ITS Open, Medan's Speedy Start Today as Veterans Rule IFF

Two 3-on-3 debate competitions, the ITS Open in Surabaya and Universitas Sumatra Utara's Speedy in Medan, kicked off today with 44 and 19 teams respectively. Another tournament STAN's Indonesian Finance Festival may have less participants with only 14 teams but it has been underway since March 10 and will have 2 preliminaries and a pre-semifinal round today. So far, IDF, a composite team comprising veterans Ahmad Naufal Dai (UI/FT'09 Champion), Satrio Adi Pratama (Undip/NUEDC'10 Champion) and Eldhianto Maulana Jusuf (UGM/IVED'11 Champion), are hot favourites in the IFF after beating rivals with clear margins in the first three preliminary rounds on March 11. All three tournaments will hold their finals on March 13.