# 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. The team from Anglo Chinese Junior College (Singapore) emerged as the tournament's first champions, going undefeated in all of its 11 matches.
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.

## 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 | Adjudication Core | Adjudication Core | Adjudication Core | Adjudication Core |
| 2013 | Co-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) | |
| 2014 | Co-Chief Adjudicator: Gemma Buckley (Australia) | Co-Chief Adjudicator: Wen-Yu Weng (United Kingdom & Thailand) | Deputy Chief Adjudicator: Ashish Kumar | Deputy Chief Adjudicator: Mai Mokhsein | |
| 2016 | Co-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) |
| 2017 | Co-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) | |
| 2019 | Co-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) |
| 2023 | Co-Chief Adjudicator: Benjamin Goh (Singapore)) | Co-Chief Adjudicator: Huw Jones (Wales) | Deputy Chief Adjudicator: Geneva Roy (New Zealand) | Deputy Chief Adjudicator: Joshua Park (Korea) | Deputy Chief Adjudicator: Ruth Selorme Acolatse (Turkey) |

## Tournaments

| Series | Dates | Grand Finals Venue |
| 1st AWSDC | 1 - 8 August 2013 | Anglo-Singapore International School |
| 2nd AWSDC | 1 - 4 August 2014 | Novotel |
| 3rd AWSDC | 6 - 10 July 2016 | Novotel |
| 4th AWSDC | 24 - 28 July 2017 | Queen Sirikit Convention Centre |
| 5th AWSDC | 15 - 20 July 2019 | Queen Sirikit Convention Centre |
| 6th AWSDC | 10 - 15 July 2023 | Novotel |

## Winners

| Tournament Year | Winner | Runner-up | Tournament Best Speaker | Novice Champion |
| 2013 | Anglo-Chinese Junior College(Singapore) | Team South Africa (South Africa) | Annette Yeo | ~ |
| 2014 | Team Malaysia(Malaysia) | Team South Africa (South Africa) | Samuel Wittberger | ~ |
| 2016 | Team India (India) | Team Singapore Development Squad (Singapore) | Sampada Sudheesh Venkatesh | Royal College (Sri Lanka) |
| 2017 | Team Peru A (Peru) | Team Philippines (Philippines) | Rafael Shimabukuro | Team India Development Squad |
| 2019 | Team China (China) | Team Canada (Canada) | Brian Li | Team Bangladesh |
| 2023 | Team China (China) | Team India (India) | Nuan Ning Teioh | WSDC Thailand Development Team |