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General Rules

1. A representative of the sponsoring institution of higher education, typically a faculty member, must serve as or designate the team coach. The coach certifies the eligibility of contestants and serves as the official point-of-contact with the team prior to and during contest activities. A team may only have one coach.
2. The coach must fully register teams in the ICPC Registration System within the time set by the regional rules which, for all Regional contests, is no later than 7 days before the contest. A team is not eligible to compete in the regional contest until the regional contest director has accepted the team in the web registration system. Teams failing to comply with any of these requirements will be ruled ineligible to compete. Only registered reserves may be substituted for contestants. Such substitutions must be entered in the ICPC registration system by the regional contest director before the contest begins.
3. Each team consists of three contestants. Each contestant must be a student enrolled in a degree program at the sponsoring institution with at least a half-time load. This rule is not to be construed as disqualifying co-op students, exchange students, or students serving internships. A student may compete for only one institution during a contest year.
4. A student may compete in at most of five regional contests commencing with the first regional contest held after the student begins post-secondary studies at an institution of higher education. A student who has competed in two World Finals is no longer eligible to compete.
5. A student who meets the Basic Requirements and FIRST began post-secondary studies in 2004 or later is eligible to compete.
6. A student who meets the Basic Requirements and was born in 1985 or later is eligible to compete.
7. A coach may request an extension of eligibility for a student whose full-time studies have been interrupted or extended provided that the coach can demonstrate that such an extension would not provide an unfair advantage to the team. To make such a request, the coach must petition the ICPC Eligibility Committee through the ICPC on-line registration system at least three weeks before the regional contest. The ICPC Eligibility Committee will render a decision within five business days.
8. In addition to the general rules, a team must meet the 2008 regional contest eligibility requirements to be able to compete in the regional contest.

Regional Rules
These rules are written in U.S. English. Teams such as “baccalaureate degree” have different meanings in different countries. Team composition rules may vary at each contest site to accommodate these differences. The Steering Committee at each site will interpret such differences.

1. The Coach will be the team representative and point of contact during Regional Contest activities. The Coach may appoint “associate coaches” for the team.
2. A team is not eligible to compete in the Regional Contest until the Registration Chair of the contest site has received all materials that certify eligibility from the coach.
3. Registration will be done on a first-come-first-served basis. In order to obtain a contest roster (which represents as many different universities/ colleges as possible), universities/colleges registering a second team will be informed of its status (entered or has not been accepted) within two weeks after the registration deadline.
4. Contestants are NOT required to be student members of ACM in order to be eligible to compete in a regional contest. Note, however, that all World Finals contestants are required to be student members of ACM one month before the World Finals.
5. Each University or colleges in Asia can organize teams to participate in the contests at any site or multiple sites. However, a contestant can participate, at most, in two (2) Asian contest sites during a contest year.
6. For other rules and regulation, please http://icpc.baylor.edu/icpc/