Small School National Championship Tournament

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The Small School National Championship Tournament (SSNCT) is NAQT’s annual championship event for small high schools. The tournament is toward the end of each school year and features the top small school quiz bowl teams from across the United States (and beyond).

Teams qualify for the SSNCT by their performance at regular-season tournaments using questions supplied by NAQT.

The 2023 SSNCT was held on April 28–30 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Rosemont, Illinois (near Chicago). The champion of the 77-team Traditional Public Schools Division was Fair Grove R-X School (Fair Grove, Missouri), who also won the Very Small Schools title. The champion of the 55-team Open Division was the A team from BASIS Independent McLean (McLean, Virginia).

The 2024 SSNCT will be Friday–Sunday, April 26–28 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Rosemont, Illinois (near Chicago).

Schools that are too large to attend the SSNCT may be interested in the High School National Championship Tournament (HSNCT), which is open to essentially every school that overlaps grades 9 through 12.

If you have any questions about the SSNCT, please write to ssnct@naqt.com.

Learn More About the 2024 SSNCT

The 2024 Small School National Championship Tournament will take place April 26–28, 2024 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare Chicago in Rosemont, Illinois (near Chicago).

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Results from the 2023 SSNCT

132 teams participated in the 2023 Small School National Championship Tournament at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare Chicago in Rosemont, Illinois (near Chicago).

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Past Champions

NAQT began naming Small School national champions in 2002.

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