The International Cybersecurity Challenge is a cybersecurity competition created in 2022 and organised by a global steering committee composed of members coming from Europe (European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)), Asia (Code Blue, Div0, BoB, Bitscore), USA (Katzcy);, Canada (Cyber*Sci), Oceania (The University of Queensland), Africa (afriCC), and Latin America (ICC Latino America) for people up to the age of 25. The challenges include web and system exploitations, cryptography, reverse engineering, hardware, proposed in a jeopardy or attack-defense CTF format.
Events
2022
The 2022 event was held in Athens, Greece between 14 and 17 June. There were 7 teams which represented 64 countries, and was won by Team Europe.
Results
Pos Team Final Score 1 Team Europe 12961 2 Team Asia 10724 3 Team USA 7765 4 Team Oceania 7447 5 Team Canada 3643 6 Team Latin America 1722 7 Team Africa 981
2023 The 2023 challenge was held in San Diego, California between 1 and 4 August. It was part of the International Cybersecurity Championship & Conference (IC3). The competition had 7 teams representing a region: Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Oceania, and the United States. 65 countries in total were represented. Team Europe won again, Team Oceania came second Team Asia third.
Results
Pos Team Final Score Day 1 - Jeopardy CTF Day 2 - A/D CTF & KOTH KOTH 1 Team Europe 15189.14 7670 51340.89 718 2 Team Oceania 13608.86 6497 48559.98 705 3 Team Asia 13032.00 5362 52370.95 372 4 Team USA 11438.10 5431 41016.64 709 5 Team Canada 9229.19 4024 35541.16 904 6 Team Latin America 4687.84 1906 18994.50 275 7 Team Africa 4012.86 2222 12228.01 237
2024 The 2024 challenge was held from 28 October to 1 November in Santiago, Chile. The competition featured participants from 48 countries from the regions of Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Oceania and United States.
Results
Pos Team Overall Jeopardy Attack & Defence 1 Team Europe 30392 15196 6555 2 Team Asia 22270 12160 4421 3 Team Oceania 17350 5024 5351 4 Team USA15909 7700 3623 5 Team Canada52723328994 6 Team Latin America32801624873 7 Team Africa200100220
2025 The 2025 challenge was held between 11 and 14 November in Chiba, Japan. The competition featured participants from over 80 countries from the regions of Africa, Asia, ASEAN, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Oceania and United States;.
Results
Pos Team Overall Jeopardy Attack & Defence 1 Team Europe 12956 6478 673409 2 Team Asia 9801 5036 544531 3 Team USA 8970 4914 491157 4 Team Oceania 7846 3850 486655 5 Team Canada 5853 3242 382401 6 Team ASEAN 5789 2900 403370 7 Team Latin America 5227 2083 422521 8 Team Africa 4256 2173 342681
2026
The 2026 International Cybersecurity Challenge was held between 18 and 21 May 2026 at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The competition is organised by the University of Queensland Cyber Research Centre (UQ Cyber) and featured participants from over 65 countries from the regions of Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Oceania and United States. Team Europe won the overall challenge for a fifth consecutive time, with Team USA winning the Jeopardy CTF, and Team Europe winning the overall Attack & Defense. This was also the closest competition to date, with Team Europe edging out Team USA by a mere 220 total points
Results
Pos Team Overall Jeopardy Attack & Defense 1 Team Europe 10417 4767 94890 2 Team USA 10197 5650 78069 3 Team Oceania 6221 2644 63275 4 Team Asia 6137 4105 39700 5 Team Canada 5198 2296 52981 6 LAC Cyber Team 1968 686 28272 7 AFRICC 1056 528 16764
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