All-Asian Intervarsity Debating Championships
The All-Asian Intervarsity Debating Championships are an annual debating tournament for teams from universities in Asia.[1]
The championships are one of two major annual regional debating tournaments for Asian universities, the other being the Asian Universities Debating Championship.
Past Finalists & Hosts
Best Speakers of the Tournament
| Year | Speaker | University |
| 2008 | Anirudh Wadhwa | National Law School of India University (India) |
| 2007 | Danial Amir | Universiti Teknologi MARA (Malaysia) |
| 2006 | Iqbal Hafiedz | Universiti Teknologi MARA (Malaysia) |
| 2005 | Logandran Balavijendran | Multimedia University (Malaysia) |
| 2004 | Jess Lopez | Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines) |
| 2003 | Bobby Benedicto | Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines) |
| 2002 | Suresh Gnasegarah | Multimedia University (Malaysia) |
| 2001 | Franco Larcina | University of Santo Tomas (Philippines) |
| 2000 | Ngoei Wen-Qing | National University of Singapore (Singapore) |
| 1999 | Danian Aizuddin | International Islamic University Malaysia (Malaysia) |
| 1998 | Bombit Largoza | De La Salle University (Philippines) |
| 1997 | Ray Aguas | Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines) |
| 1996 | Michelle Juan | Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines) |
| 1995 | Mildred Solis | University of the Philippines (Philippines) |
| 1994 | Peejay Garcia | Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines) |
Future Championships
- 2009 – to be hosted by Multimedia University (Malaysia).
Controversy
Institutions who were unhappy about aspects of the organisation of the All-Asian Intervarsity Debating Championships established the Asian Universities Debating Championship in 2005 as an alternative to the All-Asians Championship.[2] Since then, many universities in Asia with strong debating traditions – most notably universities from the Philippines and Singapore, including all except one of the institutions who won the All-Asian championships up to 2004 – have chosen not to participate in the All-Asian Intervarsity Championships and have instead entered teams in the Asian Universities Debating Championship.
While not necessarily intended to be a rival tournament, the last three AUDCs coincided with the schedule of the All-Asian Championship, which made it impracticable for teams to attend both tournaments.
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, which was one of the founding institutions of AUDC and entered teams in the AUDC in 2005 and 2006, chose to attend the All-Asians Championship in 2007. Among the universities that won the All-Asians prior to the split, they are the only institution to have participated in the All-Asians since the inception of the AUDC. They attended AUDC again in 2008.
References
- ^ Debating: Battle of the minds The Daily Star, 20 August 2006
- ^ "Invitation to the First AUDC" (html). Retrieved 2007-06-05.