WUDC 2013: Full ESL & EFL Break List

There are two lower categories in the 2013 World Universities Debating Championships -- English as Second Language (ESL) and English as Foreign Language (EFL). They are designed to appreciate those who debate in a language other than their mother tongue. The criterion are defined in the WUDC constitution and language review officers have discretion to weed out sandbaggers. Sandbagging, the practice of competing in a skill bracket lower than one is deemed capable of, sadly, still exists in international and domestic debating tournaments. Consistency in WUDC is also considered. A speaker who fits the EFL status must take the higher ESL tag if s/he has broken in the ESL category before. The number of breaking teams vary from year to year depending on the level of participation and demand. This time there are 16 spots for each of these two categories. Here are the teams that make the cut. Watch the announcement on YouTube here.

The ESL break
(<5 years speaking English as primary language, <5 years educated in English, <5 years of school age living in a country where English is a primary medium, <5 years employed in a country where English is a primary medium)

1. University of Leiden A (HOL) -- 17
2. University of Leiden C (HOL) -- 16
3. Underwood College, Yonsei University A (KOR) -- 16
4. Raphael Recanati International School A (ISR) -- 16
5. Tel Aviv University A (ISR) -- 16
6. University of Maastricht A (HOL) -- 16
7. University of Belgrade B (SER) -- 15
8. De La Salle University A (PHI) -- 15
9. Babes Bolyai University A (ROM) -- 15
10. Tel Aviv University A (ISR) -- 15
11. Roosevelt Academy A (HOL) -- 15
12. Erasmus University B (HOL) -- 15
13. Babes Bolyai University B (ROM) -- 15
14. BRAC University A (BLD) -- 15
15. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (RUS) -- 15
16. University of Zagreb A (CRO) -- 15

The EFL break

(<3 months of school age living in a country where English is a primary medium, <18 months living in a country where English is an official language, <6 months educated in English)

1. Singidunum University A (SER) -- 14
2. Universitas Gadjah Mada A (INA) -- 14
3. Universitas Atma Jaya A (INA) -- 14
4. University of Arts in Belgrade A (SER) -- 14
5. University of Porto A (POR) -- 13
6. University of Belgrade A (SER) -- 13
7. Bauman University (RUS) -- 13
8. University of Belgrade C (SER) -- 13
9. Eberhard Karls University Tubingen A (GER) -- 13
10. Megatrend University A (SER) -- 13
11. Ss Cyril And Methodius University A (MAC) -- 13
12. Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg A (GER) -- 13
13. University of Pristina (KOS) -- 13
14. University of Tokyo A (JPN) -- 13
15. University of Bucharest A (ROM) -- 12
16. Lund University A (SWE) -- 12