The WUDC host community: VDCH Land

The Berlin Debating Union may be the host society of the WUDC Berlin 2013 but as the organizing team has grown since its beginning in 2010, it has also spread far beyond Berlin. Today most Berlin Worlds organizers are, in fact, from other cities. This world championship has become a project occupying people all over Germany, and beyond.

This is working so well because the debating societies of the German-speaking area form a unified, well-organized debate circuit, often referred to as "VDCH Land". The VDCH is the umbrella association for more than 70 clubs in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. VDCH Land has a common, German-language tournament series (called ZEIT DEBATTEN, after the main sponsor) and debate league (Freie Debattierliga). Also, there are a common “national”/language-area championship and regional championships, run by the VDCH and organized by its member societies. These institutions, comprising about 15 tournaments each year, keep VDCH Land together and make it a strong community.

Berlin IV 2012 registration opened

The regular number of tournaments hosted by the Berlin Debating Union each year is three. We have a large beginners-oriented tournament as part of the German-language Free Debate League, a fine Invitational, and this:


The Berlin IV 2012 will take place from June 29th to July 1st. Those of you whom we had the pleasure to host in previous years may recall a deep adjudication pool and hot socials. Once again we plan to invest every cent we can raise in the quality of the tournament.

This year, our Berlin Worlds DCA Isa Fischer will be part of the Adjudication Core together with Harish Natarajan, the man who brings you the WUDC 2014 in India.

The registration has opened. It is not filling up at Worlds pace but still fairly quickly. Please find the registration form and further information on the BDU blog.

(>>photos from 2011)