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Vienna Pre-EUDC

What it took to break here, what gets set, and a plan for the week before.

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Sat 24 Apr 2027

From 3 tabs, newest Vienna pre-EUDC 2026.

How many points to break?

10points, the middle of
the last 3 editions

Safe points at the last 3 editions with a figure: 10, 10, 10, newest first. The last team in averaged 77.7 speaks in 2026.

Every year

What will they set?

Out of 31 past motions with a topic, from 3 editions.

Practise Technology motionsLesson: Generating arguments

How many teams, and how many break?

14of 72 teams made the open break
in 2026

Field strength: Average in 2026, from the ratings of the debaters who went.

Who has set the motions?

  • 🇬🇧 Aymaan S.
  • 🇬🇭 Erasmus S.
  • 🇧🇬 Velina A.
  • 🇦🇹 Paula B.
  • 🇷🇴 Ana C.

Chief adjudicators in 2024, the newest tab that lists them. And 1 more.

Every panel

What should you do first?

Work through “Generating arguments”

Your prep week starts 6 days before the tournament. 6 tasks in the plan below.

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Your chance of breaking here and your average on each topic this tournament sets, from your own tab.

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Your prep week

Built on the topics set most here. Import your tab and it switches to your weakest topics.

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  • For Technology motions, the topic set most here.Open the lesson
  • Mechanism, actors, weighing. Use the prep timer below.Pull a motion
  • Start with: THW grant labour unions the right to veto the deployment or use of Artificial Intelligence...Past motions
  • Ask for a Technology motion on your weaker position.
  • Pull a motion
  • Check the schedule and the break line. No new material the night before.

Prep timer

15:00

Past motions

3 editions with motions on record, newest first.

Vienna pre-EUDC 20269 motions
  1. Round 1THW grant labour unions the right to veto the deployment or use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)Practise this motion
  2. Round 2TH, as an up and coming wrestler, would join the AEW over the WWEPractise this motion
  3. Round 3THBT the assassination of Pim Fortuyn has done more harm than good to the Dutch rightPractise this motion
  4. Round 4Assuming UN approval, THS a significant delay (>3 years) to the graduation of Nepal's LDC statusPractise this motion
  5. Round 5THW merge the Dutch, Belgian and Luxembourg football leagues over remaining independentPractise this motion
  6. Partial quarterfinalsTHBT the EU Migration and Asylum Pact will do more harm than good to asylum seekers and refugeesPractise this motion
  7. SemifinalsTHBT artificial intelligence will never attain human-like consciousnessPractise this motion
  8. Grand FinalTHP a world where the dominant doctrine of belief is Anatta over Śassata-vādaPractise this motion
  9. ESL FinalTHBT you have a higher moral duty to stay in the internet than to return to realityPractise this motion

Open the Vienna pre-EUDC 2026 prep page

Vienna Pre-EUDC 202611 motions
  1. Round 1In conservative areas, THBT the feminist movement should advocate for the extension of modesty standards to men (e.g. vilifying adulting men, mocking men who have a lot of sex, advocating for men to 'cover up,' etc) over advocating for the removal of modesty standards on women (e.g. highlighting the inappropriateness of language that shames women who have a lot of sex, advocating for women to not have to 'cover up,' etc)Practise this motion
  2. Round 2THW require major tech companies working on generative AI to go open source* *Open source software is software with source code that anyone can inspect, modify the copy of the code, and share.Practise this motion
  3. Round 3THR the romanticisation of love marriages in Bollywood moviesPractise this motion
  4. Round 4During times of economic crisis, THBT it is better to live in an autocracy than in a democracyPractise this motion
  5. Round 5THW ban viatical settlementsPractise this motion
  6. Partial Double QuarterfinalsTHR the rise of 24-hour news culture* *24-hour news culture is an expectation of 24-hour investigation and reporting of newsPractise this motion
  7. QuarterfinalsTHO the glorification of disciplinePractise this motion
  8. SemifinalsIn asymmetric conflicts*, THBT Western democracies should heavily prioritise the provision of defensive military weaponry as opposed to offensive military weaponry *where the Western democracies support the militarily weaker sidePractise this motion
  9. Grand FinalTHW ban the creation of all artificial conscious beingsPractise this motion
  10. ESL FinalsTHR the glorification of globalisationPractise this motion
  11. Novice FinalsTHBT religion has done more harm than good for artPractise this motion

Open the Vienna Pre-EUDC 2026 prep page

Vienna Pre-EUDC 202411 motions
  1. Round 1In conservative areas, THBT the feminist movement should advocate for the extension of modesty standards to men (e.g. vilifying adulting men, mocking men who have a lot of sex, advocating for men to 'cover up,' etc) over advocating for the removal of modesty standards on women (e.g. highlighting the inappropriateness of language that shames women who have a lot of sex, advocating for women to not have to 'cover up,' etc)Practise this motion
  2. Round 2THW require major tech companies working on generative AI to go open source* *Open source software is software with source code that anyone can inspect, modify the copy of the code, and share.Practise this motion
  3. Round 3THR the romanticisation of love marriages in Bollywood moviesPractise this motion
  4. Round 4During times of economic crisis, THBT it is better to live in an autocracy than in a democracyPractise this motion
  5. Round 5THW ban viatical settlementsPractise this motion
  6. Partial Double QuarterfinalsTHR the rise of 24-hour news culture* *24-hour news culture is an expectation of 24-hour investigation and reporting of newsPractise this motion
  7. QuarterfinalsTHO the glorification of disciplinePractise this motion
  8. SemifinalsIn asymmetric conflicts*, THBT Western democracies should heavily prioritise the provision of defensive military weaponry as opposed to offensive military weaponry *where the Western democracies support the militarily weaker sidePractise this motion
  9. Grand FinalTHW ban the creation of all artificial conscious beingsPractise this motion
  10. ESL FinalsTHR the glorification of globalisationPractise this motion
  11. Novice FinalsTHBT religion has done more harm than good for artPractise this motion

Open the Vienna Pre-EUDC 2024 prep page

The break, year by year

The points that were safe, the last team in and how many broke, at each edition with results.

YearSafe on (points)Last team in (speaks)Open break
20261079.625 of 115
20261077.714 of 72
20241079.625 of 115

Every break in 2026

  • Open break14 teams
  • esl break11 teams

Who sets the motions

Chief adjudicators by edition, where the tab lists them.

  • 2024🇬🇧 Aymaan S., 🇬🇭 Erasmus S., 🇧🇬 Velina A., 🇦🇹 Paula B., 🇷🇴 Ana C., 🇮🇳 Himan N.

How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 3 editions
76.9
where most speakers land
74.8 to 79.1

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker83.2
  • 10th speaker80.6
  • 20th speaker79.8

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 3 editions.

Prep these too

Coming up, and their past motions cover the same topics. Topic match is how alike the two topic mixes are: 100% would be the same mix.