Hello
The rules of the ICPC state that the winner of each regional contest qualifies for the world finals , and additional wildcards are given to other "high-ranking" teams.
I am curious to know :under what criteria are wildcards given to a certain region ? Who decides on that , and when ? Does the number of wildcards awarded to a specific regional contest vary from year to year ?
thanks a lot.
Rules for classifying to the world finals (at least for Latin America Region)
Being C the quota for the Region and S the number of Sub Regions (SR).
Only one team by university is allowed.
The team must solve at least one problem in the Regional contest.
The champion of each SR classifies to World Finals.
C-S-2 places are distributed depending on the number of teams in each SR.
The second to last place is for the best team is the regional ranking not classified by other rule.
The last place is for the best team in the regional ranking from a country with no teams already classified.