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Eurasian Schools Debating Championship

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Eurasian Schools Debating Championship
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General Information
Established2011 by Robert College Debate Society
Websiteesdc.info
LocationIstanbul, Turkey
VenueRobert College
OrganizerRobert College Debate Society
StyleWorld Schools Style Debating (WSDC)
Social Media
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FacebookEurasian Schools Debating Championship 2025

The Eurasian Schools Debating Championship (ESDC) is an annual open English-language debating tournament for high school-level teams representing different countries that takes place in Robert College, Istanbul. ESDC is open to international and school teams alike, depending on team cap. ESDC is organized by members of Robert College Debate Society. ESDC is the world's first and only international WSDC debating championship that is organized completely by high-school students.

The first edition was hosted by the Robert College Debate Society in Istanbul with 50 teams from 20 different countries. ESDC 2025 will be held between 18-20 January.

Format

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Eurasian Schools Debating Championship debates use a special format known as 'World Schools Style Debating' as most of the teams esteem the tournament as a preparation for WSDC. World Schools Style is a combination of the British Parliamentary and Australian formats. In each debate there are eight speeches delivered by two three-member teams (the Proposition and the Opposition). Each speaker delivers an eight-minute speech; then both teams deliver a "reply speech" lasting four minutes, with the last word being reserved for the Proposition. Between the end of the first and the beginning of the last minute of an eight-minute speech, the opposing party may offer "points of information". The speaker may refuse these, but should take at least one or two points during his or her speech.

Teams in ESDC debate six rounds before "breaking" into partial octo-finals. After first round, teams are paired with each other with power pairing. Team with the same number of wins play against each other. If there are more than one teams on the same point, then teams are paired randomly. Top sixteen teams with highest number of wins and speaker points advance into single elimination octo-finals.

Principles of the Eurasian Schools Debating Championship

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  • Openness: ESDC will remain open to all teams of any formation as long as the space allows
  • Flexibility: ESDC will seek to govern itself in a non-bureaucratic way
  • Innovation: ESDC will seek to try novel ideas in debating

Registrations

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Registrations to ESDC are done through https://www.esdc.info/registration.

Past championships

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Year Champions Members of Winning Team Winning Team Coach Runners-up ESL Champions Best Overall Speaker Venue Convener Chief Adjudicator
2024 Greece Green Artemis Papastavrou,

Eleana Dalakoura, Kai Yuet Zhang, Marianna Argeiti

George Fragedakis Greece Blue Not Awarded Kai Yuet Zhang Istanbul, Turkey Ece Öğrenci & Ayşegül Kula Kallina Basli & Ruth Selorme Acolatse
2023 Aitchison College Nixor A Not Awarded Ibrahim Qazi Istanbul, Turkey Hena Yaman & Tuna Sağdan Benjamin Goh & Kallina Basli
2022 Not Awarded Rafay Ahmed Istanbul, Turkey Aybala Esmer & Tuna Sağdan Kallina Basli, Eric Kazadi & Luca Petrović
2021 WSDC Singapore China Mulan Not Awarded Emma Soulanticas Istanbul, Turkey Lara Selin Seyahi & Atakan Topaloğlu Kallina Basli, Tasneem Alias, Sharmila Parmanand & Rok Hafner
2020 Romania Blue Not Awarded Istanbul, Turkey Emir Kırdan & Ilgın Sezer Serban Pitic
2019 Team Greece Mzansi Team LGS Paragon Not Awarded Istanbul, Turkey Beliz Aluç & Ege Özgüroğlu Kallina Basli
2018 Karachi Grammar School Team Greece Blue Not Awarded Istanbul, Turkey Ece Korkmaz & Aysu Sarıgül Kip Oebanda & Kallina Basli
2016 Team South Africa Team Romania Blue Team Romania Blue Istanbul, Turkey Ilayda Orhan & Tolga Ferdi Çalışır Kip Oebanda & Kallina Basli
2015 Team South Africa CIS - Hong Kong Romania Dristor [1] Istanbul, Turkey Deniz Keleş & Tayfun Gür Kip Oebanda
2014 Team Singapore Gauteng Red Team Romania Istanbul, Turkey Barışcan Göç & Ege Sözgen Tom McLennan & Kip Oebanda
2013 Team South Africa Team Canada Team Romania Istanbul, Turkey Ayşenur Biçen (Aisenour Bitsen) & Mert Zorlular Beth James
2012 Anglo Chinese Junior College Sweden B Sweden B Istanbul, Turkey Kaan Ülgen & Koret Munguldar Mehvesh Mumtaz Ahmed & Eirianna Kouri
2011 Team Singapore Greece C Greece C Istanbul, Turkey Cem Zorlular Evanthia Giannakouri & Can Talaz

Future championships

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The 15th annual Eurasian Schools Debating Championship will be held on 18-20 January 2025 at Robert College.

References

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  1. ^ "ESDC 2018". ESDC 2018. Archived from the original on 2017-11-17. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
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