Teams
The FIRST Robotics Competition is most prominent in the United States, where FIRST was originally founded, though teams from Canada have been disproportionately successful. FIRST urges teams and sponsors to expand the reach of FRC by helping start new FIRST teams. International expansion has been most successful in North America where there are over 1,200 teams in the United States and over 70 in Canada (mostly in Ontario and Quebec). Although teams from British Columbia have competed in the past, the only Canadian teams west of Ontario remaining are 4334 (an Einstein participant and Archimedes champion in 2012) and 1482 from Calgary, Alberta. FIRST Robotics has recently reached Mexico, where 12 teams have been founded since 2007. There is a significant contingent of around 50 FRC teams in Brazil and Israel. Both countries have hosted regional competitions in the past; Israel continues to host one yearly, guaranteeing at least three Israeli or European teams in the Championship.
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