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World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC)WUDCWorld Universities Debating Championship
The world championship of university debating, held each New Year.
Sun 27 Dec 2026in 80 days
From 12 tabs, newest Bulgaria WUDC 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, 17, 18, newest first. The last team in averaged 79.5 speaks in 2026.
What will they set?
Out of 158 past motions with a topic, from 9 editions.
How many teams, and how many break?
50of 337 teams broke
in 2026
Who has set the motions?
- 🇬🇧 Chris C.
- 🇮🇱 Anna S.
- 🇺🇸 Dennis S.
- 🇳🇬 Joy H.
- Ruth A.
Chief adjudicators in 2026, the newest tab that lists them. And 5 more.
What gets set here
Motions with a topic, from 9 of the 12 editions with results. Pick a year to see that edition alone.
158 categorised motions across all editions.
Inrounds and outrounds
| Topic | Inrounds | Outrounds |
|---|---|---|
| Social & Identity | 17%14 of 82 | 21%16 of 76 |
| Economics | 17%14 of 82 | 20%15 of 76 |
| Politics | 11%9 of 82 | 14%11 of 76 |
| International Relations | 13%11 of 82 | 13%10 of 76 |
| Religion | 1 of 82 | 9%7 of 76 |
Out of 82 inround and 76 outround motions with a topic, all editions.
Grand final motions
- 2026This House opposes the development of AI systems to optimise for human influenceTechnology
- 2025This House Supports the shift away from the traditional left-right spectrum in the politics of major democraciesPolitics
- 2024This House opposes the norm to prefer the natural to the artificialSocial & Identity
- 2023THP a world where all individuals have a strong belief in UbuntuSocial & Identity
- 2022This House Supports a decline in global reliance on the dollarEconomics
- 2020This House, as China, would grant universal suffrage to Hong Kong.International Relations
- 2018This house would rather save the life of a single child, over extending the life of 5 adults by 10 yearsPhilosophy
- 2014THBT India should adopt aggressive free market policies, including but not limited to deregulating of labour markets, allowing foreign investment and privatising state owned enterprisesEconomics
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027Ottawa WUDC 2027Sun 27 Dec 2026 | not recorded | not recorded | not recorded |
| 2026Bulgaria WUDC 2026Mon 29 Dec 2025 | 18 | 79.5 | 50 of 337 |
| 2025Panama WUDC 2025Mon 30 Dec 2024 | 17 | 80.0 | 48 of 228 |
| 2024Vietnam WUDC 2024Thu 28 Dec 2023 | 18 | 79.6 | 48 of 300 |
| 2023Madrid WUDC 2023Wed 28 Dec 2022 | 18 | 79.5 | 48 of 262 |
| 2022Belgrade WUDC 2022Tue 19 Jul 2022 | 18 | 79.6 | 49 of 379 |
| 2021Korea WUDC 2021Mon 28 Dec 2020 | 18 | 80.3 | 48 of 374 |
| 2020Thailand WUDC 2020Sat 28 Dec 2019 | 18 | 80.7 | 49 of 353 |
| 2019Cape Town WUDC 2019Fri 28 Dec 2018 | 17 | 79.3 | Partial tab |
| 2018Mexico WUDC 20182018 | 18 | 80.5 | 48 of 315 |
| 2017WUDC 2017: no tab yetSend us the tab | |||
| 2016Thessaloniki WUDC 2016Sun 27 Dec 2015 | 18 | 80.3 | 48 of 398 |
| 2015Malaysia WUDC 20152015 | not recorded | not recorded | not recorded |
| 2014Chennai WUDC 20142014 | 18 | not recorded | 48 of 342 |
Partial tab: the tab we hold for 2019 lists only part of the field, so how many broke is left out.
Who sets the motions
Chief adjudicators, from the 6 of 13 editions whose tab lists them.
| Chief adjudicator | Years |
|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Enting L. | 2022, 2019 |
| 🇷🇸 Milos M. | 2022, 2021 |
| Boemo P. | 2021, 2019 |
| Dan L. | 2021, 2019 |
| Sebastian D. | 2021, 2019 |
| 🇬🇧 Teck T. | 2021, 2019 |
| Boby R. | 2019, 2016 |
| Chuan-Zheng L. | 2019, 2016 |
| Duncan C. | 2019, 2016 |
| Ioana B. | 2019, 2016 |
| Jordan P. | 2019, 2016 |
| Lehakoe M. | 2019, 2016 |
Show all 212 chief adjudicators
| Chief adjudicator | Years |
|---|---|
| Lucian T. | 2019, 2016 |
| Sella N. | 2019, 2016 |
| Steph W. | 2019, 2016 |
| Uphie A. | 2019, 2016 |
| 🇮🇱 Anna S. | 2026 |
| 🇬🇧 Chris C. | 2026 |
| 🇵🇭 David A. | 2026 |
| 🇺🇸 Dennis S. | 2026 |
| 🇳🇬 Joy H. | 2026 |
| 🇷🇸 Marta V. | 2026 |
| 🇬🇧 Matt C. | 2026 |
| 🇦🇺 Matthew T. | 2026 |
| Ruth A. | 2026 |
| Sajid K. | 2026 |
| 🇦🇺 Jessica M. | 2023 |
| Klaudia M. | 2023 |
| Njuguna M. | 2023 |
| 🇨🇦 Ruth S. | 2023 |
| 🇧🇩 Sourodip P. | 2023 |
| Donald S. | 2022 |
| 🇮🇱 Hadar G. | 2022 |
| 🇨🇴 Juanita R. | 2022 |
| Noluthando H. | 2022 |
| 🇦🇺 Robert B. | 2022 |
| Yarn S. | 2022 |
| 🇺🇸 Bobbi L. | 2021 |
| 🇦🇺 Connor O. | 2021 |
| Mubarrat W. | 2021 |
| Sooyoung P. | 2021 |
| 🇺🇸 Tejal P. | 2021 |
| Abi B. | 2019 |
| Ameera M. | 2019 |
| 🇦🇺 Amrit A. | 2019 |
| 🇺🇸 Archie H. | 2019 |
| 🇬🇧 Arth M. | 2019 |
| Ary C. | 2019 |
| Ashish K. | 2019 |
| Ayal H. | 2019 |
| 🇲🇾 Azim N. | 2019 |
| Bettina B. | 2019 |
| Brian W. | 2019 |
| Chanel C. | 2019 |
| Charlotte H. | 2019 |
| Chris H. | 2019 |
| 🇩🇪 Christof K. | 2019 |
| Clarence B. | 2019 |
| Cliff S. | 2019 |
| Daan W. | 2019 |
| Dana G. | 2019 |
| Daniel B. | 2019 |
| 🇳🇿 Daniel M. | 2019 |
| 🇿🇦 David H. | 2019 |
| 🇮🇪 Doireann O. | 2019 |
| Elisha K. | 2019 |
| Emily W. | 2019 |
| 🇿🇦 Emma B. | 2019 |
| Estelle F. | 2019 |
| 🇺🇸 Eva-Marie Q. | 2019 |
| Fanele M. | 2019 |
| Franny S. | 2019 |
| Gordon J. | 2019 |
| Hamish B. | 2019 |
| 🇦🇺 Isabella M. | 2019 |
| 🇺🇸 Jack K. | 2019 |
| James L. | 2019 |
| 🇦🇺 James P. | 2019 |
| Jamie J. | 2019 |
| Jehannah M. | 2019 |
| Jisung J. | 2019 |
| Johanna R. | 2019 |
| Jon H. | 2019 |
| Julio M. | 2019 |
| Jure H. | 2019 |
| Justin M. | 2019 |
| Justin W. | 2019 |
| Kai Y. | 2019 |
| Ken N. | 2019 |
| Kerrin R. | 2019 |
| 🇺🇸 Ko C. | 2019 |
| Krikor K. | 2019 |
| Lex S. | 2019 |
| Liam T. | 2019 |
| 🇦🇺 Liliana T. | 2019 |
| 🇳🇱 Linsey K. | 2019 |
| Lior F. | 2019 |
| 🇺🇸 Lorenzo P. | 2019 |
| Luke C. | 2019 |
| Mark F. | 2019 |
| Matt G. | 2019 |
| Nisha T. | 2019 |
| Nishith H. | 2019 |
| Paida M. | 2019 |
| 🇿🇦 Patricia J. | 2019 |
| Provy S. | 2019 |
| Raffy M. | 2019 |
| Ryan T. | 2019 |
| Seokho Y. | 2019 |
| Sheraz Q. | 2019 |
| Stav S. | 2019 |
| Teejay S. | 2019 |
| Tomoya Y. | 2019 |
| 🇺🇸 Trent K. | 2019 |
| 🇺🇸 Vikki P. | 2019 |
| Vishakha R. | 2019 |
| Yoni C. | 2019 |
| Aaqib H. | 2016 |
| Abigail M. | 2016 |
| Achitha J. | 2016 |
| Adam H. | 2016 |
| Amelia M. | 2016 |
| Amy G. | 2016 |
| Amy J. | 2016 |
| Andre C. | 2016 |
| Andrea B. | 2016 |
| Andrew C. | 2016 |
| Andy H. | 2016 |
| Arinah N. | 2016 |
| Aron C. | 2016 |
| Aurea M. | 2016 |
| 🇲🇾 Banun S. | 2016 |
| Brent S. | 2016 |
| Buzz K. | 2016 |
| Chanel C. | 2016 |
| Charity M. | 2016 |
| Charlie M. | 2016 |
| Chris B. | 2016 |
| Cole B. | 2016 |
| Colin B. | 2016 |
| Crash W. | 2016 |
| Daniel W. | 2016 |
| Edward M. | 2016 |
| Eleanor A. | 2016 |
| Elle J. | 2016 |
| Ely Z. | 2016 |
| Emilia C. | 2016 |
| Emma F. | 2016 |
| Erin K. | 2016 |
| Fergus P. | 2016 |
| Gabriel B. | 2016 |
| Gareth W. | 2016 |
| Gavin I. | 2016 |
| Gavin O. | 2016 |
| Helena I. | 2016 |
| Hyewon R. | 2016 |
| Jacky F. | 2016 |
| James C. | 2016 |
| James H. | 2016 |
| James L. | 2016 |
| Jesse M. | 2016 |
| Jodie O. | 2016 |
| John M. | 2016 |
| Josh B. | 2016 |
| Josh M. | 2016 |
| Josh Z. | 2016 |
| Kai C. | 2016 |
| Kanna P. | 2016 |
| Karin M. | 2016 |
| Karolina P. | 2016 |
| Lennart L. | 2016 |
| Liam B. | 2016 |
| Madeleine S. | 2016 |
| Manos M. | 2016 |
| Maria F. | 2016 |
| Maria O. | 2016 |
| Marko C. | 2016 |
| 🇬🇧 Matt H. | 2016 |
| Matt S. | 2016 |
| Matteo C. | 2016 |
| Matthew W. | 2016 |
| Michael B. | 2016 |
| Michael S. | 2016 |
| Michelle P. | 2016 |
| Naoise D. | 2016 |
| Nate B. | 2016 |
| Nicholas C. | 2016 |
| Nita R. | 2016 |
| Olivia M. | 2016 |
| Omer N. | 2016 |
| Rafiq S. | 2016 |
| Rebecca K. | 2016 |
| Richard N. | 2016 |
| Rogier B. | 2016 |
| Ruta G. | 2016 |
| Sam W. | 2016 |
| Sarah B. | 2016 |
| Sebastian T. | 2016 |
| Sesenu W. | 2016 |
| Shira A. | 2016 |
| 🇬🇧 Sophie L. | 2016 |
| Steph D. | 2016 |
| Stephen W. | 2016 |
| Steve J. | 2016 |
| Steven P. | 2016 |
| Syed S. | 2016 |
| Tasneem E. | 2016 |
| Tim S. | 2016 |
| Udayan M. | 2016 |
| Wasifa N. | 2016 |
| Yael B. | 2016 |
| Yair H. | 2016 |
How speakers score here
- average speaker score, 10 editions
- 76.8
- where most speakers land
- 74.1 to 79.5
What finishing high has taken
- Top speaker83.6
- 10th speaker82.1
- 20th speaker81.6
Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 9 editions.
Records and top speakers
Top speakers in this series
- 1Dan L.84.9
- 2Ayal M.2 editions84.8
- 3Michael G.84.4
- 4Harish N.84.1
- 5🇮🇱 Hadar G.2 editions84.0
- 6🇧🇬 Rumen M.2 editions83.8
- 7🇵🇭 Tobi L.2 editions83.8
- 8Veenu G.83.7
- 9Speaker S.6 editions83.7
- 10🇬🇧 Matt C.2 editions83.7
- 11🇮🇱 Tamar M.2 editions83.7
- 12🇺🇸 Tejas S.3 editions83.6
- 13🇬🇧 Arth M.83.4
- 14🇦🇺 Matthew T.4 editions83.4
- 15🇬🇧 Bharath A.83.4
Best speaker average at any one edition.
Records
- Best speaker averageDan L., 201884.9
- Biggest field2016398 teams
- Strongest fieldUltra Premier2026
Field strength by year
- 2018Above Average
- 2020Premier
- 2021Average
- 2022Premier
- 2023Ultra Premier
- 2024Ultra Premier
- 2025Ultra Premier
- 2026Ultra Premier
Older editions predate much of the rating data we hold, so early years can read lower than they were.