Winning Alliance – Captain
Awarded to the captain of the winning alliance in recognition of technical performance, strategy and leadership on the field.
International performance
Two of the highest FTC distinctions
Premier Events are highlights of the FIRST Tech Challenge season, alongside the World Championship, bringing top teams together for on-field performance and judged awards.
Inspire Award – 2nd Place
FTC’s highest distinction, recognizing teams that excel in engineering, technical performance, community impact, collaboration and the promotion of FIRST values.
Press release
Romania returns to the forefront of international robotics
The competition, held from July 24 to 26, 2026, brought together 48 teams from 14 countries, including the United States, China, Taiwan, Libya, Jamaica, France, Israel, Canada and Morocco.
The event gave leading teams from around the world an opportunity to collaborate and compete for both on-field results and awards reflecting their work throughout the season.
After winning all eight qualification matches, we entered the playoffs in first place and achieved the goal we had set before leaving for Canada: victory.
The winning alliance
ViCyber earned the Winning Alliance Captain title together with Golden Dragons #772, our alliance partner from the United States.
This result reaffirms Romania’s leading position in international robotics competitions.
We thank our teachers, school leadership, parents and sponsors for their continued support. These awards give us even more confidence and momentum as we begin preparing for the new competition season.
ViCyber delegation
Nine students and two mentors
ViCyber’s delegation at the Canadian Rockies Premier Event included students in grades 9–11 and two mentors.
All travel, accommodation and logistics costs were supported by sponsors and the students’ parents.
Mentors
Prof. Isabela Coman
Lead Coach
Dimitrie Cudrici
Mentor
Students
- 1Teodor Vranceanu
- 2Andrei Alexandru
- 3Alexandra Miharta
- 4Florian Costache
- 5Stefan Danaila
- 6Matei Moisescu
- 7Matei Morar
- 8Arina Dobre
- 9Petra Asimionesei
ViCyber in the press
Media coverage
ViCyber’s story reached audiences in Romania and Canada through articles and video reports about performance, collaboration and impact.
CTV News CanadaInternational article
“Learn from each other”: KDays robotics competition sees large international turnout
Open coverageCBC CanadaVideo report
Video report from the Canadian Rockies Premier Event @ KDays
Open coverageTVR InfoVideo report
Nine Romanian students conquered Canada with their robot. ViCyber wins in Edmonton
Open coverageTVR InfoArticle
ViCyber takes first place at the Canadian Rockies Premier Event KDays
Open coverageAntena 3 CNNArticle
Tudor Vianu robotics team competes at the Canadian Rockies Premier Event KDays
Open coverageCursDeGuvernareArticle