Eurasian Schools Debating Championships

The Eurasian Schools Debating Championships (ESDC) is an annual open English-language debating tournament for high school-level teams representing different countries. ESDC is open to national and school teams alike, depending on team cap.

The first edition was hosted by the Robert College Debate Society in Istanbul with 50 teams from 20 different countries.

Format

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 eight rounds before "breaking" into 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.

The Eurasian Schools Debating Council

During the inaugural ESDC, teams participating decided to form Eurasian Schools Debating Council which will govern the championships in a democratic manner. The formation of the charter is still in process.

Principles of the Eurasian Schools Debating Championships
  • 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

Past championships
Year Champions Runners-up ESL Champions Venue Convener Chief Adjudicator
2011 Team Singapore Greece C Greece C Istanbul, Turkey Cem Zorlular Evanthia Giannakouri & Can Talaz
2012 Anglo Chinese Junior College Sweden B Sweden B Istanbul, Turkey Kaan Ülgen & Koret Munguldar Mehvesh Mumtaz Ahmed & Eirianna Kouri
2013 Team South Africa Team Canada Team Romania Istanbul, Turkey Ayşenur Biçen (Aisenour Bitsen) & Mert Zorlular Beth James
2014 Team Singapore Gauteng Red Team Romania Istanbul, Turkey Barışcan Göç & Ege Sözgen Tom McLennan & Kip Oebanda
2015 Team South Africa CIS - Hong Kong Romania Dristor [1] Istanbul, Turkey Deniz Keleş & Tayfun Gür Kip Oebanda
2016 Team South Africa Team Romania Blue Team Romania Blue Istanbul, Turkey Ilayda Orhan & Tolga Ferdi Çalışır Kip Oebanda & Kallina Basli
2018 Karachi Grammar School Team Greece Blue Not Awarded Istanbul, Turkey Ece Korkmaz & Aysu Sarıgül Kip Oebanda & Kallina Basli
2019 Team Greece Mzansi Team LGS Paragon Not Awarded Istanbul, Turkey Beliz Aluç & Ege Özgüroğlu Kallina Basli

Future championships

The 10th annual Eurasian Schools Debating Championship will be held in 2020.

References
  1. "ESDC 2018". ESDC 2018. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
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