Tonight, we will announce the results of MEMO 2026 and award gold, silver and bronze medals. But before the winners are revealed, we would like to introduce and thank the many people who have helped make this week possible. Our sincere thanks go to the organiser,...
Welcome to the 20th Middle European Mathematical Olympiad 2026!
Celje, SlovenijaSource: archive MOC
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Tonight, We Celebrate the Results
Contestants Tried Their Hand at Robotics and Film Effects
Thursday was also a day of hands-on workshops. The contestants were able to choose the workshop that interested them most. Some tested their manual skills by creating their first ceramic mosaic, while others made their own face cream and lip balm. Another group...
A Journey 160 Metres Underground
Our contestants stepped into the shoes of real miners at the Slovenian Coal Mining Museum in Velenje. Wearing mining jackets and helmets, they explored the fascinating world beneath the surface. They walked through the mine tunnels, discovered how coal was extracted...
Competition Solutions Are Being Evaluated
Today, the contestants put on miners’ clothing and helmets and, equipped with a traditional miner’s lunch, set off to explore the Coal Mining Museum of Slovenia in Velenje. Meanwhile, back at School Centre Celje, the judging of both the individual and team competition...
The Competition is Over!
Today, the contestants took part in the team competition, officially bringing the competitive part of MEMO 2026 to a close. Afterwards, they enjoyed a relaxed afternoon exploring Celje and taking part in various leisure activities, including a marble run challenge. We...
An Afternoon to Relax and Recharge
After a demanding morning of competition, we prepared a variety of activities to help the contestants relax and recharge. Some got moving with sports activities, others tested their skills in a marble run challenge, visited the Celje Regional Museum, the second-oldest...
About MEMO
The 20th MEMO will be held in Celje, Slovenia, from 23th to 29th August 2026.
The Middle European Mathematical Olympiad (MEMO) is the continuation of Austrian-Polish Mathematical Competition (APMC), held 29 times from 1978 to 2006. Now ten countries participate in the MEMO: Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland.
Similar to the IMO, each country participates with at most six students and two team leaders. At a meeting of representatives of MEMO countries held in 2006 during the IMO it was pointed out that one of the goals of the new competition was to enable a larger number of students to gain experience in international competitions. Therefore, the teams participating in the MEMO are typically disjoint from the IMO teams. Also, in order for MEMO to help younger students prepare for some future International Mathematical Olympiad, students in their senior year are not eligible to be in the MEMO team.
The most important part of the MEMO are the individual and team competition, each lasting five hours. The problems are of the “olympic” type, typically divided into four areas: algebra, combinatorics, geometry and number theory. At the individual competition the students solve one problem from each area. The team competition test consists of eight problems, two from each area (although at the first two MEMOs the team competition also had only four problems). In the team competition the students solve the problems together, which gives the competition a very special atmosphere. The team part of the competition existed also at the APMC, but it is otherwise a rarity in mathematical competitions.
The whole program lasts for one week. Besides the individual and team competition, it contains excursions, entertainment and sports activities.
About a hundred participants are expected, including 60 contestants and 20 team leaders and deputies. The main organiser of the 20th MEMO is The Society of Mathematicians, Physicists and Astronomers of Slovenia.