Alternate Substitution

Substitution

Substitution

Playoff Tournament rules (other than events using 4-team alliances, such as the FIRST Championship) stipulate that if any member of an alliance becomes unable or unwilling to continue playing through the tournament, they can be replaced by the next highest-ranking team not selected during Alliance Selection. To add a backup team to an alliance:

(1) Type the new team number (incoming) into the "Backup" column on the corresponding alliance

  • The incoming team should be the next team number on the list inside the blue box, as they would be the highest ranked unselected team. The only exception is if a team declines to be a backup, which they must have done before the Playoff tournament began.

(2) Click the radio button next to (right of) the outgoing team (being replaced)

(3) Click the Save button to initiate the swap. This will add the incoming team into the schedule in place of the outgoing team for all matches which have not yet been played.

  • A confirmation dialog (shown on the right) will be presented and should be used to confirm the proper team numbers for incoming/outgoing.

Un-doing Substitution

If a substitution is made by accident, it can be undone. Though it is possible to undo, it can add confusion to field staff and audience members, and scorekeepers should be double checking before entering substitute robots in the first place. To undo a substitution, click the red "X" next to the backup robot, as shown below with the green arrow. The software will confirm that you want to undo the backup robot, and at official FIRST events, require a password from event support before completing the process.

A backup robot cannot be removed once it has played in a match.