National championship

A national championship is an event purporting to award a title to the best quizbowl team in a particular country. Over the years a number of national championships have been held for college, high school, and middle school levels of play, with widely varying formats and question quality. Only tournaments adhering to "good quizbowl" standards are considered legitimate.

Active titles (scheduled to be awarded in 2016)

Title Tournament Awarding Title Sponsoring Organization Eligible Participants Quality status First year awarded Incumbent champion ACF Nationals Overall ACF Nationals ACF College teams Good quizbowl 1991 Penn ACF Nationals Undergraduate ACF Nationals ACF College teams composed of undergraduates Good quizbowl 2008 Stanford B ACF Nationals Division II ACF Nationals ACF College teams composed of new players Good quizbowl 2008 Northwestern NAQT ICT Division I ICT NAQT College teams Good quizbowl 1997 Virginia NAQT ICT Undergraduate ICT NAQT College teams composed of undergraduates Good quizbowl 1998 Maryland NAQT ICT Division II ICT NAQT College teams composed of new players Good quizbowl 1998 Texas NAQT CCCT CCCT NAQT Community college teams Good quizbowl 2009 Jefferson Community & Technical College College History Bowl Overall College History Bowl NHBB College teams Good quizbowl 2012 Virginia College History Bowl Undergraduate College History Bowl NHBB College teams composed of undergraduates Good quizbowl 2012 Harvard HCASC HCASC College Bowl College teams from HBCUs Bad quizbowl 1990 Prairie View A&M HSNCT HSNCT NAQT High school teams Good quizbowl 1999 Arcadia SSNCT SSNCT NAQT High school teams from small schools Good quizbowl 2014 Harmony - North Austin NSC NSC PACE High school teams Good quizbowl 1998 Detroit Catholic Central NASAT NASAT HSAPQ High school all-star teams by state Good quizbowl 2010 California MSNCT MSNCT NAQT Middle school teams Good quizbowl 2011 Kealing National History Bowl Varsity NHBB National Championships NHBB High school teams Good quizbowl 2011 Saratoga National History Bowl JV NHBB National Championships NHBB High school teams composed of new players Good quizbowl 2011 Hunter National History Bowl Small School Varsity NHBB National Championships NHBB High school teams from small schools Good quizbowl 2012 AMSA National History Bowl Small School JV NHBB National Championships NHBB High school teams composed of new players from small schools Good quizbowl 2012 Hewlett Middle School History Bowl NHBB Middle School History Bowl NHBB Middle schools Good quizbowl 2013 Longfellow National History Bee Varsity NHBB National Championships NHBB High school players Good quizbowl 2011 Bruce Lou National History Bee JV NHBB National Championships NHBB High school players who are below 11th grade Good quizbowl 2011 Alex Schmidt National History Bee Middle School National History Bee NHBB Middle school players Good quizbowl 2012 Benji Chiu U.S. History Bee NHBB National Championships NHBB High school players Good quizbowl 2014 Bruce Lou U.S. History Bee JV NHBB National Championships NHBB High school players who are below 11th grade Good quizbowl 2015 John Peter Connor National History Bee Elementary School National History Bee NHBB Elementary school players Good quizbowl 2012 Enzo Cunanan Geography Olympiad Varsity Quizbowl Portion NHBB National Championships NHBB High school students Good quizbowl 2013 Raghav Ranga Geography Olympiad JV Quizbowl Portion NHBB National Championships NHBB High school students who are below an age cutoff Good quizbowl 2013 Alex Schmidt NAC NAC Questions Unlimited High school teams Bad quizbowl 1983 El Paso Coronado NAC JV NAC Questions Unlimited High school teams composed of new players Bad quizbowl 2010 Altamont NAC Middle School NAC Questions Unlimited Middle school teams Bad quizbowl 2008 Sutton Panasonic Panasonic Academic Challenge Polk County Department of Education High school all-star teams by state Bad quizbowl 1988 Colorado All-Stars American Academic Challenge AAC Brooks Sanders High school teams TBD 1993 Walton** Beta Club High School Beta Club National Convention Beta Club High school teams Bad quizbowl 1995 Ezell-Harding Beta Club Middle School Beta Club National Convention Beta Club Middle school teams Bad quizbowl 1995 Sterling Defunct titles Title Tournament Awarding Title Sponsoring Organization Eligible Participants Quality status First year awarded Last year awarded Last champion College Bowl NCT NCT College Bowl College teams Bad quizbowl 1978 2008 Rochester National Invitation Tournament National Invitation Tournament Emory University College teams Bad quizbowl 1979 1985 North Carolina All-American Invitational All-American Invitational IBA College teams Bad quizbowl 1988 1989 Georgia Tech CULT‡ CULT Mike Bentley Open teams Good quizbowl 2010 2010 Cheyne/Seal/Carson/Arnold TRASHionals TRASHionals TRASH Open teams Bad quizbowl 1998 2010 Quintong/Murphy/Richey/White HSNCT Top Small School HSNCT NAQT High school teams from small schools Good quizbowl 2002 2013 Macomb Tournament of Champions TOC ASCN High school teams Bad quizbowl 1987 2005 Dorman Stars 2000 Stars 2000 National Academic Tournament Academic Enterprises High school teams Bad quizbowl 1989 1991 Dorman National Academic Super Bowl National Academic Super Bowl Duval County School Board High school all-star teams by county Bad quizbowl 1981 1988 Fayette County NAQT ICT Division II Top Community College* ICT NAQT Community college teams Good quizbowl 2002 2014 Valencia Scholastic Showdown Scholastic Showdown Griffin Experience High school teams Bad quizbowl 1994 1995 Eisenhower National Academic Bowl National Academic Bowl Just Asking High school teams Bad quizbowl 1996 1997 Edison National Quiz Bowl for Jesuit Schools National Quiz Bowl for Jesuit Schools Loyola Academy High school teams from Jesuit schools Bad quizbowl 2001 2001 St. Ignatius *While the Top Community College continued to be recognized at ICT since the launch of the CCCT in 2009, NAQT's website says the ICT team is "not considered a national champion" by NAQT. As of the 2015, recognition of the Top Community College at the ICT will no longer occur. **Walton won the last edition of the AAC in 1995. The tournament has been announced as returning in 2015. ‡A sequel to CULT, COLT, was run as Chicago Open Trash in 2011, but was not billed as a national championship. §NHBB recognizes the top middle school, top solo team, and top small school based on their final finish at the National History Bowl, but these are not generally considered 'national championships' per se, because they are rarely directly played off, among other reasons. Thus, they are not listed here. The actual championship for middle schools is a separate event held on the same weekend as the middle school History Bee and is listed above. Staffing guide to good quizbowl nationals in 2014: [1]