Debating Society Germany e.V.
Sensational performance at WSDC 2026! Quarterfinalists!
Team Germany not only broke into the final rounds at WSDC 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya for just the second time in the 30+ year history of DSG attending the Worlds Championship, it has also sensationally not only won their first but also two final rounds until they were defeated by the later world champion Canada, ending up in the top eight out of 72 nations attending!
Team members are: Ailin Weber (ISF Oberursel), Eva Radzinski (KOSt Stuttgart), Zarand Horvath (ISR Neuss), Alexandra Rubinstein (LGH Schwäbisch Gmünd) and Isabel Coates (ESG Kornwestheim)
Coaches (not in photo): Leander Mathissen, Manuel Englert, Emma Hansen, Yuye Qian
Judges: Tarun Ruschmeier (in photo on the very right), Ann-Sophie Zeipekkis
DSG would like to sincerely congratulate their team for this historic performance on the global stage!
Tournament summary:
Rd1 v Malaysia (loss) This House Supports Kenya's Special Economic Zones
Rd2 v Luxembourg (walkover win) This House Would classify all major organised crime groups as terrorist organisations
Rd3 v Qatar (win) This House Believes That it is in the interest of AI companies to abandon sycophancy as a design strategy
Rd4 v Slovakia (win) This House Believes That animal rights organizations should encourage activists to break the law to defend animals
Rd5 v Pakistan (loss) This House Would allow fans to veto player personnel decisions of sports clubs
Rd6 v Ireland (loss) This House Regrets the predominant belief that suffering builds character
Rd7 v Argentina (win) This House Prefers governments in high income countries supplying housing vouchers rather than building social housing
Rd8 v Israel (loss) This House Believes That Western progressives adopting cultural relativism on feminist issues has done more harm than good
4 wins - 13 ballots - 249.81 speaker points - Break rank: 32/32
Double ocotfinals v Sri Lanka (Break rank 1) (win) This House Supports the decline of traditional retail in favour of e-commerce
Octofinals v Czechia (Break rank 16) (win) This House, as a religious individual, Would actively question religious teachings, as opposed to passively accepting them
Quarterfinals v Canada (Break rank 8) (loss) This House Prefers A World where children were raised communally