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+import uuid
+
+from django.contrib.auth.hashers import make_password
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+from apps.user.models import User
+from apps.competition.models import Competition
+
+
+class CompetitionEndpointTests(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.user = User.objects.create(
+            email="user@example.com",
+            password=make_password("password123"),
+            username="t1wk4"
+        )
+
+        self.competition = Competition.objects.create(
+            title="AI Challenge",
+            description="Machine Learning Competition",
+            type="solo",
+            participation_type="edu"
+        )
+
+        resp = self.client.post(
+            "/api/v1/sign-in",
+            data={"email": self.user.email, "password": "password123"},
+            content_type="application/json",
+        ).json()
+        token = resp["token"]
+
+        self.valid_headers = {
+            "HTTP_AUTHORIZATION": f"Bearer {token}"
+        }
+
+    # --- Helper methods ---
+    def get_url(self, competition_id):
+        return f"/api/v1/competition/{competition_id}"
+
+    # --- Test Cases ---
+    def test_get_competition_success(self):
+        """Authenticated user gets competition details (200 OK)"""
+        response = self.client.get(
+            self.get_url(self.competition.id),
+            **self.valid_headers
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        data = response.json()
+
+        # Validate required fields
+        self.assertEqual(data["id"], str(self.competition.id))
+        self.assertEqual(data["title"], "AI Challenge")
+        self.assertEqual(data["type"], "solo")
+
+        # Validate optional null fields
+        self.assertIsNone(data["image_url"])
+        self.assertIsNone(data["start_date"])
+        self.assertIsNone(data["end_date"])
+
+    def test_invalid_uuid_format(self):
+        """Invalid UUID format returns 400 Bad Request"""
+        response = self.client.get(
+            self.get_url("invalid-id"),
+            **self.valid_headers
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 400)
+
+    def test_unauthenticated_access(self):
+        """Missing auth token returns 401 Unauthorized"""
+        response = self.client.get(self.get_url(self.competition.id))
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 401)
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()["detail"], "Unauthorized")
+
+    def test_nonexistent_competition(self):
+        """Valid UUID but missing competition returns 404"""
+        new_uuid = uuid.uuid4()
+        response = self.client.get(
+            self.get_url(new_uuid),
+            **self.valid_headers
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 404)
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()["detail"], "Not Found")
+
+    def test_invalid_auth_token(self):
+        """Invalid token returns 401 Unauthorized"""
+        response = self.client.get(
+            self.get_url(self.competition.id),
+            HTTP_AUTHORIZATION="Bearer invalid_token"
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 401)
+        self.assertEqual(response.json()["detail"], "Unauthorized")
+
+    def test_malformed_auth_header(self):
+        """Malformed Authorization header returns 401"""
+        cases = [
+            ("InvalidScheme valid_token_123", 401),
+            ("Bearer", 401),  # Missing token
+            ("", 401),  # No header
+        ]
+
+        for header, expected_status in cases:
+            with self.subTest(header=header):
+                response = self.client.get(
+                    self.get_url(self.competition.id),
+                    HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=header
+                )
+                self.assertEqual(response.status_code, expected_status)