Season 2018

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Season 2018Energy Impact

Awards

FIRST Global Winning Alliance AwardAwarded to the three teams in the winning alliance in the final match

Romania, Singapore, Germany

FIRST Global Finalist Alliances AwardAwarded to the three-team alliance who placed second in the final match and the winning alliance in the third-place match

Maldives, Iceland, Colombia, Georgia, Qatar

FIRST Global Challenge AwardAwarded to teams that earn the most ranking points (based on win-lose-tie record)

Romania United States of America Singapore

FIRST Global Grand Challenge AwardAwarded to teams that accrue the most cumulative points over the course of the competition

Romania Singapore Republic of Moldova

Zhang Heng Award for Engineering DesignAwarded to teams whose robot exhibits excellent engineering and displays elegance and effectiveness during the Challenge

United States of America Honduras Vietnam

Ustad Ahmad Lahori Award for Innovation in EngineeringAwarded to teams that demonstrate creativity and innovation in building their robot to complete an aspect of the Challenge

Norway Italy Türkiye

Dr. Mae Jemison Award for International UnityAwarded to teams that emulate the best qualities of FIRST Global by breaking down barriers, demonstrating Gracious Professionalism, and building bridges with fellow teams

Tunisia Latvia Israel

Rajaâ Cherkaoui El Moursli Award for Courageous AchievementAwarded to teams that exhibit a “can-do” attitude throughout the Challenge, even under difficult circumstances, or when things do not go as planned

Hope (Refugees) Venezuela Zimbabwe

Sofia Kovalevskaya Award for International JourneyAwarded to teams that documented and shared their FIRST Global experience with the rest of the FIRST Global community

Turkmenistan Algeria Nigeria

Albert Einstein Award for FIRST Global International ExcellenceAwarded to teams whose robots performed the best during the FIRST Global Challenge and exemplified all tenets of the FIRST Global community

Romania Mexico Poland

Clara Barton Award for Helping HandsAwarded to teams who help other teams in a time of need

India People`s Republic of China Guam

Katherine Johnson Award for Engineering DocumentationAwarded to teams that demonstrate the journey they took in building their robot

Germany Albania Peru

International Enthusiasm AwardAwarded to teams who support each other and other teams throughout the Challenge

Netherlands Philippines Malaysia

Walt Disney Award for Imagination and CreativityAwarded to teams that show creative approaches to solving problems. This award was inspired by Walter Elias Disney who believed it was “kind of fun to do the impossible”

South Africa Australia Indonesia

Mansa Musa Award for FundraisingAwarded to teams who demonstrated to FIRST Global that they made a good-faith effort to fundraise

Chile Iceland United States of America India Tunisia Slovenia Trinidad and Tobago Venezuela New Zealand Cameroon

Judges Award - TechnicalDuring the course of the competition, the judging panel may decide a team’s unique efforts, performance or dynamics merit recognition

Slovakia Ireland Sri Lanka

Judges Award - Non-TechnicalDuring the course of the competition, the judging panel may decide a team’s unique efforts, performance or dynamics merit recognition

Nicaragua Guatemala Central African Republic

Safety Award.

Albania Afghanistan Andorra Argentina Australia Barbados Bolivia Belize Brazil Cabo Verde Costa Rica Dominican Republic Egypt Eswatini France Greece Grenada Honduras India Iraq Italy Ireland Israel Jamaica Japan Jordan Republic of Korea Malaysia Mexico Norway New Zealand Netherlands Oman Poland Papua New Guinea Paraguay Qatar Romania Senegal Seychelles Switzerland Trinidad and Tobago Türkiye Uruguay United Arab Emirates Solomon Islands

Highest scoring match

Qualification matches

Playoffs / Round Robin

Highest scoring playoff match

Top ranking

#	Team	Ranking points
1	ROU Romania	16
2	USA United States of America	16
3	SGP Singapore	14
4	MEX Mexico	14
5	MDV Maldives	14
6	RSA South Africa	14
7	GEO Georgia	14
8	CZE Czechia	14
9	MOZ Mozambique	14
10	MDA Republic of Moldova	12

Full ranking