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EurOpen 2025 was held from the 14th to the 17th November in Stuttgart.

 

It was an amazing event with many people from all over the world participating.

Some numbers:

  • ⁠over 250 participants
  • ⁠from 4 continents
  • ⁠13 countries
  • ⁠and 42 teams competing

 

Congratulations to the winning teams:

  • Novice Champions: Denmark White
  • Silver Champions: Canada Summer McIntosh
  • Gold Champions: Canada Connor McDavid

 

Congratulations to our best speakers:

  • Best Novice Speaker: Alp (DSDC Tulips)
  • Best EFL Speaker: Mila (Bežigrad Agate)
  • Best ESL Speaker: Koki (China WSDC Red)
  • Best Open Speaker: Zac (Canada SGA)

 

Thank you to everybody who made this event possible. Our Tabmaster Ciprian Alexe, the Equity Officers Lukas Eigelis and Leonie Lehmann and the four Chief Adjudicators: Reja Debevc, Tarun Ruschmeier, Sabina Grigore, Laura Serafine Pilmark. The biggest thanks goes out to our Convenors: Leander Mathissen and Ann-Sophie Zeipekkis who made this event possible and planned it for over a year.

Congrats to everybody who won and got to participate. 🥳

 

Collage EurOpen

EurOpen 2025 was held from the 14th to the 17th November in Stuttgart.

 

It was an amazing event with many people from all over the world participating.

Some numbers:

  • ⁠over 250 participants
  • ⁠from 4 continents
  • ⁠13 countries
  • ⁠and 42 teams competing

 

Congratulations to the winning teams:

  • Novice Champions: Denmark White
  • Silver Champions: Canada Summer McIntosh
  • Gold Champions: Canada Connor McDavid

 

Congratulations to our best speakers:

  • Best Novice Speaker: Alp (DSDC Tulips)
  • Best EFL Speaker: Mila (Bežigrad Agate)
  • Best ESL Speaker: Koki (China WSDC Red)
  • Best Open Speaker: Zac (Canada SGA)

 

Thank you to everybody who made this event possible. Our Tabmaster Ciprian Alexe, the Equity Officers Lukas Eigelis and Leonie Lehmann and the four Chief Adjudicators: Reja Debevc, Tarun Ruschmeier, Sabina Grigore, Laura Serafine Pilmark. The biggest thanks goes out to our Convenors: Leander Mathissen and Ann-Sophie Zeipekkis who made this event possible and planned it for over a year.

Congrats to everybody who won and got to participate. 🥳

 

Dear coaches and judges,
 
We hereby invite you to the official judges' briefing for the new season of Junior League and Senior League, which will take place online via Microsoft Teams on next Thursday, 20 November 2025, at 19:00 CET. 
 
The link to the teams meeting room can be requested via email to slsouth(at)schoolsdebate.de or jlsouth(at)schoolsdebate.de.
 
The briefing will consist of a 60-minute presentation, followed by a 30-minute Q&A. We will record the presentation and make it available as a video afterwards. For data protection reasons, we will not record the Q&A, but instead provide an anonymised written summary.
 
Attendance of the judges' briefing is required for all persons who will be judging debates in JL and SL during this season. If you cannot attend live, please make sure to watch the video and read the summary of the Q&A later. Both will be available on the DSG website, and we will also circulate a link in a later email.
 
Best regards,
 
the SL and JL OrgComms

 

Schools wishing to participate in Junior League and/or Senior League in the new school year can now register at http://www.schoolsdebate.de/index.php/register-for-events.

Junior League is open to teams of students in grades 9 and below, while Senior League is intended for students in grades 10 and above. You may find more information about the tournaments here.

Junior League 2024/25 is organised by Kiara Schembs, Salah El Kaleh, and Franziska Mohr. They can be reached via e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Senior League 2024/25 is organised by Sunny Lorenz, Leander Mathissen, Caroline Pottgiesser and Alex Seitz. They can be reached via e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

NOTE: SUGGESTIONS FOR PREPARED MOTIONS ARE ACCEPTED UNTIL OCT 5!
We rely on your suggestions to select balanced and interesting motions. Please submit your suggestions using this form: https://forms.gle/6h5rRAAbZiYzWU9V9.

These are the relevant dates for the leagues:

Both Leagues:
Registration - Sun, Sep 1 - Sat, Oct 5 2024
Release of Prepared Motions - Sun, Oct 13 2024
Judges Briefing - Tue, Nov 19 2024 (evening, online)

Senior League:
Rounds 1/2 - Sat, Nov 30 2024
Rounds 3/4 - Fri, Jan 31 2025
Würzburg Weekend, Rounds 5-8 + Octofinals - Mar 21-23 2025
Finals - Sat, May 31 2025

Junior League:
Rounds 1/2 - Fri, Jan 17 2025
Rounds 3/4 - Sat, Feb 15 2025
Rounds 5/6 - Fri, Apr 4 2025
Finals Weekend in Tübingen - Jun 27-29 2025

Registration will close Oct 5, 2024 for both leagues.

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