Official Rules

Promotion Rules

This document defines the rules for promoting teams from the 2025 Latin American Championship to the 2025 World Finals.

Background

The ICPC Latin America Super Region comprises the following six regions:

  • South America / Brazil
  • Caribbean
  • Central America
  • Mexico
  • South America / North
  • South America / South

The 2025 Latin American Championship will be held in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, from March 13 to 16, 2025. Forty-two teams representing the six regions were promoted to this championship.

Promotion to the World Finals

Let “N_WF” be the number of slots allocated to Latin America for the World Finals. Considering the results in the Championship:

  • The champion of each of the six regions receives a slot.
  • The remaining slots are allocated to the NW_F - 6 teams with the best overall performance.

Only one team from a given institution can advance to the World Finals.

Awards
  • The highest-ranked team will be recognized as the ICPC Latin America Champion at the Awards Ceremony and will receive the trophy.
  • Teams finishing in the top four positions will receive Gold Medals. Teams finishing fifth to eighth will receive Silver Medals. Teams finishing ninth to twelfth will receive Bronze Medals.
  • The highest-ranked team from each ICPC Latin America Region will be recognized with the appropriate title: Caribbean Regional Champions, Brazil Champions, Mexico Champions, Central America Champions, South America / South Champions, and South America / North Champions.
Unforeseen Cases

Unforeseen cases in these rules will be resolved by the Latin America Steering Committee, composed of the Regional Contest Directors of the six regions and the Latin America Contest Director.