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KIDA Competitions

Korea’s Premier University Debate Circuit

KIDA organizes major intervarsity tournaments, rookie competitions, and educational debate events throughout the academic year.

Featured Events

National competitions, workshops, and educational initiatives.

Yearly Timeline

KIDA tournaments throughout the academic year.

April

Spring Rookie Tournament (Asian Parliamentary)

May

Spring KIDA National Championships (Asian Parliamentary)

August

KIDA Open (British Parliamentary)

October

Autumn Rookie Tournament (British Parliamentary)

November

Autumn KIDA National Championships (British Parliamentary)

February

Winter Pro-Am (British Parliamentary)

Asian Circuit

Majors Timeline

Major institution-level international tournaments frequently attended by KIDA universities and Korean debaters. These are all institutional tournaments, meaning teams must be composed of members from the same university.

June

UADC

United Asian Debating Championship. One of Asia's largest university debate championships.

Format: UADC Asian Parliamentary

July

Australs

Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championship, featuring universities across Asia-Pacific.

Format: Australs 3v3

August

ABP

Asian British Parliamentary Championship, bringing together top university debaters from across Asia.

Format: British Parliamentary

November

NEADC

North East Asian Debate Championship. One of the primary Asian regional BP tournaments attended by Korean university debaters.

Format: British Parliamentary

December

WUDC

World Universities Debating Championship, the largest and most prestigious university debate tournament globally.

Format: British Parliamentary

Other Tournaments

Open Tournaments

Open-format tournaments also exist, where participants may freely team across institutions

Shanghai Int. Debate Open (February)
Taiwan Int. Debate Open (March)
Malaysia Debate Open (April)

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