What happened so far and what is coming up?

During the 1994 congress of the International Geographical Union (IGU) in Prague people from Poland and the Netherlands launched the idea of an International Geography Competition (iGeo) or Olympiad for students between 15 and 19 years of age. The first one was held in 1996 in the Hague, The Netherlands, with five participating countries, the second in 1998 in Lisbon, Portugal, and the third in 2000 in Seoul, South Korea. During the 2002 IGU congress in South Africa the fourth took place in Durban. The fifth in 2004 was in Gdansk, Poland. The sixth was in Brisbane, Australia, in 2006 with 23 participating countries. In 2008 in Carthage, Tunisia, 24 countries participated in the seventh iGeo. The 2010 iGeo was in Taipei with 30 countries. The next will be in 2012 in Cologne, Germany, where we hope to have 40 country teams.

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