Debate format

Polish Oxford Debate

4 vs 4, 5-minute speeches, POIs allowed.

RegionPoland
LevelHigh school
Used atPolish Debate Associations
SidesProposition and Opposition
Speeches8
Preparation15 minutes
ResultOne winning team

Speeches and bells

Times are minutes:seconds from the start of each speech.

SpeechSideLength + gracePOIsBells
P1 1st PropositionProposition5:001:00–5:001:00 single
5:00 double
O1 1st OppositionOpposition5:001:00–5:001:00 single
5:00 double
P2 2nd PropositionProposition5:001:00–5:001:00 single
5:00 double
O2 2nd OppositionOpposition5:001:00–5:001:00 single
5:00 double
P3 3rd PropositionProposition5:001:00–5:001:00 single
5:00 double
O3 3rd OppositionOpposition5:001:00–5:001:00 single
5:00 double
P4 4th PropositionProposition5:001:00–5:001:00 single
5:00 double
O4 4th OppositionOpposition5:001:00–5:001:00 single
5:00 double

In Debate Adjudicator, choose Polish Oxford Debate on the home screen. Bell settings change any of these timings on your device.

Timings from the Debatekeeper format library by Chuan-Zheng Lee and contributors, used under the MIT License. Debatekeeper has no scoring rules, so the ballot accepts scores from 0 to 100.

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