Quick facts about the tournament:

Dates: November 26-27, 2011

Team cap: 52 teams

Venue: MGIMO University

Format: BP (WUDC Style), 6 minutes speeches, 5 preliminary rounds, motions announced 15 before the round.

The CA is James Dixon, WUDC semi-finalist, Cambridge IV finalist.

The registration opens on October 8.

This year we expect to host up to 50 teams from Russia, CIS and beyond. We don't set any caps on the number of the teams from one university, debating society or country. However, we encourage N-1 rule for adjudication (this means that we'll be really happy if you bring at least one adjudicator with you). Although we have a good adjudication squad (some of them experienced debaters who have a record of breaking at WUDC), we would not like to find ourselves in a position of monopoly in judging. Moreover, our experience tells us that it's always better to have a lot of judges rather than wreck our necks in search of one 5 minutes before the round.

The tournament will be held in English, British parliamentary format (WUDC style). If you are not acquainted with the format don't let that deter you from participating, as we will arrange for a very clear briefing before the tournament. You can also read about debating basics here. Students from Moscow universities have an extra option: they can join our weekly workshops to learn what the debates are all about (novice workshop) or to improve their debating skills (advanced workshop) - for more information visit MGIMO Debate Club's website.

Teams from MGIMO will participate in the tournament as swing teams, which means that none of them will progress into the Semi-finals.

Venue of the championship is MGIMO. It has nice facilities both for debating rounds and for a rest in between them. Meals will be available at MGIMO in various cafes and canteens (at your own expense). We will also organize free coffee-breaks.

We can help the debaters from cities other than Moscow to arrange crash.

Motions will be announced 15 minutes before a round starts. For Semi-Finals and Grand Final the preparation time will be 30 minutes.