Regional tournaments are opportunities for teams to practice before competing in the state tournament. At the current time, all teams are welcome to attend any or all regionals and/or the state tournament.
Regional and Invitational Tournaments
- Date: TBA
- Hosted by ESU#10
- Location: University of Nebraska Kearney, 76 Plaza Boulevard, Kearney NE
- Director: Dianah Steinbrink at dianah.steinbrink@esu10.org
- Website: Coming Late Fall or Early Spring
- Date: TBA
- Hosted by ESU#3
- Location: Millard North High School, Omaha, NE
- Directors: Ashley Holmes, aholmes@esu3.org, and Adam Larson, alarson@esu3.org
- Website: Coming Late Fall or Early Spring
- Date: TBA
- Hosted by ESU#16
- Location: Keith County Fairgrounds, 1000 W 3rd St Ogallala, NE
- Director: Lane Swedberg at lswedberg@esusixteen.org
- More info coming fall of 2025
- Date: TBA
- Hosted by ESU#18
- Location: TBD
- Directors: Coming Soon
Costs
- Science Olympiad Membership Fee: Division B and C Teams will each need to pay the Science Olympiad Membership Fee of $150 before they register for an invitational tournament.
- Exhibition Team Membership Fee: If you are bringing a second B or C team as an exhibition team, they will only need to pay the National Membership Fee of $75.
- Tournament Fees: There may be additional fees for the invitational tournaments. Check with Invitational Directors for more information.
Is it an Invitational or a Regional Tournament?
Our tournaments rules (for tournaments before the state tournament) fall somewhere between Invitational Rules and Regional Rules. Students and coaches in Nebraska treat the tournaments as regionals even though teams to not have to qualify at a regional tournament to attend the state tournament. The director is in full support of calling our pre-state tournaments regional tournaments, especially those run through ESUs of Nebraska. With that said, they may be called Invitationals at times and please know that they are the same thing at this time in the state of Nebraska. We do encourage you to attend as many tournaments as possible, perhaps including some invitationals outside of Nebraska whether virtually or in person.