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Scotland Pre-EUDC 2026

Jul 4, 2026 · BP

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The field

Premier

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

94 teams (This edition)

Motions

Scotland Pre-EUDC 2026 (2026)10 motions
  • Round 1This house believes that it is in the interests of major commercial art galleries to refuse to sell artworks substantially produced using generative artificial intelligence.
  • Round 2This house believes that a person who has committed a particular kind of wrong, and who refuses to hold themselves accountable for it, lacks the moral standing to blame another person for committing the same kind of wrong against a third party.
  • Round 3This house regrets pillarization in the Netherlands.
  • Round 4This house believes that developing countries at high risk of public debt distress (e.g., Ghana, Kenya, Zambia) should gradually impose significant concentration limits on domestic banks’ debt exposure to domestic public borrowers.
  • Round 5This house predicts that, in high-income liberal democracies, adolescent members of Generation Alpha will have worse, rather than better, overall psychological well-being than adolescent members of Generation Z will have had.
  • Open QuarterfinalsThis house, as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, would pursue an arms control agreement with South Korea and the United States to limit North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile programs, rather than continue rapidly expanding them.
  • ESL SemifinalsThis house, as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, would pursue an arms control agreement with South Korea and the United States to limit North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile programs, rather than continue rapidly expanding them.
  • Open SemifinalsThis house regrets the recent rise of public criticism of the pill.
  • ESL FinalThis house regrets the recent rise of public criticism of the pill.
  • Grand FinalThis house regrets the rightward political shift in Latin America since 2023.

You vs this tournament

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

  • Philosophy · 60% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Law & Crime · 30% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 30% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Technology · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

21% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 78.7.

Last edition: 20 of 94 teams broke.

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Break categories

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

  • Open break20 teams
  • ESL break18 teams

How scoring works here

76.6 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 74.4 and 78.8.

This is 0.4 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 82.6

Top-10 pace 79.6

Top-20 pace 79.0

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

Comparable: Meta Open 2026 (74.8), Drexel Pre-WUDC 2025 (77.7)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇨🇦 Anders W.OWThis house believes that developing countries at high risk of public debt distress (e.g., Ghana, Kenya, Zambia) should gradually impose significant concentration limits on domestic banks’ debt exposure to domestic public borrowers.84
Adora S.OWThis house believes that a person who has committed a particular kind of wrong, and who refuses to hold themselves accountable for it, lacks the moral standing to blame another person for committing the same kind of wrong against a third party.84
🇮🇪 Hilary V.MGThis house believes that developing countries at high risk of public debt distress (e.g., Ghana, Kenya, Zambia) should gradually impose significant concentration limits on domestic banks’ debt exposure to domestic public borrowers.84
🇬🇧 Wurdaan K.MGThis house believes that a person who has committed a particular kind of wrong, and who refuses to hold themselves accountable for it, lacks the moral standing to blame another person for committing the same kind of wrong against a third party.84
Henrietta V.GWThis house believes that developing countries at high risk of public debt distress (e.g., Ghana, Kenya, Zambia) should gradually impose significant concentration limits on domestic banks’ debt exposure to domestic public borrowers.84
Victor B.MOThis house believes that a person who has committed a particular kind of wrong, and who refuses to hold themselves accountable for it, lacks the moral standing to blame another person for committing the same kind of wrong against a third party.84
🇬🇧 Zainab S.LOThis house predicts that, in high-income liberal democracies, adolescent members of Generation Alpha will have worse, rather than better, overall psychological well-being than adolescent members of Generation Z will have had.83
🇨🇦 Anders W.OWThis house believes that it is in the interests of major commercial art galleries to refuse to sell artworks substantially produced using generative artificial intelligence.83
🇬🇧 Wurdaan K.MOThis house regrets pillarization in the Netherlands.83
🇮🇱 Hidden debater · lc3yMOThis house believes that it is in the interests of major commercial art galleries to refuse to sell artworks substantially produced using generative artificial intelligence.83
🇬🇧 Zainab S.OWThis house regrets pillarization in the Netherlands.83
🇬🇧 Zainab S.GWThis house believes that a person who has committed a particular kind of wrong, and who refuses to hold themselves accountable for it, lacks the moral standing to blame another person for committing the same kind of wrong against a third party.83

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