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