The 8th Asia Pacific Linguistics Olympiad (APLO 2026) was held simultaneously in 10 countries/regions, on 29 March 2026.

A total of 294 contestants participated in 31 official testing sites. After grading, the top 8 contestants from each delegation were regarded as official participants.

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In addition, 13 countries/regions have participated in APLO 2026 as guests, between 29 March and 12 April 2026: Australia, Bulgaria, Canada Anglophone, Colombia, Czechia, Finland, Hungary, India, Israel, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Slovenia, and Ukraine.

The contestants competed to solve problems on diverse languages, including Ja’a Kumiai, Hiaki, Ngiti, Lulamogi, and Bangime. The problem set was provided in 20 different language versions. Problems and solutions may be found at https://aplo.asia/problems-by-year/.

Among the 80 official participants, 62 medals (7 gold, 20 silver, and 35 bronze) and 18 honourable mentions have been awarded by the International Jury. The cut-off scores are

Gold ≥ 68.0; Silver ≥ 56.0; Bronze 45.0.

The following tables contain the country results and the individual results of APLO 2026.

Country/Region Results

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Country/Region rankings are determined by the average score of each country’s top 8 official participants.

Individual Results

Rank Country/Region Given Name Surname Name in Local Language P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Total Award
8 China Xinyi Hao 郝欣宜 14.5 16.0 11.0 12.3 19.0 72.8 1Gold
15 China Yiming Qiao 乔奕铭 17.5 14.0 15.5 08.5 11.5 67.0 2Silver
27 China Kaifeng Zhu 朱凯风 16.0 17.0 00.0 08.3 15.5 56.8 2Silver
32 China Jiaqi Huan 还佳齐 03.0 16.0 17.5 07.8 11.5 55.8 3Bronze
37 China Guanlin Song 宋冠霖 15.5 19.0 20.0 00.0 00.0 54.5 3Bronze
41 China Jia Qi 祁嘉 08.5 19.0 18.5 05.0 02.0 53.0 3Bronze
49 China Haojia Xu 徐浩嘉 13.0 11.0 15.5 02.5 09.0 51.0 3Bronze
56 China Xingyi Duan 段星伊 07.5 16.0 04.5 08.0 12.5 48.5 3Bronze
3 Hong Kong, China Yui Ki Leung 梁睿祈 17.5 15.0 18.5 09.0 15.0 75.0 1Gold
7 Hong Kong, China Yiu Wang Jayden Kong 江曜宏 15.0 16.0 20.0 07.5 14.5 73.0 2Silver
13 Hong Kong, China Theo Lomone 勞柏錤 17.5 14.0 18.5 10.5 09.5 70.0 2Silver
14 Hong Kong, China Shu Ching Ji 紀樹青 18.5 15.0 04.0 13.5 17.0 68.0 2Silver
39 Hong Kong, China Kin Cheong Yeung 楊鍵鏘 18.5 15.0 15.5 04.5 00.5 54.0 3Bronze
44 Hong Kong, China Pui Yi Sham 岑沛宜 15.5 13.0 05.0 10.5 08.5 52.5 3Bronze
47 Hong Kong, China Chun Hei Chu 朱俊熹 17.5 12.0 03.0 04.8 14.5 51.8 3Bronze
57 Hong Kong, China Pui Chak Marcus Wong 王沛澤 07.0 10.0 15.5 08.3 07.5 48.3 3Bronze
1 Japan Yuki Azuma 東優樹 19.0 17.0 20.0 11.0 18.0 85.0 1Gold
4 Japan Daniel Kenji Lee リー謙二 18.5 15.0 17.0 06.0 18.0 74.5 2Silver
10 Japan Misaki Ninomiya 二宮岬 12.0 14.0 20.0 11.3 14.5 71.8 2Silver
12 Japan Hiroto Yasui 安井寛人 14.5 18.0 18.5 09.3 10.5 70.8 2Silver
23 Japan Ryuki Hirata 平田瑠輝 19.0 13.0 00.0 10.0 18.0 60.0 3Bronze
24 Japan Chihiro Higo 肥後千広 18.0 11.0 05.0 13.0 10.5 57.5 3Bronze
28 Japan Takayuki Oda 尾田崇之 07.5 13.0 10.0 09.8 16.0 56.3 3Bronze
30 Japan Zicheng Dai 戴梓澄 06.5 12.0 16.0 06.5 15.0 56.0 3Bronze
9 Kazakhstan Shyngys Karassayev Карасаев Шынгыс 16.5 15.0 18.5 03.0 19.0 72.0 1Gold
30 Kazakhstan Amirbek Azatbekov Азатбеков Амирбек 20.0 18.0 14.0 02.5 01.5 56.0 2Silver
36 Kazakhstan Ramazan Butantayev Бутантаев Рамазан 15.5 14.0 03.0 02.3 20.0 54.8 3Bronze
53 Kazakhstan Kirill Turgumbayev Тургумбаев Кирилл 16.5 15.0 15.5 02.5 00.0 49.5 3Bronze
66 Kazakhstan Aibek Sayassat Саясат Айбек 06.5 08.0 18.5 01.5 00.5 35.0 4HM
68 Kazakhstan Aslan Azhibayev Ажибаев Аслан 14.0 13.0 00.0 01.5 03.5 32.0 4HM
71 Kazakhstan Kuanysh Zakir Закір Қуаныш 04.5 09.0 00.0 04.5 11.5 29.5 4HM
72 Kazakhstan Alisher Kairbayev Каирбаев Алишер 08.5 00.0 16.0 03.5 00.5 28.5 4HM
62 Macau, China Iek Hin Bosco Ng 吳奕軒 02.0 12.0 17.5 08.0 05.5 45.0 3Bronze
69 Macau, China Chi Cheng Chan 陳芷澄 11.5 12.0 00.0 08.0 00.0 31.5 4HM
74 Macau, China Ana Guo 郭芷璿 03.0 10.0 02.0 12.5 00.0 27.5 4HM
76 Macau, China Kai Yi Shi 施佳宜 04.5 11.0 02.5 04.0 03.0 25.0 4HM
77 Macau, China Kin Nam Lao Kin Nam Lao 04.0 04.0 14.5 00.0 00.0 22.5 4HM
78 Macau, China ZhuoHeng Mao 毛灼恒 08.5 06.0 00.0 03.0 00.0 17.5 4HM
79 Macau, China Chi Hin Vong 黃梓軒 00.0 09.0 00.0 02.5 04.0 15.5 4HM
80 Macau, China I Kong Si 施懿罡 07.5 02.0 00.0 03.8 02.0 15.3 4HM
28 Malaysia Hong Zher Tan Tan Hong Zher 16.5 12.0 20.0 00.3 07.5 56.3 2Silver
33 Malaysia Janson Ho Ho Janson 14.0 16.0 18.5 04.0 02.5 55.0 3Bronze
64 Malaysia Jadon Hao En Lim Jadon Lim Hao En 06.0 11.0 14.5 02.3 08.5 42.3 4HM
65 Malaysia Kienan Pellegrino Alexcendar Kienan Pellegrino Alexcendar 04.0 09.0 20.0 03.0 05.5 41.5 4HM
66 Malaysia Shang Zhe Chew Chew Shang Zhe 03.5 04.0 17.0 03.0 07.5 35.0 4HM
69 Malaysia Lih Ying Gan Gan Lih Ying 08.0 03.0 16.0 00.0 04.5 31.5 4HM
73 Malaysia Harivardhan Harikrishnan Harivardhan Harikrishnan 06.5 06.0 02.0 05.8 08.0 28.3 4HM
75 Malaysia Andi Nafisah Putri Ahmad Mua’adzam Shah Andi Nafisah Putri Ahmad Mua’adzam Shah 08.0 08.0 02.0 03.8 03.5 25.3 4HM
16 Republic of Korea Seeyoun Lee 이시윤 13.5 08.0 16.0 11.5 15.0 64.0 2Silver
20 Republic of Korea Jigang Jon 전지강 05.5 18.0 18.5 00.0 20.0 62.0 2Silver
21 Republic of Korea Sion Lee 이시온 13.0 14.0 20.0 05.5 08.5 61.0 2Silver
37 Republic of Korea Junseong Song 송준성 14.5 15.0 00.0 10.0 15.0 54.5 3Bronze
41 Republic of Korea Yoona Kim 김윤아 12.5 11.0 13.0 02.5 14.0 53.0 3Bronze
44 Republic of Korea Yeojun Park 박여준 16.0 16.0 00.0 06.5 14.0 52.5 3Bronze
46 Republic of Korea Taemin Lee 이태민 13.0 12.0 15.5 06.0 05.5 52.0 3Bronze
48 Republic of Korea Yean Ban 반예안 07.5 11.5 13.0 05.5 14.0 51.5 3Bronze
2 Singapore Dylan Shiying Cheng Dylan Shiying Cheng 15.5 14.0 19.0 13.5 18.5 80.5 1Gold
17 Singapore Junheng Tan Junheng Tan 05.0 10.0 17.0 12.3 19.0 63.3 2Silver
19 Singapore Ariel Joshua Lau Ariel Joshua Lau 16.5 06.0 18.5 09.8 12.0 62.8 2Silver
26 Singapore Seng Yan Leong Seng Yan Leong 09.5 11.0 16.5 06.5 13.5 57.0 2Silver
33 Singapore Qi Rui, Ethan Woon Woon Qi Rui, Ethan 20.0 06.0 20.0 07.5 01.5 55.0 3Bronze
50 Singapore Kyan Leong Kyan Leong 07.5 05.0 20.0 08.5 09.5 50.5 3Bronze
58 Singapore Darren Yap Darren Yap 14.5 11.0 17.5 02.5 02.5 48.0 3Bronze
63 Singapore Rui Ming Chan Rui Ming Chan 00.0 16.0 15.5 03.0 09.5 44.0 4HM
5 Taiwan Kanoa Ziyang Teng 鄧子洋 19.5 13.0 17.5 09.5 14.5 74.0 1Gold
11 Taiwan Bo-Ting Wu 吳柏霆 17.5 16.0 18.5 10.0 09.5 71.5 2Silver
21 Taiwan Shang-En Tsai 蔡尚恩 15.0 12.0 18.0 05.5 10.5 61.0 2Silver
24 Taiwan Ang-Hsuan Yu 于昂軒 14.5 14.0 14.5 07.0 07.5 57.5 2Silver
40 Taiwan Yu-Hsuan Chou 周佑宣 09.0 17.0 15.5 06.5 05.5 53.5 3Bronze
41 Taiwan Bing-Chen Shih 施秉辰 07.5 13.0 16.0 05.0 11.5 53.0 3Bronze
58 Taiwan Shao-Yang Hsu 徐紹崵 04.5 14.0 03.5 12.5 13.5 48.0 3Bronze
60 Taiwan Yu-An Chang 張佑安 12.5 09.0 20.0 04.0 01.0 46.5 3Bronze
6 Thailand Narongrith Artnarongrith ณรงค์ฤทธิ์ อาจณรงค์ฤทธิ์ 10.5 17.0 20.0 10.8 15.5 73.8 1Gold
18 Thailand Raphiphach Phanmee ระพีร์พัชญ์ พันธ์มี 11.5 10.0 19.0 04.0 18.5 63.0 2Silver
33 Thailand Suwin Khamchaiwong ศุวิล คำไชยวงค์ 12.0 10.0 12.0 08.5 12.5 55.0 3Bronze
50 Thailand Kamematad Teapna เขมทัศน์ เทพนะ 08.5 13.0 10.5 04.5 14.0 50.5 3Bronze
52 Thailand Pattarakorn Sutthajunya ภัทรกร สุทธจรรยา 01.0 11.0 20.0 04.5 13.5 50.0 3Bronze
53 Thailand Ruethaikan Junsuk ฤทัยกานต์ จันทร์สุข 13.5 15.0 08.5 08.0 04.5 49.5 3Bronze
55 Thailand Chawanwit Khwankijnirandorn ชวัลวิทย์ ขวัญกิจนิรันดร 10.5 11.0 20.0 04.0 03.5 49.0 3Bronze
60 Thailand Thunchanok Tannikorn ธัญชนก แทนนิกร 09.0 07.0 12.0 04.0 14.5 46.5 3Bronze
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Guest Countries Results

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Australia

A total of 1 contestant representing Australia participated as a guest at 1 testing site on 10 April. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 contestants from Australia.

Rank Given Name Last Name Name in Local Language Note
1 Sophie Zhang Sophie Zhang Result on the level of Honourable Mention
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Bulgaria

A total of 52 contestants representing Bulgaria participated as a guest at 5 testing sites on 29 March. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 contestants from Bulgaria.

Rank Given Name Last Name Name in Local Language Note
1 Ivanimira Nedelcheva Иванимира Неделчева Result on the level of Silver Medal
2 Petar Velev Петър Велев Result on the level of Silver Medal
3 Kalina Ivanova Калина Иванова Result on the level of Silver Medal
4 Mihail Boshov Михаил Бошов Result on the level of Bronze Medal
5 Yani Mishev Яни Мишев Result on the level of Bronze Medal
6 Venelin Tsenkov Венелин Ценков Result on the level of Honourable Mention
7 Bedros Aleksanyan Бедрос Алексанян Result on the level of Honourable Mention
8 Boyana Vaseva Бояна Васева Result on the level of Honourable Mention
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Canada Anglophone

A total of 11 contestants representing Canada (Anglophone) participated as a guest at 7 testing sites on 8 April. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 contestants from Canada (Anglophone).

Rank Given Name Last Name Name in Local Language Note
1 Elaine Jiang Elaine Jiang Result on the level of Gold Medal
2 Peter Dong Peter Dong Result on the level of Silver Medal
3 Zi Kun Chen Zi Kun Chen Result on the level of Honourable Mention
4 Joshua Mak Joshua Mak Result on the level of Honourable Mention
5 Tanya Yong Tanya Yong Result on the level of Honourable Mention
6 Grace Guo Grace Guo Result on the level of Honourable Mention
7 Patrick Xu Patrick Xu Result on the level of Honourable Mention
8 Ray Zhang Ray Zhang Result on the level of Honourable Mention
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Colombia

A total of 25 contestants representing Colombia participated as a guest at 7 testing sites on 11 April. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 contestants from Colombia.

Rank Given Name Last Name Name in Local Language Note
1 Samuel Jair Arias Samuel Jair Arias Result on the level of Honourable Mention
2 Tomás José Camacho Tomás José Camacho Result on the level of Honourable Mention
3 Greysi Fernanda Ovallos Martinez Greysi Fernanda Ovallos Martinez Result on the level of Honourable Mention
4 Juan Felipe Losada Juan Felipe Losada Result on the level of Honourable Mention
5 Santiago Sánchez Santiago Sánchez Result on the level of Honourable Mention
6 Hanny Zaella Díaz Campo Hanny Zaella Díaz Campo Result on the level of Honourable Mention
7 Camila Martínez Vega Camila Martínez Vega Result on the level of Honourable Mention
8 Isabella Pardo Isabella Pardo Result on the level of Honourable Mention
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Czechia

A total of 20 contestants representing Czechia participated as a guest at 1 testing site on 12 April. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 contestants from Czechia.

Rank Given Name Last Name Name in Local Language Note
1 Martin Zeman Martin Zeman Result on the level of Honourable Mention
2 Michal Roček Michal Roček Result on the level of Honourable Mention
3 Jan Tichon Jan Tichon Result on the level of Honourable Mention
4 Čeněk Topor Čeněk Topor Result on the level of Honourable Mention
5 Zuzana Sajdlová Zuzana Sajdlová Result on the level of Honourable Mention
6 Jan Pavel Škoda Jan Pavel Škoda Result on the level of Honourable Mention
7 Daniel Radovan Ondrák Daniel Radovan Ondrák Result on the level of Honourable Mention
8 Oskar Sedlák Oskar Sedlák Result on the level of Honourable Mention
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Finland

A total of 19 contestants representing Finland participated as a guest at 1 testing sites on 10 April. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 contestants from Finland.

Rank Given Name Last Name Name in Local Language Note
1 Ernesti Anttila Ernesti Anttila Result on the level of Bronze Medal
2 Vilma Vesimäki Vilma Vesimäki Result on the level of Bronze Medal
3 Pietari Ylihärsilä Pietari Ylihärsilä Result on the level of Bronze Medal
4 Klaara Backman Klaara Backman Result on the level of Honourable Mention
5 Hilda Sillasto Hilda Sillasto Result on the level of Honourable Mention
6 Oliver Lahtinen Oliver Lahtinen Result on the level of Honourable Mention
7 Anh Tran Anh Tran Result on the level of Honourable Mention
8 Noomi Linjama Noomi Linjama Result on the level of Honourable Mention
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Hungary

A total of 10 contestants representing Hungary participated as a guest at 1 testing site on 31 March. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 contestants from Hungary.

Rank Given Name Last Name Name in Local Language Note
1 József Áron Pázmándi Pázmándi József Áron Result on the level of Bronze Medal
2 Márton Kovács Kovács Márton Result on the level of Honourable Mention
3 Gergely Péter Sánta Sánta Gergely Péter Result on the level of Honourable Mention
4 Ignác Balla Balla Ignác Result on the level of Honourable Mention
5 Rajmund Németh Németh Rajmund Result on the level of Honourable Mention
6 Gergő Holló Holló Gergő Result on the level of Honourable Mention
7 Levente Marcell Ráthonyi Ráthonyi Levente Marcell Result on the level of Honourable Mention
8 Lícia Kiss Kiss Lícia Result on the level of Honourable Mention
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India

A total of 26 contestants representing India participated as a guest at 1 testing site on 5 April. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 contestants from India.

Rank Given Name Last Name Name in Local Language Note
1 Shrilakshmi Venkatraman Shrilakshmi Venkatraman Result on the level of Gold Medal
2 Bhuvan Siripurapu Bhuvan Siripurapu Result on the level of Silver Medal
3 Advay Misra Advay Misra Result on the level of Silver Medal
4 Soham Amit Pednekar Soham Amit Pednekar Result on the level of Bronze Medal
5 Fiza Faisal Fiza Faisal Result on the level of Honourable Mention
6 Nishanth Shankar Lakshmanan Nishanth Shankar Lakshmanan Result on the level of Honourable Mention
7 Sreejani Bhaduri Sreejani Bhaduri Result on the level of Honourable Mention
8 Vedansh Saha Vedansh Saha Result on the level of Honourable Mention
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Israel

A total of 12 contestants representing Israel participated as a guest remotely on 3 April. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 contestants from Israel.

Rank Given Name Last Name Name in Local Language Note
1 Olga Besova אולגה בסוב Result on the level of Gold Medal
2 Marta Vogman מרטה ווגמן Result on the level of Bronze Medal
3 Maayan Bar-Helmer מעין בר-הלמר Result on the level of Honourable Mention
4 Vsevolod Svetlakov וסוולד סבטלקוב Result on the level of Honourable Mention
5 Lea Mashendzhinov לאה משנז'נוב Result on the level of Honourable Mention
6 Odelia Cheskis אודליה צ'סקיס Result on the level of Honourable Mention
7 Yahli Bershteyn Miron יהלי ברשטיין מירון Result on the level of Honourable Mention
8 Michael Yampolskiy מיכאיל יאמפולסקי Result on the level of Honourable Mention
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Republic of Moldova

A total of 18 contestants representing the Republic of Moldova participated as a guest at 1 testing site on 11 April. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 contestants from the Republic of Moldova.

Rank Given Name Last Name Name in Local Language Note
1 Mariana Topală Mariana Topală Result on the level of Honourable Mention
2 Dragoș-Silvian Păpănagă Dragoș-Silvian Păpănagă Result on the level of Honourable Mention
3 Veronica Ceban Veronica Ceban Result on the level of Honourable Mention
4 Beatricia Caraman Beatricia Caraman Result on the level of Honourable Mention
5 Bogdan-Alexandru Edinac Bogdan-Alexandru Edinac Result on the level of Honourable Mention
6 Egor Șapoșnikov Egor Șapoșnikov Result on the level of Honourable Mention
7 Constantin Popov Constantin Popov Result on the level of Honourable Mention
8 Sunny Domenik Sunny Domenik Result on the level of Honourable Mention
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Romania

A total of 20 contestants representing Romania participated as a guest at 14 testing sites on 8 April. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 contestants from Romania.

Rank Given Name Last Name Name in Local Language Note
1 Elena Păvăloaia Elena Păvăloaia Result on the level of Gold Medal
2 Ana Teodora Grigorie Ana Teodora Grigorie Result on the level of Silver Medal
3 Mihaela Anghel Mihaela Anghel Result on the level of Silver Medal
4 Radu-Gheorghe Tănăsescu Radu-Gheorghe Tănăsescu Result on the level of Silver Medal
5 Tudor Brendan Neag Tudor Brendan Neag Result on the level of Bronze Medal
6 Andrei Dragu Andrei Dragu Result on the level of Bronze Medal
7 Alexandru-Ioan Pârv Alexandru-Ioan Pârv Result on the level of Bronze Medal
8 Luiza-Teodora Mihai Luiza-Teodora Mihai Result on the level of Bronze Medal
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Slovenia

A total of 15 contestants representing Slovenia participated as a guest at 1 testing site on 29 March. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 contestants from Slovenia.

Rank Given Name Last Name Name in Local Language Note
1 Ivan Tušek Ivan Tušek Result on the level of Silver Medal
2 Taja Berkopec Taja Berkopec Result on the level of Bronze Medal
3 Ela Biasizzo Ela Biasizzo Result on the level of Bronze Medal
4 Marcel Bida Kranjc Marcel Bida Kranjc Result on the level of Bronze Medal
5 Adriana Kaloh Adriana Kaloh Result on the level of Honourable Mention
6 Lucija Kutin Lucija Kutin Result on the level of Honourable Mention
7 Tadej Zelenc Tadej Zelenc Result on the level of Honourable Mention
8 Ana Planinc Ana Planinc Result on the level of Honourable Mention
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Ukraine

A total of 9 contestants representing Ukraine participated as a guest at 1 testing site on 11 April. The following table contains the individual results of the Top 8 contestants from Ukraine.

Rank Given Name Last Name Name in Local Language Note
1 Mykhailo Mazurenko Мазуренко Михайло Result on the level of Silver Medal
2 Mariia Synelnyk Синельник Марія Result on the level of Bronze Medal
3 Vladyslav Khalin Халін Владислав Result on the level of Honourable Mention
4 Yelyzaveta Holokolosova Голоколосова Єлизавета Result on the level of Honourable Mention
5 Mariia Rusakova Русакова Марія Result on the level of Honourable Mention
6 Mariya Inukhina Інюхіна Марія Result on the level of Honourable Mention
7 Anna Khlopetska Хлопецька Анна Result on the level of Honourable Mention
8 Yelyzaveta Kachanenko Качаненко Єлизавета Result on the level of Honourable Mention
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Published 13 April 2026
Last Updated 12 May 2026
APLO 2026 International Board