World Championships Qtr Finalists at WUDC 2012

The Quarter Finalists of the 2012 World Debating Championships are

1 Oxford A
16 BPP A
8 Stanford A
24 Birmingham A
29 Oxford C
13 Nottingham A
5 Sydney A
28 Monash B
2 Oxford B
18 Sydney B
7 Victoria Wellington A
10 Durham A
3 Monash C
19 Harvard A
11 UCD L&H A
27 Auckland B

The motion for the Qtr Finals is:

This house believes that "Western" consultants advising dictatorships have a moral duty to sabotage them.

It is being broadcast live by IDEA at http://www.idebate.org/streaming/wudc/

EFL Semi Finals WUDC 2012

The Motion for the semi finals of the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) competition at the 2012 World Debating Championships is:

This house believes that when doctors discover a patient has a sexual transmitted disease, they should reveal that information to the patients partner.

ESL Qtr Final Results WUDC 2012

After the Qtr Finals in the English as a Second Language (ESL) competition at 2012 World Debating Championships the Semi Finalists are:

1 Tel Aviv A
9 IIUMB
4 Ljubljana A
5 Belgrade A
2 Utrecht A
7 BDU A
3 Leiden A
11 Galatasaray A

The motion for the Semi Final is  In countries with few female politicians, This house believes it is good to have a politically active 'first lady'

WUDC Manila 2012 Day 7

Today at the 2012 World Universities Debating Championships in Manila

Time	Activity	Venue
0600 - 0800	Breakfast	Harbor Tent, Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila
0800 - 0900	Travel to DLSU	N/A
0900 - 0930	Convening	Teresa Yuchengco Auditorium
0930 - 1130	Octo-Finals	Lecture Halls
1130 - 1300	Lunch	Yuchengco Lobby, Marian Quadrangle and Central Plaza
1300 - 1500	ESL Quarter-Finals	Lecture Halls
1500 - 1530	Snacks	Yuchengco Lobby, Marian Quadrangle and Central Plaza
1530 - 1730	Quarter-Finals	Lecture Halls
1730 - 1930	EFL & ESL Semifinals	Lecture Halls
1900 - 0200	Filipino Fiesta Night	University Grounds
2300	Travel Back to Hotel	N/A
	(First Optional Trip)

Proposal to reform the Worlds Break

Update 1st January 2011.  Given that council voted to expand the break to all teams on 18 points this morning it is fitting that I move this post back up the blog.  I haven't figured out the impact of the decision on how to tab future worlds and won't try until I hear exact details of what was passed at council.

You will also find more information on Andy Hume's Facebook post or in the current edition of the Monash Debating review

Here is an extract from a mail from Mai Mokhsein (UT MARA) National Delegate for Malaysia at Council which he sent to the malaysian_debaters mail list:

This message is purely informational in nature. The Worlds Council 2012 has just passed the constitutional amendment to expand the main break. ALL teams on 18 points will now make the main break, applicable to Worlds 2013 henceforth.

Proposal passed with a slim two-thirds majority with strong opposition from the European, Oceania & IONA region. All Asian nations were unanimously stout in holding their ground for expanding the break after a disproportionately long discussion that carried on from last year. Great turnaround as the initial straw voting indicated that we didn't have the necessary two-thirds majority to make the amendment.

Implementation of the new break policy:
1. The bottom 32 teams will compete in Pre-Octos, while high-ranking teams will get a bye.
2. If an odd number of teams make the main break, the room with the lowest-ranking team will have three teams advancing to the Octos.

Update Jan 2011: this is a post that was first published on 24th November. It concerns the proposal to expand the break which is currently being discussed at council. I have changed the date on it to move it back up to the front page of this blog so people can be more fully informed about the proposal. The first 17 comments date from November.

Shawn Briscoe and Steve Johnson have written a proposal to allow all teams with 18 or more points to break at the WUDC. They plan to submit it to Council in Botswana and have asked that it be posted here to promote some discussion.  If you want to contribute to the discussion you can post here or e-mail Shawn and Steve directly at steve.johnson.alaska@gmail.com or shawn.briscoe@uaa.alaska.edu.

WUDC Manila 2012 break announcement.

Here is the break announcement from last night.

Draw for the knockout rounds of WUDC 2012