DOTY 2012: Points from Breaking in International Debate Added

From July, the 2012 IndoDebate Debater of the Year list recognises the achievements of varsity debaters who can break into the main elimination stage of an international competition which has more non-Indonesian teams than the number that can progress into the knockouts. This includes all top-level international championships (WUDC, Australs, UADC, Asian BP) regardless of where they take place and almost all intervarsities held outside Indonesia.

The new feature will not take into account results from Indonesia-based tournaments branding themselves as international but without a number of overseas teams that exceeds the elimination threshold, for example, IPSDC (1 overseas participating team, 8 breaking spots). Such events are considered equal to national debates. ESL/EFL categories of international championships will continue to be valued like national tournaments because the general quality level of these handicapped divisions is not superior to IVED, JOVED or FT.

Debaters who qualify for the new "international break" feature will get 3 points for each time they advance. This is equal to points received for a national championship victory (1 Win, 1 Final, 1 SF). These achievers will continue to collect points if their teams reach the semifinal, final and top honor of the international tournament.



UI team in the 2012 OIC Intervarsity Debating Championship in Malaysia
(l to r) Hana Hanifah, Egalita Irfan with her speaker award and Aulia Anggita

No Indonesian debater had achieved this feat in 2012 until a team from Universitas Indonesia  (Aulia Anggita. Egalita Irfan, Hana Hanifah) broke into the elimination stage of the 2nd Organization for Islamic Cooperation Intervarsity Debate that took place in the first week of July in Malaysia. Several teams had participated in overseas tournaments this year (Canton IV, IHL, UADC, SIDEO, Australs) but none entered the main out rounds other than UI's OIC team. The UI trio fell in the quarterfinals, giving them 3 points for breaking but no more extra team-based credits. Egalita Irfan slipped into the top 10 speakers of the tournament, enabling her to get another point for individual accomplishment. This addition on top of Egalita and Aulia's success in the recent Bawor Cup changed the make up of the leading debaters of the DOTY list.

Top 10 as of July 2012

1. Rifan Ibnu Rahman (Institut Teknologi Bandung)

2. Aryo Febrian (Universitas Bakrie)    

3. Aulia Anggita (Universitas Indonesia)

4. Invi Atmanegara (Binus International)

5. Cindy Fransisca (Universitas Atma Jaya)

6. Egalita Irfan (Universitas Indonesia)

7. Jane Revevalin (Institut Teknologi Bandung)

8. Dennys Kapa (Universitas Indonesia)

9. Elghafiky Bimardhika (Universitas Indonesia)

10. Fauzan Reza Maulana (Institut Teknologi Bandung)

Bawor Cup 2012: 3 Years Running, 3 Times Title Goes to UI

For the third time in as many years as the Bawor Cup has existed, the trophy went to debaters from Universitas Indonesia who had the position of Opening Opposition in the final. From that charmed role, #2 UI B (Aulia Anggita & Egalita Irfan) last night defeated #4 Universitas Atma Jaya (Cindy Fransisca & Davin Susanto), #7 Universitas Parahyangan (Dwita Aryani & Josefhine Chitra) and schoolmates #5 UI A (Dennys Kapa & Elghafiky Bimardhika) to ensure no other institution can claim to be champions of this Purwokerto-based tournament.

The victory in the 3rd Bawor gave the UI sophomore pair a free ticket to compete in the 2012 World Universities Peace Invitational Debate in Malaysia at the end of the year. This is the second triumph in less than a week for UI after its debaters won the 2012 Java Overland English Debate that also took place in Purwokerto. UI students have won almost all nationwide debating tournaments held in this quaint Central Java town for more than a decade. UI has championed 4 nationwide debates in 2012, besting other Indonesian colleges so far. All victories came in the last 2 months.

Aulia Anggita, who is also the president of UI's English Debating Society, topped the night with the best speaker in the final title. However, the overall top individual award went to Unpar's Dwita Aryani. The BP-style tournament also had a novice category, which was won by Universitas Brawijaya B. The Malang-based team received the right to compete in the Seri Iskandar Debate Open in Malaysia later this month.

Bawor Cup 2012: Binus International Teams Break First, Third

Binus International teams broke first and third into the knockouts of the 2012 Bawor Cup in Purwokerto, riding on their good form that led them to win the EFL category in this year's United Asian Debating Championship. The other promising schools are Universitas Indonesia and Universitas Bakrie. Both schools took 3 spots each in the Bawor quarterfinals. Bawor Cup is an annual BP tournament held by the same organizers behind the recent JOVED. This is the 3rd edition with UI championing the last two. The top team of this event will get a free ticket to debate in the 2012 World Universities Peace Invitational Debate in Malaysia. The main break list looks like this.


1. Binus International B
2. Universitas Indonesia B
3. Binus International A
4. Universitas Atma Jaya A
5. Universitas Indonesia A
6. Universitas Bakrie A
7. Universitas Parahyangan A
8. Universitas Bakrie C
9. Institut Teknologi Bandung A
10. Universitas Indonesia C
11. Universitas Bakrie B
12. Universitas Hasanuddin A
13. Universitas Brawijaya A
14. Universitas Padjadjaran A
15. STBA Teknokrat A
16. EDC Universitas Jenderal Soedirman A

Bawor Cup also has a novice break from which a winning team will get a chance to debate in the 2012 Seri Iskandar Debate Open, also in Malaysia. The novice semifinalists are:

1. Universitas Brawijaya B
2. Universitas Paramadina C
3. SEF Universitas Jenderal Soedirman A
4. EDC Universitas Jenderal Soedirman B
5. Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana A
6. Universitas Negeri Medan A
7. Universitas Paramadina A
8. EFEC Universitas Jenderal Soedirman B