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! 

    The Senior League 2025/26 debate weekend took place at the DJH Youth Hostel in Heidelberg on the 20th - 22nd March, 2026. Below is a tabular summary of the results.

    Octofinal Results

    The results of the octofinals are as follows:

    No. Proposition Result Opposition
    1 LGH Schwäbisch Gmünd 3-0 Dillmann-Gymnasium Stuttgart
    2 Bismarck-Gymnasium Karlsruhe 1-2 Goethe-Gymnasium Emmendingen
    3 Parler-Gymnasium Schwäbisch Gmünd 0-3 Phorms Frankfurt
    4 Karls-Gymnasium Stuttgart 2-1 Goethe-Gymnasium Karlsruhe
    5 Schubart-Gymnasium Ulm 0-3 Königin-Olga-Stift Gymnasium Stuttgart
    6 Johannes-Kepler-Gymnasium Leonberg 3-0 Friedrich-Schiller-Gymnasium Marbach
    7 Ernst-Sigle-Gymnasium Kornwestheim 2-1 Andreae-Gymnasium Herrenberg
    8 Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium Heilbronn 0-3 International School Frankfurt ISF

    Team Rankings

    The ranking table of all teams after Rounds 1-8 is as follows:

    Rank Team Wins Ballots Points
    1 LGH Schwäbisch Gmünd 7 21 5957.75
    2 Goethe-Gymnasium Emmendingen 7 19 5956.75
    3 Parler-Gymnasium Schwäbisch Gmünd 6 18 6014.00
    4 Karls-Gymnasium Stuttgart 6 18 5888.57
    5 Königin-Olga-Stift Gymnasium Stuttgart 6 17 5970.50
    6 Johannes-Kepler-Gymnasium Leonberg 6 17 5934.50
    7 Ernst-Sigle-Gymnasium Kornwestheim 6 15 5990.25
    8 Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium Heilbronn 6 13 5884.00
    9 International School Frankfurt ISF 5 17 5928.25
    10 Andreae-Gymnasium Herrenberg 5 17 5873.50
    11 Friedrich-Schiller-Gymnasium Marbach 5 16 5885.00
    12 Schubart-Gymnasium Ulm 5 16 5864.29
    13 Goethe-Gymnasium Karlsruhe 5 16 5847.00
    14 Phorms Frankfurt 5 15 5949.25
    15 Bismarck-Gymnasium Karlsruhe 5 15 5904.00
    16 Dillmann-Gymnasium Stuttgart 5 14 5863.50
    17 Kepler-Gymnasium Freiburg 5 14 5834.00
    18 Scheffel-Gymnasium Lahr 5 12 5859.75
    19 Hegau-Bodensee-Seminar 4 14 5849.00
    20 Edith-Stein-Gymnasium Bretten 4 13 5775.75
    21 Gymnasium Engen 4 12 5932.50
    22 Johannes-Kepler Gymnasium Bad Cannstatt 4 12 5858.00
    23 Friedrich-Wöhler-Gymnasium Singen 4 12 5844.75
    24 Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium Ludwigsburg 4 12 5805.25
    25 Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium Aalen 4 11 5827.14
    26 Lessing-Gymnasium Winnenden 4 11 5604.00
    27 Hohenstaufen-Gymnasium Göppingen 3 11 5922.25
    28 Stuttgart High School 3 10 5839.75
    29 Frankfurt International School FIS 3 10 5823.05
    30 Hohenlohe-Gymnasium Öhringen 3 8 5802.29
    31 Friedrich-Abel-Gymnasium Vaihingen 3 8 5794.00
    32 Max-Planck-Gymnasium Lahr 3 7 5732.75
    33 Pestalozzi-Gymnasium Biberach 2 9 5846.00
    34 European School Rhein-Main ESR 2 6 5819.25
    35 Mörike-Gymnasium Göppingen 2 6 5772.50
    36 Metropolitan School Frankfurt MSF 2 5 5421.75
    37 Max-Born-Gymnasium Backnang 2 5 5421.00
    38 St. Benno-Gymnasium Dresden 2 5 5378.00
    39 Georg-Büchner-Gymnasium Rheinfelden 1 4 5750.50
    40 Josef-Schwarz-Schule Heilbronn 1 4 4695.00
    41 Bavarian International School 1 3 5442.75
    42 Lise-Meitner-Gymnasium Böblingen 1 2 5533.50
    43 Hans-Thoma-Gymnasium Lörrach 0 2 5425.00
    44 Kolleg St. Blasien 0 1 5734.25
    45 Mörike-Gymnasium Esslingen 0 0 5189.25

    Top 15 Individual Speakers

    The following 15 debaters achieved the highest average individual speaker scores:

    Rank Team Name* Average
    1 Goethe-Gymnasium Emmendingen Michael 72.26
    2 Johannes-Kepler-Gymnasium Leonberg Oliver 71.94
    3 Parler-Gymnasium Schwäbisch Gmünd Kasia 71.92
    4 Ernst-Sigle-Gymnasium Kornwestheim Isabel 71.80
    5 Gymnasium Engen Emma 71.78
    6 LGH Schwäbisch Gmünd Alexandra 71.76
    7 Bavarian International School Austin 71.75
    8 Schubart-Gymnasium Ulm Elif 71.67
    9 Bismarck-Gymnasium Karlsruhe Shihyun 71.64
    10 Königin-Olga-Stift Gymnasium Stuttgart Eva 71.60
    11 Karls-Gymnasium Stuttgart Amy 71.59
    12 Parler-Gymnasium Schwäbisch Gmünd Alejandra 71.51
    13 Ernst-Sigle-Gymnasium Kornwestheim Helen 71.41
    14 Scheffel-Gymnasium Lahr Mantas 71.37
    15 Königin-Olga-Stift Gymnasium Stuttgart Lisa 71.34

    * family names omitted for privacy reasons.

    We thank all debaters, judges, volunteers and staff for a wonderful competition! 

    Dear all,
     
    we have recently been informed by the youth hostel that the city of Heidelberg introduced an overnight city tax on October 1, 2025. Unfortunately, this information was not communicated to us beforehand, which is why the tax was not included in our original billing.
     
    As a result, the youth hostel is now required to charge this tax retroactively, and we therefore unfortunately have to request the corresponding amount from teams after the event. This means we will need to issue a second invoice for the city tax.
     
    The tax only applies to guests aged 16 and older and amounts to €3.50 per person per night.
    To calculate the correct amount for each team, we kindly ask team coaches to fill out the form (https://forms.gle/nzcZEYfKrNXHK5jU7) and indicate how many members of their team will be 16 years old by March 22, 2026.
     
    Please include all members of your delegation, regardless of their role:
    Debaters
    Coaches
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    Kindly make sure that every person affiliated with your team who meets the age requirement is included in the total.
     
    Thank you for providing accurate information by MONDAY, 16th MAR 2026.
     
    Best regards
    Sunny, Alex, Leander, Atharv, Kavin and Caro

    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
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    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).

     

     

     

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