Previous Hosts & Champions
The list of overall champions is first, and the champions in each event follows that list
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