Official NAQT Events are those that use NAQT questions and adhere to its national standards concerning gameplay, eligibility, and the reporting of statistics. Both collegiate and high school events may be designated official events.
In order for a tournament to qualify as an Official Event, it must satisfy the following criteria:
Eligibility. The tournament must use either the Collegiate Eligibility Rules or the High School Eligibility Rules without exception.
Rules. The tournament must use NAQT Rules. The only rule that need not be followed is that the tournament need not be timed if sufficient clocks are not available. If the tournament is not timed, two halves of 10 questions each will be used.
Statistics. Hosts must submit full statistics for the competing teams and players when reporting the results.
In addition, the tournament must fulfill all of the requirements of an Unofficial Event:
Questions. The tournament must be run entirely on questions provided by NAQT without alteration or omission except when necessary to correct grammatical, factual, or other errors. All such errors must be promptly reported to NAQT.
Contacts. The host must submit full contact information for each team in attendance no later than three days after the start of the event.
Results. The host must submit full results within seven days of the end of the tournament
NAQT Conference, State, Sectional, National, Intercollegiate, and International Events are all Official Events. Some state tournaments use NAQT questions but are not "NAQT State Tournaments" and do not, therefore, qualify as official events.
The top 15% of the field at an Unofficial high school event will qualify for the High School National Championship Tournament. At the college level, all qualification for the Intercollegiate Championship Tournament is done through (Official) Sectional Championship Tournaments.
Tournaments that do not qualify as Official Events may still qualify as Unofficial events or as NAQT-Style events.
Questions regarding the status of an event or this policy in general should be directed to naqt@naqt.com.