[2] The PCA is the official sanctioned national federation recognized by the International Cheer Union (ICU), the world governing body for the sport of cheerleading.
In 2011, the divisions were expanded more to eight, and the National Dance Championship was inaugurated with 23 teams participating.
The NCC Cheerleading Competition held every mid-to-late March, since some schools are off-season, some schools can't compete at the National Finals due to conflicting schedules (such as schools competing at NCAA Cheerleading Competition), as well as a short time for teams to prepare for ICU Worlds in April (in case of National University in 2015 ICU worlds but managed to compete at NCC Finals and ICU World Finals that year.)
Here are the list of Regional Qualifiers for NCC National Finals as of 2018-2019 Season: Here are the list of winners in each seasons since inaugural year in 2006, noted as more teams competed starting 2006 and broaden the competition in 2019.
Level In Season 13 (2017) edition started the Poms Division and further expanded in 2018.