Development
The non-profit organisation HANDS on TECHNOLOGY has been organising FIRST® LEGO® League since 2001
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Development of participants since 2001
| Year | Teams | Regions/Countries | Participants in total | Girls (share) | Boys (share) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.105 | 81 (A, CH, CZ, D, H, PL, SK) | 7.708 | 19 % | 81 % |
| 2018 | 1.096 | 77 (A, CH, CZ, D, H, PL, SK) | 7.614 | 18 % | 82 % |
| 2017 | 1.022 | 72 (A, CH, CZ, D, H, PL, SK) | 7.038 | 17 % | 83 % |
| 2016 | 955 | 67 (A, CH, CZ, D, H, PL, SK) | 6.585 | 16 % | 84 % |
| 2015 | 884 | 63 (A, CH, CZ, D, H, PL, SK) | 6.334 | 16 % | 84 % |
| 2014 | 835 | 57 (A, CH, CZ, D, H, PL, SK) | 5.937 | 17 % | 83 % |
| 2013 | 811 | 57 (A, BG, CH, CZ, D, H PL, SK) | 6.112 | 20 % | 80 % |
| 2012 | 846 | 54 (A, BG, CH, CZ, D, H PL, SK) | 5.578 | 21 % | 79 % |
| 2011 | 813 | 55 (A, BG, CH, CZ, D, H PL, SK) | 5.979 | 19 % | 81 % |
| 2010 | 740 | 52 (A, CH, CZ, D, H, PL, SK) | 5.380 | 17 % | 83 % |
| 2009 | 668 | 42 (A, CH, CZ, D, H, PL, SK) | 4.858 | 18 % | 82 % |
| 2008 | 614 | 42 (A, CH, CZ, D, H, PL, SK) | 4.490 | 22 % | 78 % |
| 2007 | 460 | 32 (A, CH, CZ, D, H, PL) | 3.220 | 20 % | 80 % |
| 2006 | 359 | 26 (A, CH, CZ, D, H) | 2.658 | 20 % | 80 % |
| 2005 | 281 | 21 (A, CH, D, H) | 2.127 | 19 % | 81 % |
| 2004 | 171 | 12 (A, CH, D) | 1.259 | 19 % | 81 % |
| 2003 | 104 | 8 (A, D) | 588 | 12 % | 88 % |
| 2002 | 39 | 6 (D) | 278 | 15 % | 85 % |
| 2001 | 16 | pilot tournament (D) | 78 | 35 % | 65 % |
Development of teams
FIRST® LEGO® League worldwide – international developement
Since 1998 FIRST® LEGO® League has been established all over the world for children and youngsters. FIRST® LEGO® League is a cooperational project of LEGO® Company and the foundation FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) started in 1998 in the USA. Dean Kamen the founder of FIRST® and initiator of FIRST® LEGO® League in the USA outlines the establishment of the program as follows: “We have to show our children that it can be more interesting to create a robot than just to play with it.”
Within the over 20 years of the existance of FIRST® LEGO® League the challenge could be established in 100 countries and was organized with more than 38.000 teams in 2018. The non-profit organization HANDS on TECHNOLOGY e.V. is one of the many partners in the world wide FIRST® LEGO® League Community and is running the educational program in several countries in Central Europe.