Binus International, UI Break into Australs 2011 ESL Quarters

Binus International 1 (Astrio Feligent, Christian Leonardo, Invi Atmanegara) and Universitas Indonesia 1 (Dimas Hokka, Riza Aryani, Subarkah Syafruddin) both collected 4 wins in the preliminary stage of the 2011 Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships, enabling them to rank third and seventh, respectively, on the tournament's ESL list and break into that category's quarterfinals.

The top 8 ESL teams in Australs 2011 are eligible to compete for the ESL title. They are:

1. #41 Multimedia University Melaka 1 (5VP - 2097)
2. #44 Universiti Malaya 1 (4VP - 2105.5)
3. #51 Binus International 1 (4VP - 2102)
4. #52 University of Hong Kong 1 (4VP - 2101.3)
5. #59 Kyung Hee University 2 (4VP - 2094.8)
6. #60 International Christian University 1 (4VP - 2094)
7. #61 Universitas Indonesia 1 (4VP -2092.5)
8. #62 Ewha University 3 (4VP - 2091.75)

Another Indonesian team from Institut Teknologi Bandung did not make the ESL cut. No team from Indonesia slipped into the top 24 on the overall team tab that will compete in the main elimination rounds.

The ESL and main knockouts will begin on July 12. The top debating tournament in the Asia-Oceania region, which is taking place in Seoul, attracted 113 teams this year.  No university outside from Australia and New Zealand has won Australs, which is the largest 3-on-3 debating tournament in the world, although Asian teams have reached the grandfinals twice since it began in 1975.

UI student, Ignes Pricilla, etched her own achievement, becoming the only Indonesian among the 36 people selected to judge beyond the preliminaries. Ignes chaired 6 out of 8 preliminary rounds, twice as a single adjudicator.