| 1 | 4 Teams in debate:
McGill A (OG)
UVM 2 (OO)
KOREA A (CG)
Canada West - SFU Crew (CO) | 3 | | | Thamera NaickerⒸ , Menachem Weber , Reut Ginat | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
| 2 | 4 Teams in debate:
CUHK C (OG)
Cambridge A (OO)
EDS 1 (CG)
McGill A (CO) | 6 | | | Aodh Ó LaoideⒸ , Charlette Inao , Vim Rubin | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
| 3 | 4 Teams in debate:
JHU A (OG)
Harvard A (OO)
McGill A (CG)
YNC A (CO) | 9 | | | Juanita HincapiéⒸ , Ethan Franz Cueva , Shaheer Shazib | TH prefers environmental movements heavily prioritizing a local agenda over a global one (e.g., focusing on local pollution rather than climate change) |
| 4 | 2 Teams in debate:
Zagreb A (OG)
McGill A (OO)
Monash 2 (CG)
Oxford 1 (CO) | 10 | | | Sourodip PaulⒸ , Aodh Ó Laoide | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
| 5 | 3 Teams in debate:
Edinburgh B (OG)
McGill A (OO)
DLSU 1 (CG)
Edinburgh A (CO) | 12 | | | Hadar GoldbergⒸ , Chinmaya Mohan , Mateo Pažin | TH opposes the general approach of companies to grow by massively sacrificing short-term profitability with the hope of gaining a large portion of the market*
*e.g. the original business model of companies such as Uber or Amazon |
| 6 | 4 Teams in debate:
Sydney B (OG)
MAD 1 (OO)
Otago A (CG)
McGill A (CO) | 15 | | | Brent SchmidtⒸ , Eze Nwakuba , Meg Kandarpa | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
| 7 | 4 Teams in debate:
McGill A (OG)
Edinburgh B (OO)
Hart House A (CG)
NUS A (CO) | 18 | | | Ben JacksonⒸ , Arie Mora , Jacklin Kwan | THBT pursuing strong expansionist policies* in the Arctic region is in the Russian interest
*Including but not limited to: building artificial islands in order to claim additional territory, trying to significantly limit foreign presence, stationing warships and troops |
| 8 | 1 Teams in debate:
Ateneo de Manila 1 (OG)
Zagreb A (OO)
McGill A (CG)
MQU A (CO) | 18 | | | Enting LeeⒸ , Alex Lovell , Germaine Barrett Barrett | TH opposes the academisation* of social justice movements
*The increasingly significant presence of academics and academic terminology, processes and structures in many parts of the world |
| 9 | 3 Teams in debate:
McGill A (OG)
Harvard A (OO)
Sydney A (CG)
Oxford C (CO) | 20 | | | Yarn ShihⒸ , Branko Stajic , Vladimira Šuflaj | THBT states should classify organized crime syndicates as terrorist groups*
*classification as a terrorist group would legally allow law enforcement to pursue tactics such as targeted extra-judicial killings, reducing barriers to law enforcement gathering evidence, using military forces, criminalizing membership, etc |
| 11 | 2 Teams in debate:
LUMS B (OG)
Belgrade A (OO)
Taylor’s 1 (CG)
McGill A (CO) | | | | Banun SabriⒸ , Harish Natarajan , Judy Ji , Nir Kligsberg , Sameer Shaikh | TH supports the rise of language-generating AI |
| 12 | 2 Teams in debate:
McGill A (OG)
Zagreb A (OO)
Taylor’s 1 (CG)
Tokyo A (CO) | | | | Enting LeeⒸ , Katharina Margareta Jansen , Matt Caito , Roy Schulman , Shudipto R. Ahmed | TH opposes the Biden Administration plan to finance large scale governmental projects through multi-trillion dollar fiscal stimulus |
| 13 | 1 Teams in debate:
LSE B (OG)
McGill A (OO)
Zagreb A (CG)
Sydney B (CO) | | | | Jessica MusulinⒸ , Brent Schmidt , Dan “I could chair this whole tournament” Lahav , Lucie Slamova , Njuguna Macharia , Ron Leizrowice , Yarn Shih | TH prefers to live an average anonymous life in South Korea over being a K-Pop star |