The 8 th Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (November-December 2012) : . ... Only students did not participated at the IAO-2012 may participate in the APAO-2012 (that is a student may participate in the 17 th IAO or in the 8 th APAO but not in both of these Olympiads). ... National representation quota at APAO-2012 is (up to) 8 students and 2 team leaders (the same number is at the Asian Physics Olympiad): not more than 4 participants for the group Alpha, not more than 4 participants for the group Beta. ...