Illinois State Championship Tournaments

General Information

Due to the increase in the number of Illinois teams there will again be two Illinois FLL Championship tournaments for the World Class season.  :  one in Northern Illinois and one in Central Illinois.  Approximately 25% of the teams participating at a qualifying event in Illinois will advance to a championship tournament.  

The Central Championship tournament (CCT) at the University of Illinois in Champaign will be a 64-team event.  The Northern Championship Tournament (NCT) at Elgin Community College will be a 64-team event. Qualifying event to championship tournament alignment is listed on the Illinois FIRST/FLL website at this link:  http://www.ilfirst.org/fll/fll-events/fll-qualifying-tournaments/.  To enable a team advancement rate of 25% from all of our qualifiers and provide the highest quality tournament experience at each championship event, we may ask  teams from the northern qualifiers to volunteer to attend the CCT in Champaign. We ask coaches to please consult with your team members to determine if you can attend the CCT should your team advance.  

If your team is advancing to one of the Championship Tournaments you will be required to register for the Championship event Here.  There is no additional charge for attending the Championship events.  Advancing teams from the Northern qualifiers that would like to volunteer to attend the CCT at the University of Illinois should make their intention known by checking off the appropriate boxes on the registration form.  All registrations must be submitted no later than midnight on Wednesday, December 23^nd.

Weather contingency plans: The Central Championship  tournament at the Univeristy of Illinois in Champaign will be held unless the University of Illinois closes the facility. The Northern Championship tournament at Elgin Community College will be held unless the college closes the facility.  In the unlikely event that we have to cancel a tournament, teams will be notified by email to the Announcement List and a notice will be posted on this page of our website no later than 7AM on Saturday morning on the day of the tournament. We will not be able to re-schedule the event. Please use your best judgment about whether to travel in inclement weather.  If you are not able to attend, please notify us by sending an email to contactfllillinois@gmail.com or calling 847-293-7706.   If the event is cancelled, a team will be selected to attend any post season events by a random pull from teams that were scheduled to attend the tournament and that also won the Champion’s award at their qualifiers.