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Asian British Parliamentary Championship 2020

2020-06-01 · BP

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The field

Above Average

A competitive tournament. Good preparation ground for larger events.

162 teams (This edition)

Motions

ABP 2020 (2020)13 motionsCA: 🇦🇺 Connor O., 🇧🇩 Sourodip P., Khalis K., 🇸🇬 Nar M., Inna F., Piali B.
  • Round 1THBT historically discriminated groups should abandon narratives of historical redress in their campaign for equality.
  • Round 2THBT the Democratic Party leadership should publicly commit to using 'procedurally activist' congressional tactics to pursue their policy objectives.
  • Round 3THW grant the WHO, in times of crisis, coercive powers to gather information about suspected infectious disease outbreaks and to enforce its policy recommendations.
  • Round 4THBT investors should be required to invest a significant proportion of their portfolios in the real economy.
  • Round 5THBT Southeast Asian nations should actively move towards the consolidation of a regional alliance at the expense of seeking stronger ties with non-regional allies (e.g. by forming closer intra-ASEAN defence ties, increasing ASEAN economic integration etc).
  • Round 6THW legalise and actively incentivise the use of university bonds.
  • Partial OctofinalsIn areas characterized by significant ethnic and religious cleavages, THP a system of delegative democracy over a system of collusive democracy
  • OctofinalsTH, as a Muslim majority SEA nation, would reject Saudi Arabian investments in education
  • QuarterfinalsTH, as an altruistically-minded graduate, would follow the 80,000 Hours approach to their professional career rather than joining an altruistic organisation
  • SemifinalsTHR the "quantitative turn" in the social sciences
  • Grand FinalTH, as the feminist movement, would advocate for aggressive government intervention to counteract behaviours which the feminist movement determines are predominantly the outcome of adaptive preference
  • EFL SemifinalsTHBT first generation immigrants should raise their children to fully integrate into their new country, and completely abandon attempts to establish links to their country of origin
  • EFL FinalsTHR the US' declining relative influence over global governance

What gets set here

Social & Identity38%
International Relations23%
Politics15%
Health & Medicine8%
Economics8%
Education8%

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You vs this tournament

What gets set here, next to how you have scored on each category across your own imported rounds.

  • Social & Identity · 38% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 23% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 15% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Health & Medicine · 8% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 8% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Education · 8% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

30% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 78.2.

Last edition: 48 of 162 teams broke.

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Break categories

This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:

  • Open break48 teams
  • EFL break11 teams

How scoring works here

77.2 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 75.3 and 79.0.

This is 1.3 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 83.2

Top-10 pace 81.0

Top-20 pace 79.8

Median average speaks at each finishing spot, across 1 edition.

Comparable: Meta Open 2026 (74.8), Vivaatam Pre-ABP 2026 (75.0)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇮🇳 Jaymal L.DLOTHW grant the WHO, in times of crisis, coercive powers to gather information about suspected infectious disease outbreaks and to enforce its policy recommendations.86
🇮🇳 S. S.DPMTHW grant the WHO, in times of crisis, coercive powers to gather information about suspected infectious disease outbreaks and to enforce its policy recommendations.86
🇵🇭 Mikko V.DLOTHBT investors should be required to invest a significant proportion of their portfolios in the real economy.86
🇲🇾 KimberleyMGTHW legalise and actively incentivise the use of university bonds.85
🇮🇳 Pushkar M.LOTHW grant the WHO, in times of crisis, coercive powers to gather information about suspected infectious disease outbreaks and to enforce its policy recommendations.85
🇲🇾 Kuberan K.GWTHW legalise and actively incentivise the use of university bonds.85
🇵🇭 Ignacio V.LOTHBT investors should be required to invest a significant proportion of their portfolios in the real economy.85
🇲🇾 NaveenMOTHBT Southeast Asian nations should actively move towards the consolidation of a regional alliance at the expense of seeking stronger ties with non-regional allies (e.g. by forming closer intra-ASEAN defence ties, increasing ASEAN economic integration etc).85
🇵🇭 David A.MGTHW legalise and actively incentivise the use of university bonds.85
🇲🇾 PloopyOWTHBT Southeast Asian nations should actively move towards the consolidation of a regional alliance at the expense of seeking stronger ties with non-regional allies (e.g. by forming closer intra-ASEAN defence ties, increasing ASEAN economic integration etc).84
🇵🇭 Ignacio V.MOTHW legalise and actively incentivise the use of university bonds.84
🇮🇳 Jaymal L.GWTHBT investors should be required to invest a significant proportion of their portfolios in the real economy.84

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