Dear members of the debating community,
     
    We are happy to announce that registration is now finally open for the 2026/27 season of DSG Junior League (JL). Please excuse our long absence. 
     
    The debates of SL 2026/27 will take place on the following days:
    • FRI, 22 JANUARY 2027 (Rounds 1 & 2)
    • THU, 25 FEBRUARY 2027 (Rounds 3 & 4)
    • THU, 22 APRIL 2027 (Rounds 5 & 6)
    • FRI-SUN, 11-13 JUNE 2027 (Tübingen Finals Weekend)
    Please register through the form below, which contains all necessary information about the tournament. Registration is open until November, 9th. Late registrations will only be accepted in special circumstances.
     
    >> Registration form: https://forms.gle/z5wseWK3okydy6VR7 <<
     
    We are looking forward to seeing many of you during this new season of Junior League. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
     
    We apologize in advance for any and all inconveniences due to dates, draws, travels and motions. 
     
    Yours sincerely,
     
    Salah El Kaleh
    Kiara Schembs
    Robert Foglszinger
    Henrik Williams
     
    Junior League OrgCom
    Debating Society Germany e. V.
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    Dear members of the debating community,
     
    We are happy to announce that registration is now open for the 2026/27 season of DSG Senior League (SL). The tournament is open to teams from all German secondary schools.
     
    The debates of SL 2026/27 will take place on the following days:
    • FRI, 04 DECEMBER 2026 (Rounds 1 & 2)
    • SAT, 30 JANUARY 2027 (Rounds 3 & 4)
    • FRI-SUN, 05-07 MARCH 2027 (Mannheim Weekend, Rounds 5-8 + Octofinals)
    • SAT, 19 JUNE 2026 (Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Grand Final)
    Please register through the form below, which contains all necessary information about the tournament. Registration is open until October, 9th. Late registrations will only be accepted in special circumstances.
     
    >> Registration form: https://tinyurl.com/reg-sl-26-27 <<
     
    As we mentioned at the SL annual meeting in Heidelberg, we need to change our location for the weekend to Mannheim this season. The reason is, that the DJH Youth Hostel in Heidelberg is fully booked in March 2027. More information about the weekend will follow soon.
     
    We are looking forward to seeing many of you during this new season of Senior League. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
     
    Please note that we have a new e-mail-address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Please use it for all the communication regarding Senior League. Thank you very much!
     
    Yours sincerely,
     
    Sunny Lorenz
    Caroline Pottgiesser
    Leander Mathissen 
    Alex Seitz 
    Atharv Mahendrakar
    Kavin Raj Kumar
     
    Senior League OrgCom
    Debating Society Germany e. V.
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    Between the years 2023-2026, five partnering debating societies and vocational schools from Croatia, Germany, Italy the Netherlands and Serbia have designed extensive amounts of teaching and coaching materials for debating in the classroom and/or competitive environment. This Erasmus+-funded project produced three major components specifically for vocational schools: a methodological guide (what is debating?), a toolkit with pre-designed teaching units (how is it taught?) and a self-guided set of online courses for teachers and/or other facilitators of debating specifically from the vocational sphere to be able to learn the ways of debating at their own speeds and through their own available resources.

    These materials are the product of many LTTA meetings (Learning, Teaching, Training Activities) across Europe and numerous trial and feedback cycles by many teachers from the partnering countries.

    Feel free to navigate through these items. Given the quality of an Erasmus+ program, they are entirely free of charge.

    Methodological guide (engl.)7
    Methodological guide (dt.)0

    Toolkit with prepared class units (engl.)5
    Toolkit with prepared class units (dt.)3

    Visit Voice of Vocation self-teaching online courses here (still undergoing trials, will be completed in OCT 2026):
    https://vov-2026.webflow.io/

    Introduction to the E+ Voice of Vocation materials on site:

    Dates: FRI 9th or THU 15th OCT 2026 
    Time: 10:00-17:00
    Location: Ministry of Education, Stuttgart, Thouretstrasse 6, 70173 Stuttgart

    Download the information PDF(engl.)4

    Please sign up here: http://oft.kultus-bw.de/veranstaltung/846801b6f11b43a2afba036b7b5d4e1c

    Lunch will be provided, the event is free of charge, travel costs will be reimbursed

    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! 

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