North American University Debating Championships
The North American Universities Debating Championship (NAUDC) is an annual intercollegiate debating tournament held in the British Parliamentary (BP) format. It is regarded as one of the most prestigious[1] university debate championships in North America, alongside the North American Debating Championship. NAUDC draws teams from across Canada, the United States, and occasionally Mexico, and crowns the official “North American Universities Debating Champions.” The winner of this tournament is invited to debate at the HWS Round Robin, the most exclusive BP tournament[2]. The tournament is hosted by a different university each year and typically features five or six preliminary rounds[3] followed by elimination rounds culminating in a Grand Final, and boasts some of the highest continental in-person competition participant rates.
NAUDC is notable for being the only BP-format tournament in North America that brings together top teams from multiple circuits, including the Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate (CUSID) and the American Parliamentary Debate Association (APDA), and serves as a competitive bridge to international BP tournaments such as the World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC).
Results
| Year | Host | Champion Team | College | Top Speaker | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Queen's[4]
|
Tejas Subramaniam & Elizabeth Li[5] |  Stanford
|
Amitai Ben Porat | Stanford
|
| 2024 |  Tec Region CDMX[6]
|
Ryan Lafferty & Madeleine Wu[7] | Dartmouth
|
Xiao-ke Lu | Princeton
|
| 2023 | Bates[8]
|
Meg Kandarpa & Eli Pallrand | Cornell
|
Madeleine Wu | Dartmouth
|
| 2021/2022 | McGill[9]
|
Max Rosen & Naomi Panovka | McGill
|
Xiao-Ke Lu | Princeton
|
| 2020 | Online | Dhananjay Ashok & Eric Zhao[10] | Toronto
|
Naomi Panovka | McGill
|
| 2019 | HWS[11]
|
Asher Spector & Paloma O'Connor | Harvard
|
Jin Mo Koo | Cornell
|
| 2018 | Arthur Lee & Coen Armstrong[12] | Stanford
|
Emma Rose Wirshing | Cornell
| |
| 2017 | HWS[13]
|
Matthew Gallagher & Connor Ahluwalia[14] | Carleton
|
Bobbi Leet | Stanford
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| 2016 | Carleton[15]
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Kuan Hian Tan & Harry Zhang[16] | Johns Hopkins
|
Evan Lynyak[17] | Yale
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References
- ↑ Ginger, Katherine (February 9, 2024). "Spotlight on Parliamentary Debate". The Dartmouth. Retrieved Sept 29, 2025. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "HWS RR Qualifying Page".
- ↑ Alton, Alexis (Apr 27, 2023). "Speech and Debate Society Members Win North American Title in British Parliamentary Debate". Retrieved Sept 29, 2025. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "NAUDC 2025 Facebook Event". Facebook. September 24, 2025.
- ↑ "NAUDC 2025 Tab".
- ↑ "Google Slides of Bid".
- ↑ "NAUDC 2024 Tab".
- ↑ "NAUDC 2023 Tab".
- ↑ "NAUDC 2021 Tab".
- ↑ "NAUDC 2020 Tab".
- ↑ "2019 NAUDC Results".
- ↑ "NAUDC 2019 Tab" (PDF).
- ↑ "HWS NAUDC Site".
- ↑ "NAUDC 2017 Tab".
- ↑ "2016 NAUDC Bid". 28 September 2019.
- ↑ Zajac, Mary K. (December 12, 2016). "Johns Hopkins debate duo takes first place at North American championship". John Hopkins Hub. Retrieved September 25, 2025.
- ↑ "NAUDC 2016 Speaker Tab" (PDF).
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