The Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge (MECC) is a Microsoft Excel

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competition, sponsored by Microsoft. Started in 2021, the competition is a spin-off of the

Financial Modeling World Cup The Financial Modeling World Cup (FMWC) is a financial modeling competition. The competition was started in September 2020. Contestants solve real-life financial problems, in the form of case studies, by building financial models in Microsoft Excel ...

for college students. Contestants solve problems, in the form of case studies, using the spreadsheet software. Competitors are ranked through multiple rounds of timed competition, including an in-person final round. Participants may compete in either individuals or teams. The competition is jointly organized by the

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Background

Similar financial modeling competitions have been run in the past, including the also-Microsoft-sponsored ModelOff Financial Modeling World Championships from 2012 to 2019. The collegiate competition has been run by the same organizers as the

, which holds monthly online contests and occasional "battles" broadcast live. In each round, competitors solve problems presented as one-to-five-page-long financial modeling

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with questions at the end, using Microsoft Excel. The first in-person and live Excel battles were held in the Arizona Esports Arena on December 3, 2022.

2022 Competition

In 2022, 2,730 students from 93 countries and 596 universities and colleges competed in the competition. The event was held at the University of Arizona, which was live streamed and aired on

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