State Qualification Chart

Here is the chart of the number of participants it takes to qualify speakers to the NYSFL Championship.

At a regular tournament There must be at least 2 schools and 3 speakers in a category in order to have a half qual available.

Number of Speakers:

Speakers		Number of Quals.
3	5	1 half qual
6	10	2 half quals
11	15	3 half quals
16	20	4 half quals
21	25	5 half quals
26	30	6 half quals
31	∞	one half qual for every 10 speakers

After 30, the ratio changes to one half qual for every 10 speakers.

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At the NYSFL-sponsored Regional Qualifier, up to 8 full qualifiers are awarded to speakers. The ratio is as follows:

Number of Speakers:

Speakers		Number of Quals.
1	3	1 full qual
4	6	2 full quals
7	10	3 full quals
11	14	4 full quals
15	20	5 full quals
21	25	6 full quals
26	30	7 full quals
31	∞	one full qual for every 10 speakers