2025 – 2026 ICPC NCNA Contest Registration Information

The International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) is an algorithmic programming contest for college students. Teams of three, representing their university, work to solve the most real-world problems, fostering collaboration, creativity, innovation, and the ability to perform under pressure. Through training and competition, teams challenge each other to raise the bar on the possible. Quite simply, it is the oldest, largest, and most prestigious programming contest in the world. More about ICPC.

The ICPC North Central North America region is welcoming teams from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Western Ontario, Manitoba, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and UP of Michigan to participate in the 2025 regional contest. The finalists from the regional contest move on to the North America Championship (NAC). The best performing teams from the North American Championship then move on to the World Finals for bragging rights and scholarships.

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Important Dates

• Contest Date: Saturday, November 08, 2025
• Registration ends on Nov 02, 2025
• Coaches please contact the RCD directly if you want to add a team after that date.

Contest Day Schedule

Schedule: Link

Practice Contest Link: (tentative) https://ncna25.kattis.com/contests/ncna25practice 

Actual Contest Link and scoreboard: (tentative) https://ncna25.kattis.com/contests/ncna25 

Live broadcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POWOqbb04Cw 

How to get Started

• Form a Team: You will need three full-time students.
• Find a Coach: A faculty or staff member can be a coach. They will register you for the competition.
• Practice.
• Compete!

How to register a team for the contest

1. Verify Eligibility

• Verify the eligibility of each student in the contest. Please refer to the ICPC Team Composition Rules for complete eligibility requirements.
• Eligibility flowchart that applies to everyone in the world: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XPuELBOzLNYtjlzGZXKOQTr2Q0SI85dx/view
• Identify a faculty sponsor who will certify the proper composition of the team.
• Identify a team coach who will accompany the team to the contest site. The coach and faculty sponsor may be the same person.

2. Register your teams at the ICPC.GLOBAL site

• If the coach does not already have an ICPC account, the coach must create it HERE
• The coach can then use this site to register their team (CLICK HERE)
  • Note that there is a REGISTER button near the left-bottom side of the page.
  • You will need to choose a site to attend the contest. There are currently 12 sites.
• Please enter correct details about your team.
• The coach can register multiple teams.

3. Pay the Registration Fees

• $125 for the first team from your university
• $100 for each additional team
• Host sites that accommodate at least seven teams will have fees waived for up to two host teams
• After you register, the RCD will send you an invoice for all the teams that you have registered. We are using QuickBooks for invoicing and payment. Payment options include checks (must have a US 9-digit routing number), card, and bank transfer.
• Please pay for the teams before the start of the contest to complete the registration process.

If you have any questions about this process, please Contact Us with your questions! 

Prior Year (2024-25) Contest Summary

Below four teams from the NCNA regions advanced to the North American Championship (NAC)!!

#1 Team – Gryffindor (University of Wisconsin)

#2 Team – UnivOfMN_1 (University of Minnesota – Twin cities)

#3 Team – 69c024fb4d029863b32a88b898235fd71f0f78f4 (Iowa State University)

#4 Team – Defenders’);DROP TABLE Contestants; (Dordt College)

Find the complete listing here