General

The Battle O' Baltimore is Maryland's first team hosted off season event. The Battle is sponsored by the FIRST Baltimore Area Alliance (FirstBAA), an alliance of teams across the Baltimore area. These teams have united to share resources such as finances, knowledge, and valuable mentors.

Our information packet is available for download here in Adobe PDF format: Battle O' Baltimore Information Packet. (Updated - 06/22/10)

Awards

The 2010 Battle O' Baltimore awards have been released! Please click here for a complete list.

Rule Changes

Purple balls – Two purple soccer balls will replace two of the normal soccer balls.  These purple soccer balls are worth two points each when scored.  Each alliance will start with one purple ball.  The purple balls will start in the center zone of each alliance.

DOGMA – The automated DOGMA system will not be used.  Teams are asked to return balls to the field as fast as possible.  The head referee will issue penalties and Yellow Cards to teams that appear to be purposefully slowing down the ball return process, nominally ten seconds. 

Ranking score – Teams will be ranked in the qualifying rounds by ranking points (2 ranking points for a win, 1 ranking point for a tie and 0 ranking points for a loss).  Teams with identical ranking points will be sorted by the total penalized score of their qualifying matches.

2008 Award Winner Listing