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Nordic Schools Debating Championship 2026

What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.

APThe tab

Fri 24 Apr 2026

From 1 tab, newest Nordic Schools Debating Championship 2026.

How many points did it take?

5points were safe
in 2026

The last team in averaged 69.9 speaks in 2026.

Every year

What will they set?

Out of 11 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.

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How many teams, and how many break?

16of 54 teams made the open break
in 2026

Who has set the motions?

  • Jack S.
  • 馃嚞馃嚙 Geneva R.
  • Mirtel E.
  • 馃嚛馃嚢 Darin M.

Chief adjudicators in 2026, the newest tab that lists them.

Every panel

Past motions

1 edition with motions on record, newest first.

Nordic Schools Debating Championship 202611 motions
  1. Round 1This House Regrets the glorification of hard work in demanding academic fields such as medicine, engineering, physics and lawPractise this motion
  2. Round 2This House Supports a global moratorium on ownership of space and its resourcesPractise this motion
  3. Round 3This House Regrets the increased influence of The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in world cricketPractise this motion
  4. Round 4This House believes that Middle Eastern political movements should reject Western-defined systems of democracy and instead build their own systems based on their own history and local valuesPractise this motion
  5. Round 5THS the creation of Artifical FriendsPractise this motion
  6. Round 6This House Would ban autonomous weapons systemsPractise this motion
  7. OctofinalsThis House, as the Iranian government, Regrets the decision to reject Iraq's 1982 ceasefire proposalPractise this motion
  8. QuarterfinalsTHBT humanity should never try to replicate the Tardis technologyPractise this motion
  9. Novice FinalTHBT olympic gymnastics should replace human judging with AI judgingPractise this motion
  10. SemifinalsThis House Prefers a world composed of many small communes as opposed to a few large empiresPractise this motion
  11. Grand FinalThis House Would rather be UNC than NPCPractise this motion

The break, year by year

The points that were safe, the last team in and how many broke, at each edition with results.

Every break in 2026

  • Open break16 teams
  • Novice break2 teams

Who sets the motions

Chief adjudicators by edition, where the tab lists them.

  • 2026Jack S., 馃嚞馃嚙 Geneva R., Mirtel E., 馃嚛馃嚢 Darin M.

How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 1 edition
69.2
where most speakers land
67.9 to 70.6

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker72.3
  • 10th speaker71.4
  • 20th speaker70.9

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.