In a very exciting final debate on the motion TH prefers Asian collectivist values over Western liberal individualism, team Israel 1 has defeated team USA Blue on a 6-3 split as side opposition. The team consisting of Tamir West, Tomer Zucker and Omer Zilberbeg has been the first team from Israel to win this tournament, and if one of the speakers' statements is true, an international title of any kind as well. We congratulate Team Israel 1 wholeheartedly for winning all 12 rounds until achieving the trophy in 2018! 

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