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.

Half Quals: 0
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.


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

Full Quals: 0
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