FINALS' DAY
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Top performing schools from regional and international rounds will be invited to participate in our Finals Day.
This consists of 4 rounds of short-prep debates. The top 16 teams after these rounds shall then progress to the Quarterfinals, then the Semifinals and Finals. There shall also be a Novice Final, for teams that are in their first year of competitive debating and have never broken before in a competition. We are also offering this year an ESL Final, which will run concurrently with the Novice Final, for those speakers for whom English is a second language.
Schedule (all times are in UTC/GMT):
Saturday 13th March
Registration and Briefings - 8:30am-9:15am
Round 1 - 9:15am-11:30am
Round 2 - 11:30am-1:30pm
Lunch - 1:30pm-2:15pm
Round 3 - 2:15pm-4:15pm
Round 4 - 4:15pm-6:00pm
Break announcement and closing remarks - 6:00pm-6:30pm
Sunday 14th March
Open Registration - 9:00am-9:15am; ESL/Novice Registration 11:00am-11:30am
Open Quarterfinal - 9:30am-11:30am
Open Semifinal / ESL Final / Novice Final - 11:30am-1:30pm
Lunch - 1:30pm-2:15pm
Open Grand Final - 2:30pm-4:30pm
This year, Finals' Day will be held on 13th and 14th March 2021 and this will take place online. We will send out information to teams who have qualified in due course.
We are also so pleased to announce that this year we shall be awarding the Edward Tomlinson Memorial Prize to the best speaker at Finals' Day. More information can be found here.