{"id":14094,"date":"2013-01-04T01:45:15","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T00:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/?p=14094"},"modified":"2013-02-06T13:45:19","modified_gmt":"2013-02-06T12:45:19","slug":"results-of-the-wudc-berlin-2013-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achteminute.de\/en\/20130104\/results-of-the-wudc-berlin-2013-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Results of the WUDC Berlin 2013 Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"wudc_berlin\"<\/a>The WUDC Berlin 2013 are officially over, and the debating world has three new World Champions, one new coming WUDC host and a lot of other prices and winners. But first of all, congratulations to the winners of the EFL-final, Porto A, as well as to the winners of the ESL final, Bangladesh A, and Here is what we would call a preliminary overview – no guarantee on results being complete for the moment.<\/p>\n

In the EFL final, the teams from Porto A, Freiburg A, Tokyo A and Bucharest A debated the motion “This house welcomes the decline of the United States as a sole superpower”. World EFL Champion is the team from Porto A<\/strong>. The honorary jury named Ary Ferreira da Cunha<\/strong> from Porto best speaker of the final.<\/p>\n

In the ESL final, the teams from Leiden A, RRIS A, Leiden C, BRAC Bangladesh A debated the motion “This house believes that representative democracies<\/strong> with large numbers of foreigners living in their territory (on temporary or permanent basis) should create seats to represent them in parliament”. World ESL Champion is the team from BRAC Bangladesh A<\/strong>. The honorary jury named Rogier Baart<\/strong> from Leiden C (Netherlands) best speaker of the final. Ratib Mortuza Ali<\/strong> from Bangladesh A won the price of the auditions darling in an open vote of the audience.<\/p>\n

In the Open final, Otago A (Alec Dawson, Kieran Bunn), Sydney B (Paul Karp, Dominic Bowes), Auckland A (Ben Milsom, Stephanie Thompson) and Monash B (Nita Rao, James Beavis). World Debating Champion 2013 is the team from Monash B<\/strong>. The honorary jury named James Beavis<\/strong> best speaker. Most debated fact of the winners: These Worlds were the first to have a 48 team brake, thus allowing 48 teams through Mock-octo finals to proceed to the Octo-Finals. Monash B broke on 48 from the preliminary rounds. The motion of the Open Final was “This house would not allow religious communities to expel members on basis of views or actions that contradict their doctrinal teachings”.<\/p>\n