THE DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIP

In the Debate Championship, prep rooms give way to packed halls where three speakers carry the weight of a team of 3–5 through four Round Robin clashes. On Day 1, they juggle 5‑minute substantive speeches and 2.5‑minute replies over a mix of prepared and impromptu motions with tight prep windows; on Day 2, the top teams step into Semi‑Finals and Finals with longer speeches and 60 minutes to build cases from scratch.​

Every motion drags complex reality into the room, security, culture, rights, power, and forces speakers to decide where they stand and why. By the time the final reply speech lands, the tournament has become less about winning a round and more about learning how to argue for futures where people can live with dignity, not just in the shadow of risk.