WUDC 2013: Open Break List; University of London #1

University of London Union A (Catherine Murphy & Pam Cohn) advanced into the elimination stage of the 2013 World Universities Debating Championship as the top-ranked team. This all-female, all-postgraduate pair harvested 24 points from nine rounds of preliminary debates. Both speakers broke last year as well but competed for their separate undergraduate institutions. Murphy debated for Trinity College Dublin while Cohn represented University of Durham. ULU is the umbrella organisation for students from around 20 schools in the University of London system. It has reached a number of WUDC finals but never won the title.

For the first time in WUDC history, 48 teams are eligible to break. The top 16 will wait when the 32 teams under them jostle for the remaining 16 octofinal slots. Two Southeast Asian teams --International Islamic University and National University of Singapore-- made the cut. A Turkish squad from Galatasaray University is also in. Powerhouses Monash University, Harvard University, Yale University, University of Queensland and New Zealand darkhorse University of Otago have 3 teams standing. Here is the full list.

1. University of London Union A (ENG) Catherine Murphy & Pam Cohn -- 24
2. University of Sydney B (AUS) Paul Karp & Dominic Bowes -- 22
3. University College Dublin L&H A (IRE) Christine Simpson & Mark Haughton -- 22
4. University of Cambridge A (ENG) Ashish Kumar & Rebecca Meredith -- 22
5. University of Sydney A (AUS) Elle Jones & Daniel Swain -- 21
6. University of Auckland A (NZL) Stephanie Thompson & Ben Milsom -- 21
7. University of Queensland A (AUS) Kirsten Price & Anthony Smith -- 21
8. Monash University A (AUS) Chris Bisset & Madeline Schultz -- 20
9. University of Oxford A (ENG) Clive Eley & Nathaniel Ware -- 20
10. University of Melbourne A (AUS) Daniel Golder & Tim Blair -- 20
11. University of Aberystwyth A (WAL) Ollie Newlan & Roberto Sarrionandia -- 20
12. St. Andrews University A (SCO) Ben Adams & Alex Don -- 20
13. University of the Witwatersrand A (SAF) Michael Maklin & Chris Wood -- 20
14. National University of Singapore A (SIN) Imran Rahim & Robin Teo -- 20
15. International Islamic University A (MAL) Syed Saddiq & Arinah Najwa -- 20
16. Victoria University of Wellington A (NZL) Richard D'Ath & Sebastian Templeton -- 19
17. Yale University B (USA) Michael Barton & Andrew Connery -- 19
18. Harvard University A (USA) Josh Zoffer & Coulter King -- 19
19. University of Oxford B (ENG) Matthew Handley & Natasha Rachman -- 19
20. University of Durham A (ENG) Ben Dory & Simon Tunnicliffe -- 19
21. Harvard University C (USA) Martin Kiik & Ben Sprung-Keyser -- 19
22. Yale University C (USA) Sesenu Woldermariam & Zach Bakal -- 19
23. University of Cambridge B (ENG) Freddy Powell & Jei Wei -- 19
24. University of Otago A (NZL) Alec Dawson & Kieran Bunn -- 19
25. University of Otago B (NZL) John Brinsley-Pirie & Kurt Purdon -- 19
26. University of New South Wales B (AUS) Angela Kintominas & Ben Williams -- 19
27. Harvard University B (USA) Julia Clark & William Ryan -- 19
28. Yale University A (USA) Max Dovala & Ben Kornfeld -- 18
29. McGill University A (CAN) Emma O'Rourke Friel & Sarah Balakrishnan -- 18
30. Trinity College Dublin Phil A (IRE) John Engle & Adam Noonan -- 18
31. University College Dublin L&H B (IRE) Michael O'Dwyer & Hannah Lucey -- 18
32. University of Queensland C (AUS) Helena Obermair & Thomas Ashby -- 18
33. Stanford University A (USA) Andrew Suciu & Emma Pierson -- 18
34. University of Queensland B (AUS) Emily Chalk & Alex O'Hara -- 18
35. Queen's University A (CAN) William Gibson & Kaya Ellis -- 18
36. Griffith University A (AUS) Jessica Musulin & Josh Taylor -- 18
37. University College Cork Phil A (IRE) Barry O'Gorman & Gearoid Wrixon -- 18
38. Monash University C (AUS) Stephen Moore & Nicole Franklin -- 18
39. University of Bristol A (ENG) Alice Coombes-Huntley & Imogen Parkes -- 18
40. University of New South Wales C (AUS) Pramudie Gunaratne & Justin Chan -- 18
41. Princeton University A (USA) Matthew Arons & Daniel Lewis -- 18
42. University of British Columbia A (CAN) Kaja Marinic & Vivian Dong -- 18
43. London School of Economics A (ENG) Yuan Yang & Jonathan Kay -- 18
44. University of Glasgow B (SCO) Graeme Cowie & Duncan Crowe -- 18
45. Bates University A (USA) Ben Smith & Catherine Djang -- 18
46. University of Otago C (NZL) Paul Hunt & Alice Sowry -- 18
47. Galatasaray University A (TUR) Engin Arikan & Akin Egemen -- 18
48. Monash University B (AUS) Nita Rao & James Beavis -- 17