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Bali United Asian Debating Championships 2026

Jun 2, 2026 · AP

Part of the United Asian Debating Championship (UADC) series →

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The field

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68 teams (This edition), 54 teams (2025), 56 teams (2024), 117 teams (2023), 110 teams (2022)

Motions

Bali UADC 2026 (2026)57 motions
  • Round 0THBT China should adopt a fully standardized national Gaokao system
  • Round 0THBT college accreditation should focus on output (e.g. learning assessment, graduation rate, earnings) rather than input (e.g. curriculum structure, faculty qualification, governance)
  • Round 0THBT China should adopt a fully standardized national Gaokao system
  • Round 0THBT college accreditation should focus on output (e.g. learning assessment, graduation rate, earnings) rather than input (e.g. curriculum structure, faculty qualification, governance)
  • Round 0TH prefers the grade-specialization model over the cohort-continuity model in secondary education
  • Round 0TH prefers the grade-specialization model over the cohort-continuity model in secondary education
  • Round 0THBT China should adopt a fully standardized national Gaokao system
  • Round 0THBT college accreditation should focus on output (e.g., learning assessment, graduation rate, earnings) rather than input (e.g., curriculum structure, faculty qualification, governance)
  • Round 0TH prefers the grade-specialization model over the cohort-continuity model in secondary education
  • Round 0THR the use of WLFI as the WLF's primary form of collateral
  • Round 0THBT cryptocurrency markets should be regulated under a commodities-market model rather than an investor-protection model
  • Round 0THO the tokenization of financial markets
  • Round 1TH, as a young adult, would prefer to build our life with a partner who works in the same industry rather than someone with a significantly different career
  • Round 1In Asian countries with low birthrates, THS government-run dating services (e.g., FirstDate in Singapore)
  • Round 1THS the trend of roster dating
  • Round 2THW abolish mega auctions in the IPL
  • Round 2TH, as a national team coach, would prioritize intrinsic over extrinsic motivation
  • Round 2TH, as a rising player in esports, would prefer to be signed as a support main over a duelist main
  • Round 3THBT Bangladesh should grant more autonomy to its local governments
  • Round 3THS Pakistan's aggressive security measures against cross-border militancy from Afghanistan
  • Round 3THBT the BJP's win is in interest of the citizens of West Bengal
  • Round 4THO the rise of minmaxxing
  • Round 4THR the stigmatization against being chronically online
  • Round 4THR the prevalence of ‘kiasuism’ in Southeast Asia
  • Round 5THBT the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) should lower the threshold for mandatory delisting
  • Round 5THBT the EU should significantly relax labor regulations (e.g., minimum wage, overtime regulations, severance pay, employee councils’ veto power over firing decisions)
  • Round 5THO Project Stargate
  • Round 6For weaker states in asymmetric warfare, TH prefers a strategy of prioritising economic resilience over bolstering military strength
  • Round 6THBT it is in the interest of Japan to further invest in arms manufacturing and sales to Southeast Asia
  • Round 6THBT Operation Epic Fury has done more harm than good to the Trump Administration
  • Round 7THBT the popularization of women-made literature (e.g., Heated Rivalry, Fifty Shades of Grey) centered around sexually explicit material has done more harm than good to women
  • Round 7THBT the feminist movement should strongly emphasise the "manadult" framework as a standard for male partners
  • Round 7THBT the feminist movement should advocate for the feminization strategy over the neutralization strategy
  • Round 8TH prefers the Loans Programs Office Model to the Tax Credit Model for Clean Energy Financing
  • Round 8THS the ASEAN Power Grid (APG)
  • Round 8In times of energy crisis, THS subsidizing energy consumption rather than reducing energy demand (e.g., extend holidays, enforce fuel rationing)
  • Pre OctofinalsTH Predicts that Abrahamic religions will be more decentralised over the next 10 years
  • Pre OctofinalsTH, as a leader of a small gated religious community, would allow closed-community reality TV to cover their community
  • Pre OctofinalsTHBT it is in the interest of Christian churches to prioritise the relational approach over the proclamation approach in evangelism
  • OctofinalsTHR the rise of celebrity politicians (e.g. Imran Khan, Shakib Al Hasan, Thelapathy Vijay) in South Asia.
  • OctofinalsIn multi-ethnic post-conflict states, TH prefers the implementation of a Presidential form of government over a Parliamentary form of government
  • OctofinalsTHBT Singapore should adopt the Kishore approach to foreign policy as opposed to the Bilahari approach
  • QuarterfinalsTHP a world where key political and social activists (e.g: Malala) are viewed as ordinary rather than exceptional
  • QuarterfinalsTH, as the anti-AI movement, would prioritize existential risks over near-term harms in its messaging
  • QuarterfinalsTHBT social movements should engage in restructuring (e.g. limiting expected workloads, rotating leadership and responsibilities, reducing meeting intensity or frequency) in response to activist burnout
  • SemifinalsTHR the use of WLFI as the WLF's primary form of collateral
  • SemifinalsTHO the tokenization of financial markets
  • SemifinalsTHBT cryptocurrency markets should be regulated under a commodities-market model rather than an investor-protection model
  • Grand FinalTH Predicts that the global population living in poverty* will increase, rather than decrease, in the next 10 years *living on less than USD4.20 per day adjusted for inflation and purchasing power
  • Grand FinalTHR the US Shale Boom
  • Grand FinalTH Predicts that international relations will become more liberalist in the next 25 years
  • EFL SemifinalsTHBT college accreditation should focus on output (e.g., learning assessment, graduation rate, earnings) rather than input (e.g., curriculum structure, faculty qualification, governance)
  • EFL SemifinalsTH prefers the grade-specialization model over the cohort-continuity model in secondary education
  • EFL SemifinalsTHBT China should adopt a fully standardized national Gaokao system
  • EFL FinalsTHBT it is in ASEAN's interest to recognize the elections in Myanmar
  • EFL FinalsTH Regrets Cambodia's invoking of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) compulsory conciliation mechanism
  • EFL FinalsTHP a world where Sulu joined the BARMM

What gets set here

Social & Identity4%
Economics4%
Sport2%
Politics2%
Video Games2%
International Relations2%

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  • Philosophy · 28% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 19% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 16% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Education · 14% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Technology · 11% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 9% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

41% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 6 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 78.1.

Last edition: 28 of 68 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

  • Open break28 teams
  • English as a Foreign Language break8 teams

How scoring works here

77.3 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 75.9 and 78.7.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 80.8

Top-10 pace 79.4

Top-20 pace 79.0

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

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