Results so far at World Schools 2013

The grand final of the 2013 World Schools Debating Championships will be held later today. In the meantime the results so far are:

Grand Final: Motion: THBT Turkey is better off outside the EU.

• Prop: Australia.  Opp: Swaziland.

Semi Final: Motion: THBT the government should pay house wives and house husbands for their work.

• Swaziland 4 : 3 Singapore
• Australia 7 : 0 Ireland

Qtr-Finals: Motion: THBT social movements in democratic countries should drive social change through the courts rather than the legislature.

• QF1: Canada 3 : 4 Ireland
• QF2: Swaziland 4 : 3 Mexico
• QF3: Singapore 5 : 2 England
• QF4: Australia 6 : 1 South Africa

Octo-FinalTHW cut welfare support on compulsive gamblers

• OF1: Canada : New Zealand
• OF2: Swaziland 5 : 0 Greece
• OF3: Singapore : Slovenia
• OF4: South Africa : UAE
• OF5: Australia 4 : 1 Netherlands
• OF6: Hong Kong 0 : 5 England
• OF7: Mexico 4 : 1 India
• OF8: Peru 1 : 4 Ireland

• Round 1: THBT important decisions about children’s health should be made by medical professionals and not by their parents.
• Round 2: THBT the media should be prevented by law from intruding the lives of public figures.
• Round 3: THS greater US military presence in East Asia.
• Round 4: THW allow prisoners to choose death over life sentence.
• Round 5: THW cease the exploitation of resources in the Arctic Region
• Round 6: THW require government schools to teach religious studies.
• Round 7: THS sovereign debt default as a legitimate economic strategy for countries.
• Round 8: THW require university students to work in their country of origin for a number of years after graduation.

Team Tab:

Position Team Debates Wins Average points

1. NEW ZEALAND 8 21 763.3750
2. SWAZILAND 7 21 764.000
3. SINGAPORE 7 21 763.0000
4. SOUTH AFRICA 7 21 758.0625
5. AUSTRALIA 7 20 768.7500
6. ENGLAND 7 20 757.0000
7. MEXICO 7 20 755.0625
8. PERU 7 19 752.0000
9. IRELAND 7 17 759.5625
10. INDIA 6 19 756.8125
11. HONG KONG 6 18 760.1250
12. NETHERLANDS 6 16 750.5000
13. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 6 16 750.0625
14. SLOVENIA 6 16 742.9375
15. GREECE 6 16 741.9375
16. CANADA 6 14 752.8750
17. PAKISTAN 5 16 750.6428
18. MALAYSIA 5 15 744.2500
19. KOREA 5 14 749.5000
20. WALES 4 14 743.2500
21. SCOTLAND 4 13 757.0625
22. INDONESIA 4 13 738.8125
23. ESTONIA 4 12 744.6875
24. LITHUANIA 4 12 738.4375
25. THAILAND 4 12 737.6875
26. ISRAEL 4 12 737.3125
27. CZECH REPUBLIC 4 11 729.8750
28. GERMANY 4 8 728.1250
29. DENMARK 3 12 732.4375
30. UNITED STATES 3 11 742.3125
31. TURKEY 3 11 740.4375
32. ARGENTINA 3 11 727.2500
33. ROMANIA 3 10 736.6250
34. SLOVAKIA 3 9 729.1250
35. QATAR 3 8 723.3125
36. CHINA 2 8 728.0625
37. PHILIPPINES 2 6 741.9375
38. SWEDEN 2 6 732.8125
39. BARBADOS 2 5 720.7857
40. HUNGARY 2 5 709.8125
41. MONTENEGRO 2 5 707.1250
42. MONGOLIA 2 5 695.4375
43. BERMUDA 1 8 719.6428
44. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1 6 725.8125
45. CHILE 1 5 719.9285
46. KUWAIT 1 5 717.9375
47. JAPAN 1 3 695.8750
48. BANGLADESH 0 3 734.4285
49. NIGERIA 0 1 698.6250
50. LEBANON 0 1 697.5000