[2008 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
 +
|[[2008 Wilmington Charter|Wilmington Charter]]
 +
|[[2008 Walt Whitman|Walt Whitman]]
 +
|[[2008 Dorman|Dorman B]]
 +
|[[2008 Russell|Russell]]
 +
|[[Wyndham O'Hare|Chicago, IL]]
 +
|176
 +
|-
 +
|[[2009 HSNCT|2009]]
 +
|[[2009 Wilmington Charter|Wilmington Charter]]
 +
|[[2009 Dorman|Dorman]]
 +
|[[2009 State College|State College]]
 +
|[[2009 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
 +
|[[2009 Ottawa Hills|Ottawa Hills]]
 +
|[[Hyatt Regency O'Hare|Chicago, IL]]
 +
|192
 +
|-
 +
|[[2010 HSNCT|2010]]
 +
|[[2010 Maggie Walker|Maggie Walker]]
 +
|[[2010 State College|State College]]
 +
|[[2010 Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin|LASA]]
 +
|[[2010 Bellarmine|Bellarmine]]
 +
|[[2010 South Range|South Range]]
 +
|[[Hyatt Regency O'Hare|Chicago, IL]]
 +
|200
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2000 HSNCT|2000]]
+
|[[2011 HSNCT|2011]]
−
| [[2000 State College|State College A]]
+
|[[2011 State College|State College]]
−
| [[2000 Maggie Walker|Governor's School A]]
+
|[[2011 Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin|LASA]]
−
| [[2000 Eleanor Roosevelt|Eleanor Roosevelt]]
+
|[[2011 Bellarmine|Bellarmine]]
−
| [[2000 Eisenhower (MI)|Eisenhower]]
+
|[[2011 Stevenson|Stevenson]]
−
| not awarded
+
|[[2011 George Mason High School|Meridian]]
−
| [[Georgia Tech|Atlanta, GA]]
+
|[[Hyatt Regency Atlanta|Atlanta, GA]]
−
| 52
+
|224
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2001 HSNCT|2001]]
+
|[[2012 HSNCT|2012]]
−
| [[2001 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
+
|[[2012 Bellarmine|Bellarmine]]
−
| [[2001 Detroit Country Day|Detroit Country Day]]
+
|[[2012 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
−
| [[2001 State College|State College A]]
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|[[2012 Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin|LASA]]
−
| [[2001 Riverdale|Riverdale]]
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|[[2012 Centennial (GA)|Centennial]]
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| not awarded
+
|[[2012 Beachwood|Beachwood]]
−
| [[Michigan|Ann Arbor, MI]]
+
|[[Hyatt Regency Atlanta|Atlanta, GA]]
−
| 40
+
|240
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2002 HSNCT|2002]]
+
|[[2013 HSNCT|2013]]
−
| [[2002 St. John's (TX)|St. John's]]
+
|[[Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin|LASA]]
−
| [[2002 Irmo|Irmo]]
+
|[[Ladue|Ladue]]
−
| [[2002 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
+
|[[Loyola|Loyola]]
−
| [[2002 Detroit Country Day|Detroit Country Day]]
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|[[St. John's (TX)|St. John's]]
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| [[2002 Kent City|Kent City]]
+
|[[Macomb|Macomb]]
−
| [[Texas|Austin, TX]]
+
|[[Hyatt Regency Atlanta|Atlanta, GA]]
−
| 54
+
|256
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2003 HSNCT|2003]]
+
|[[2014 HSNCT|2014]]
−
| [[2003 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
+
|[[Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin|LASA A]]
−
| [[2003 Dorman|Dorman]]
+
|[[St. John's (TX)|St. John's]]
−
| [[2003 St. John's (TX)|St. John's]]
+
|[[LASA|LASA B]]
−
| [[2003 Walton|Walton]]
+
|[[Ladue|Ladue]]
−
| [[2003 Cutter Morning Star|Cutter Morning Star]]
+
|[[2014 SSNCT|(see SSNCT 2014)]]
−
| [[Myrtle Beach Convention Center|Myrtle Beach, SC]]
+
|[[Hyatt Regency O'Hare|Chicago, IL]]
−
| 62
+
|272
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2004 HSNCT|2004]]
+
|[[2015 HSNCT|2015]]
−
| [[2004 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]†
+
|[[Arcadia|Arcadia]]
−
| [[2004 Maggie Walker|Maggie Walker]]
+
|[[Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin|LASA]]
−
| [[2004 St. John's (TX)|St. John's]]
+
|[[Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
−
| [[2004 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
+
|[[IMSA|IMSA]]
−
| [[2004 Cutter Morning Star|Cutter Morning Star]]
+
|[[2015 SSNCT|(see SSNCT 2015)]]
−
| [[Park Plaza Hotel Reliant Center|Houston, TX]]
+
|[[Hyatt Regency O'Hare|Chicago, IL]]
−
| 64
+
|272
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2005 HSNCT|2005]]
+
|[[2016 HSNCT|2016]]
−
| [[2005 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]†
+
|[[Hunter|Hunter]]
−
| [[2005 Lakeside|Lakeside]]
+
|[[Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
−
| [[2005 State College|State College]]
+
|[[Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
−
| [[2005 Solon|Solon]]
+
|[[Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin|LASA]]
−
| [[2005 Danville|Danville]]
+
|[[2016 SSNCT|(see SSNCT 2016)]]
−
| [[Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare|Chicago, IL]]
+
|[[Hilton Anatole|Dallas, TX]]
−
| 96
+
|272
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2006 HSNCT|2006]]
+
|[[2017 HSNCT|2017]]
−
| [[2006 Richard Montgomery|Richard Montgomery]]
+
|[[Hunter|Hunter]]
−
| [[2006 State College|State College]]
+
|[[Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
−
| [[2006 Maggie Walker|Maggie Walker]]
+
|[[Naperville North|Naperville North]]
−
| [[2006 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
+
|[[Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
−
| [[2006 Danville|Danville]]
+
|[[2017 SSNCT|(see SSNCT 2017)]]
−
| [[Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare|Chicago, IL]]
+
|[[Atlanta Marriott Marquis|Atlanta, GA]]
−
| 128
+
|304
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2007 HSNCT|2007]]
+
|[[2018 HSNCT|2018]]
−
| [[2007 Maggie Walker|Maggie Walker]]
+
|[[Plano West|Plano West]]
−
| [[2007 State College|State College]]
+
|[[Hunter|Hunter]]
−
| [[2007 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
+
|[[Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin|LASA]]
−
| [[2007 Dorman|Dorman]]
+
|[[Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
−
| [[2007 Danville|Danville]]
+
|[[2018 SSNCT|(see SSNCT 2018)]]
−
| [[Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare|Chicago, IL]]
+
|[[Atlanta Marriott Marquis|Atlanta, GA]]
−
| 160
+
|352
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2008 HSNCT|2008]]
+
|[[2019 HSNCT|2019]]
−
| [[2008 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
+
|[[Beavercreek|Beavercreek]]
−
| [[2008 Wilmington Charter|Wilmington Charter]]
+
|[[University of Illinois Lab|University Lab]]
−
| [[2008 Walt Whitman|Walt Whitman]]
+
|[[Chattahoochee|Chattahoochee]]
−
| [[2008 Dorman|Dorman B]]
+
|[[Adlai E. Stevenson|Stevenson]]
−
| [[2008 Russell|Russell]]
+
|[[2019 SSNCT|(see SSNCT 2019)]]
−
| [[Wyndham O'Hare|Chicago, IL]]
+
|[[Atlanta Marriott Marquis|Atlanta, GA]]
−
| 176
+
|336
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2009 HSNCT|2009]]
+
|2020
−
| [[2009 Wilmington Charter| Wilmington Charter]]
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|colspan=7|cancelled due to [[COVID-19]]
−
| [[2009 Dorman| Dorman A]]
 
−
| [[2009 State College| State College A]]
 
−
| [[2009 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
 
−
| [[2009 Ottawa Hills| Ottawa Hills]]
 
−
| [[Hyatt Regency O'Hare|Chicago, IL]]
 
−
| 192
 
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2010 HSNCT|2010]]
+
|[[2021 HSNCT|2021]]
−
| [[Maggie Walker]]
+
|[[Barrington|Barrington]]
−
| [[State College| State College A]]
+
|[[University of Illinois Lab|University Lab]]
−
| [[Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin| LASA A]]
+
|[[Detroit Country Day|Detroit Country Day]]
−
| [[Bellarmine| Bellarmine A]]
+
|[[Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
−
| [[South Range]]
+
|[[2021 SSNCT|(see SSNCT 2021)]]
−
| [[Hyatt Regency O'Hare|Chicago, IL]]
+
|[[Online quizbowl|Online]]
−
| 200
+
|224
 +
|-
 +
|[[2022 HSNCT|2022]]
 +
|[[Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
 +
|[[Hunter|Hunter]]
 +
|[[East Chapel Hill|East Chapel Hill]]
 +
|[[Kinkaid|Kinkaid]]
 +
|[[2022 SSNCT|(see SSNCT 2022)]]
 +
|[[Atlanta Marriott Marquis|Atlanta, GA]]
 +
|274
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2011 HSNCT|2011]]
+
|[[2023 HSNCT|2023]]
−
| [[State College| State College A]]
+
|[[Barrington|Barrington]]
−
| [[Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin| LASA A]]
+
|[[Buffalo Grove|Buffalo Grove]]
−
| [[Bellarmine| Bellarmine A]]
+
|[[Detroit Country Day|Detroit Country Day]]
−
| [[Stevenson]]
+
|[[Hunter|Hunter]]
−
| [[George Mason High School| George Mason]]
+
|[[2023 SSNCT|(see SSNCT 2023)]]
−
| [[Hyatt Regency Atlanta|Atlanta, GA]]
+
|[[Atlanta Marriott Marquis|Atlanta, GA]]
−
| 224
+
|304
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2012 HSNCT|2012]]
+
|[[2024 HSNCT|2024]]
−
| [[Bellarmine| Bellarmine A]]
+
|[[Barrington|Barrington]]
−
| [[Detroit Catholic Central| Detroit Catholic Central A]]
+
|[[St. Mark's School of Texas|St. Mark's]]
−
| [[Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin| LASA A]]
+
|[[Livingston|Livingston]]
−
| [[Centennial (GA)| Centennial]]
+
|[[Buffalo Grove|Buffalo Grove]]
−
| [[Beachwood]]
+
|[[2024 SSNCT|(see SSNCT 2024)]]
−
| [[Hyatt Regency Atlanta|Atlanta, GA]]
+
|[[Atlanta Marriott Marquis|Atlanta, GA]]
−
| 240
+
|320
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2013 HSNCT|2013]]
+
|[[2025 HSNCT|2025]]
−
| [[LASA|LASA A]]
+
|[[Livingston|Livingston]]
−
| [[Ladue|Ladue A]]
+
|[[Northview|Northview]]
−
| [[Loyola|Loyola]]
+
|[[Wade Hampton|Wade Hampton]]
−
| [[St. John's (TX)|St. John's]]
+
|[[Henderson|Henderson]]
−
| [[Macomb]]
+
|[[2025 SSNCT|(see SSNCT 2025)]]
−
| [[Hyatt Regency Atlanta|Atlanta, GA]]
+
|[[Atlanta Marriott Marquis|Atlanta, GA]]
−
| 256
+
|336
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2014 HSNCT|2014]]
+
|[[2026 HSNCT|2026]]
−
| [[LASA|LASA A]]
+
|[[Stevenson|Stevenson]]
−
| [[St. John's (TX)|St. John's]]
+
|[[Lexington (MA)|Lexington (MA)]]
−
| [[LASA|LASA B]]
+
|[[Strake Jesuit|Strake Jesuit]]
−
| [[Ladue|Ladue A]]
+
|[[Park Tudor|Park Tudor]]
−
| [[2014 SSNCT|not awarded]]
+
|[[2026 SSNCT|(see SSNCT 2026)]]
−
| [[Hyatt Regency O'Hare|Chicago, IL]]
+
|[[Atlanta Marriott Marquis|Atlanta, GA]]
−
| 272
+
|320
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[2015 HSNCT|2015]]
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
| [[2015 SSNCT|not awarded]]
 
−
| [[Hyatt Regency O'Hare|Chicago, IL]]
 
−
| 272
 
 
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*<nowiki>†undefeated</nowiki>
 
*<nowiki>†undefeated</nowiki>
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===Undefeated teams===
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Eleven teams have completed the HSNCT prelims undefeated:
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*The only teams to go undefeated for the entire HSNCT (and thus become undefeated champions) were [[2004 Thomas Jefferson (VA)]] and [[2005 Thomas Jefferson (VA)]].
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*2000 [[2000 State College|State College]], 2019 [[2019 Beavercreek|Beavercreek]], and 2024 [[2024 Barrington|Barrington]] went undefeated in the prelims, then won the championship after losing exactly one game in the playoffs.
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*2000 Maggie Walker A, 2003 Maggie Walker A, 2009 Georgetown Day, 2011 Dorman A, 2018 Wayzata A, and 2021 Hunter A went undefeated in the prelims, then were eliminated by losing two games in the playoffs.
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*2001 was the last year where multiple undefeated prelim teams were possible. In the power-matching format used in 2002 on, the prelims must end with either zero or one undefeated teams.
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===Losses by champions===
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*Under the 2003-present format, the largest number of total losses that a team can have and still win the HSNCT is four (a team can enter the playoffs at 7-3 and lose exactly one game, or enter the playoffs at 6-4 and win all its games, and will win the tournament). Eight teams have won the tournament with exactly three losses, most recently [[Livingston]] in 2025. No four-loss team has actually won the tournament under the current format.
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*In 2002 St. John's won the tournament with five total losses, playing under an older tournament format. This record is now unbreakable unless the tournament format changes again.
  
 
===Notes===
 
===Notes===
  
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*The formats used since 2000 do not allow for fourth-place ties, though the 1999 format did and produced a three-way tie noted above.
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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]] and is no longer formally recognized at HSNCT.
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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 ==
 
===Medal count===
 
===Medal count===
  
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! Top 3
 
! Top 3
 
! Top 4
 
! Top 4
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|-
 +
| [[Arcadia]]
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| 1
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| 1
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| 1
 +
| 1
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|-
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| [[Barrington]]
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| 3
 +
| 3
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| 3
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| 3
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|-
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| [[Beavercreek]]
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| 1
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Bellarmine]]
 
| [[Bellarmine]]
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| 1
 
| 1
 
| 1
 
| 1
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|-
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| [[Buffalo Grove]]
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| 0
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| 1
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| 1
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| 2
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Centennial]]
 
| [[Centennial]]
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| 0
 
| 0
 
| 0
 
| 0
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| 1
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|-
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| [[Chattahoochee]]
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| 0
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| 0
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| 1
 
| 1
 
| 1
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Detroit Catholic Central]]
 
| [[Detroit Catholic Central]]
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| 2
 
 
| 3
 
| 3
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| 4
+
| 5
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| 7
+
| 8
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| 11
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Detroit Country Day]]
 
| [[Detroit Country Day]]
 
| 0
 
| 0
 
| 1
 
| 1
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| 2
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| 4
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| 2
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| 3
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Dorman]]
 
| [[Dorman]]
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| 2
 
| 2
 
| 4
 
| 4
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|-
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| [[East Chapel Hill]]
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| 0
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| 0
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| 1
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| 1
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Edmond Memorial]]
 
| [[Edmond Memorial]]
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| 0
 
| 1
 
| 1
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| 1
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| [[Henderson]]
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| 0
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| 0
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| 0
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| 1
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|-
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| [[Hunter]]
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| 2
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| 4
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| 4
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| 5
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|-
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| [[IMSA]]
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| 0
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| 0
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| 1
 
| 1
 
|-
 
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| 1
 
| 1
 
| 1
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| [[Kinkaid]]
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| 0
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| 0
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| 1
 
| 1
 
|-
 
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| [[LASA]]
 
| 2
 
| 2
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| 3
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| 4
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| 6
+
| 8
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| 6
+
| 9
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|-
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| [[Livingston]]
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| 1
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| 1
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| 2
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| 2
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Loyola]]
 
| [[Loyola]]
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| 5
 
| 5
 
| 5
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| [[Naperville North]]
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| 0
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| 0
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| 1
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| 1
 
|-
 
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| [[North Kansas City]]
 
| [[North Kansas City]]
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| 0
 
| 0
 
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| [[Northview]]
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| 0
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| 1
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| 0
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| 0
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| [[Plano West]]
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| 1
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| 1
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| 1
 
| 1
 
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|-
 
| [[Stevenson]]
 
| [[Stevenson]]
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| 0
 
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| 0
 
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| 0
 
 
| 1
 
| 1
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| 1
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| 1
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| 2
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[St. John's]]
 
| [[St. John's]]
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| 4
 
| 5
 
| 5
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|-
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| [[St. Mark's School of Texas]]
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| 0
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| 1
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
 
| [[Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
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| 4
 
 
| 4
 
| 4
 
| 5
 
| 5
−
| 5
+
| 6
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| 9
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|-
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| [[University of Illinois Lab|University Lab]]
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| 0
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| 2
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| 2
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| 2
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|-
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| [[Wade Hampton]]
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| 0
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| 0
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| 1
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| 0
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Walton]]
 
| [[Walton]]
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| 2
 
|}
 
|}
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===National Championships won by state===
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{| class="wikitable sortable" border=1
 +
! Rank
 +
! State
 +
! Overall Titles
 +
! Small School Titles†
 +
! Most Recent Year
 +
|-
 +
| 1
 +
| Virginia
 +
| 5
 +
| 1
 +
| 2011
 +
|-
 +
| T2
 +
| Ohio
 +
| 1
 +
| 4
 +
| 2019
 +
|-
 +
| T2
 +
| Illinois
 +
| 4
 +
| 1
 +
| 2026
 +
|-
 +
| T4
 +
| Texas
 +
| 4
 +
| 0
 +
| 2018
 +
|-
 +
| T4
 +
| Michigan
 +
| 3
 +
| 1
 +
| 2022
 +
|-
 +
| T4
 +
| Kentucky
 +
| 0
 +
| 4
 +
| 2007
 +
|-
 +
| T7
 +
| Pennsylvania
 +
| 2
 +
| 0
 +
| 2011
 +
|-
 +
| T7
 +
| Maryland
 +
| 2
 +
| 0
 +
| 2010
 +
|-
 +
| T7
 +
| California
 +
| 2
 +
| 0
 +
| 2015
 +
|-
 +
|T7
 +
| New York
 +
| 2
 +
| 0
 +
| 2017
 +
|-
 +
|T7
 +
| 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==
 
==Links==
 
* [http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/ NAQT HSNCT website]
 
* [http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/ NAQT HSNCT website]
  
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== See also ==
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==See also==
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* [[PACE NSC]], another high school national tournament
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*[[HSNCT Record Book]]
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* [[NAC]], high school "nationals" of inferior quality
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*[[PACE NSC]], another high school national tournament
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[[Category:High school national championships]]
 
[[Category:High school national championships]]

Latest revision as of 02:52, 9 June 2026

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 (see SSNCT 2014) Chicago, IL 272
2015 Arcadia LASA Detroit Catholic Central IMSA (see SSNCT 2015) Chicago, IL 272
2016 Hunter Thomas Jefferson Detroit Catholic Central LASA (see SSNCT 2016) Dallas, TX 272
2017 Hunter Detroit Catholic Central Naperville North Thomas Jefferson (see SSNCT 2017) Atlanta, GA 304
2018 Plano West Hunter LASA Thomas Jefferson (see SSNCT 2018) Atlanta, GA 352
2019 Beavercreek University Lab Chattahoochee Stevenson (see SSNCT 2019) Atlanta, GA 336
2020 cancelled due to COVID-19
2021 Barrington University Lab Detroit Country Day Thomas Jefferson (see SSNCT 2021) Online 224
2022 Detroit Catholic Central Hunter East Chapel Hill Kinkaid (see SSNCT 2022) Atlanta, GA 274
2023 Barrington Buffalo Grove Detroit Country Day Hunter (see SSNCT 2023) Atlanta, GA 304
2024 Barrington St. Mark's Livingston Buffalo Grove (see SSNCT 2024) Atlanta, GA 320
2025 Livingston Northview Wade Hampton Henderson (see SSNCT 2025) Atlanta, GA 336
2026 Stevenson Lexington (MA) Strake Jesuit Park Tudor (see SSNCT 2026) Atlanta, GA 320
  • †undefeated

Undefeated teams

Eleven teams have completed the HSNCT prelims undefeated:

  • The only teams to go undefeated for the entire HSNCT (and thus become undefeated champions) were 2004 Thomas Jefferson (VA) and 2005 Thomas Jefferson (VA).
  • 2000 State College, 2019 Beavercreek, and 2024 Barrington went undefeated in the prelims, then won the championship after losing exactly one game in the playoffs.
  • 2000 Maggie Walker A, 2003 Maggie Walker A, 2009 Georgetown Day, 2011 Dorman A, 2018 Wayzata A, and 2021 Hunter A went undefeated in the prelims, then were eliminated by losing two games in the playoffs.
  • 2001 was the last year where multiple undefeated prelim teams were possible. In the power-matching format used in 2002 on, the prelims must end with either zero or one undefeated teams.

Losses by champions

  • Under the 2003-present format, the largest number of total losses that a team can have and still win the HSNCT is four (a team can enter the playoffs at 7-3 and lose exactly one game, or enter the playoffs at 6-4 and win all its games, and will win the tournament). Eight teams have won the tournament with exactly three losses, most recently Livingston in 2025. No four-loss team has actually won the tournament under the current format.
  • In 2002 St. John's won the tournament with five total losses, playing under an older tournament format. This record is now unbreakable unless the tournament format changes again.

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 1 1 1 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
T2 Ohio 1 4 2019
T2 Illinois 4 1 2026
T4 Texas 4 0 2018
T4 Michigan 3 1 2022
T4 Kentucky 0 4 2007
T7 Pennsylvania 2 0 2011
T7 Maryland 2 0 2010
T7 California 2 0 2015
T7 New York 2 0 2017
T7 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

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See also

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