Draft:European Schools Debating Championship

  • Comment: Each debate has two teams, the Proposition and the Opposition. Three members from each team speak in each round, delivering a total of six eight-minute substantive speeches. Then, each team delivers a 4-minute "reply speech".
    The tournament includes six preliminary rounds in which all teams participate. Two preliminary rounds are always prepared, using either one motion or two separate motions. The rest of the preliminary rounds and all elimination rounds are debated impromptu, with motions announced 60 minutes ahead of the round. -Lemonaka 18:56, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
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The European Schools Debating Championship (EuroSDC) is an annual debating competition in English. It is open to high school teams from all European countries.

Format

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Debates at EuroSDC use the same format as the World Schools Debating Championship[1], called the "World Schools Style Debating"[2][3]. Each debate has two teams, the Proposition and the Opposition. Three members from each team speak in each round, delivering a total of six eight-minute substantive speeches. Then, each team delivers a 4-minute "reply speech".

The tournament includes six preliminary rounds in which all teams participate. Two preliminary rounds are always prepared, using either one motion or two separate motions. The rest of the preliminary rounds and all elimination rounds are debated impromptu, with motions announced 60 minutes ahead of the  round.  

Past Championships

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Year Location Champions Runners-Up Best Speaker Chief Adjudicatos Deputy Chief Adjudicators
2024[4][5][6][7] Prague, Czech Republic Greece[8][9] [10] Romania[11] Alex Chan (England) Matija Pušnik (Slovenia) Atyia Al-Hammud (Ukraine), Marilena Hadjicosta (Greece)

Novice Category

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A Novice Final might also be held during a  specific edition of the tournament. In order to qualify as a Novice speaker, a speaker needs to have started debating  in the concurrent or previous school year to the EuroSDC edition they are  debating at. To qualify as a Novice team, all speakers must meet the criteria for Novice  speakers.

Year Location Novice Champions Novice Runners-Up Best Novice Speaker
2024 Prague, Czech Republic Slovenia Novice Serbia A Ajda Glavač (Slovenia)

Future Championships

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The 2nd annual edition of EuroSDC will be held in Bucharest, Romania in February 2025.[12][13][14]

References

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  1. ^ "Home | WSDC (World Schools Debating Championships)". WSDC Debating. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  2. ^ "Introduction to Worlds School (WSDC) Debate Format". www.debatedrills.com. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  3. ^ "World Schools takes away "gamification" of debate, SVUDL staff says". Newsweek. 2024-05-15. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  4. ^ "European Schools Debating Championships". SchoolsDebate. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  5. ^ "European Schools Debating Championships Announced for 2024". idebate.net. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  6. ^ "European Schools Debating Championship 2024". idebate.net. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  7. ^ matteo (2024-02-12). "European Schools Debating Championship 2024". Società Nazionale Debate Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  8. ^ Παυλού, Σμαρώ (2024-02-20). "Πρωταθλήτρια Ευρώπης η Ελληνική Ομάδα «Team Greece» στο European Debating Schools Championship 2024". ertnews.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  9. ^ "Greek Team European Debate Champions". Athens College. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  10. ^ NEWSROOM (2024-02-19). "Πανευρωπαϊκή πρωταθλήτρια στο debate η ελληνική ομάδα". News 24/7 (in Greek). Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  11. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  12. ^ "Romania will host European Schools Debate Championship 2025". idebate.net. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  13. ^ "European Schools Debating Championship (Euro-SDC)". Moroccan National Debate Team. 2024-08-07. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  14. ^ "European Schools Debating Championship 2025". AllEvents.in. Retrieved 2024-09-26.