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Since we guess that our appreciated readers follow us on Twitter <\/a>your head will most probably be replete with impressions from Galway Euros. But what are the facts and figures about the European Universities Debating Championships (EUDC or Euros)? Or maybe you have been there yourself and want to sort things out now? Your Achte Minute team provides you with all you might want to know – and even beyond. By the way, you still might wanna follow the Hashtag #EUDC<\/a> on Twitter – you’ll find funny stories and how everybody copes with the aftermath of post-Euros exhaustion.<\/p>\n In Galway, 180 teams from all over Europe, Israel and even Qatar were competing at the European Universities Debating Championships. 76 of those teams were ESL\u00a0 teams comprising 166 ESL speakers where ESL stands for English as a Second Language. 630 people took part in the Galway Euros – 360 of them as speakers, the rest as judges, volunteers, members of the orgcomm, runners, and of course as members of the adjudication team. Chief adjudicator was Ruth Faller<\/strong>, as her deputies functioned Steven Nolan<\/strong>, Shengwu Li<\/strong>, Simone van Elk<\/strong> and Yoni Cohen-Idov<\/strong>. But have we really just mentioned the CA team and forgot the orgcomm? Well, here they are: Nollaig \u00d3 Scannl\u00e1in<\/strong> (convener), Ois\u00edn Collins<\/strong> (registratinon director), Jacqueline Driscoll<\/strong> (tournament director), Ronan Fitzpatrick<\/strong> (finance director), Conor Kelly<\/strong> ( public relations director), Aisling O’Connell<\/strong> (accommodation director), Evelyn Whyms<\/strong> (volunteer director), Karen Traynor<\/strong> (social director), David Crowe<\/strong> (food director) and Donal Healy<\/strong> (transport director). Thank you, guys, for an amazing Galway Euros experience! And thanks a lot to the volunteers from all over Ireland and even The Netherlands. You did a great job!<\/p>\n Here is the break to quarters complete with speaker names and winning points after nine prelims:<\/p>\n The ranking of the German and Austrian teams from under the umbrella of the Association of Debating Societies at universities (VDCH or Verband der Debattierclubs an Hochschulen) reads as follows:<\/p>\nMere Numbers and Names<\/h3>\n
The Motions<\/h3>\n
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\nInfo slide that came with the motion: “In Germany, the Bavarian state Government holds the copyright to Hitler\u2019s Mein Kampf and has thus far porevented its publication. Heavily censored versions are available at most German libraries. The copyright expires in 2016, whereupon any person may publish Mein Kampf in Germany.”<\/li>\n
\nInfo slide that came with the motion: “Many deseases present in children require difficult-to-find tissue and organ donation. It is possible to select an embryo using in-vitro fertilization (IVF) to ensure a match for donation. However, this is generally illegal. Children thus conceived are known as donor siblings.”<\/li>\nThe Open Break to Quarters<\/h3>\n
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The Open Break to Semis<\/h3>\n
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The Open Final<\/h3>\n
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The ESL Break to Quarters<\/h3>\n
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The ESL Break to Semis<\/h3>\n
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The ESL Final<\/h3>\n
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The Top Five Speakers<\/h3>\n
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The Top Five ESL Speakers<\/h3>\n
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VDCH teams’ Ranking<\/h3>\n
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