There is no provision for BACKUP TEAMS at the FIRST
Championship.
Instead, before each division Playoff Tournament, ALLIANCES
are selected per the process as described in section 10.6.1ALLIANCE Selection Process, however the process
continues with a third round of selection as follows.
Round 3: The same method is used for each ALLIANCE
CAPTAIN’S third choice except the selection order is reversed again, with ALLIANCE
1 picking first and ALLIANCE 8 picking last. This process results in 8 ALLIANCES
of 4 teams each.
ALLIANCES may start with any 3 of the 4 ROBOTS on their ALLIANCE
during division Playoff MATCHES and during the Championship Playoffs. ALLIANCES
submit LINEUPS for their MATCHES as described in section 10.6.4LINEUPS.