FLL Event Schedules and Selection: What to Expect
Preparing for a FIRST LEGO League event involves three parts: completing your FIRST HQ season registration, paying the applicable Texas event fee, and completing your region’s event selection or assignment process.
This guide focuses on event selection: how your team chooses or is assigned an event. Below, you’ll find:
When regional event schedules are expected to be available.
When event selection opens and how the process differs by region.
What your team can do now to prepare.
The table below shows how event selection fits into the overall registration process.
| Registration Part | What It Involves | Helpful Guides |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Complete FIRST HQ season registration | Complete your team’s annual registration requirements through FIRST, including payment of the season fee, required coach requirements, and student roster and consent requirements. |
FIRST HQ Registration Checklist
How to Create an FLL Team |
| 2. Pay the applicable Texas event fee | Pay the fee for participation in your Texas event. This fee is separate from FIRST HQ season registration. Review the latest update for payment availability and deadlines. |
Texas Event Registration & Payment Update
FLL Pricing & Registration |
| 3. Complete regional event selection or assignment | Follow your region’s process to select an event or receive an assignment, then confirm your team’s placement. The process and timing vary by region. |
FLL Event Schedules & Selection Guide
You’re here: Review the schedule and regional selection information below. |
Completing FIRST HQ registration or paying an event fee does not automatically reserve a place at a specific event. Follow your region’s selection or assignment instructions to confirm placement.
FLL Challenge - Founders Edition
| Update | Timing | What Teams Should Do |
|---|---|---|
| Regional event schedules | Expected October 19 | Review dates and locations on the FIRST Texas Events page. Discuss which events your team can attend and identify more than one option in case your first choice fills. |
| East, North & Central event selection |
Opens October 21 12:00 p.m. CT |
Select an event through the FIRST Texas website. Placement is first come, first served, subject to available space. Plan to select promptly when the system opens. |
| Selection system instructions | Before launch | Watch for guidance on accessing the system, selecting an event, and confirming your team’s placement. The system is currently being tested. |
| South & Panhandle event selection | Regional timing to be shared | Watch for emails from your local Regional Program Administrator (RPA) explaining how and when to select an event. These regions will use a different selection process. |
Please note: The October 21 website selection opening applies only to East, North, and Central FLL Challenge teams.
FLL Explore - Founders Edition
FLL Explore event dates and event selection information will be released in November.
We will share festival opportunities and instructions for selecting an event as those details become available. Teams can use this time to continue working on their projects and watch for regional updates.
FLL Future Edition
Texas Future Edition events will be limited. As of October 1, we currently have only one Future Edition event planned, in Temple. Additional opportunities will depend on interest and event planning. Texas will not host a Future Edition regional or state championship.
We are still finalizing the FLL Future Edition event calendar. We expect to follow a similar approach: share the schedule so teams have time to review their options, then open event selection.
Review more information on Future Edition in Texas:
Stay Connected
Please watch your email and regional updates for event selection instructions and any schedule changes.
Visit our FLL Regions page for regional resources and our FLL Registration page for registration and pricing information. You can also sign up for the FIRST Texas newsletter to receive season updates.