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The Untitled Preparation Competition for the 2023 European University Debating Championships

2023-06-16 · BP

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The field

Premier

One of the strongest fields in the circuit. Multiple nationally-ranked teams attend.

64 teams (This edition)

Motions

Untitled Preparation Competition for the 2023 European University Debating Championships (2023)6 motionsCA: 🇩🇪 Josef M., 🇧🇬 Maria M., 🇬🇧 Matt C., 🇬🇧 Lucie S.
  • Round 1THO the use of VAR in football in its current form
  • Round 2THR the rise of ‘Publish or Perish’ culture.
  • Round 3 (Silent)THO close collaboration between government intelligence agencies and social media companies in liberal democracies
  • Round 4THBT that Latin American governments should adopt measures that allow one cartel to monopolise the drug market
  • Gold FinalTHBT that it is in the interest of We Continue the Change to be in a coalition with GERB
  • Silver FinalTHBT that it is in the interest of We Continue the Change to be in a coalition with GERB

What gets set here

Politics33%
Sport17%
Education17%
Technology17%
Law & Crime17%

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Practice Politics motions ›Read: Generating arguments

You vs this tournament

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

  • Politics · 33% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Sport · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Education · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Technology · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Law & Crime · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

17% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 9 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 79.7.

Last edition: 11 of 64 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

  • Silver break11 teams
  • Gold break5 teams

How scoring works here

77.3 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 75.6 and 79.1.

This is 1.0 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 81.8

Top-10 pace 79.5

Top-20 pace 78.5

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

Comparable: Warwick Pre-EUDC 2025 (76.6), GME Pra-KDMI 2025 (76.0)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇮🇪 Jack W.MOTHO the use of VAR in football in its current form85
Max W.LOTHR the rise of ‘Publish or Perish’ culture.85
🇬🇧 Wajeeh M.MGTHO the use of VAR in football in its current form84
Stefan-Christian M.OWTHO the use of VAR in football in its current form84
🇨🇦 Arpi Y.DLOTHR the rise of ‘Publish or Perish’ culture.84
🇨🇳 Josh K.GWTHO the use of VAR in football in its current form83
🇦🇺 Jessica M.MOTHBT that Latin American governments should adopt measures that allow one cartel to monopolise the drug market83
🇮🇪 Jack W.PMTHR the rise of ‘Publish or Perish’ culture.83
🇨🇦 Julia G.MOTHR the rise of ‘Publish or Perish’ culture.83
🇮🇱 Omar S.DLOTHO close collaboration between government intelligence agencies and social media companies in liberal democracies83
🇬🇧 William S.DLOTHO the use of VAR in football in its current form82
🇧🇬 Alek S.DLOTHO the use of VAR in football in its current form82

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