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Eurasian Schools Debating Championship

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The Eurasian Schools Debating Championship (ESDC) is an annual open English-language debating tournament for high school-level teams representing different countries that takes place in Robert College, Istanbul. ESDC is open to international and school teams alike, depending on team cap. ESDC is organized by members of Robert College Debate Society. ESDC is the world's first and only international WSDC debating championship that is organized completely by high-school students.

The first edition was hosted by the Robert College Debate Society in Istanbul with 50 teams from 20 countries. The most recent edition was held between the 17th-19th of January 2026. Dates concerning ESDC'27 have not been communicated yet.

Format

Eurasian Schools Debating Championship debates use a special format known as 'World Schools Style Debating' as most of the teams esteem the tournament as a preparation for WSDC. World Schools Style is a combination of the British Parliamentary and Australian formats. In each debate there are eight speeches delivered by two three-member teams (the Proposition and the Opposition). Each speaker delivers an eight-minute speech; then both teams deliver a "reply speech" lasting four minutes, with the last word being reserved for the Proposition. Between the end of the first and the beginning of the last minute of an eight-minute speech, the opposing party may offer "points of information". The speaker may refuse these, but should take at least one or two points during his or her speech.

Teams in ESDC debate six rounds before "breaking" into partial octo-finals. After first round, teams are paired with each other with power pairing. Team with the same number of wins play against each other. If there are more than one teams on the same point, then teams are paired randomly. Top sixteen teams with highest number of wins and speaker points advance into single elimination octo-finals.

Principles of the Eurasian Schools Debating Championship

  • Openness: ESDC will remain open to all teams of any formation as long as the space allows
  • Flexibility: ESDC will seek to govern itself in a non-bureaucratic way
  • Innovation: ESDC will seek to try novel ideas in debating

Registrations

Registrations to ESDC are done through https://www.esdc.info/registration.

Past championships

YearChampionsMembers of Winning TeamWinning Team CoachRunners-upESL ChampionsBest Overall SpeakerVenueConvenerChief Adjudicator
2026ARDOR Romania RedDavid Saroși, Andrei Gîrcoveanu, Sophia Butac, Sara GheorgheLaura DrăgoiARDOR Romania BlueNot AwardedDavid BăgăceanRobert College, Istanbul, TürkiyeMehveş Hatemi & Ahmet Bera SevimKallina Basli, Klaudia Maciejewska, Reja Debevc, Anı Deniz Gündüz
2025Team GreeceArtemis Papastavrou, Ellie Kitinou, Kai Yuet Zhang, Marianna ArgeitiCW Pink FlamingoNot AwardedIda JoungIstanbul, TurkeyDoruk Takım & Defne AluçKallina Basli, Harish Natarajan, Klaudia Maciejewska, Anı Deniz Gündüz
2024Greece GreenArtemis Papastavrou,George FragedakisGreece BlueNot AwardedKai Yuet ZhangIstanbul, TurkeyEce Öğrenci & Ayşegül KulaKallina Basli & Ruth Selorme Acolatse
2023Aitchison CollegeNixor ANot AwardedIbrahim QaziIstanbul, TurkeyHena Yaman & Tuna SağdanBenjamin Goh & Kallina Basli
2022Not AwardedRafay AhmedIstanbul, TurkeyAybala Esmer & Tuna SağdanKallina Basli, Eric Kazadi & Luca Petrović
2021WSDC SingaporeChina MulanNot AwardedEmma SoulanticasIstanbul, TurkeyLara Selin Seyahi & Atakan TopaloğluKallina Basli, Tasneem Alias, Sharmila Parmanand & Rok Hafner
2020Romania BlueNot AwardedIstanbul, TurkeyEmir Kırdan & Ilgın SezerSerban Pitic
2019Team Greece MzansiTeam LGS ParagonNot AwardedIstanbul, TurkeyBeliz Aluç & Ege ÖzgüroğluKallina Basli
2018Karachi Grammar SchoolTeam Greece BlueNot AwardedIstanbul, TurkeyEce Korkmaz & Aysu SarıgülKip Oebanda & Kallina Basli
2016Team South AfricaTeam Romania BlueTeam Romania BlueIstanbul, TurkeyIlayda Orhan & Tolga Ferdi ÇalışırKip Oebanda & Kallina Basli
2015Team South AfricaCIS - Hong KongRomania DristorIstanbul, TurkeyDeniz Keleş & Tayfun GürKip Oebanda
2014Team SingaporeGauteng RedTeam RomaniaIstanbul, TurkeyBarışcan Göç & Ege SözgenTom McLennan & Kip Oebanda
2013Team South AfricaTeam CanadaTeam RomaniaIstanbul, TurkeyAyşenur Biçen (Aisenour Bitsen) & Mert ZorlularBeth James
2012Anglo Chinese Junior CollegeSweden BSweden BIstanbul, TurkeyKaan Ülgen & Koret MunguldarMehvesh Mumtaz Ahmed & Eirianna Kouri
2011Team SingaporeGreece CGreece CIstanbul, TurkeyCem ZorlularEvanthia Giannakouri & Can Talaz

Future championships

The 17th annual Eurasian Schools Debating Championship will be held in January 2027 at Robert College.

References

References

  1. "ESDC 2018".
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