--- title: Qualified Rookie Teams on Waitlists for Non-Home Championships description: FIRST updates policy to allow qualified Rookie teams to waitlist for non-home Championships, enhancing their opportunities to participate in key events. --- Written by Frank Merrick. *Nothing says ‘excitement’ like another waitlist policy change.* We’re making a change to our policy regarding Rookie teams on Championship waitlists. While, as has been the practice for years, non-Championship qualified Rookie teams will still not be able to join waitlists, *qualified* Rookie teams (Rookie teams who earn their way to the 2017 Championship through their accomplishments during the season) will be able to join the waitlist for their non-home Championship, if they want a chance to attend their non-home Championship. Their status as a qualified team takes priority over their status as a Rookie. We will be including this information in an upcoming email blast to all teams. Also, Rookie teams that had qualified for Championship during a prior competition week will now find they have access to the waitlist for their non-home Championship through the dashboard on their Team account. Questions may be directed to Team Support using one of the [contact methods shown here](https://help.firstinspires.org/s/contactsupport?language=en_US).   Frank ** [FRC](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/frc) #### Share it: [** ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://community.firstinspires.org/2017-qualified-rookie-teams-non-home-champs) [** ](https://twitter.com/share?url=https://community.firstinspires.org/2017-qualified-rookie-teams-non-home-champs) [** ](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://community.firstinspires.org/2017-qualified-rookie-teams-non-home-champs) ![Default Author Image](https://community.firstinspires.org/hubfs/Community%20Blog%20v2/images/FIRST-author-icon.svg) Author [FIRST Robotics Competition Staff](https://community.firstinspires.org/author/first-robotics-competition-staff) ### Related Posts ** [Championship](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/championship), [FRC](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/frc) Just a few more weeks until FIRST Championship! April 17, 2026 ** [FRC](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/frc) Just Over A Week Until FIRST Championship! April 7, 2025 ** [FRC](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/frc) Getting Ready for FIRST Championship February 8, 2024 ![](https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=1200203950045814&ev=PageView&noscript=1) ![](https://ct.pinterest.com/v3/?tid=2615041699514&noscript=1) ![](https://ct.pinterest.com/v3/?tid=2615041699514&event=PageVisit&noscript=1)