I know the UK is still technically in the EU, But does anyone know why no other EU nation hosts a VRC Event?
hmm interesting.
The UK is also represented in First Robotics, but still have VRC Events.
The absence of any VRC events on the European continent is peculiar. I was mostly wondering if Vex is choosing not to enter that market.
It’s also still relatively early in the competition season. So there’s a chance that some events have just not been created yet.
I know last year there were a few competitions in Ireland, Finland and Spain, so I can only imagine those will eventually pop up again.
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Pretty much every country is in FIRST Global. Perhaps not the best comparison since only 1 team from each country competes and there’s nothing published anywhere describing how a country selects this 1 team.
From the FAQ
If you wanted to make comparisons to FIRST competitions look at FIRST’s website https://www.firstinspires.org/team-event-search although there really isn’t any effort put in to ensure outside USA teams/events are listed nor can you meaningfully search for a team since the country list filter box is incomplete.
Here’s the list of FLL countries http://firstlegoleague.org/countries
There’s no equivalent site for FTC and the closest you get to a participating country list is the world championship attendee lists.
You’ll find discussion about FRC registration and participating countries on CD https://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=159582 Usually there’s a list of countries somewhere but be aware very few places outside the US actually hold regional events.
Of note FIRST and FIRST Global are separate entities run by different people.
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