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Ghana Universities Debate Championship 2025

Oct 7, 2025 · Ghana, In person · BP

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The field

Average

A standard open. Solid competition with a mix of experience levels.

58 teams (This edition)

Motions

Ghana Universities Debate Championship 2025 (2025)14 motions
  • Round 1This House As the Black Stars would exclude Kelvin Damptey from the AFCON Finals Squad.
  • Round 2This House Opposes the romanticization of indigenous ethnic identity in determining national loyalty.
  • Round 3This House regrets the overemphasis of respectability in Ghanaian settings.
  • Round 4Isabella is an accomplished female scientist in the field of physics who has been approached by a magazine to appear on their cover page where she would be introduced as 'the sexy scientist of the physics world
  • Round 5THA the West opposes the MFN principle.
  • Round 7This House Prefers a world where religious beliefs and teachings are not codified into scripture or doctrine
  • Round 8THBT post coup countries should be given international recognition if they demonstrate popular domestic support
  • Round 9This House Believes that Ghana's minor gods should unionize
  • Open Partial SemiFinalsThis House believes that radical digital disconnection among the youth is a morally justified response to modern capitalism Ghana Universities Debate Association
  • Novice QuarterfinalsIn highly conservative countries, THA the feminist movement will push against choice feminisim
  • Open SemifinalsTHBT preserving the integrity of the timeline outweighs altering gruesome historical events.
  • Novice SemifinalsThis House prefers UN partner-led missions (e.g. Kenyan-led mission in Haiti) over direct US involvement in conflict states.
  • Novice FinalAssuming logistical feasibility, This House Prefers a world where foreign aid is distributed directly to individual citizens rather than through their national governments
  • Open Grand FinalThis House believes that states should not fund the treatment of lifestyle diseases

What gets set here

Social & Identity36%
International Relations29%
Sport7%
Religion7%
Comedy & Novelty7%
Philosophy7%

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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 · 36% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 29% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Sport · 7% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Religion · 7% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Comedy & Novelty · 7% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Philosophy · 7% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

22% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 17 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 76.9.

Last edition: 13 of 58 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

  • Open break13 teams
  • Novice break37 teams

How scoring works here

75.1 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 72.8 and 77.5.

This is 0.4 points below tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 80.8

Top-10 pace 78.6

Top-20 pace 77.2

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

Comparable: Meta Open 2026 (74.8), Tilburg Open 2026 (75.3)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
Dewilaa F.DLOThis House Prefers a world where religious beliefs and teachings are not codified into scripture or doctrine84
Henry F.LOThis House Prefers a world where religious beliefs and teachings are not codified into scripture or doctrine83
🇬🇭 Henaku O.OWThis House Prefers a world where religious beliefs and teachings are not codified into scripture or doctrine83
Desmond D.PMThis House Believes that Ghana's minor gods should unionize83
Isaac N.MGTHBT post coup countries should be given international recognition if they demonstrate popular domestic support83
🇬🇭 Henaku O.OWIsabella is an accomplished female scientist in the field of physics who has been approached by a magazine to appear on their cover page where she would be introduced as 'the sexy scientist of the physics world83
Dennis B.LO83
🇬🇭 Henaku O.DPMThis House As the Black Stars would exclude Kelvin Damptey from the AFCON Finals Squad.82
🇬🇭 Henaku O.GWTHBT post coup countries should be given international recognition if they demonstrate popular domestic support82
Joel A.PMTHBT post coup countries should be given international recognition if they demonstrate popular domestic support82
Desmond D.PMThis House As the Black Stars would exclude Kelvin Damptey from the AFCON Finals Squad.82
Desmond D.MOIsabella is an accomplished female scientist in the field of physics who has been approached by a magazine to appear on their cover page where she would be introduced as 'the sexy scientist of the physics world82

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