World Universities Debating Championship

The World Universities Debating Championship ( WUDC for short , colloquially: Worlds (Pl.)) Is the debating world championship that takes place every year from the end of December to the beginning of January and, with around 400 teams, is now the largest debating tournament in the world. The format of the WUDC is the British Parliamentary Style customary at international tournaments , the tournament language is English. The basic idea is that of an intervarsity, i.e. a competition between universities , each of which is assigned exactly one debating club . 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.

Competition mode

At the end of December, nine preliminary rounds will be held according to the usual tournament rules of British Parliamentary Style , in which all starting teams will take part. On New Year's Eve the break will be announced in the final rounds, which will then be held in three language categories from January 2nd:

• All teams compete for the main break. The best teams according to Tab 32 reach the round of 16 here.
• The ESL break in the ESL quarter-finals will be reached by the best teams with ESL status according to Tab 16 that have not progressed through the main break. ESL stands for English as Second Language and ESL status is given to a team whose members meet certain limiting criteria with regard to their chances of learning English. Non-native speakers who have not spent several years in English-speaking countries receive this status.
• The EFL break into the EFL semi-finals is made by the eight best teams with EFL status according to the tab that have not progressed through the main break or the ESL break. EFL stands for English as Foreign Language and is the category for speakers who had even less knowledge of the English language than speakers with ESL status, i.e. who only learned English as a second or third foreign language and who have never spent a long time in English-speaking countries .

Host

year	place	Host
2017	The hague	Dutch Worlds Debating Foundation
2016	Thessaloniki	University of Macedonia
2015	Shah Alam	Universiti Teknologi MARA
2014	Chennai	Rajalakshmi Engineering College
2013	Berlin	Berlin Debating Union
2012	Manila	University de la Salle
2011	Gaborone	University of Botswana
2010	Istanbul	Koç University
2009	Cork	University College Cork
2008	Bangkok	Assumption University
2007	Vancouver	University of British Columbia
2006	Dublin	University College Dublin
2005	Malacca	Multimedia University
2004	Singapore	Nanyang Technological University
2003	Stellenbosch	Stellenbosch University
2002	Toronto	University of Toronto
2001	Glasgow	Glasgow University Union
2000	Sydney	University of Sydney
1999	Quezon City	Ateneo de Manila University
1998	Athens	Deree College
1997	Stellenbosch	Stellenbosch University
1996	Cork	University College Cork
1995	Princeton	Princeton University
1994	Melbourne	Melbourne University
1993	Oxford	Oxford Union Society
1992	Dublin	Trinity College Dublin
1991	Toronto	University of Toronto
1990	Glasgow	University of Glasgow
1989	Princeton	Princeton University
1988	Sydney	University of Sydney
1987	Dublin	University College Dublin
1986	new York	Fordham University
1985	Montreal	McGill University
1984	Edinburgh	University of Edinburgh
1983	Princeton	Princeton University
1982	Toronto	University of Toronto
1981	Glasgow	Glasgow University Union

winner

year	World Champion	ESL world champion	EFL world champion
2018	Harvard University	University of Oxford	Pontifical University of Comillas
2017	University of Sydney	Tel Aviv University	University of Belgrade
2016	Harvard University	University de la Salle	National Technical University of Athens
2015	University of Sydney	Chinese University of Hong Kong	Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan
2014	Harvard University	Berlin Debating Union	Institute of Teknologi Bandung
2013	Monash University	BRAC University	University of Porto
2012	Monash University	Tel Aviv University	Ewha Womans University
2011	Monash University	University of Haifa	Tokyo University
2010	University of Sydney	Tel Aviv University	MGIMO Moscow
2009	University of Oxford	Babes Bolyai University of Cluj	Vilnius University
2008	University of Oxford	Free University of Amsterdam	Keiō University
2007	University of Sydney	IIU Malaysia	Tsinghua University
2006	University of Toronto	Erasmus University Rotterdam
2005	University of Ottawa	National University of Malaysia
2004	Middle Temple	National University of Singapore
2003	University of Cambridge
2002	New York University
2001	University of Sydney
2000	Monash University
1999	Monash University
1998	Gray's Inn
1997	University of Glasgow
1996	Macquarie University
1995	University of New South Wales
1994	University of Glasgow
1993	Harvard University
1992	University of Glasgow
1991	McGill University
1990	Yale University
1989	University of Sydney
1988	University of Oxford
1987	University of Glasgow
1986	University College Cork
1985	King's Inns
1984	University of Sydney
1983	University of Glasgow
1982	University of Auckland
1981	University of Toronto

See also

European Universities Debating Championship , the European Debating Championship .