We congratulate DSG Team Germany for its excellent performance at this year's World Schools Debating Championships in Panama City, Panama (22 JUL - 01 AUG 2025)! Out of 57 teams attending, Germany was just two ballots away from breaking into the top tier of 24 teams after the preliminary rounds and ended up on rank 31! This is on the one hand an outstanding achievement, considering the small size of the German schools debate circuit, on the other hand frustrating, that the break into the final rounds was missed by just a whim. 

Either way, we would like to appreciate the tremendous efforts invested by all involved:

The debaters: Yuye Qian (Stuttgart), Kiara Schembs (Frankfurt), Zarant Horváth (Neuss), Alexandra Rubinstein (Schwäbisch Gmünd), Felix Polianski (Ulm)

Coach: Samuel Scheuer

Not in image: Coach and Judge Gaby Lin

Not in image: Independent judge from Germany: Tarun Ruschmeier

Important side note: Tarun Ruschmeier was the fourth DSG member to judge a WSDC Grand Final. Congratulations!!! He succeeded Christopher Sanchez (2012), Jana Gilke (2017) and Louisa Broeg (2019).

The tournament was won by Team India on a 7-0 unanimous decision. Congratulations!!

Teams faced:

Rd1 Chile (win)
Rd2 Indonesia (loss)
Rd3 Mexico (loss)
Rd4 Denmark (loss)
Rd5 Turkey (win)
Rd6 Slovakia (win)
Rd7 Estonia (win)
Rd8 Australia (loss)

More WSDC 2025 information here

All WSDC 2025 motions

All WSDC 2025 results by rounds

Speaker application for WSDC 2025 Panama now open

 

Thank you for considering to apply for the 2025 German National and Development Teams.

Download this PDF from the tournament organisers for more info
 
 
At a glance: 
Applications close: noon CEST on TUE, October 1st
Date of selections: October 12/13th 2024
Platform: Zoom
Selections will consist of: a written case, three impromptu debates, and an interview.

Who can apply:
Applications for the national team are open to all debaters who attend a school in Germany and will be 14 years or older in July 2025. Younger students may be only eligible for the development squad.

What is the timeline for the selections:
- Applications close on October 1st
- The motion for the written case will be sent to you on October 1st, and you have until 8 pm CEST on October 6th to hand it in
- On October 9th, we will send out the invitations for the interview. Notice that this step is new
- All other tasks (impromptu debates, interview) will be completed during the selections weekend.
A detailed schedule and additional information will be sent to applicants via e-mail.

What you should expect:
The selections process will consist of three impromptu debates, a 15 minute interview, and the submission of a written case (argument ideas for a motion).

To make the application process as accessible as possible, selections for the national team will be held online this year using the video conference app Zoom.

We will be selecting debaters for both the National Team and the Development Team. The National Team will attend the World Schools Debating Championships (WSDC) in July 2025. They are set to be held in Panama City, Panama.

A large part of the training sessions and tournaments that both the national team and the development squad attend will be held online, although we will attend in-person tournaments wherever possible. Please bear in mind that these might clash with school commitments. However, we will try to limit the impact on schooling as much as possible.

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National Team Coaches: Kieren Schmidt, Samuel Scheuer, Gabrielle Lin
Development Team Coaches: Leander Mathissen, Leonie Lehmann
 

 

19th JUL-29th JUL 2020

Representing Germany at WSDC 2020 are:

Emilio Esquivel, UWC Freiburg

Ari Mühlthaler, Königin-Olga-Stift Stuttgart

Aude Nardelli, Dillmann-GYM Stuttgart

Sonja Soko, Dillmann-GYM Stuttgart

Allison Zhang, Karls-GYM Stuttgart

 

Coaches: 

Konstantin Krüger, Universität Heidelberg

Matija Pusnik, Slowenien

 

Judges:

TBA

 

 

At the weekend of 29th and 30th SEP, a record number of 31 candidates underwent trial debates, prep tasks, interviews and general knowledge tests to compete for the final five speaker positions for WSDC 2019 in Sri Lanka. The following seven speakers will continue to compete at international tournaments, such as EurOpen Stuttgart and WHO Zagreb for the final selection:

Team Germany:

Sonja Soko, 11th grade, Dillmann-Gymnasium Stuttgart

Anke Steinwart, 11th grade, Königin-Olga-Stift Stuttgart

Ibrahim Riaz, 12th grade, UWC Freiburg

Simon Gruner, 12th grade, Karls-Gymnasium Stuttgart

Sarah Grudzinski, 12th grade, Albert-Einstein-Gymnasium Böblingen

Ari Mühlthaler, 10th grade, Königin-Olga-Stift Stuttgart

Chantal Goutier, 12th grade, Landesgymnasium für Hochbegabte Schwäbisch Gmünd

 

Development team:

Clara Taut, 8th grade, Albert-Einstein-Gymnasium Böblingen

Allison Zhang, 10th grade, Karls-Gymnasium Stuttgart

Smirthi Subramanian, 9th grade, Königin-Olga-Stift Stuttgart

Tarun Ruschmeier, 9th grade, Albert-Einstein-Gymnasium Böblingen

Sakshi Mishra, 9th grade, Hans-und-Sophie-Scholl-Gymnasium Ulm

 

With the last days of summer upon us it is high time to look foreward to next summer and some warmer climates. Next year's World Schools Debating Championship will take place  from 23rd July - 2nd August in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 

In order to determine which 3-5 students will have the honour of representing Germany at this prestigious competition we will conduct a multi step team selection. More information on the whole selection process aswell as some ideas on what can be expected when becoming part of the national squad or team can be downloaded here.

Everyone is welcome to apply for the national team. Registration is open until 23rd September 2018.

As the first step of the process  all applicants will meet for a weekend of debates, impromptu speaking tasks and interviews. This selection weekend will take place on 29th -30th September 2018.

The coaches and a team of experienced judges will then narrow down the applicants to the National Squad consisting of approx. 8-10 debater, who will then be trained by the national coaches Konstantin and Matija and attend several international tournaments together throughout the winter.  

On top of the National Squad we will also be selecting the so called Developing Squad, a team of young and promising debaters, who will receive special training from Maike and Louisa and also attend international competitions to help them further their skills and hopefully make it to the National Squad and even the National Team in future years.

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