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Amsterdam Open 2025
Dec 6, 2025 · BP
Motions
Amsterdam Open 2025 (2025)11 motions
- Round 0This House Believes That federal governments should apply stricter controls on sub-sovereign debt compared with sovereign debt (e.g. capping bond issuance, lower debt ceilings, less purchasing of sub-sovereign debt by central bank in the secondary market etc.).
- Round 1This House Prefers art that addresses class inequality through the glorification of working-class lives (e.g. Paterson, Empire of Light, American Beauty, Take Me Home, Country Roads) over art that addresses class inequality through the demonisation of economic elites (e.g. The Wolf of Wall Street, The Great Gatsby, Snowpiercer, American Psycho).
- Round 2In Western countries, This House Prefers the GBMI model to the NGRI model.
- Round 3This House Predicts that, over the next decade, Chinese universities will contribute more to research in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) fields than American universities.
- Round 4Within interpersonal relationships, This House Opposes norms which encourage individuals to conceal their dislike of the other person.
- Round 5This House Supports large American AI firms going public.
- QuarterfinalsIn Islamic countries with secular constitutions (e.g. Turkey, Bangladesh, Malaysia), This House Prefers for feminists to focus on Tafsir as opposed to Fiq in their advocacy.
- Novice FinalThis House Opposes the spreading law.
- SemifinalsThis House Believes That federal governments should apply stricter controls on sub-sovereign debt compared with sovereign debt (e.g. capping bond issuance, lower debt ceilings, less purchasing of sub-sovereign debt by central bank in the secondary market etc.).
- ESL FinalThis House Regrets the decision of the student protesters to advance candidates in the 2027 Serbian Parliamentary Elections.
- Grand FinalThis House, as Iran, Regrets its nuclear program.
What gets set here
Arts & Culture9%
Law & Crime9%
Education9%
Social & Identity9%
Technology9%
Economics9%
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21% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 78.4.
Last edition: 16 of 75 teams broke.
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break16 teams
- ESL break11 teams
- Novice break5 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Rayaan K. | MG | — | 84 |
| Leon K. | DPM | — | 84 |
| Idan A. | PM | — | 84 |
| 🇬🇧 Krish S. | OW | — | 84 |
| Niya B. | DLO | — | 84 |
| Dominic F. | LO | — | 83 |
| 🇭🇰 Aniket G. | MO | — | 83 |
| 🇬🇧 Krish S. | GW | — | 83 |
| Ellie M. | MO | — | 83 |
| Ananya K. | DLO | This House Prefers art that addresses class inequality through the glorification of working-class lives (e.g. Paterson, Empire of Light, American Beauty, Take Me Home, Country Roads) over art that addresses class inequality through the demonisation of economic elites (e.g. The Wolf of Wall Street, The Great Gatsby, Snowpiercer, American Psycho). | 83 |
| Roald V. | MG | — | 83 |
| Pjotr K. | MO | — | 83 |
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