Previous Hosts & Champions
The list of overall champions is first, and the champions in each event follows that list
Overall Champions and Hosts
1988
Host: Reading Blue Coat School, Reading, England
World Champion: Joel Hechter
1989
Host: Reading Blue Coat School and Queen Anne's School, Reading, England
World Champion: Rob Goffin
1990
Host: Reading Blue Coat School and Queen Anne's School, Reading, England
World Champion: Atul Verma
1991
Host: Taunton School, Somerset, England
World Champion: James Priory
1992
Host: Aylesbury Grammar School, Aylesbury, England
World Champion: David Gratzer
1993
Host: Reading Blue Coat School and Queen Anne's School, Reading, England
World Champion: Gary Harding
1994
Host: Taunton School, Somerset, England
World Champion: Jessica Riley
1995
Host: The English School, Nicosia, Cyprus
World Champion: Alex Michaelides
1996
Host: Reading Blue Coat School, Reading, England
World Champion: Luke Jones
1997
Host: Taunton School, Somerset, England
World Champion: Joanne McNally
1998
Host: Northlands School, Buenos Aires, Argentina
World Champion: Michael Kives
1999
Host: Maru a Pula School, Gaborone, Botswana
World Champion: Michael Kives
2000
Host: The English School, Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
World Champion: Kristopher Ade
2001
Host: Queen Anne's School, Reading, England
World Champion: Elliot Tapper
2002
Host: Michaelhouse, Balgowan, South Africa
World Champion: Daniel Wilner
2003
Host: Queen Anne's School, Reading, England
World Champion: Rowan Dorin
2004
Host: Wasatch Academy, Salt Lake City, United States
World Champion: Sarah Mortazavi
2005
Host: The English School, Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
World Champion: Zahid Sunderani
2006
Host: The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, United States
World Champion: Shakir Rahim
2007
Host: Diocesan College (Bishops), Cape Town, South Africa
World Champion: Shakir Rahim
2008
Host: Max-Born-Gymnasium and Lessing-Gymnasium, Backnang / Winnenden, Germany
World Champion: Seth Rosenberg
2009
Host: Reading Blue Coat School, Reading, England
World Champion: Edward Hicks
2010
Host: Educational Debate Centre Lithuania, Druskininkai, Lithuania
World Champion: Zeenia Framroze
2011
Host: Moreton Bay Boys' College, Brisbane, Australia
World Champion: Nic Martin
2012
Host: Moreton Bay Boys' College, Brisbane, Australia
World Champion: Ryan Pistorius
2013
Host: Clifton School, Durban, South Africa
World Champion: Connor Campbell
2014
Host: Educational Debate Centre Lithuania, Druskininkai, Lithuania
World Champion: Daniel Huang
2015
Host: Hong Kong Schools’ Debating and Public Speaking Community, Hong Kong, China
World Champion: Samantha Starkey
2016
Host: Shady Side Academy, Pittsburgh, United States
World Champion: Natalie Ganzhorn
2017
Host: Ravenswood School for Girls, Sydney, Australia
World Champion: Olivia Railton
2018
Host: Diocesan College (Bishops), Cape Town, South Africa
World Champion: Eleanor Lawton-Wade and Megan Campbell (tie)
2019
Host: Branksome Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
World Champion: Anna Croxon
2020
Host: St. John's-Ravenscourt School, Winnipeg, Canada (Online)
World Champion: Rohan Naidoo
2021
Host: Leaders Academy, Seoul, South Korea (Online)
Online
World Champion: Ruby Grinberg
2022
Host: The Country Day School, King City, Ontario, Canada (Online)
World Champion: Maria Ivoditova
2023
Host: Clifton School, Durban, South Africa
World Champion: Erick Yang
Champions in each indivdual event
2010
Parliamentary Debate: Jessica Hichens, South Africa
Impromptu Speaking: Thomas Diment, UK
Interpretive Reading: Adam Litman, Canada
Persuasive Speaking: Saad Sohail, Pakistan
After-dinner Speaking: George Alexander Charalambous, Cyprus
2011
Parliamentary Debate: Tom Diment, UK
Impromptu Speaking: Cameron Ewing, USA
Interpretive Reading: Kristine Ramsbottom, Canada
Persuasive Speaking: Heather Pickerell, Hong Kong
After-dinner Speaking: Oliver Kelham, UK
2012
Parliamentary Debate: Connor Campbell, Canada
Impromptu Speaking: Priyanka Sekhar, USA
Interpretive Reading: Lucien Wang, Hong Kong
Persuasive Speaking: Natasha Dusabe, South Africa
After-dinner Speaking: Neil Kemister, Australia
2013
Parliamentary Debate: Joseph Kahn, South Africa
Impromptu Speaking: Nicolo Mazaro, USA
Interpretive Reading: Ryan Sherbo, Canada
Persuasive Speaking: Eleonora Lekaviciute, Lithuania
After-dinner Speaking: Emily Leijer, Australia
2014
Parliamentary Debate: Christopher Skriols, Australia
Impromptu Speaking: Emma Buckland, South Africa
Interpretive Reading: Stephanie Fennell, Canada
Persuasive Speaking: Lulutho Ngcongolo, South Africa
After-dinner Speaking: Brendan Allan, South Africa
2015
Parliamentary Debate: Olivia Railton, Canada
Impromptu Speaking: Anant Butala, Australia
Interpretive Reading: Imaan Kherani, Canada
Persuasive Speaking: Desmond Fairall, South Africa
After-dinner Speaking: Shimali De Silva, Hong Kong
2016
Parliamentary Debate: Eric Tang, USA
Impromptu Speaking: Elizabeth Roberts, Canada
Interpretive Reading: Nicole Sung, Australia
Persuasive Speaking: Rowan Mockler, South Africa
After-dinner Speaking: Angela Xiao, USA
2017
Parliamentary Debate: Olivia Railton, Canada
Impromptu Speaking: Liam Brown, Canada
Interpretive Reading: Lucas Irwin, Cyprus
Persuasive Speaking: Jacqueline Farrel, Australia
After-dinner Speaking: James Morphakis, Cyprus
2018
Parliamentary Debate: Thomas Willingham, Australia
Impromptu Speaking: Auran Vatan, USA
Interpretive Reading: Zaki Lakhani, Canada
Persuasive Speaking: Samuel Roach, Australia
After-dinner Speaking: John van Niekerk, South Africa
2019
Parliamentary Debate: Andrei Comloson, Canada
Impromptu Speaking: Maddie Ritter , Canada
Interpretive Reading: Julia Nhawu, South Africa
Persuasive Speaking: Anna Croxon, Canada
After-dinner Speaking: Markandeya Karthik, Hong Kong
2020
Parliamentary Debate: Rohan Naidoo, South Africa
Impromptu Speaking: Thomas Fernando, Australia
Interpretive Reading: Flo Auerbach, USA
Persuasive Speaking: Maylee Mann, Canada
After-dinner Speaking: Flo Auerbach, USA
2021
Parliamentary Debate: Angela Lu, Canada
Impromptu Speaking: Eugene Cloete, South Africa
Interpretive Reading: Saara Chaudry, Canada
Persuasive Speaking: Maria Ivoditova, Canada
After-dinner Speaking: McKenna Goodson, USA
2022
Parliamentary Debate: Caridee Chau, China
Impromptu Speaking: Emma Jean Hermacinski, USA
Interpretive Reading: Kayleigh Lei, Australia
Persuasive Speaking: Nicholas Chung, Hong Kong
After-dinner Speaking: Julia Shephard, USA
2023
Parliamentary Debate: Ben Anderson, South Africa
Impromptu Speaking: Thomas Harrick, USA
Interpretive Reading: Edward Gao, Canada
Persuasive Speaking: Evan Peters, Canada
After-dinner Speaking: Graham Bateman, USA