Asia World Schools Debating Championship

Asia World Schools Debating Championship, commonly coined as AWSDC, is an international debate competition founded by the World Schools Debate Championship's Asia steering committee in 2013. The 1st Asia World Schools Debating Championship was held from 1–8 August 2013 at Anglo Singapore International School's Campus in Sukhumvit 64, Bangkok, Thailand including 7 preliminary rounds, and single elimination playoffs thereafter. The tournament was centered on the theme, "Youth Activism: It's Our Turn". 100 teams from all over the world participated; including the national teams of New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Philippines, Korea, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and South Africa.[1] The team from Anglo Chinese Junior College (Singapore) emerged as the tournament's first champions, going undefeated in all of its 11 matches.[2]

Asia World Schools Debating Championship
AbbreviationAWSDC
Founded2013
FounderWorld Schools Debate Championship (WSDC) Asia steering committee
Location
  • Bangkok, Thailand
WebsiteOfficial Facebook Page

The 2nd AWSDC was held once again in Bangkok, Thailand from 31 July- 4 August 2014 at Anglo Singapore International School. It is the official pre-tournament of World Schools Debating Championships (WSDC) Thailand 2014.[3]

Tournament Format

AWSDC adapts the World Schools Style debate format which is a combination of the British Parliamentary and Australia-Asian formats. All debates are carried out in English only. Each team consists of 3-5 debaters who each make 8-minute speeches either as side proposition or side opposition for or against a motion respectively. AWSDC emphasizes world-class debates and adjudicating in order to provide a platform for young student debaters to improve and achieve their full potential. It also encourages friendly competition where young debaters not only gain academic knowledge but also build friendships with people of diverse backgrounds.

Adjudication Core
AWSDC Adjudication Core
2013Co-Chief Adjudicator: Kip Oebanda (Philippines)Co-Chief Adjudicator: Usjima Vittayaamnuaykoon (Thailand)Deputy Chief Adjudicator: Iris Hui Zhang (Hong Kong)Deputy Chief Adjudicator: Syed Saddiq (Malaysia)
2014Co-Chief Adjudicator: Gemma Buckley (Australia)Co-Chief Adjudicator: Wen-Yu Weng (United Kingdom & Thailand)Deputy Chief Adjudicator: Ashish KumarDeputy Chief Adjudicator: Mai Mokhsein
2016Co-Chief Adjudicator: Lucas Li (Singapore)Co-Chief Adjudicator: Jazlina Sutanto (Thailand)Co-Chief Adjudicator: Jainah binti Jaafar Sidek (Malaysia)Co-Chief Adjudicator: Leomar Jose N. Doctolero Jr (Philippines)Co-Chief Adjudicator: Josh Jeong (South Korea)
2017Co-Chief Adjudicator: Kip Oebanda (Philippines)Co-Chief Adjudicator: Harish Natarajan (United Kingdom)Co-Chief Adjudicator: Tamara Fernando (Sri Lanka)Co-Chief Adjudicator: Jazlina Sutanto (Thailand)
2019Co-Chief Adjudicator: Joshua Park (Korea)Co-Chief Adjudicator: Ameera Natasha Moore (Malaysia)Co-Chief Adjudicator: Lucia Arce (Mexico/United Kingdom)Co-Chief Adjudicator: Brian Wong (Hong Kong)Co-Chief Adjudicator: George Chen (China)Co-Chief Adjudicator: Yoni Cohen-Idov (Israel)
2023Co-Chief Adjudicator: Benjamin Goh (Singapore))Co-Chief Adjudicator: Hwu Jones (Scotland)Deputy Chief Adjudicator: Geneva Roy (New Zealand)Deputy Chief Adjudicator: Joshua Park (Korea)Deputy Chief Adjudicator: Ruth Selorme Acolatse (Turkey)

Tournaments
SeriesDatesGrand Finals Venue
1st AWSDC1 - 8 August 2013Anglo-Singapore International School
2nd AWSDC1 - 4 August 2014Novotel
3rd AWSDC6 - 10 July 2016Novotel
4th AWSDC24 - 28 July 2017Queen Sirikit Convention Centre
5th AWSDC15 - 20 July 2019Queen Sirikit Convention Centre
6th AWSDC10 - 15 July 2023Novotel

Winners
Tournament YearWinnerRunner-upTournament Best SpeakerNovice Champion
2013[4]Anglo-Chinese Junior College(Singapore)Team South Africa (South Africa)Annette Yeo~
2014[5]Team Malaysia(Malaysia)Team South Africa (South Africa)Samuel Wittberger~
2016[6]Team India (India)Team Singapore Development Squad (Singapore)Sampada Sudheesh Venkatesh~
2017[7]Team Peru A (Peru)Team Philippines (Philippines)Rafael ShimabukuroTeam India Development Squad
2019Team China (China)Team Canada (Canada)Brian LiTeam Bangladesh
2023Team China (China)Team India (India)Nuan NingAnglo Chinese Junior College

References
  1. "About AWSDC". Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  2. "Winning Debates Home and Abroad". acjc.moe.edu.sg. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  3. "2nd AWSDC 2014 Thailand". World Schools Debating Championships (WSDC). Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  4. "Asian schools debating championship held at Anglo". Nation Multimedia. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  5. "Asian schools debating championship held at Anglo". Nation Multimedia. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  6. "AWSDC 2016". Paul Lau. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  7. "Avant Nagral". Education World. Retrieved 30 October 2018.


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