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Africa Top Universities Debating Championship
A recurring African university championship.
Editions
- Africa Top Universities Debating Championships 2026202617 teamsPremiercut 24 pts
- Africa Top UDC 2025202517 teamsPremier
- Africa Top UDC 2024202416 teamsPremier
- Africa Top UDC 2023202316 teamsAbove Average
- Africa Top UDC 2022202216 teamsPremier
Field strength over the years
How strong each edition’s field was, on the cross-tournament strength scale.
Older editions predate a lot of the rating data we hold, so early years can read lower than they really were.
- 2022Premier
- 2023Above Average
- 2024Premier
- 2025Premier
- 2026Premier
What gets set here
The topic mix across 1 analysed edition. Tap a year to see that edition alone.
11 categorised motions across all editions.
Philosophy91%
Social & Identity18%
Politics9%
Technology9%
History9%
Grand final motions, year by year
- 2026Assuming feasibility, This House would Pay Reparations and Aid Directly to African Citizens Rather Than their respective Governments. · Politics, Technology, History
What it takes to break here
- 202624 pts · 79.6 speaks4/17 broke
24 points has guaranteed the break in 1 of 1 editions with break data.
How scoring works here
Field average 78.8 across 1 scored edition.
- Top speaker pace80.9
- Top-10 pace79.3
- Top-20 pace78.5
Median average speaks at each finishing position, across 1 edition.
Records
- Best speaker average80.9 Dean F., 2026
- Biggest field17 teams 2025
- Strongest field2024 Premier
Top speakers in this series
The highest speaker averages recorded across every analysed edition.
- 1Dean F.80.9
- 2🇷🇼 Smart I.80.6
- 3Omolemo M.79.9
- 4Christian F.79.8
- 5Zepher K.79.7
- 6Serg M.79.7
- 7Offiah K.79.7
- 8Thando F.79.6
- 9Sam79.6
- 10Israel A.79.3
- 11Dominic M.79.3
- 12James O.79.3
- 13Ayeyi A.79.1
- 14Oyisa K.79.1
- 15Alexander T.79.1