The International Olympiad in Informatics is a competition that brings together participants from different countries of the world. These participants should have a proven, outstanding ability to solve problems by writing appropriate computer programs.

Participating countries select their best young programmers (maximum four) to present them at the IOI. Each team is accompanied by two team leaders.

Every year a different country hosts the competition – usually over a period of seven or more days. Only two days are devoted to the competition itself, the other days are spent exploring the host country and becoming acquainted with each other.

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A TYPICAL IOI PROGRAMME :

Sunday	: Day of arrival
Monday	: Opening Ceremony
Tuesday	: First day of the competition
Wednesday	: Excursion
Thursday	: Second day of the competition
Friday	: Excursion
Saturday	: Award Ceremony and Banquet
Sunday	: Day of departure

The six medal winners from the Third Round of the Computer Olympiad are invited to training camps to prepare them for the IOI.  Four of the six are eventually selected to represent South Africa at the IOI in the year after they are medal winners.

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