Dear one and all,

We hope this finds you well.

As we are currently experiencing a high volume of emails, and we are doing our best to get back to everyone as soon as possible.
In the meantime, we would like to provide answers to the most frequently asked questions via this message to all participants.

1.) Rounds 5 & 8 Sides
Please find the SIDES (not pairings!) for Rounds 5 and 8 here.

2.) Judge Survey
Furthermore, we'd like to ask you to participate in a survey regarding the division you want to judge:
https://forms.gle/XDcudfwPq9ipdGPJ6

3.) Motion Clarification
We received a request to clarify the terms "fully developed" and "widely available."
We hereby confirm that it is up to the teams to define and clarify these terms.

4.) Invoices & Payment
Lastly, we would like to confirm that no invoices have been sent yet, as the allocation process took a little longer than expected.
Recognizing that many schools are currently (or will be) on break, we will send these out as soon as possible and set a reasonable deadline for payment.

Please feel free to reach out to us if any further questions arise.

We look forward to seeing you in Heidelberg!

Best regards,
Alex, Caro, Leander, Atharv, Kavin and Sunny

The Erasmus+ "Voice of Vocation" project is moving ahead, as we have conlcuded the Debating Tollkit for educators as Work Package 3 (WP3) and prepared WP4 (Online materials) on location in Zagreb, Croatia. Following this meeting, the toolkit was trialled by over 20 vocational teachers from different schools all over the state of Baden-Württemberg to cater to the needs of vocational schools as best as possible.

The Debating Society Germany e.V. is partnering with Croatia, Serbia and Italy to establish a copmprehensive and free of charge supply of teaching materials in the context of debating, specifically designed to fit the requirements of vocational schools in Europe and the world. Chairman Christopher Sanchez represented DSG (3rd from the left).

 

 

 

Collage EurOpen

EurOpen 2025 was held from the 14th to the 17th November in Stuttgart.

 

It was an amazing event with many people from all over the world participating.

Some numbers:

  • ⁠over 250 participants
  • ⁠from 4 continents
  • ⁠13 countries
  • ⁠and 42 teams competing

 

Congratulations to the winning teams:

  • Novice Champions: Denmark White
  • Silver Champions: Canada Summer McIntosh
  • Gold Champions: Canada Connor McDavid

 

Congratulations to our best speakers:

  • Best Novice Speaker: Alp (DSDC Tulips)
  • Best EFL Speaker: Mila (Bežigrad Agate)
  • Best ESL Speaker: Koki (China WSDC Red)
  • Best Open Speaker: Zac (Canada SGA)

 

Thank you to everybody who made this event possible. Our Tabmaster Ciprian Alexe, the Equity Officers Lukas Eigelis and Leonie Lehmann and the four Chief Adjudicators: Reja Debevc, Tarun Ruschmeier, Sabina Grigore, Laura Serafine Pilmark. The biggest thanks goes out to our Convenors: Leander Mathissen and Ann-Sophie Zeipekkis who made this event possible and planned it for over a year.

Congrats to everybody who won and got to participate. 🥳

 

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

This picture shows students from various schools debating.

With the Grand Final on the 6th of July, the Junior League Debate Season 2025 has come to a successful close.

In the Grand Final, held this year at Heidelberg, the teams from Bismarck-Gymnasium Karlsruhe and Königin-Olga-Stift Gymnasium Stuttgart faced off in a closely contested debate. After an intense and high-level exchange of arguments, the team from Königin-Olga-Stift Gymnasium Stuttgart emerged victorious and claimed the title of Junior League Champion 2025. You can watch the whole final debate on our YouTube channel: Link to the Final.

A heartfelt thank you goes out to all participating teams, dedicated teachers, judges and organisers who made this season possible through their commitment and enthusiasm. We are already looking forward to the Junior League Debate Season 2025/2026!

Until then, enjoy your summer!

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