The Championship
How It Works
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Maths Championship
The premier online Maths Championship for schools in the Middle East and North Africa. With participation from over 130 schools across 10 countries last year, this competition unfolds across four distinct stages, including team-based School Leagues and subsequent Individual stages. Each stage is designed to not only enhance mathematical skills but also to ignite passion and deepen engagement with the subject.
Join us as schools and students embark on a journey of mathematical discovery, competing to elevate their skills and emerge victorious in the challenge ME Maths Championship 2026 - 2027.
Select Your Stage
School Leagues
The school leagues feature a virtual 5 week interschool competition with quests on our digital platform. It starts with a 1 week practice period followed by 4 weeks of competition.
Invitationals
Stage 2 Invitationals offer top-performing students from the School Leagues a chance to showcase their skills at an advanced level.
Semi - Finals
A face-to-face immersive maths experience in Dubai for top-performing students. Featuring team-based challenges, School League awards, keynote talks from world-class mathematicians and the Stage 3 Quest to select the very best for the Finals.
Finals
The top 100 students in each year group head to Dubai for a multi-stage testing showdown, competing across a series of rigorous challenges and battling to be crowned MENA’s top mathematician and year-group Champion.
Four-Stage Championship
School Leagues
The Contenders
September 14th - 22nd October (Bands 1 - 5)
Hosted by schools on the online challenge ME platform
Invitationals
The Trailblazers
23rd November (Bands 1 - 3)
24th November (Bands 4 - 5)
Hosted by schools on the online challenge ME platform
Semi-Finals
The Legends
Dates TBC (Term 2)
Hosted by challenge ME @ Swiss International Scientific School Dubai
Finals
The Champions
Dates TBC (Term 3)
Hosted by challenge ME @ Swiss International Scientific School Dubai
Guaranteed Student Entry
Exclusive guaranteed placements rewarding top performing students from every school and country.
Top 5
Students per year/grade group per school
Guaranteed entry to Invitational Stage
Top 2
Students per year/grade group per school
Guaranteed entry to Semi-Final Stage
Top 100
Students per year/grade across all schools
No guaranteed entries for the Final (Top 100 qualify)
Mathematics Involved
Quests sit at the core of the challenge ME Maths Championship. Duration and level of difficulty of Quests will increase as students progress through the stages of the Championship. They will consist of a series of short questions which require creativity, logical thinking and challenge students to look at problems from a different perspective.
In keeping with our values of inclusivity, Quests within the School Leagues will include a few more accessible questions. For the subsequent stages all questions will be suitable only for more advanced Mathematicians. Scoring is explained via the Championship Handbook.
For the Finals additional components will sit alongside the Quests to extend and diversify the field of competition. More details to follow for those who reach this stage of the Championship.