International Academic Competitions held its fifth annual International History Bee and Bowl and International Geography Bee Asian Championships on 15-17 June, 2018 at the JW Marriott Khao Lak Resort and Spa in Khao Lak, Thailand. Thank you to the over 200 students from throughout Asia who came and competed with a record-tying turnout of 52 teams in the History Bowl and 137 students in the History Bee! Thanks as well to all the coaches, teachers, parents for making their participation possible! An album of photos from the tournament is available on the IHBB Facebook page here. For further questions on our Asian Championships, please email nolwenn@historbowl.com
Thanks for all your support throughout the 2017-2018 competition season, best of luck to the graduating seniors, and we look forward to seeing everyone else in the 2018-2019 for another year of the International History Bee and Bowl.
And best of luck to everyone competing at the 2018 International History Olympiad and 2018 International Geography Bee World Championships next month in Berlin!
Full results for all events are available below. The first set of links are to Google Sheets with results; champions are shaded in gold, second place finishers in silver, and third place finishers in bronze.
1. 2018 Academic Bowl of Asia
Champions:
Varsity – Team Itihasa, Singapore
Junior Varsity – Tsinghua International School, Beijing, China
Middle School – NPS International School, Singapore
2. 2018 Sports and Entertainment History Bee at the Asian Championships
Champions:
Varsity – Sasid Sriwattana, Ruamrudee International School, Bangkok, Thailand
Junior Varsity – Jun Hyuk Lee, Seoul International School, Seoul, South Korea
Middle School – Thierry De’eb, Creative Secondary School, Hong Kong
Adult – Jon Barnes, Creative Secondary School, Hong Kong
3. 2018 International Geography Bee – Asian Championships
Champions:
Varsity – Seonoo Kim, Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies, South Korea
Junior Varsity – Anshul Jingan, NPS International School, Singapore
Middle School – Manan Bulani, NPS International School, Singapore
4. 2018 International History Bee – Asian Championships
Champions:
Varsity – Vijay Siddharth, NPS International School, Singapore
Junior Varsity – Frank Lin, Shanghai High School International Division, Shanghai, China
Middle School – Calvin Pan, Shanghai High School International Division, Shanghai, China
5. 2018 International History Bowl – Asian Championships
Champions:
Varsity – Shanghai High School International Division A, Shanghai, China
Junior Varsity – Tsinghua International School, Beijing, China
Middle School – Shanghai High School International Division C, Shanghai, China