Team Selection Rules, 2016 Asia Tsukuba Regional Contest

Team selection rules are laid down as follows by the ICPC Board of Japan.

Prerequisite

The team must have participated in the Japan National Online First-round Contest held on June 24th, 2016.

Step 1

The following procedures are performed for all teams in descending order of their scores. Let A be the team of interest.

  1. If the total number of teams selected so far is less than 5,
    A is selected as a participant in the Asia Tsukuba Regional On-Site Contest, if less than 4 teams have already been selected from the same university/college.
  2. If the total number of teams selected so far is less than 10,
    A is selected as a participant in the Asia Tsukuba Regional On-Site Contest, if less than 3 teams have already been selected from the same university/college.
  3. If the total number of teams selected so far is less than 20,
    A is selected as a participant in the Asia Tsukuba Regional On-Site Contest, if less than 2 teams have already been selected from the same university/college.
  4. If the total number of teams selected so far is less than 33,
    A is selected as a participant in the Asia Tsukuba Regional On-Site Contest, if no team has already been selected from the same university/college.

Step 2 (Ikebe Memorial Award†)

After Step 1, the following procedures are performed for all teams in descending order
of their scores. Let A be the team of interest.

If the number of selected teams is less than 36,
A is selected as a participant in the Asia Tsukuba Regional On-Site Contest if all of the following conditions are satisfied.

  • No team has already been selected from the same university/college since 2013.
  • No team has already been selected from the same university/college through Step 1.
  • A has solved at least same number of problems as the last team selected by Step 1.
  • No other team from the same university/college has been selected through this step.

Step 3

If the number of selected teams is less than 38 after Step 2, the remaining participants will be selected by the Asia Tsukuba Regional Contest Organizing Committee.

Withdrawal

If a selected team withdraws, an additional team is selected through Step 3.

Exceptions

The Asia Tsukuba Regional Contest Organizing Committee adjudicates unforeseen events.

†The Ikebe Memorial Award is supported by the late Prof. Yasuhiko Ikebe Endowment Fund to promote Japanese universities that have not advanced to the Asia Regional Japan On-Site Contest recently and to increase the number of participating universities. This award is planned to last for 5 years from 2013.