{"id":24505,"date":"2026-04-13T11:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/faq-items\/how-does-the-qualification-for-the-swiss-final-wro-starter-work-4\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:09:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T10:09:44","slug":"how-does-the-qualification-for-the-swiss-final-wro-starter-work-4","status":"publish","type":"avada_faq","link":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/faq-items\/how-does-the-qualification-for-the-swiss-final-wro-starter-work-4\/","title":{"rendered":"How does the qualification for the Swiss final (WRO Starter) work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>In the WRO Starter category, there is only direct qualification. The number of qualification places per Regional Competition depends on the number of teams actually present at that location: <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"table-2\">\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th align=\"left\">Number of participating teams<\/th>\n<th align=\"left\">Qualification<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">1 to 5 teams<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">The best team qualifies for the Swiss final.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">6 or more teams<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">The two best teams qualify for the Swiss final.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:20px;\"><h2>Succession regulation<\/h2>\n<p>If a team that has qualified is unable to take part in the Swiss final, the next best team in the same competition will move up. Please let us know by 31 May at the latest if you are unable to take part so that the organizers and the teams moving up can plan! <\/p>\n<p><strong>Please note:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unlike in the RoboMission category, there is no overall ranking.<\/p>\n<p>There is <strong>no<\/strong> qualification for international competitions in the WRO Starter category.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"faq_category":[269,276,377],"class_list":["post-24505","avada_faq","type-avada_faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","faq_category-faq-for-coaches-and-teachers","faq_category-faq-general-questions","faq_category-season-2026-wro-starter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/24505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24505"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/24505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24540,"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/24505\/revisions\/24540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wro.swiss\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_category?post=24505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}