The initiative for the establishment of the Balkan Olympiad in Informatics (BOI) came from the host country of the 1st BOI - Romania (Constanza).
Dr. Stelian Niculescu, Dr. Horia Georgescu, Dr. Clara Ionescu were, among others, the driving force of this first unforgetable event.
Following the success of the 1st BOI, other countries continued the tradition as follows:
| Year | Location | Flag |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Thesalloniki, Greece |  |
| 1995 | Varna, Bulgaria |  |
| 1996 | Nicosia, Cyprus |  |
| 1997 | Drama, Greece | |
| 1998 | Ankara, Turkey |  |
| 1999 | Ioannina, Greece | |
| 2000 | Ohrid, Macedonia |  |
| 2001 | Duras, Albania |  |
| 2002 | Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro |  |
| 2003 | Iasi, Romania |  |
| 2004 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | |
| 2005 | Rhodes Island, Greece | |
| 2006 | Nicosia, Cyprus | |
| 2007 | Chisinau, Moldova |  |
| 2008 | Bitola, Macedonia | |
| 2009 | Shumen, Bulgaria | |
| 2010 | Petrovac, Montenegro |  |
