History

South Pacific teams have won the World Final of the ACM International Programming Contest on 2 occasions since we first entered a team in 1989.
 
 

Year and venue	Institution	Team
1990, Washington, D.C.	University of Otago	John Gee  Craig McNaughton  Paul Sharp Bruce Warrington
1992, Kansas City, Missouri	University of Melbourne	Andrew Conway  Craig Dillon  Stephen Simmons

Click on World Finals Winners to see a list of all previous winners of the contest.

Full list of teams from the region who have featured on the contest leader board:
 

Year and venue	Institution	Place
2007, Tokyo, Japan	University of Auckland	11th place (bronze medal)
2004, Prague, Czech Republic	University of New South Wales	15th equal
2003, Beverly Hills, California	University of New South Wales	21st equal
2002, Honolulu, Hawaii	University of New South Wales	11th equal
2001, Vancouver, Canada	University of New South Wales	Silver medal (11th equal)
2001, Vancouver, Canada	University of Sydney	Bronze medal (14th equal)
2000, Orlando, Florida	University of Melbourne	Gold medal (2nd equal)
1999, Eindhoven, Netherlands	University of Otago	11th equal
1998, Atlanta, Georgia	University of Melbourne	6th
1997, San Jose, California	University of Queensland (Ben Burton on the right)	2nd equal
1996, Philadelphia	University of Queensland (Ben Burton in the middle)	6th
1996, Philadelphia	University of Auckland	7th equal
1995, Nashville, Tennessee	University of Melbourne	7th equal
1994, Phoenix, Arizona	University of Otago	2nd
1993,  Indianapolis, Indiana	University of Otago	5th
1992, Kansas City, Missouri	University of Melbourne	Winners
1991, San Antonio, Texas	Victoria University of Wellington	4th
1990, Washington, D.C.	University of Otago	Winners
1989  Louisville, Kentucky	Combined New Zealand Team (Auckland/Otago)	10th equal

NOTE  This list is not yet complete.  If any one has documented evidence of other high placings by South Pacific teams, please email me.   The ACM pages do not have full results for other contests!

South Pacific Regional contests have been running since 1991.  The links below give what results are available.  If anyone has more details, please email me.
 

Year	World Finals	South Pacific Results
2006/2007	Results from Tokyo	2006 Results, Report, Problems
2005/2006	Results from San Antonio	2005 Results, Report, Problems
2004/2005	Results from Shanghai	2004 Results, Report, Problems
2003/2004	Results from Prague	2003 Results, Report, Problems
2002/2003	Results from California	2002 Results, Report, Problems
2001/2002	Results from Hawaii	2001 Results, Report, Problems
2000/2001	Results from Vancouver	2000 Results, Report, Problems
1999/2000	Results from Orlando	1999 Results, Report, Problems
1998/1999	Results from Eindhoven	1998 Results
1997/1998	Atlanta, Georgia	1997 Results
1996/1997	San Jose, California	1996 results are not available
1995/1996	Philadelphia	1995 Results
1994/1995	Nashville	1994 Results
1993/1994	Phoenix	1993 Results
1992/1993	Indianapolis	1992 Results
1991/1992	Kansas City	1991 Results

Other Links:
Other information about South Pacific teams may be found on:
University of Otago
 

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