ICPC Uzbekistan Regional Contest 2026: More Than 20 Teams Qualify for the International Stage
2026-11-09 19:30:00 / News of ministry
The team “Attack on Contest: THE LAST ATTACK” (Tashkent University of Information Technologies) took first place, followed by “One Last Plov” (the Tashkent branch of Moscow State University) in second place and “Three Dinosaurs” (New Uzbekistan University) in third place.
More than 20 teams qualified for the Northern Eurasia stage, which will be held in Kazakhstan, where they will compete against leading student teams from across the region.
The awards ceremony was attended by Abdulahad Kuchkarov, Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer of IT Park Uzbekistan and Regional Director of ICPC Uzbekistan, and Bahodir Ahmedov, representing the Ministry of Digital Technologies.
The nine highest-ranking teams received prizes. Members of the first-place team were awarded MacBook Pro laptops, second-place winners received iPad Pro tablets, and third-place winners received iPad Air tablets. Teams placing fourth through ninth were awarded Fitbit devices.
Yandex also presented Yandex Drops earbuds to coaches in recognition of their contribution to the development of competitive programming, as well as to active organizers who regularly support the organization of training camps and competitions.
Uzum established special award categories to recognize outstanding achievements by participants. Based on its own selection criteria, the company recognized three teams:
- “Falcons” (Webster University in Tashkent) – for being among the first teams to successfully solve one of the problems;
- “Cyber” (Cyber University) – for submitting the highest number of solutions for verification;
- “Asteroids” (New Uzbekistan University) – for submitting a successful solution in the final minute of the competition.
Each of these teams received an Uzum voucher worth 5 million soums.
The International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) is one of the world's leading international programming competitions for university students. It provides a platform for young programmers to demonstrate their skills in solving complex algorithmic problems, working with data, and developing efficient solutions. Success requires not only a strong command of programming languages and algorithms but also the ability to work effectively as a team, distribute tasks, and identify optimal solutions under strict time constraints.