European Universities Debating Championship
The European Universities Debating Championship (short: EUDC , colloquially Euros . (Pl)) is the annually discharged European Championship in Debating . The format of the EUDC is the British Parliamentary Style customary at international tournaments , the tournament language is English. The basic idea is that of a competition between universities , each of which has exactly one debating club assigned. In fact, however, there are individual cases in which a club covers several institutions, while on the other hand some universities have several societies, for example due to an internal college system.
The reigning European champions since the 2018 EUDC held in Novi Sad are both in the open competition and in the English as Second Language (ESL) teams at Tel Aviv University .
history
In the form known today, the championship took place for the first time in April 1999 in Rotterdam , the Netherlands . Only 32 teams, i.e. 64 speakers, competed at the time. Since then there has been significant growth in competition. 180 teams spoke at EUDC 2011.
The EUDCs since 1999:
| year | place | Host |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 |
 Rotterdam
|
Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| 2000 |
 Aberdeen
|
University of Aberdeen |
| 2001 |
 Ljubljana
|
University of Ljubljana |
| 2002 |
 Haifa
|
University of Haifa |
| 2003 |
 Zagreb
|
University of Zagreb |
| 2004 |
Durham
|
University of Durham |
| 2005 |
 Cork
|
University College Cork |
| 2006 |
 Berlin
|
Berlin Debating Union |
| 2007 |
 Istanbul
|
Koç University |
| 2008 |
 Tallinn
|
Tallinn University |
| 2009 |
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
Newcastle University |
| 2010 |
Amsterdam
|
Free University of Amsterdam |
| 2011 |
Galway
|
Literary and Debating Society and Law Society of the National University of Ireland |
| 2012 |
 Belgrade
|
The Open Communication of the University of Belgrade |
| 2013 |
Manchester
|
Manchester Debating Union |
| 2014 |
Zagreb
|
Zagreb Debating Society and The Open Communication |
| 2015 |
 Vienna
|
Debating Club Vienna |
| 2016 |
 Warsaw
|
Fundacja Polska Debatuje |
| 2017 |
Tallinn
|
Tallinn University of Technology Debate Society |
| 2018 |
Novi Sad
|
Novi Sad Business School |
| 2019 |
 Athens
|
Debating Society of Greece |
| 2020 |
 Nur-Sultan (until 2019 Astana)
|
Astana Debate Union |
Alignment mode
The competition comprises nine preliminary rounds , in which all teams participate, and final rounds ( break rounds ) held in the knockout system up to the final. As usual at major international tournaments, there are two breaks in the final rounds after the preliminary rounds: In addition to the open break, for which all teams compete, there is the ESL break, to which only teams are allowed whose members have not been in for a long time have lived in an English-speaking environment. ESL stands for English as Second Language . A team approved for the ESL-Break can contest both final rounds after the preliminary rounds after reaching a sufficient position in the team ranking list (team tab) and thus also win both European championship titles. In 2009 an ESL team from Tel Aviv caused a sensation when it was eliminated in the ESL semi-finals, but reached the Open Final . In 2011 a team from Tel Aviv managed the double break and also won the ESL competition.
Winners list
EUDC Council and Committee
At the European Championship in 1999, the EUDC Council was founded as the highest decision-making body. Each country is represented here with one vote. The annual meeting, at which the next EUDC organizer is also chosen by choice, takes place as part of the tournament. At least three such decisions were the result of a competition. In 2001 the University of Haifa won against the University of Limerick, in 2005 the Berlin Debating Union won against the Istanbul Koç University and in 2007 the University of Tallinn won against the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel . In addition, the council decides on rule questions, such as the criteria for admission to the ESL-Break.
The EUDC Committee consists of a President, who is also the Chairman of the Council, a Secretary, the organizer of the current and subsequent EUDCs, as well as regional representatives for Central and Eastern Europe, Northern and Western Europe, South-Eastern Europe, the Middle East and the British Isles. This body discusses matters that arise between the annual council meetings.
The acting chairman of the council and chairman of the committee is Jan-Gunther Gosselke from the Debating Club at the University of St. Gallen . He succeeded Karin Merckens from the University of Leiden . Previous chairpersons included Marcus Ewald from the Johannes Gutenberg Debating Club in Mainz (2013), Stephen Nolan from the Literary and Debating Society in Galway (2012) and Jens Fischer from the Berlin Debating Union (2011).
See also
World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC), the world championship in debating.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Eight minute: EUDC 2018 results: Tel Aviv win both finals. Accessed August 10, 2018 (English).
- ↑ a b c Eighth Minute: EUDC 2014 - Winners and Top Speakers. Accessed August 10, 2018 (English).
- ↑ a b c Eighth Minute: EUDC 2015 - St. Andrews and Tel Aviv are the new European Champions. Accessed August 10, 2018 (English).
- ↑ a b c Eighth Minute: EUDC 2016: The results. Retrieved August 10, 2018 .
- ^ Tallinn EUDC: Quick Information. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 28, 2018 ; accessed on May 28, 2018 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Eighth Minute: Tallinn EUDC 2017: Tel Aviv and Glasgow are the new European Champions. Accessed August 10, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Novi Sad EUDC 2018. Retrieved on May 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Athens EUDC 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ Astana EUDC 2020. Accessed August 10, 2018 .
