World Universities Debating Championship

The World Universities Debating Championship is the highest-profile tournament in university debating. It is a parliamentary debating event, held in the British Parliamentary format. It has been organized in its current form since the 1980-1981 year, although similar international tournaments have been run since the early 20th century. All of major national debating societies are involved in its organization, including the American Parliamentary Debating Association, the Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate, the Australasian Intervarsity Debating Association, and many others. The World Debating Council consists of every country that competes at the championship, with the president of that country's national debating organization typically serving as the council delegate. The most successful teams at past world championships have included the Glasgow University Union, the University of Sydney Union, the Monash University Association of Debaters, the Oxford Union Society, and the Cambridge Union Society.

Past Championships

Year Hosts Champions
1981 University of Glasgow, Scotland University of Toronto (Canada)
1982 University of Toronto, Canada University of Auckland (New Zealand)
1983 Princeton University, USA University of Glasgow (Scotland)
1984 University of Edinburgh, Scotland University of Sydney (Australia)
1985 McGill University, Canada King's Inns (Ireland)
1986 Fordham University, USA University College Cork (Ireland)
1987 University College Dublin, Ireland University of Glasgow (Scotland)
1988 University of Sydney, Australia University of Oxford (England)
1989 Princeton University, USA University of Sydney (Australia)
1990 University of Glasgow, Scotland Yale University (USA)
1991 University of Toronto, Canada McGill University (Canada)
1992 Trinity College Dublin, Ireland University of Glasgow (Scotland)
1993 University of Oxford, England Harvard University (USA)
1994 University of Melbourne, Australia University of Glasgow (Scotland)
1995 Princeton University, USA University of New South Wales (Australia)
1996 University College Cork, Ireland Macquarie University (Australia)
1997 Stellenbosch University, South Africa University of Glasgow (Scotland)
1998 Deree College, Greece Gray's Inn (England)
1999 Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines Monash University (Australia)
2000 University of Sydney, Australia Monash University (Australia)
2001 University of Glasgow, Scotland University of Sydney (Australia)
2002 University of Toronto, Canada New York University (USA)
2003 Stellenbosch University, South Africa University of Cambridge (England)
2004 Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Middle Temple (England)
2005 Multimedia University, Malaysia University of Ottawa (Canada)

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