IIAC 2015 received 820 entries from 47 countries and areas.
TOP 50 IIAC 2015 WORLD RANKING
01 - China - Ye Yi - Samsara - 200L 320L02 - China - Zhang Jianpeng - The Taking of Tiger Mountain - 320L03 - China - Nguyen Van Lam - Returning - 320L04 - France - Julien Voultoury - Escaping the stranglers - 120L 200L05 - Indonesia - Amiri Lubis - Oges Mawut - 200L 320L06 - Indonesia - Heri Amir - Suro Badock - 200L 320L07 - Taiwan - Liu Hanyi - The Mysterious Forest - 320L08 - Taiwan - Chen Songxi - Mountain Stream, Birds Choiring - 320L09 - China - Fan Zhemin - The Mysterious Place - 320L10 - Viet Nam - Tan Nguyen Van - Wild Nature - 60L 120L11 - Ukraine - Grigoriy Polishchuk - Meandering - 200L 320L12 - Brazil - Fabricio Rufino de Souza - River Stream of Enchanted Mountains - 200L 320L13 - Malaysia - Josh Sim - Dark Side of Eden - 320L14 - France - Michael Leroy - Shilin - 320L15 - Viet Nam - Trieu Duong Le - The Memories - 320L16 - Morocco - Adil Chaouki - The Breeze - 200L 320L17 - Hungary - Andras Peter - Pangea - 60L 120L18 - China - Fan Zhemin - Sunshine After the Rainfall - 320L19 - Brazil - Fabian Kussakawa - Finding your roots - 200L 320L20 - China - Pan Junfeng - The Sunset - 200L 320L21 - Thailand - Chonlatee Jaturonrusmee - Dipterocarp Forest V2 - 200L 320L22 - Singapore - Robertus Hartono - Ravine - 120L 200L23 - Viet Nam - The Le Van - To The Sea - 320L24 - China - Yang Yuanzhi - Giants Valley - 200L 320L25 - Turkey - Serkan Cetinkol - Iron Hills - 320L26 - Maxico - Bernardo Salas Perez - Season I ( The coming of the Rain) - 200L 320L27 - Thailand - Watana Supukpongvilai - On the Rock - 28L28 - Brazil - Gregory Thom - Into the Atlantic Forest - 28L 60L29 - Portugal - Luis Cardoso - Tropical Bay - 200L 320L30 - Malaysia - Josh Sim - The Origin - 120L 200L31 - Indonesia - Tinton aryo - Iron bridge - 200L 320L32 - Malaysia - Kevin Teoh - Eden - 200L 320L33 - Thailand - Chonlatee Jaturonrusmee - Ancient Forest - 28L 60L34 - Brazil - Rodrigo Dutra - Vale das Três Marias - 28L 60L35 - Indonesia - Kadek Nata Wirajaya - BUNUT BOLONG FOREST - 60L 120L36 - China - Chen Chunxing - Jurassic - 200L 320L37 - China - Ye Yi - The Coming of Great Forest - 200L 320L38 - Indonesia - Rendi Prasetyo - Ongis nade - 320L39 - Brazil - Carlos Eduardo Pires Gonçalves - Paradise - 120L 200L40 - Viet Nam - Ngoc Mai The - The Wild Dance - 320L41 - Thailand - Yimyou Nobphacha - WORLDWIDE GREEN - 200L 320L42 - China - Chen Weijian - Dragon Valley - 200L 320L43 - China - Chen Wei - Senyun - 320L44 - Brazil - Rodrigo Augusto Carvalho - Nagareboshi - 200L 320L45 - Poland - PIOTR BECZYNSKI - The Crying stones - 200L 320L46 - France - Gregory CHARLET - Col de La Faucille - 200L 320L47 - Turkey - Omer Nadir KOCAOGLU - The way of light - 28L 60L48 - Taiwan - Zhan Yanbin - The Mysterious Place - 200L 320L49 - Brazil - Sidney Cordeiro - NEPAL - 28L 60L50 - France - Emmanuel BULTEL - Les Piliers de la Nature - 200L 320L
The clock is ticking for aquascapers around the world. Registration for the CIPS International Aquascaping Contest 2026 — CIAC 2026 officially closes on September 15, 2026.
With only one day remaining, this is the final opportunity to submit your aquascape and compete for one of the most valuable prize packages on the international aquascaping calendar.
Aquascaping has grown into a truly international art form. Every year, thousands of aquascapers submit their work to competitions around the world, yet their achievements often remain scattered across old websites, PDF files, image galleries and results published in different languages.
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