European Universities Debating Championship (EUDC)EUDCEuropean Universities Debating Championship
The European university championship.
Next edition not announced yet
From 7 tabs, newest Dutch EUDC 2026.
How many points to break?
18points, the middle of
the last 3 editions
In the middle figureOlder, not counted
Safe points at the last 3 editions with a figure: 18, 18, 18, newest first. The last team in averaged 80.4 speaks in 2025.
What will they set?
Out of 108 past motions with a topic, from 7 editions.
How many teams, and how many break?
24of 183 teams broke
in 2025
Who has set the motions?
- Jack S.
- 🇬🇧 Geneva R.
- Klaudia M.
- 🇮🇱 Anna S.
- 🇷🇸 Ðorđe R.
Chief adjudicators in 2024, the newest tab that lists them. And 1 more.
What gets set here
Motions with a topic, from all 7 editions with results. Pick a year to see that edition alone.
108 categorised motions across all editions.
Inrounds and outrounds
| Topic | Inrounds | Outrounds |
|---|---|---|
| Economics | 14%9 of 63 | 16%7 of 45 |
| Social & Identity | 16%10 of 63 | 16%7 of 45 |
| International Relations | 14%9 of 63 | 13%6 of 45 |
| Politics | 14%9 of 63 | 13%6 of 45 |
| Law & Crime | 8%5 of 63 | 11%5 of 45 |
Out of 63 inround and 45 outround motions with a topic, all editions.
Grand final motions
- 2026This House Believes That American frontier AI firms* should cease all cooperation with the US military. *e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, MetaTechnology, Politics
- 2025This House Believes That capitalism enhances our sense of meaning in life.Economics
- 2024THO the recent rise in distrust of state institutionsPolitics
- 2023Assuming it can be done with no risk to humanity's existence, This House Believes That God should be killedReligion
- 2022This House Hopes that intelligent extraterrestrial life existsAbstract
- 2021THS a Multi-Speed EuropeInternational Relations
- 2020THW allow police officers to refuse orders on grounds of conscienceLaw & Crime
The open grand final of each edition, where the tab names it.
Every edition
The points that were safe, the last team in and how many broke. Open an edition for its motions and top speakers.
| Edition | Safe on (points) | Last team in (speaks) | Teams broke |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Dutch EUDC 2026Sun 26 Jul 2026 | not recorded | not recorded | not recorded |
| 2025Copenhagen EUDC 2025Mon 4 Aug 2025 | 18 | 80.4 | 24 of 183 |
| 2024Glasgow EUDC 2024Mon 29 Jul 2024 | 18 | 80.1 | 24 of 185 |
| 2023Black Sea EUDC 2023Sun 20 Aug 2023 | 18 | 79.0 | 24 of 160 |
| 2022Zagreb EUDC 20222022 | 19 | 79.9 | 16 of 153 |
| 2021Madrid EUDC 20212021 | 18 | 79.4 | 16 of 139 |
| 2020Astana EUDC 20202020 | 18 | 79.3 | 24 of 168 |
| 2019Athens EUDC 20192019 | not recorded | not recorded | not recorded |
| 2018Novi Sad EUDC 20182018 | not recorded | not recorded | not recorded |
Who sets the motions
Chief adjudicators, from the 5 of 9 editions whose tab lists them.
| Chief adjudicator | Years |
|---|---|
| Klaudia M. | 2024, 2023, 2022 |
| 🇮🇱 Hadar G. | 2023, 2021 |
| 🇮🇱 Anna S. | 2024 |
| 🇷🇸 Ðorđe R. | 2024 |
| 🇬🇧 Geneva R. | 2024 |
| Jack S. | 2024 |
| 🇦🇺 Udai K. | 2024 |
| 🇩🇪 Josef M. | 2023 |
| 🇷🇸 Milos M. | 2023 |
| Maj. S. | 2022 |
| 🇷🇸 Marta V. | 2022 |
| 🇬🇧 Matt H. | 2022 |
Show all 23 chief adjudicators
| Chief adjudicator | Years |
|---|---|
| Mukhtar T. | 2022 |
| 🇬🇧 Gigi G. | 2021 |
| 🇬🇧 Jason X. | 2021 |
| 🇭🇷 Lovro Š. | 2021 |
| Lucía C. | 2021 |
| 🇬🇧 Sarah T. | 2021 |
| Melda E. | 2020 |
| Monica F. | 2020 |
| Raffy M. | 2020 |
| 🇭🇷 Tin P. | 2020 |
| Tom M. | 2020 |
How speakers score here
- average speaker score, 6 editions
- 76.1
- where most speakers land
- 73.3 to 78.8
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker83.1
- 10th speaker81.2
- 20th speaker80.3
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 6 editions.
Records and top speakers
Top speakers in this series
- 1🇮🇱 Hadar G.2 editions84.0
- 2🇬🇧 Hamza C.83.2
- 3🇳🇱 Emma L.83.1
- 4🇮🇪 Jack S.2 editions83.1
- 5🇮🇱 Tamar M.2 editions83.0
- 6🇮🇪 Martha M.2 editions82.8
- 7🇦🇺 Jack S.82.8
- 8🇭🇷 Petar Ž.5 editions82.7
- 9Aidan W.2 editions82.7
- 10Romée L.82.6
- 11🇮🇪 Caoimhin H.2 editions82.6
- 12🇬🇧 Matt C.82.6
- 13🇮🇱 Yishai B.2 editions82.6
- 14🇬🇧 Chris C.3 editions82.3
- 15🇬🇧 Ahmed S.82.3
Best speaker average at any one edition.
Records
- Best speaker average🇮🇱 Hadar G., 202484.0
- Biggest field2024185 teams
- Strongest fieldPremier2024
Field strength by year
- 2020Premier
- 2021Average
- 2022Premier
- 2023Premier
- 2024Premier
- 2025Premier
Older editions predate much of the rating data we hold, so early years can read lower than they were.