Debattierclub Muenchen

New Board 2019-2020

10/7/2019

We had our annual general meeting this Wednesday, where a new board - Anna, Uzair and Kenno - has been elected.
A big thank you goes out to the old board, consisting out of Yimin, Florens and Kenno. Thanks to them we had a successful debating year with two tournaments in Munich (MRO, Transrapid), a well-organized program for debating newbies and awesome weekly club debates.

Berlin IV 2019

30/6/2019

Successful weekend at the Berlin IV, with both teams from Munich, Philipp & Uzair and Yimin & Beccy, breaking to semifinals. Philipp was also 7th best speaker of the tournament. Congratulations!

Helsinki Open 2019

17/6/2019

This weekend, Philipp and his team partner Calyxx (Berlin) made it to the final of Helsinki Open, after breaking first on 15 points. Philipp was also best speaker of the tournament. Congratulations for this amazing achievement!

Paris Open 2019

12/5/2019

This weekend, Philipp and Yimin broke to the open semi finals of the Paris Open. Congratulations!

Munich Research Open 2019

11/3/2019

This weekend, the Munich Research Open 2019 took place. It was the largest tournament our club has ever hosted. We congratulate Dawid Wojciech Bartkowiak & Lucy Kate Murphy for winning the open final, Tin Puljić for being best speaker, Marina Kojić & Mira Eberdorfer for winning the novice final, and Louisa Broeg for being best novice speaker. We would like thank the research team which significantly funded this tournament, as well as all members of the club who were involved in the organisation of this tournament.

Istanbul Open 2019

22/1/2019

Last weekend at the İstanbul Boğaziçi Open, Uzair and his team partner Lisa (Maastricht) broke second and made it all the way to the final. They were also 6th and 8th best speaker of the tournament, respectively. Congratulations!

NEAO 2018

12/11/2018

Our successes are not limited to Europe. At this year's Northeast Asian Open Debate Championships in Guangzhou, China, with 92 participating teams, Kenno (currently on an exchange programme in Hongkong) managed the Open Break as the 18th breaking team! Congratulations to Kenno and his team partner Omesh for this amazing achievement!

Tilbury House Cologne Open 2018

29/10/2018

Munich was present with a large delegation of five teams and one judge at the Tilbury House Cologne Open this weekend, and we can happily report a successful performance: Florens and Ron made it to the final, while Miri and Yimin broke to semi-finals. Miri and Yimin were also 8th and 9th best speaker at the tournament, respectively. Congratulations!

Beginners Programme 2018

9/10/2018

We will once again offer a beginners programme at the start of the winter semester 2018/2019. The programme comprises a series of 7 introductory seminars every Wednesday at 6pm starting from 17 October 2018, followed by our club debates at 7pm (both in German and English). We will also have our annual novice tournament (the "Transrapid-Turnier") on 1 December.

Prague Open 2018

17/9/2018

The Munich delegation returns home today, after an amazing tournament and fun nights in the beautiful city of Prague.
We can happily report that we represented our club well: Flo & Lisa broke to semi-finals, and Yimin & Beccy made it to the final. Individually Munich also came to some success: Beccy was 3rd best speaker, Yimin 4th, Calyxx 5th and Flo 7th. Congratulations!

New Board

12/7/2018

After an incredibly successful year, the new board consisting of Yimin, Florens and Kenno was elected this week. We thank the previous board for their hard work and look forward to another successful year of debating.

Vienna IV 2018

28/5/2018

We grow stronger every day! Congrats to Philipp and Calyxx for making us proud in the finals, Yimin and Uzair for breaking to semis, Maximilian and Marika for giving us an excellent novice final and Patricia for the judge break! Go Munich, and thanks Vienna! It was a blast!

Munich wins Paris Open 2018 (ESL)

13/5/2018

The team from Munich, consisting of Patricia and Uzair, won the ESL final of the Paris Open last weekend. Congratulations to this great achievement!

Workshops: Summer Semester 2018

21/3/2018

The first two weeks of the semester will feature beginners workshops. After that, we will launch a training program consisting of casefile-based seminars and practical exercises. Here's some of what will await you in the coming months:

Rich and poor countries
How people think
Stock analysis practice
Minorities around the world
Money and monetary policy
and much more.

Workshops take place every Wednesday at 6pm in room 312. The exact dates of each workshop will be announced in the weekly newsletter.

WUDC in Mexico

4/1/2018

We are extremely proud to announce that our team, consisting of Melda Eren and Philipp Mueller, broke second to esl outrounds at the WUDC in Mexico! They are the best team from the german-speaking region and both top ten esl speakers! Congratulations!

Munich Open 2017

26/11/2017

Congratulations to Gigi Gil and Devin van den Berg from Leiden for winning Munich Open 2017! As we look back at a great tournament (bigger and better even than last years Munich Open), we would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our judges, and especially our fantastic helpers. You made the tournament happen; you are the best!

Munich wins Cambridge IV (ESL)

19/11/2017

The Munich team, consisting of Melda Eren and Philipp Mueller, won the ESL final of the highly renowned Cambridge IV last weekend! We would like to highlight this phenomenal achievement!
In addition, they are both top ten ESL speakers! Congratulations!

Public Debate

1/11/2017

We'd like to invite anyone who's interested in what we do to our public debate! Eight of our most experienced members will debate a motion as they would at a tournament. The location is the great hall of the restaurant "Max E. Brauerei" at Adalbertstraße 33. We meet at 7, the debate will begin at about 7:30.

Beginners Program 2017

13/10/2017

The upcoming weeks will feature our beginners seminars. Every Wednesday at 6pm, we'll meet in the KHG, Leopoldstraße 11, for a 1h seminar. After that, we'll have our debates. Anyone is free to join!
In the beginning of December, we'll also host our annual novice tournament (the Trans-Rapid-Turnier) for the third time.

Split Open 2017

6/8/2017

Both of the teams we sent to Split Open this year broke. Congrats to Yimin / Valerie for making it into the semifinal, and Melda / Vladi for making it to the final! You never fail to make Munich proud.

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