The World Online Debating Championships
Debatewise is proud to announce the first ever World Online Debating Championships (or the WODC for short). This will be a debating competition like no other, you can debate from the comfort of your chair, you can participate anywhere that has internet access, you'll have full 24 hours to perfect your arguments and can collaborate with other people, no matter where they are in the world.
How does it work?
- First register your team using the form below
- At the given time (yet to be finalised but in early July) we'll pair up teams, assign a motion and decide who will be the proposition and who'll be the opposition - all at random of course
- The motion is revealed to the proposition and they have 24 hours to come up with their arguments - at this point only people on their team can see them
- The points are made public and the opposition has 24 hours to come up with their arguments
- A second round commences with each team getting 24 hours in turn
- Finally, the teams get 24 hours each to summarise their points - both teams do this simultaneously
- Then the judging starts - Two judges will be experienced real-world debate judges, and the third 'judge' will be a score devised from the open voting facility on the site.
- Winners progress to the next round
Entry costs $5 per person. If this causes you a problem please email us and we'll see what we can do. Ideally we only want one team from each country so if interest is great we may hold preliminary rounds before the main contest starts. You'll be notified if that is the case.
Otherwise, get entering and good luck. We are restricting this competition to 32 teams only so don't delay, enter now!
Registration has now closed.
However, some teams are still looking for extra members, so email us:
if you'd like to get involved.
Why enter?
- Fantastic prizes
- Chance to call yourself a World Champion
- Ability to hone your debating skills
- Debate with people from around the world without leaving home
- Permanent recognition in the Debatewise Hall of Fame
- Certificates of achievement for all 32 finalists
- Chance to mentor next year's contestants
Registration has now closed. However, some teams are still looking for extra members, so email us at if you'd like to get involved.
Useful links
More details on the competition (pdf)Tips and tricks (pdf)
The rules (pdf)