National Tournaments

The Missouri Quizbowl Alliance encourages all teams to work towards qualifying for two high quality national tournaments, which regularly feature highly competitive fields of the nation's top teams. This page provides information about how to qualify for these tournaments, a list of qualifying tournaments, as well as a list of Missouri teams that have qualified for the 2010 iterations of these tournaments.

NAQT High School National Championship Tournament

The 2010 NAQT High School National Championship Tournament will be held on May 28-30, 2010.

HSNCT Qualification Criteria

1. Finishing in the top 15% of the field at any event that uses NAQT questions.
2. Finishing as the highest-placed team at an NAQT State Championship or NAQT State Qualifier that had not qualified for the HSNCT prior to the state tournament.
3. Being the top team from a small (public) school (by NAQT's definition) at any event that uses NAQT questions, so long as the team also finishes at least tied for the median position in the overall standings. (NAQT defines a small school as one with "fewer than 500 students in grades 10-12 and a non-selective admission policy.")
4. Winning any class or division of an official state championship with rules and questions similar to those of NAQT.

While NAQT also allows qualification through wildcard bids, MSHSAA rules currently prohibit Missouri teams from attending a national tournament on a wildcard bid. Full details about qualifying for HSNCT are available on NAQT's website.

HSNCT Qualifiers in Missouri

These tournaments in Missouri are qualifiers for the 2010 NAQT HSNCT:

• Missouri Fall Academic Tournament on October 10, 2009.
• Missouri State Fall Academic Tournament on November 14, 2009.
• Spirit of St. Louis Warm-up on November 21, 2009.
• Hillcrest Academic Team Tournament on January 19, 2010.
• Villa Duchesne Invitational on February 20, 2010.
• Missouri S&T Spring Tournament on March 6, 2010.
• NAQT Missouri Qualifier on March 20, 2010.

Missouri Teams Qualified for HSNCT

These Missouri teams have qualified for the 2010 NAQT HSNCT as of March 7, 2010:

• Clayton, qualifying at Villa Duchesne Invitational.
• Glasgow, qualifying at Villa Duchesne Invitational. (Also qualified at Missouri S&T Spring Tournament.) (small school eligible)
• Hickman, qualifying at Missouri Fall Academic Tournament.
• Kickapoo, qualifying at Hillcrest Academic Team Tournament.
• Ladue, qualifying at Missouri Fall Academic Tournament.
• North Kansas City, qualifying at Missouri Fall Academic Tournament. (Also qualified at Missouri S&T Spring Tournament.)
• Parkview, qualifying at Hillcrest Academic Team Tournament.
• Parkway Central, qualifying at Spirit of St. Louis Warm-up. (Also qualified at Villa Duchesne Invitational and Missouri S&T Spring Tournament.)
• Pilot Grove, qualifying at Missouri S&T Spring Tournament. (small school eligible)
• Priory, qualifying at Spirit of St. Louis Warm-up.
• Richland, qualifying at Missouri State Fall Academic Tournament. (small school eligible)
• St. Louis University High, qualifying at Villa Duchesne Invitational.
• Salem, qualifying at Missouri Fall Academic Tournament. (small school eligible)
• Savannah, qualifying at Missouri State Fall Academic Tournament. (Also qualified at Villa Duchesne Invitational.)
• Villa Duchesne, qualifying at Spirit of St. Louis Warm-up.

PACE National Scholastics Championship

The 2010 PACE National Scholastics Championship will take place on June 5 and 6 at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. 64 of the top teams in the country will compete for the PACE national championship. The 2010 tournament format will offer at least 15 games to all teams and will produce a top-to-bottom ranking of the entire field.

NSC Qualification Criteria

The top 2 teams from any affiliated tournament of fewer than 20 teams, the top 4 teams from any affiliated tournament of 20 to 39 teams, and the top 8 teams from any affiliated tournament of 40 or more teams, receive automatic qualification to the 2009 PACE NSC. More teams may qualify if the event is gold- or platinum-certified.

While PACE also allows qualification through wildcard bids, MSHSAA rules currently prohibit Missouri teams from attending a national tournament on a wildcard bid. Full details about qualifying for NSC are available on PACE's website.

NSC Qualifiers in Missouri

These tournaments are affiliated with PACE and are qualifiers for the 2010 PACE NSC:

• Missouri Fall Academic Tournament on October 10, 2009.
• Liberty Scholar Bowl Invitational Tournament on October 31, 2009.
• Missouri State Fall Academic Tournament on November 14, 2009.
• Spirit of St. Louis Warm-up on November 21, 2009.
• Tiger Bowl II on December 5, 2009.
• Missouri S&T Fall Tournament on December 12, 2009.
• WUHSAC XII on January 30, 2010.
• Mort Walker Invitational on February 13, 2010.
• Villa Duchesne Invitational on February 20, 2010.
• Missouri State Bear Bowl on February 20, 2010.
• Missouri S&T Spring Tournament on March 6, 2010.
• NAQT Missouri Qualifier on March 20, 2010.

Missouri Teams Qualified for NSC

These Missouri teams have qualified for the 2010 PACE NSC as of March 7, 2010:

• Clayton, qualifying at Missouri S&T Fall Tournament. (Also qualified at WUHSAC XII and Villa Duchesne Invitational.)
• Fort Zumwalt West, qualifying at WUHSAC XII.
• Fulton, qualifying at Mort Walker Invitational.
• Glasgow, qualifying at Tiger Bowl II. (Also qualified at Missouri S&T Spring Tournament.)
• Helias, qualifying at WUHSAC XII. (Also qualified at Mort Walker Invitational.)
• Holden, qualifying at Liberty Scholar Bowl Invitational Tournament.
• Ladue, qualifying at Missouri Fall Academic Tournament.
• North Kansas City, qualifying at Missouri Fall Academic Tournament. (Also qualified at Liberty Scholar Bowl Invitational Tournament, Tiger Bowl II, and Missouri S&T Spring Tournament.)
• Parkway Central, qualifying at Spirit of St. Louis Warm-up. (Also qualified at WUHSAC XII, Villa Duchesne Invitational, and Missouri S&T Spring Tournament.)
• Pilot Grove, qualifying at Missouri S&T Spring Tournament.
• Priory, qualifying at Spirit of St. Louis Warm-up. (Also qualified at WUHSAC XII.)
• Richland, qualifying at Bear Bowl I.
• St. Louis University High, qualifying at Villa Duchesne Invitational.
• Savannah, qualifying at Liberty Scholar Bowl Invitational Tournament. (Also qualified at Missouri State Fall Academic Tournament, Missouri S&T Fall Tournament, and Villa Duchesne Invitational.)
• Smithville, qualifying at Liberty Scholar Bowl Invitational Tournament.
• Villa Duchesne, qualifying at WUHSAC XII.

HSAPQ National All-Star Academic Tournament

The Missouri Quizbowl Alliance is pleased to announce that it will sponsor the Missouri team at the High School Academic Pyramid Questions National All-Star Academic Tournament.

The first annual HSAPQ NASAT will be held on the campus of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee on June 12-13, 2010, and will draw statewide all-star teams from all across the country. MOQBA will organize the Missouri team and support it with coaching and travel assistance. The Missouri team at NASAT will be ably coached by Paul Nelson.