Ende Juli fand die European Universities Debating Championship (EUDC) in Utrecht in den Niederlanden statt. 180 Teams aus ganz Europa debattierten in neun Vorrunden und zahlreichen Outrounds gegeneinander. Oxford A (Bharath Anantham, Gareth Lim Yefeng) gewann das Open Final, Ljubljana DM (David Safro, Maj Hrovatin) das ESL (English as a Second Language) Final. 

Im Open Final redeten die Teams Athens A (Jim Balatos, Panagis Gouvelis) in der Eröffnenden Regierung, Edinburgh BS (anonymisiert) in der Eröffnenden Opposition, Ljubljana DM (David Safro, Maj Hrovatin) in der Schließenden Regierung und Oxford A (Bharath Anantham, Gareth Lim Yefeng) in der Schließenden Opposition. In der Debatte zum Thema “This House Believes That American frontier AI firms* should cease all cooperation with the US military. *e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta” konnte sich die Schließende Opposition aus Oxford durchsetzen. Das Open Final wurde juriert von Velina Andonova im Chair, zusammen mit Alisa Popova, Krish Singh, Liv Misztowt, Petar Žnidar, (anonymisiert), (anonymisiert), Udai Kamath und Ðorđe Radosavljević. 

Das ESL Final zum Thema “This House Regrets the cultural dominance of sport” wurde von der Schließenden Opposition Ljubljana DM (David Safro, Maj Hrovatin) gewonnen. Ebenfalls im ESL Final vertreten waren BGU A (anonymisiert) in der Eröffnenden Regierung, Copenhagen A (Laura Serafine Pilmark, Darin Mansurbeg) in der Eröffnenden Opposition und Technion C (Avital Stahl, Oz Shiber) in der Schließenden Regierung. Es jurierten Tin Puljić im Chair, Alex Martin, Ana Coman, Andrew Chen, Arjun Raman, Jaleelah Al-Ameenah Ammar, Jane Mentzinger, Martha McKinney-Perry und (anonymisiert). 

Der VDCH war mit mehr Redenden und Jurierenden aus Wien, München, Berlin, Aachen, Heidelberg, Potsdam und Zürich vertreten. Das Team Vienna A (Victor Bervoets, Adora Sabau; DK Wien) schaffte sowohl den ESL- als auch den Open Break und kam in den ESL-Outrounds bis ins Halbfinale. 

Als Jurierende breakten Felix Baldauf (DK Wien), Leander Mathissen (DC München) und Marina Kojić (DK Wien), wobei Marina außerdem Teil der Chefjury war. Felix jurierte ein Partial Double Quarterfinal, Leander ein Viertelfinale. 

Die Dutch EUDC 2026 wurde von Martijn Logtenberg und Alex Steinmetz hauptorganisiert. Das CA-Panel bestand aus Ilija Ivanišević und Martha McKinney-Perry als CAs und Amitai Ben Porat, Andrew Chen, Marina Kojić und Paula Djaković als DCAs. Das Tabteam bestand aus Miruna Chirila und Alex Nielsen als Tab Officers, sowie Poly Damigou, Stanislovas Kujalis, Teymour Aldridge und Yvonne Farrell als Tab Assistants. 

Jurierendenbreak: 

Alex Martin, Alisa Popova, Amitai Ben Porat, Ana Coman, Anders Cairns Woodruff, Andrew Chen, Arjun Raman, Ayal Mor, Caitlin Lai-Yee Mah, Chrisie Pullin, Ðorđe Radosavljević,Esmé Thornhill-Davis, Eve Pigat, Felix Baldauf, Flora Zsoldos, Henry Clement-Jones, Humam Ahmed Aziz, Ilija Ivanišević, Irina Chicus, Jaleelah Al-Ameenah Ammar, Jane Mentzinger, Krish Singh, Leander Mathissen, Liv Misztowt, Martha McKinney-Perry, Menachem Weber, Mikołaj Jabłoński, Petar Žnidar, Robert Armstrong, Robert Barrie, Rwad Okal, Stefan Josipović, Tin Puljić, Udai Kamath, Vansh Chadha, Velina Andonova, Weronika Hupert 

(Einige gebreakte Jurierende haben sich entschieden, anonymisiert auf dem Tab zu erscheinen, und sind hier daher nicht aufgeführt.) 

Open Teambreak (Platz 1 bis 8 direkt ins Viertelfinale, Platz 9 bis 24 ins Partial Double Quarterfinal): 

1. Copenhagen A (Laura Serafine Pilmark, Darin Mansurbeg), 22 Teampunkte, 1469 Speaks
2. Oxford A (Bharath Anantham, Gareth Lim Yefeng), 21 Teampunkte, 1479 Speaks
3. Ljubljana DM (David Safro, Maj Hrovatin), 21 Teampunkte, 1473 Speaks
4. Athens A (Jim Balatos, Panagis Gouvelis), 21 Teampunkte, 1463 Speaks
5. Edinburgh BS (anonymisiert), 21 Teampunkte, 1455 Speaks
6. ICL A (Aarit Bhattacharya, anonymisiert), 20 Teampunkte, 1463 Speaks
7. Oxford B (anonymisiert), 20 Teampunkte, 1441 Speaks
8. Edinburgh KS (anonymisiert), 19 Teampunkte, 1470 Speaks
9. Durham A (Lara Livaković, anonymisiert), 19 Teampunkte, 1450 Speaks
10. Edinburgh MS (anonymisiert), 19 Teampunkte, 1444 Speaks
11. UCL A (anonymisiert), 19 Teampunkte, 1439 Speaks
12. St Andrews B (anonymisiert), 19 Teampunkte, 1434 Speaks
13. TCD Phil VV (anonymisiert), 19 Teampunkte, 1426 Speaks
14. Oxford C (Chris Ye, Tori Chittmittrapap), 18 Teampunkte, 1447 Speaks
15. TCD Hist A (anonymisiert), 18 Teampunkte, 1442 Speaks
16. LSE B (Annamária Wirtz, Efe Aslan Tataroğlu), 18 Teampunkte, 1440 Speaks
17. Belgrade B (Pavle Antonijević, Mihailo Babić), 18 Teampunkte, 1438 Speaks
18. Tartu A (Mirtel Etverk, Richard Käsper), 18 Teampunkte, 1436 Speaks
19. Technion C (Avital Stahl, Oz Shiber), 18 Teampunkte, 1420 Speaks
20. Aberdeen EC (Joe Cunningham, anonymisiert), 18 Teampunkte, 1389 Speaks
21. ICL B (anonymisiert), 17 Teampunkte, 1454 Speaks
22. Zagreb A (anonymisiert), 17 Teampunkte, 1439 Speaks
23. Cambridge A (James Cater, Olivia Arbour), 17 Teampunkte, 1436 Speaks
24. Vienna A (Victor Bervoets, Adora Sabau), 17 Teampunkte, 1433 Speaks

ESL Teambreak (Viertelfinale): 

1. Copenhagen A (Laura Serafine Pilmark, Darin Mansurbeg), 22 Teampunkte, 1469 Speaks
2. Ljubljana DM (David Safro, Maj Hrovatin), 21 Teampunkte, 1473 Speaks
3. Athens A (Jim Balatos, Panagis Gouvelis), 21 Teampunkte, 1463 Speaks
4. Oxford B (anonymisiert), 20 Teampunkte, 1441 Speaks
5. Belgrade B (Pavle Antonijević, Mihailo Babić), 18 Teampunkte, 1438 Speaks
6. Tartu A (Mirtel Etverk, Richard Käsper), 18 Teampunkte, 1436 Speaks
7. Technion C (Avital Stahl, Oz Shiber), 18 Teampunkte, 1420 Speaks
8. Zagreb A (anonymisiert), 17 Teampunkte, 1439 Speaks
9. Vienna A (Victor Bervoets, Adora Sabau), 17 Teampunkte, 1433 Speaks
10. NU A (Aigerim Aibassova, Daniyar Baimagambetov), 17 Teampunkte, 1424 Speaks
11. Zagreb B (Brina Verdnik, Patrik Branšajd), 17 Teampunkte, 1415 Speaks
12. BGU A (anonymisiert), 17 Teampunkte, 1411 Speaks
13. Belgrade A (anonymisiert), 17 Teampunkte, 1402 Speaks
14. KDUW PS (anonymisiert), 17 Teampunkte, 1396 Speaks
15. ASDVB MJ (anonymisiert), 17 Teampunkte, 1390 Speaks
16. Technion A (Yael Wolff, anonymisiert), 16 Teampunkte, 1428 Speaks

Redner:innen Top 10: 

1. Bharath Anantham, 82,33
2. David Safro, 82,11

=3. Gareth Lim Yefeng, 82,00 

=3. Panagis Gouvelis, 82,00 

5. anonymisiert, 81,78
6. Laura Serafine Pilmark, 81,67

=7. Darin Mansurbeg, 81,56 

=7. anonymisiert, 81,56 

=7. anonymisiert, 81,56 

=7. Maj Hrovatin, 81,56 

ESL Redner:innen Top 10: 

1. David Safro, 82,11
2. Panagis Gouvelis, 82,00
3. Laura Serafine Pilmark, 81,67

=4. Darin Mansurbeg, 81,56 

=4. Maj Hrovatin, 81,56 

6. Lara Livaković, 81,00
7. Jim Balatos, 80,56
8. anonymisiert, 80,22

=9. anonymisiert, 80,11 

=9. Mihailo Babić, 80,11 

Die Themen des Turniers im Überblick: 

Round 1: This House Supports the expectation that our loved ones accept us as we are. 

Round 2: This House Believes That the digitisation of the illegal drug trade* does more harm than good. *e.g. encrypted messaging apps such as Telegram and Signal, payment in cryptocurrencies, reliance on darknet market platforms, etc 

Round 3: Infoslide: Under the “Dutch Model” for sex work, both buying and selling sex are legal. Licensed brothels, escort services, and independent prostitution are allowed and regulated as a form of labour. Under the “Nordic Model” for sex work, selling sex is generally legal, but buying sex is illegal. Brothels and third-party facilitation of prostitution are also illegal. 

This House Prefers the Dutch Model over the Nordic Model. 

 Round 4: Infoslide: From 1945 to 1990, Kosovo was an autonomous region within Serbia, which was part of Yugoslavia. Most of Kosovo is ethnically Albanian and follows Islam. In 1999, NATO intervened in Serbia on humanitarian grounds to protect the Kosovo Albanian population. Following this, Serbia’s police and military forces left the region. In 2008, Kosovo unilaterally declared independence with extensive political and economic support from the West. Today, Kosovo is recognised by around half of all UN Member States, including most of the EU and NATO. Notable countries that do not recognise Kosovo include Serbia and the five founding BRICS states. 

This House, as Western governments, Regrets their support for Kosovo independence after the 1999 NATO intervention. 

Round 5: This House Prefers art that depicts societal tragedies through allegories (The Yellow Wallpaper, Animal Farm, The Platform) over art that depicts societal tragedies explicitly (Schindler’s List, Apocalypse Now, 12 Years a Slave). 

 Round 6: Infoslide: Behind-the-meter generation, also known as “off grid” generation, is a form of private, independent energy generation. In the United States, energy-intensive facilities (e.g. data centres and factories) are often equipped with private, on-site power plants which are powered by gas, green energy with batteries, or mini nuclear reactors. The power plants remain independent of the public energy grid; some may, however, keep a limited connection for backup or to sell surplus power. 

This House Hopes for the rise of energy-intensive facilities that use behind-the-meter generation in the European Union.

Round 7: Infoslide: Psychiatric deinstitutionalisation was the shift in the 1950s-60s away from housing and treating people with mental illnesses in large long-term psychiatric institutions and towardtreatment in community-based settings (e.g. at home, outpatient clinics, general practitioners). 

This House Believes That psychiatric deinstitutionalisation did more harm than good. 

Round 8: This House Believes That Andy Burnham should call an immediate general election. 

Round 9: Infoslide: Institutional funding for public research is government funding given directly to universities and public research institutions as stable, long-term grants. Institutions have autonomy to decide their research priorities. Project funding, by contrast, involves funding agencies awarding grants for projects through competitive processes. Researchers are required to submit grant proposals that outline specificobjectives, timelines, and deliverables. Other academic purposes, such as teaching, are funded separately. 

This House Prefers the institutional model to the project model for the public funding of research. 

ESL Quarterfinals: This House Believes That LGBTQ+ Pride month* does more harm than good. *e.g. pride parades, other pride events 

ESL Semifinals: Infoslide: In recent years, the United Arab Emirates‘ foreign policy has increasingly diverged from the foreign policy of Saudi Arabia. The UAE has recently left OPEC, independentlydeepened its security ties with the United States and Israel, and taken an aggressive stance on Iran (which contrasts with Saudi Arabia’s pursuit of détente with Iran). The UAE has also increased its unilateral involvement in military conflicts in the region, including military interventions and support for armed forces in Libya, Egypt, Yemen, Sudan, and the Horn of Africa.

This House, as the government of the UAE, Regrets its pivot away from Saudi Arabia. 

ESL Final: This House Regrets the cultural dominance of sport. 

Partial Double Quarterfinals: This House Opposes the belief that loyalty is a virtue.  

Quarterfinals: This House Regrets the centrality of individual redemption* to religions. *the ability of an individual to attain salvation or spiritual reconciliation despite their moral failings or sins. 

Semifinals: Infoslide: In a market-based system (e.g. the US and UK), firms raise most external finance directly from private investors via stock and bond markets. In a bank-based system (e.g. Germany and Japan), firms rely on long-term relationships with commercial banks for credit. Under a market-based system, shareholders monitor the management and governance of the firm; under a bank-based system, the bank does so. 

This House Prefers market-based systems over bank-based systems. 

Grand Final: This House Believes That American frontier AI firms* should cease all cooperation with the US military. *e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta 

ip/aeh.