Round zero (bye round) results
After a chaotic tour to the DMZ (no tour guides, no volunteers, no idea of what was happening and no western food for those who had paid double the price of the Korean food to have it - but the third tunnel was fun!), we arrived late back to the Imperial Palace Hotel for the bye round, necessary because there is an uneven number of teams at this year's Worlds, namely 35.
Eight lucky teams prepared in various rooms in the hotel tonight (mainly in the bedrooms of opposing teams) on the topic "This house would execute war criminals." At least there were audiences as a number of teams who were not debating in the bye round came along to watch and lift the spirits of the tired debaters. Well done teams for debating your hearts out after a long day!
Here are the results:
Prop Opp
Australia 3 Indonesia 0
Hungary 3 Slovakia 0
Scotland 3 Bangladesh 0
Slovenia 2 Argentina 1
(I was the split. First time since Calgary '05!)
So we're on the home straight now. Tomorrow night's the break party and you'll all know then who's made the exalted list of the top 16.
Stay tuned and hold on to your seats. This roller coaster ride isn't over yet. Lots of teams are in with a chance. Two of the unbeaten teams, Ireland and Australia, meet head to head tomorrow. So which teams do you think will make the top 16?
By the way, here is the draw for tomorrow:
SUN JUL 8 – ROUND 7
Motion: This House believes that free trade harms the developing world.
Venue: Seoul English Village
Proposition Opposition
Bermuda Israel
Canada Malaysia
Czech Republic Australia
England Slovakia
Greece Mongolia
Hong Kong Sri Lanka
India Singapore
Ireland Hungary
Japan Scotland
Kuwait Estonia
Lithuania Korea
Netherlands Bangladesh
Pakistan Indonesia
Peru Slovenia
Philippines United States
Romania South Africa
Wales Germany
Argentina has the bye
SUN JUL 8 – ROUND 8
Impromptu round
Seoul English Village
Proposition Opposition
Argentina Wales
Australia Ireland
Bangladesh Peru
Estonia Romania
Germany Netherlands
Indonesia Kuwait
Israel Hong Kong
Korea Philippines
Malaysia India
Mongolia Japan
Scotland Pakistan
Singapore Canada
Slovakia Czech Republic
Slovenia Lithuania
South Africa England
Sri Lanka Bermuda
United States Greece
Hungary has the bye.
Signing out in Seoul
Kiwi Claire
posted by Kiwi Claire @ 2:46 pm
5 Comments
5 Comments:
Well done England and good luck!
Adrian Thomas
Thanks for the news Claire my husband and i really enjoy reading what is happening.We know our son is pretty busy preparing for debates and hasn't time to write long informative emails so we love to read your slant on things. Keep up the good work and GO AUSTRALIA!!!
Lisa Rich
Hi Lisa,
Watch for the news of the break rounds tonight.....should be awesome!
Kiwi Claire wrote "I was the split. First timesince Calgary '05!"
Ah yes, I remember it well!
Of course I was right both times!! And just to prove it, I've been in the minority split 3 times in this tournament.
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