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Belgrade Open 2026

What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.

Mon 1 Jun 2026

From 4 tabs, newest Belgrade Open 2026.

How many points did it take?

11points were safe
in 2026

In the middle figureOlder, not counted

Across the last 3 editions with a figure, the middle was 10 (11, 10, 10, newest first). The last team in averaged 77.5 speaks in 2026.

What will they set?

Out of 31 past motions with a topic, from 4 editions.

How many teams, and how many break?

8of 45 teams made the open break
in 2026

Field strength: Below Average in 2024, from the ratings of the debaters who went.

Past motions

4 editions with motions on record, newest first.

Belgrade Open 20268 motions
  1. Round 1THBT the Eurovision competition and national selections should be decided solely by public vote.Practise this motion
  2. Round 2In times of pandemics, THW significantly relax the minimum safety and efficacy standards** required for the approval of treatments and vaccines ** including but not limited waiving medium term and long term safety testing, accepting drugs that did not yet show significantly better outcomes compared to existing treatments/placebo, allowing more severe side-effects than those that are usually permitted, etc.Practise this motion
  3. Round 3TH, as the Student Movement, would release the electoral list to the public nowPractise this motion
  4. Round 4THR the rise of relation-shopping in interpersonal relationshipsPractise this motion
  5. Round 5In countries where real estate is the dominant form of personal investment, THS governments discouraging real estate as an investment asset (e.g., increasing taxes on investment properties, expanding access to domestic and foreign financial markets)Practise this motion
  6. SemifinalsTBHT the US should adopt an aggressive AI strategyPractise this motion
  7. Grand FinalThis House Regrets humanity’s desire to 'be first'Practise this motion
  8. Novice FinalsTHBT it is in the interest of social media companies to ban AI-generated content on their platformsPractise this motion
Belgrade Open 20248 motions
  1. Round 1TH, as a young, heterosexual woman in Western Europe, would rather date a TradMan than a SoftBoyPractise this motion
  2. Round 2THBT capitalism is immoralPractise this motion
  3. Round 3This House Predicts that Serbia will not join EU in 50 yearsPractise this motion
  4. Round 4THP a world in which occasionalism is dominant in monotheistic religions over distantismPractise this motion
  5. Round 5This house supports sex negativity in the WestPractise this motion
  6. SemifinalsThis house believes that Donald Trump's election would be in the best interest of the US economyPractise this motion
  7. Grand FinalThis House Believes That Kursk offensive will do more harm than good to the Ukrainian peoplePractise this motion
  8. Novice FinalsThis house prefers a mind-reader worldPractise this motion
Belgrade Open 20237 motions
  1. Round 1This House, as a teenager, would choose to stay off social mediaPractise this motion
  2. Round 2This House opposes the rise of the hermit consumerPractise this motion
  3. Round 3This House believes that it is in the interest of right-wing parties in Europe to prioritize cultural issues (e.g. limiting migration, the promotion of family values, allowing desecration of religious texts and figures) over economic issues (e.g. welfare, taxation, regulation)Practise this motion
  4. Round 4This House believes that the use of erotic capital by women does more harm than goodPractise this motion
  5. Round 5This House believes that the media should show the full horrors of warPractise this motion
  6. SemifinalsThis House believes that Republika Srpska should secede and become an independent statePractise this motion
  7. Grand FinalThis house opposes egalitarianismPractise this motion
Belgrade Open 20228 motions
  1. Round 1Thbt that states with aging populations should pursue policies which redistribute wealth aggressively to the young (i.e. taxes on assets, reducing subsidies for healthcare, increased retirement ages, and reduced pension allowances)Practise this motion
  2. Round 2THW significantly increase government funding for research into the effects of genetics on human characteristics, development, and behaviourPractise this motion
  3. Round 3TH would use the motions they found to achieve success at Black Sea EUDCPractise this motion
  4. Round 4TH, as NATO, regrets the intervention in Yugoslavia of 1999Practise this motion
  5. Round 5THBT hookup culture does more harm than goodPractise this motion
  6. SemifinalsTHW hold govrenment officials criminally responsible for severe harm to citizens resulting from grossly negligent public policy.Practise this motion
  7. Grand FinalTh, as the President of the United States, would order CIA's Head of Station in Moscow to press the buttonPractise this motion
  8. Novice FinalTHP a world without religionPractise this motion

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
20261177.58 of 45
20241078.68 of 38
20231080.18 of 28
202211not recorded8 of 40

Every break in 2026

  • Open break8 teams
  • Novice break4 teams

How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 3 editions
75.8
where most speakers land
72.5 to 79.0

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker82.6
  • 10th speaker79.2
  • 20th speaker77.4

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 3 editions.