EurOpen 2017

Schools Debating Championship

WSDC format

 

9-15 NOV 2017 (THU-WED)

Stuttgart, Germany

 

EurOpen's coming home!

 

After the WSDC-related suspension in 2015 and the most amazing excursion to Hamburg in 2016, we are happy to welcome you back to Stuttgart in Germany's southwest for the first EurOpen in three years.

This is the information we can offer you so far.

See more in the invitation letter (7th JUN 2017)

Registration and payment procedures (7th JUN 2017)

Dates:                     9th – 15th NOVEMBER 2017

Location:                 Stuttgart, Germany

Format:                   WSDC

Rounds:                  8 prelims, OF, QF, SF, GF

Motions:                  Two prepared motions TBA to be used in 50% of preliminary rounds (all teams debate both PROP and OPP of each motion)

Tabbing:                  Power Pairing

CAP:                        Confirmed: Miha Andric (SLN), Sebastian Kruse (GER), Schedule allowing: Sharmila Parmanand (PHL)

Standard fee:           €220, includes all six nights, meals and socials (no increase since last year, one more night added), see more details below

Discounts:               Available for n+1 and n+2 judges who require accommodation (n=number of teams on delegation)

Team cap:               30 intl. teams, 10 DSG teams – Please limit to two teams per delegation, three only as exceptions. Unclaimed slots will be filled with international/DSG teams respectively.

Accommodation:       Youth Hostel “Jugendherberge International” in Stuttgart

Registration:            Opens 06th JUNE - Follow this link

Contact us:              This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Conveners:              Christopher Sanchez, Klaus-Peter Heil 

Register your delegation here

 See you soon in Stuttgart!

1st MAY 2014

Dear global debating community! 

Debating Society Germany e.V. invites all countries, institutions and schools to attend the 2014 version of EurOpen! This WSDC-format championship features eight prelims and final rounds beginning with octofinals.

The event will take place in Stuttgart, Germany from THU, 6th - WED, 12th November 2014.

We have introduced a new two-step registration procedure. Please read the details here.

The registration fees can be found here.

We have three confirmed Chief Adjudicators, whom we'd like to thank for their time and commitment:
Beth James (Wales), Branislav Fecko (Slovakia) and Roel Becker (Netherlands)

Team registration for Stage 1 (Registration application) is now open.

Looking forward to seeing you in Stuzttgart!
Debating Society Germany e.V.

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.

If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.!
 
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

 

 

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