The NWERC 2024 has concluded. Congratulations to the champion, Kindergarten Timelimit, from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

The following teams have qualified for the ICPC World Finals 2025:

1. Kindergarten Timelimit (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
2. Segfault go BRRRR (Delft University of Technology)
3. Seems to be O(k!) (Hasso Plattner Institute)

Additionally, the following teams have qualified for the Europe Championship 2025 in Porto:

1. Kindergarten Timelimit (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
2. Segfault go BRRRR (Delft University of Technology)
3. Seems to be O(k!) (Hasso Plattner Institute)
4. Pizza Driven Development (Aarhus University)
5. placeholder (University of Oxford)
6. Oecher (RWTH Aachen University)
7. Bubblegum Bitset (University of Tartu)
8. Friday Volleyball (University of Amsterdam)
9. TriTUMvirate (Technische Universität München)
10. Team Biem (Utrecht University)
11. Unity (University of Cambridge)
12. 🥶 (Chalmers University of Technology)
13. addicted (òvó) (Saarland University)

We apologize for mistakenly announcing during the Award Ceremony that team Test2 (Oxford) had qualified for the EUC. Due to the rule that only one team per institution can advance, the team addicted (òvó) from Saarland University has qualified instead.

There will be an online spectator contest again this year. The main contest will start at 10:30 CET on Sunday (November 24th, 2024). This is half an hour later than the start of the real contest. The test session on Saturday will also be available on the online spectator website.

You can register at https://spectator.nwerc.eu/ once the website is live, this will probably be on Friday.

The 2024 ICPC Northwestern Europe Regional Contest will take place this weekend, and we hope that you and your team are prepared for this great event. Please check the pages for the latest system information and the schedule.

We want to remind you of the following:

• The contest machines will be desktops. We do not allow you to replace the keyboard or mouse.
• During the contest, you are only allowed to use your Team Reference Document (TRD) as reference material. You may bring three identical copies of the document per team, clearly marked with the university and team name. For specifications on the TRD, please check the online booklet. Your TRD should be handed in at registration. It is not possible to print the TRD at the contest site.
• This year there will be no water bottle in the goody bag. We advise you to bring your own refillable water bottle. The water bottles can be filled at all water taps. The water from Dutch water taps can be drunk safely.
• We will not be providing perishable cups this year. You will receive a mug in your goody bag to use during the weekend. If you wish, you can also bring your own travel mug.
• Please be sure to bring everything you want to use during the contest, including mascots and snacks, on Saturday to the test session. You are not allowed to bring anything on Sunday, except unmodified liquid containers.

The program booklet will be online this year. It contains a lot of useful information about the contest and the companies making this contest possible. You can read the booklet here.